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Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Pitching Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	64	59	.520	3.78	212	176	14	10	4	2	1085.0	1036	515	456	78	434	36	748	21	5	34	4626	1551	99	3.58	1.355	8.6	0.6	3.6	6.2
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. David Palmer: 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	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. David Palmer: Value

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	11.0	1.5
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Totals Against

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	1551	4103	784	149	25	172	64	72.88	1	84	40	28	.252	.325	.358	.683	94	.106	.290	482	1469	252	1491	1551
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. David Palmer: 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	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. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	88	50	51.1	17	11	65	1	66.7	14	36
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	6	75	62.3						0	0

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Ratios

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	16.2	9.4	6.8
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0		85
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	100	100	64	64.00

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: 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	1	.667	4.67	3	3	0	1	0	0	17.1	15	10	9	1	4	0	8	0	0	1	70	1.096	7.8	0.5	2.1	4.2
2	David Palmer	1	0	1.000	2.40	3	2	1	1	0	0	15.0	14	4	4	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	57	1.000	8.4	0.6	0.6	6.6

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	MON	1979-09-01	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	34	10	33	6	2	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	3	64	105	67	0.1	2.19			0.48
2	Tom Seaver	CIN	1979-09-01	GS-2, L	1.1	7	7	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	12	8	11	4	1	2	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	12	39	25	-0.5	-5.98			1.37
3	David Palmer	MON	1979-08-21	GS-5	5.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	5	20	5	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	53			0.0	0.37			1.26
4	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
5	David Palmer	MON	1979-06-09	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.47	0	0	0.00
6	Tom Seaver	CIN	1979-06-09	CG, W	9.0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	31	4	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	84			0.1	3.27			0.66

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (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 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1979	1979-09-01	MON	CIN	ahead 1-3	b2	-2-	0	2 (1-0)	Fielder's Choice P; J. Mason out at 3B/P-3B; D. Palmer to 1B

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (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	1979	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-06-09	CIN	MON	ahead 1-7	b8	---	2		Strikeout
2	1979	1979-08-21	CIN	MON	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Flyball: LF
3	1979	1979-08-21	CIN	MON	ahead 0-1	b5	12-	1		Strikeout (foul bunt)

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Batting Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Batting Totals

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	323	22	48	12	0	5	23	0	0	5	95	.149	.162	.232	.394	8	75	6	0	47	0	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. David Palmer: 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	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. David Palmer: Batting Value

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-43	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. David Palmer: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	17	53	56	328	16	.193	40	-42	-4.3	.084	3.4		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. David Palmer: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19	2	.143	2			.100	3.3		0

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Batting Win Probability

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	-3.6	-3.9	0.2	-42.95	-4.5	-42.73	0.96
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. David Palmer: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: 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	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	David Palmer	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	MON	1979-09-01	*	9	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	-0.046	1.14	-0.09%	-1.15			P
2	Tom Seaver	CIN	1979-09-01	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	David Palmer	MON	1979-08-21	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.025	3.50	-0.05%	-0.23			P
4	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
5	David Palmer	MON	1979-06-09		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Tom Seaver	CIN	1979-06-09	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	-0.101	1.13	-0.12%	-1.48			P

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