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James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Pitching Comparison

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	153	80	.657	3.18	317	317	0	8	5	0	1954.0	1627	740	690	217	500	7	2251	61	9	58	7861	2233	130	3.16	1.089	7.5	1.0	2.3	10.4
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	145	139	.511	4.01	407	405	1	23	9	0	2616.0	2581	1267	1167	361	746	22	2234	97	10	107	10993	3516	102	4.17	1.272	8.9	1.2	2.6	7.7

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	11	6	.647	2.77	22	22	0	0	0	0	133.1	100	50	41	19	36	1	156	3	0	1	537	145		2.84	1.020	6.8	1.3	2.4	10.5
2	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	3	6	.333	5.46	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.1	76	37	36	8	15	0	45	6	0	6	269	98		3.52	1.534	11.5	1.2	2.3	6.8

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Value

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	42.7	26.1
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	407	405	2616.0	30.4	6.3

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals Against

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	2233	7231	1069	316	25	158	46	77.45	4	140	36	31	.225	.280	.366	.645	77	.141	.294	746	2644	558	2188	2233
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	407	405	2616.0	3516	10049	1638	524	58	129	57	69.35	38	211	53	45	.257	.313	.428	.741	101	.171	.296	1364	4304	943	3424	3516

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	22	133.1	145	495	62	17	2	5	1	83.33	0	6	0	3	.202	.259	.360	.618		.158	.251	51	178	38	139	145
2	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	11	11	59.1	98	246	55	13	0	1	1	50.00	1	1	1	1	.309	.362	.459	.821		.150	.351	42	113	21	97	98

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Starting & Relieving

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	210	66	58.9				0		0	0
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	246	61	53.0	0	0		0		1	2

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	13	59	60.4						0	0
2	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	4	36	44.4						0	0

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Ratios

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	28.6	6.4	22.3
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	407	405	2616.0	20.3	6.8	13.5

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	22	133.1	29.1	6.7	22.3
2	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	11	11	59.1	16.7	5.6	11.2

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Pitch Summary

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	29643	98	19519	65.85
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	407	405	2616.0	40319	102	25582	63.45

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	22	133.1	2083	95	1383	66.39
2	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	11	11	59.1	1028	93	647	62.94

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Head-to-Head Pitching

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	22	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	10.5
2	James Shields	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	2	24	1.167	7.5	0.0	3.0	7.5

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Game Logs

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James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2016-04-21	GS-6, W	6.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	22	4	21	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	71	97	60	0.3	2.83			0.96
2	James Shields	SDP	2016-04-21	GS-6, L	6.0	5	3	3	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	2	24	7	22	4	1	0	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	53	104	65	-0.1	-0.18			0.82

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Batter vs. Pitcher

James Shields (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

James Shields (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (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	2016	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

James Shields (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Plate Appearances

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James Shields (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2016	2016-04-21	PIT	SDP	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2016	2016-04-21	PIT	SDP	ahead 0-3	t4	-2-	2	8 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. James Shields (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. James Shields (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	2016	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. James Shields (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. James Shields (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2016	2016-04-21	SDP	PIT	down 1-0	b3	1--	1	4 (2-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); A. Rosales to 2B
2	2016	2016-04-21	SDP	PIT	down 3-0	b5	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Comparison

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Totals

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	251	17	41	2	0	3	15	0	0	6	112	.163	.186	.207	.393	8	52	4	1	28	0	0
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	70	154	142	15	24	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	56	.169	.186	.190	.376	5	27	1	0	9	0	0

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Value

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.0	-34	0	-1	0
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	70	154	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-18	0	0	0

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Sabermetric

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	5	48	50	242	12	.279	29	-32	-3.4	.044	2.2		0
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	70	154	3	27	30	128	7	.279	21	-19	-2.0	.021	2.5		0

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	8	0	1	1	7	0	.250	1			.000	2.0		0
2	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	11	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Win Probability

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	-3.2	-3.5	0.2	-35.62	-3.7	-37.23	0.98
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	70	154	-1.8	-1.9	-0.1	-21.62	-2.3	-20.41	0.91

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Head-to-Head Batting

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Totals

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	James Shields	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: Game Logs

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James Shields vs. Gerrit Cole: 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	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2016-04-21	*	7	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.54	-0.058	0.47	-0.03%	-0.83			P
2	James Shields	SDP	2016-04-21	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.92	-0.032	0.73	-0.02%	-0.29			P

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