Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Pitching Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	152	156	.494	3.46	535	360	73	87	24	12	2622.0	2314	1150	1007	199	958	56	1760	42	18	67	10902	3455	102	3.38	1.248	7.9	0.7	3.3	6.0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	311	205	.603	2.86	656	647	6	231	61	1	4783.0	3971	1674	1521	380	1390	116	3640	76	8	126	19369	5649	127	3.04	1.121	7.5	0.7	2.6	6.8

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	0	1	.000	3.66	6	2	1	1	0	0	19.2	18	8	8	1	4	0	15	0	0	0	77	22		1.27	1.119	8.2	0.5	1.8	6.9
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	3	3	.500	2.77	8	8	0	2	0	0	61.2	51	20	19	6	16	4	51	2	0	2	255	73		2.19	1.086	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.4

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Value

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	20.6	-2.2
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals Against

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	3455	9706	1685	385	45	134	109	55.14	21	220	130	67	.238	.308	.349	.656	90	.110	.271	1049	3386	629	3314	3455
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	5649	17604	2796	675	120	409	164	71.38	14	316	187	111	.226	.283	.342	.626	79	.117	.262	1729	6026	1175	5437	5649

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	22	72	11	4	2	1	1	50.00	0	2	1	0	.250	.289	.403	.692		.153	.304	8	29	7	22	22
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	73	231	29	15	1	3	1	75.00	0	1	2	4	.221	.273	.372	.645		.152	.253	25	86	22	69	73

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Starting & Relieving

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	204	57	54.2	173	53	31	12	50.0	73	175
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	1	50	50.0	6	2	33	0		1	4
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	6	75	62.3						0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Ratios

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0	16.1	8.8	7.4
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	19.5	5.2	14.3
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Pitch Summary

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	535	360	2622.0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	2	19.2	219	77	145	66.21
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	100	100	64	64.00

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tom Seaver	2	0	1.000	2.77	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	14	4	4	2	4	0	5	0	0	0	53	1.385	9.7	1.4	2.8	3.5
2	Rudy May	0	2	.000	10.80	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	11	6	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	2.200	19.8	0.0	0.0	1.8

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Rudy May	MON	1979-08-21	6-GF(8), L	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	4	12	4	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.42	0	0	1.21
2	Tom Seaver	CIN	1979-08-21	GS-7, W	7.0	5	2	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	27	8	24	3	1	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	2	58			0.1	1.32			1.18
3	Rudy May	MON	1978-05-06	GS-2, L	2.0	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	10	1	2	0	3	22			-0.3	-4.11			0.90
4	Tom Seaver	CIN	1978-05-06	GS-7, W	6.0	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	26	10	25	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	2	48			0.1	0.07			0.62

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1979	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Rudy May (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-08-21	MON	CIN	tied 2-2	t7	12-	2		Flyball: RF

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1978	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rudy May (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-05-06	CIN	MON	ahead 0-2	b2	--3	1		Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; D. Driessen Scores; T. Seaver to 1B

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	341	12	42	9	0	0	14	0	0	22	164	.123	.180	.150	.330	-4	51	4	2	17	1	0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	1315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	0	108	485	.154	.219	.210	.429	22	276	22	4	121	4	0

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	20	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.143	.200	.343	4	1	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Value

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-45	1	-2	0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	0

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	9	66	69	321	11	.236	26	-47	-5.0	.026	2.1		0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.0	4

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Rudy May	35-36	1980	1981	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19	2	.143	2			.100	3.3		0

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Win Probability

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rudy May	20-38	1965	1983	243	383	-4.7	-5.0	-0.1	-46.23	-5.1	-48.93	0.91
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53	-14.3	-136.40	0.94

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tom Seaver	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Rudy May	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Rudy May: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Rudy May	MON	1979-08-21		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	-0.074	10.39	-0.16%	-0.42			P
2	Tom Seaver	CIN	1979-08-21	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.051	3.66	-0.10%	-0.56			P
3	Rudy May	MON	1978-05-06	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Tom Seaver	CIN	1978-05-06	*	7	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.49	0.030	0.83	0.03%	-0.04			P

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