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Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Pitching Comparison

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	283	237	.544	3.45	898	625	102	180	31	17	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023	6155	108	3.41	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	38	36	.514	4.09	160	101	19	17	4	2	724.2	741	358	329	87	207	17	371	14	1	24	3062	990	89	4.02	1.308	9.2	1.1	2.6	4.6

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	1	3	.250	4.01	9	5	0	1	0	0	24.2	30	14	11	1	8	2	10	1	0	1	113	39		1.18	1.541	10.9	0.4	2.9	3.6
2	Rollie Sheldon	27	1964	1964	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	2			0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	6.8

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Value

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	45.2	7.8
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	160	101	724.2	2.8	-2.9

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Totals Against

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	6155	17503	3387	706	132	168	87	65.88	24	462	172	143	.264	.309	.387	.696	97	.123	.286	2121	6775	1233	5825	6155
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	160	101	724.2	990	2787	521	107	26	34	15	69.39	3	70	28	25	.266	.317	.417	.734	109	.151	.278	372	1161	220	962	990

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	39	100											.300	.358					.326				39	39
2	Rollie Sheldon	27	1964	1964	2	0	2.2	2	0												1.000					.000				2	2

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	365	58	53.0	284	97	34	16	51.5	102	273
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	53	52	50.1	28	9	32	0	100.0	19	59

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982									0	4
2	Rollie Sheldon	27	1964	1964									0	2

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	12.9	5.7	7.2
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	160	101	724.2	12.1	6.8	5.4

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	8.8	7.1	1.8
2	Rollie Sheldon	27	1964	1964	2	0	2.2	20.0	20.0	0.0

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1		69
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	160	101	724.2		116

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2
2	Rollie Sheldon	27	1964	1964	2	0	2.2

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Rollie Sheldon	1	2	.333	2.93	5	4	0	1	0	0	27.2	26	10	9	1	8	2	15	0	0	1	113	1.229	8.5	0.3	2.6	4.9
2	Jim Kaat	3	0	1.000	1.45	5	4	1	3	0	0	37.1	26	9	6	2	9	3	27	4	0	1	146	0.938	6.3	0.5	2.2	6.5

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	MIN	1966-07-23	CG, W	9.0	9	4	3	1	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	37	11	36	2	6	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	7	61			0.2	0.33			0.41
2	Rollie Sheldon	BOS	1966-07-23	GS-5, L	4.1	7	4	4	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	22	10	19	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	31			0.0	-0.15			1.16
3	Jim Kaat	MIN	1966-06-07	CG, W	9.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	33	8	33	6	1	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	75			0.2	3.17			0.76
4	Rollie Sheldon	KCA	1966-06-07	GS-4, L	4.0	6	4	3	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	18	8	15	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	2	36			-0.3	-2.15			1.23
5	Jim Kaat	MIN	1965-04-22	CG, W	9.0	5	2	1	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	35	8	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	75			0.3	1.91			0.90
6	Rollie Sheldon	NYY	1965-04-22	2-5	3.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	3	13	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.1	1.76	2	0	0.67
7	Jim Kaat	MIN	1962-05-20 (2)	GS-10	9.1	4	2	1	1	0	7	3	7	3	0	1	38	14	24	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	3	1	1	74			0.0	2.18			2.09
8	Rollie Sheldon	NYY	1962-05-20 (2)	GS-7	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	27	6	24	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	68			0.3	2.39			1.13
9	Jim Kaat	MIN	1961-06-05 (2)	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.48	0	0	0.01
10	Rollie Sheldon	NYY	1961-06-05 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	33	7	32	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	73			0.3	3.35			0.85

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rollie Sheldon (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (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	1962	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1965	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1966	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	0	0	0	0	0

Rollie Sheldon (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rollie Sheldon (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1962	1962-05-20 (2)	MIN	NYY	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Walk
2	1962	1962-05-20 (2)	MIN	NYY	down 1-0	t5	-2-	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; Z. Versalles to 3B
3	1962	1962-05-20 (2)	MIN	NYY	tied 1-1	t7	1--	2		Strikeout
4	1965	1965-04-22	MIN	NYY	ahead 1-3	t4	---	2		Single to LF (Ground Ball)
5	1966	1966-06-07	MIN	KCA	down 1-0	b3	1--	0		Lineout: CF
6	1966	1966-06-07	MIN	KCA	ahead 1-2	b4	123	2		Single to RF; D. Mincher Scores; J. Hall Scores; B. Allen out at 3B/RF-3B
7	1966	1966-07-23	MIN	BOS	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Groundout: P-1B
8	1966	1966-07-23	MIN	BOS	ahead 0-1	t4	12-	2		Flyball: 3B

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Rollie Sheldon (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Rollie Sheldon (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	1962	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1965	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1966	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Rollie Sheldon (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Rollie Sheldon (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1962	1962-05-20 (2)	NYY	MIN	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1962	1962-05-20 (2)	NYY	MIN	tied 1-1	b5	---	2		Strikeout
3	1965	1965-04-22	NYY	MIN	down 3-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout
4	1966	1966-06-07	KCA	MIN	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1966	1966-07-23	BOS	MIN	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Comparison

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Totals

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	161	239	209	3	20	0	0	0	7	0	1	10	113	.096	.141	.096	.237	-32	20	4	1	19	0	0

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Value

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	5.3	5.0	5.6	-0.4	-101	5	-1	0
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	161	239	-1.5	-1.5	-1.4	-0.1	-37	0	-3	0

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Sabermetric

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	65	302	320	1075	83	.247	207	-110	-11.7	.082	3.4	83.33	6
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	161	239	0	31	34	213	3	.208	10	-37	-4.0	.000	1.8	0.00	1

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	0	2	2	8		.667	2			.000	1.5		0
2	Rollie Sheldon	27	1964	1964	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	-9.4	-8.7	-0.9	-92.31		-90.13	0.97
2	Rollie Sheldon	24-29	1961	1966	161	239	-3.7	-3.9	0.0	-38.84		-39.29	0.95

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Batting

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Rollie Sheldon	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Kaat	5	17	16	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.188	.235	.188	.423	3	0	0	0	0	0

Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Rollie Sheldon vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	MIN	1966-07-23	*	9	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.035	0.03	0.00%	-1.20			P
2	Rollie Sheldon	BOS	1966-07-23	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.027	0.00	0.00%	-0.23			P
3	Jim Kaat	MIN	1966-06-07	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.091	0.84	0.04%	0.48			P
4	Rollie Sheldon	KCA	1966-06-07	*	5	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	0.36	-0.01%	-0.22			P
5	Jim Kaat	MIN	1965-04-22	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	-0.086	2.57	-0.14%	-1.00			P
6	Rollie Sheldon	NYY	1965-04-22		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.025	2.18	-0.03%	-0.21			P
7	Jim Kaat	MIN	1962-05-20 (2)	*	10	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.128	5.11	-0.26%	-0.64			P
8	Rollie Sheldon	NYY	1962-05-20 (2)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	-0.035	2.73	-0.08%	-0.33			P
9	Jim Kaat	MIN	1961-06-05 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Rollie Sheldon	NYY	1961-06-05 (2)	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.115	2.60	0.18%	0.74			P

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