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Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Pitching Comparison

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	141	134	.513	3.17	425	346	39	103	23	14	2492.1	1948	999	879	164	1312	74	2453	59	7	140	10587	3471	112	3.06	1.308	7.0	0.6	4.7	8.9
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	42	54	.438	3.62	307	76	124	11	6	31	840.2	734	375	338	69	381	44	681	27	2	46	3558	1175	100	3.40	1.326	7.9	0.7	4.1	7.3

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Value

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	43.1	21.7
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2	9.6	1.2

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Totals Against

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	3471	9059	1454	290	40	60	87	40.82	19	207	107	49	.215	.317	.310	.627	83	.095	.275	900	2810	494	3319	3471
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2	1175	3084	524	117	24	41	39	51.25	11	65	45	23	.238	.325	.359	.684	98	.121	.282	364	1106	210	1142	1175

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	206	60	58.4	77	20	26	3	82.4	39	79
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	36	47	52.0	173	60	35	19	62.0	124	231

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1	23.2	12.4	10.8
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2	19.1	10.7	8.4

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	425	346	2492.1
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Dick Selma	0	1	.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	26	0.714	3.9	1.3	2.6	3.9
2	Sam McDowell	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	0	0	5	0	9	0	0	1	35	1.000	4.0	0.0	5.0	9.0

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	SFG	1972-05-06	CG, W	9.0	4	1	0	1	0	5	0	9	0	0	1	35	9	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	81			0.5	2.97			1.48
2	Dick Selma	PHI	1972-05-06	GS-7, L	7.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	26	5	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	64			0.0	1.09			0.85

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dick Selma (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Selma (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (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	1972	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Selma (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Selma (Pitcher) vs. Sam McDowell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-05-06	SFG	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: RF
2	1972	1972-05-06	SFG	PHI	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Single to 1B

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (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	1972	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

Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam McDowell (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-05-06	PHI	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1972	1972-05-06	PHI	SFG	down 2-0	b5	-2-	1		Strikeout Looking

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Comparison

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Totals

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	774	34	119	7	2	2	36	0	1	16	306	.154	.171	.176	.347	-2	136	6	1	56	4	0
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	203	13	35	5	2	0	7	1	0	5	76	.172	.195	.217	.412	17	44	4	1	16	1	0

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Value

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-0.3	-101	2	-5	0
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	-23	1	-1	0

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Sabermetric

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	11	136	148	722	26	.249	68	-107	-11.5	.022	2.5	0.00	1
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	7	41	43	189	10	.273	20	-24	-2.5	.044	2.7	100.00	1

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Win Probability

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sam McDowell	18-32	1961	1975	400	851	-9.9	-10.2	-0.2	-99.26		-104.97	0.95
2	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	-2.9	-2.6	-0.5	-31.24		-27.25	0.92

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Head-to-Head Batting

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Totals

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Dick Selma	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Sam McDowell	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: Game Logs

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Dick Selma vs. Sam McDowell: 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	Sam McDowell	SFG	1972-05-06	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	-0.025	0.29	-0.01%	-0.70			P
2	Dick Selma	PHI	1972-05-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.071	2.63	-0.08%	-0.54			P

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