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Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Pitching Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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	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
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	135	132	.506	3.43	501	308	78	88	24	18	2325.0	2215	991	886	183	806	74	1629	61	6	73	9801	3205	104	3.27	1.299	8.6	0.7	3.1	6.3

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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. Chris Short: Value

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	501	308	2325.0	31.4	10.2

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Totals Against

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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	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
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	501	308	2325.0	3205	8786	1574	380	78	134	94	58.77	8	201	101	42	.252	.318	.376	.693	101	.123	.290	1062	3300	641	3082	3205

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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. Chris Short: Starting & Relieving

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	185	60	54.2	191	59	31	11	62.1	78	193

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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. Chris Short: Ratios

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	501	308	2325.0	16.6	8.2	8.4

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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. Chris Short: Pitch Summary

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	501	308	2325.0		94

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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. Chris Short: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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	0	2	.000	4.20	3	2	1	0	0	1	15.0	12	7	7	2	3	0	18	2	0	0	60	1.000	7.2	1.2	1.8	10.8
2	Chris Short	2	0	1.000	1.37	3	2	1	2	0	0	19.2	16	4	3	0	2	0	18	1	0	0	78	0.915	7.3	0.0	0.9	8.2

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-09-29	GS-7, L	7.0	5	4	4	0	2	2	0	11	1	0	0	29	8	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	2	60			-0.3	-1.34			1.12
2	Chris Short	PHI	1968-09-29	CG, W	9.0	11	3	2	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	42	15	41	9	1	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	60			0.0	0.42			1.18
3	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-07-07 (2)	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.74	1	0	2.22
4	Chris Short	PHI	1968-07-07 (2)	8-GF	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.1	1.46	2	0	0.30
5	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-07-05	GS-7, L	7.0	7	3	3	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	28	9	23	5	0	2	0	1	0	11	1	2	1	2	56			-0.1	-0.34			0.79
6	Chris Short	PHI	1968-07-05	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	31	6	30	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	84			0.4	2.42			1.03

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Chris Short (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Chris Short (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	1968	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Chris Short (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Chris Short (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-07-05	NYM	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	--3	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1968	1968-07-05	NYM	PHI	down 1-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout
3	1968	1968-09-29	NYM	PHI	tied 0-0	b2	12-	1		Fielder's Choice SS; T. Agee to 2B/Safe on E4 (catch); A. Shamsky Scores/No RBI/unER; T. Seaver to 1B
4	1968	1968-09-29	NYM	PHI	ahead 0-1	b4	-2-	2		Strikeout
5	1968	1968-09-29	NYM	PHI	tied 2-2	b6	---	1		Single to CF (Ground Ball)

Chris Short (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Chris Short (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	1968	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0

Chris Short (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Chris Short (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-07-05	PHI	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
2	1968	1968-07-05	PHI	NYM	ahead 0-1	b6	---	0		Single to CF
3	1968	1968-07-05	PHI	NYM	ahead 0-3	b7	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; M. Ryan to 2B
4	1968	1968-09-29	PHI	NYM	down 1-0	t3	1--	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)
5	1968	1968-09-29	PHI	NYM	down 1-0	t5	1--	2		Strikeout
6	1968	1968-09-29	PHI	NYM	ahead 2-4	t7	---	1		Strikeout Looking

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Batting Comparison

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Batting Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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	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
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	465	786	697	29	88	5	2	0	24	1	0	14	198	.126	.146	.139	.285	-19	97	13	3	57	4	0

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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. Chris Short: Batting Value

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	0
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	465	786	-2.8	-2.8	-2.9	0.2	-111	0	-2	0

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.00	4
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	465	786	7	105	115	683	17	.175	53	-112	-11.9	.013	3.5	100.00	1

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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. Chris Short: Batting Win Probability

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53	-14.3	-136.40	0.94
2	Chris Short	21-35	1959	1973	465	786	-10.7	-10.8	-0.5	-120.22	-12.7	-113.09	0.95

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Totals

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Chris Short	3	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	2	0	0

Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: Game Logs

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Tom Seaver vs. Chris Short: 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	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-09-29	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.125	0.00	0.00%	0.95			P
2	Chris Short	PHI	1968-09-29	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.97	-0.077	0.00	0.00%	-0.66			P
3	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-07-07 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Chris Short	PHI	1968-07-07 (2)		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Tom Seaver	NYM	1968-07-05	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.109	0.96	-0.04%	-0.74			P
6	Chris Short	PHI	1968-07-05	*	9	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.41	0.017	0.39	0.01%	0.13			P

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