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Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Pitching Comparison

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	177	122	.592	3.33	600	356	82	54	13	29	2525.2	2399	1038	935	245	592	63	1673	37	26	28	10366	3165	114	3.41	1.184	8.5	0.9	2.1	6.0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	67	94	.416	3.82	434	162	105	16	2	18	1432.0	1432	689	608	127	543	72	790	20	11	15	6106	2074	96	3.95	1.379	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	2	2	.500	2.88	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.1	33	19	11	5	11	1	29	0	0	0	146	44		2.84	1.282	8.7	1.3	2.9	7.6

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Value

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	39.9	18.0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	10.1	-2.4

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Totals Against

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	3165	9538	1619	450	85	80	106	43.01	14	182	105	93	.252	.295	.394	.689	92	.142	.279	1124	3754	780	3028	3165
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	2074	5416	1004	257	44	80	91	46.78	55	116	73	54	.264	.331	.398	.729	108	.134	.287	722	2158	428	1995	2074

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1	44	135											.244	.301					.277				44	44

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Starting & Relieving

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	204	57	54.7	243	66	27	17	63.0	82	244
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	81	50	49.2	241	80	33	9	66.7	105	272

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986									0	0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Ratios

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2	16.1	5.7	10.4
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	12.9	8.9	4.0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1	19.9	7.5	12.3

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Pitch Summary

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	600	356	2525.2		95
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	6	34.1

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	2	3	.400	4.10	6	5	1	0	0	0	26.1	30	18	12	4	15	0	20	0	0	0	122	1.709	10.3	1.4	5.1	6.8
2	Bob Shirley	2	0	1.000	1.17	6	2	1	0	0	0	23.0	17	3	3	1	8	1	17	0	0	0	96	1.087	6.7	0.4	3.1	6.7

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Game Logs

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Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	CAL	1986-08-25	GS-6, W	5.1	7	3	1	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	24	8	24	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	53			0.0	-0.20			1.30
2	Bob Shirley	NYY	1986-08-25	5-5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.09	2	1	1.29
3	John Candelaria	CAL	1985-08-30	GS-6, W	5.1	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	21	6	17	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	65			0.3	2.48			0.99
4	Bob Shirley	NYY	1985-08-30	5-GF	5.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	19	4	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				0.0	1.89	1	1	0.30
5	John Candelaria	CAL	1985-08-21	GS-2	1.2	7	7	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	14	10	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	4	18			-0.6	-6.30			1.06
6	Bob Shirley	NYY	1985-08-21	1-2	1.2	2	2	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	6	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.3	-2.42	2	2	1.12
7	John Candelaria	PIT	1981-04-25	GS-7, L	7.0	4	3	3	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	27	8	23	2	0	1	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	2	55			-0.2	0.15			1.10
8	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-04-25	GS-7, W	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	28	7	26	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	67			0.2	2.15			1.17
9	John Candelaria	PIT	1979-06-14	13-GF(14), L	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.3	-0.56	2	0	2.64
10	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-06-14	8-10	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.3	1.31	0	0	2.52
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Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (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	1977	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. John Candelaria (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-06-11	PIT	SDP	down 1-0	b2	12-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1977	1977-06-11	PIT	SDP	down 3-0	b4	12-	2		Lineout: LF
3	1981	1981-04-25	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
4	1981	1981-04-25	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	b5	-2-	1		Lineout: LF

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (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	1977	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Candelaria (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-06-11	SDP	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	1		Strikeout (foul bunt)
2	1977	1977-06-11	SDP	PIT	ahead 0-3	t4	---	0		Strikeout Looking
3	1977	1977-06-11	SDP	PIT	ahead 0-4	t6	---	1		Flyball: 1B
4	1981	1981-04-25	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1981	1981-04-25	STL	PIT	down 1-0	t6	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1981	1981-04-25	STL	PIT	ahead 1-3	t7	--3	2		Strikeout

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Batting Comparison

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Batting Totals

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	596	39	104	20	3	1	48	0	2	44	162	.174	.233	.223	.456	26	133	19	2	43	3	0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	263	15	29	3	0	0	8	0	0	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	0	26	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Batting Value

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	2.0	2.0	1.9	0.1	-57	-2	-2	0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	-40	1	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	24	150	161	559	32	.236	86	-61	-6.4	.049	3.7	0.00	2
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	3	42	49	262	6	.180	23	-44	-4.4	.011	2.6		0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	21-32	1975	1986	6	9	0	1	1	8		.500	0			.000	1.3		0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Batting Win Probability

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Candelaria	21-39	1975	1993	473	688	-5.5	-6.0	-0.2	-67.76		-65.03	0.89
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-3.6	-4.0	0.1	-44.65		-44.11	0.91

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: Game Logs

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Bob Shirley vs. John Candelaria: 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	John Candelaria	CAL	1986-08-25																																	P
2	Bob Shirley	NYY	1986-08-25																																	P
3	John Candelaria	CAL	1985-08-30																																	P
4	Bob Shirley	NYY	1985-08-30																																	P
5	John Candelaria	CAL	1985-08-21																																	P
6	Bob Shirley	NYY	1985-08-21																																	P
7	John Candelaria	PIT	1981-04-25	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.070	1.00	-0.03%	-0.55			P
8	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-04-25	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.078	1.06	-0.05%	-0.70			P
9	John Candelaria	PIT	1979-06-14		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-06-14		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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