James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Pitching Comparison

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Totals

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	34	48	.415	4.12	147	108	8	1	0	0	662.1	643	341	303	69	253	8	622	53	3	35	2856	978	101	4.01	1.353	8.7	0.9	3.4	8.5
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. Jimmy Nelson: 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	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. Jimmy Nelson: Value

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	147	108	662.1	5.6	0.2
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	407	405	2616.0	30.4	6.3

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Totals Against

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	147	108	662.1	978	2517	443	120	11	87	17	83.65	5	73	17	16	.255	.334	.394	.728	99	.139	.312	339	992	200	949	978
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. Jimmy Nelson: 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	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. Jimmy Nelson: Starting & Relieving

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	49	45	50.8	6	4	67	1	0.0	8	39
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	246	61	53.0	0	0		0		1	2

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	4	36	44.4						0	0

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Ratios

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	147	108	662.1	21.8	8.9	12.9
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	407	405	2616.0	20.3	6.8	13.5

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	11	11	59.1	16.7	5.6	11.2

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Pitch Summary

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	147	108	662.1	9608	93	6131	63.81
2	James Shields	24-36	2006	2018	407	405	2616.0	40319	102	25582	63.45

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	11	11	59.1	1028	93	647	62.94

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Head-to-Head Pitching

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Totals

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Jimmy Nelson	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	30	0.750	5.6	0.0	1.1	5.6
2	James Shields	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	25	1.143	9.0	0.0	1.3	11.6

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Game Logs

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James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	2016-05-12	GS-8, L	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	30	7	26	4	1	0	1	0	1	6	0	1	1	1	68	93	63	0.1	2.05			0.97
2	James Shields	SDP	2016-05-12	GS-7, W	7.0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	25	8	24	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	0	71	105	68	0.5	3.54			1.35

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batter vs. Pitcher

James Shields (Pitcher) vs. Jimmy Nelson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

James Shields (Pitcher) vs. Jimmy Nelson (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	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

James Shields (Pitcher) vs. Jimmy Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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James Shields (Pitcher) vs. Jimmy Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2016	2016-05-12	MIL	SDP	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
2	2016	2016-05-12	MIL	SDP	down 1-0	b5	---	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking

Jimmy Nelson (Pitcher) vs. James Shields (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jimmy Nelson (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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Jimmy Nelson (Pitcher) vs. James Shields (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jimmy Nelson (Pitcher) vs. James Shields (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2016	2016-05-12	SDP	MIL	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	3 (1-1)	Groundout: SS-1B
2	2016	2016-05-12	SDP	MIL	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	1	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice (P's Right); A. Ramírez to 3B

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Comparison

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Totals

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	138	208	191	3	19	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	116	.099	.118	.110	.228	-38	21	1	0	13	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. Jimmy Nelson: 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	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. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Value

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	138	208	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	0.0	-38	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. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Sabermetric

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	138	208	2	23	25	186	3	.253	10	-39	-3.9	.010	1.6		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. Jimmy Nelson: 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	James Shields	26-32	2008	2014	11	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Win Probability

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jimmy Nelson	24-32	2013	2021	138	208	-3.5	-3.5	-0.4	-37.90	-3.9	-38.20	0.91
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. Jimmy Nelson: Head-to-Head Batting

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Totals

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Jimmy Nelson	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	James Shields	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: Game Logs

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James Shields vs. Jimmy Nelson: 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	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	2016-05-12	*	8	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.041	0.37	-0.01%	-0.34			P
2	James Shields	SDP	2016-05-12	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.99	-0.031	0.73	-0.01%	-0.33			P

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