Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Pitching Comparison

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: 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 Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	89	97	.478	3.96	438	199	100	42	14	11	1641.0	1695	810	722	140	669	92	825	13	2	74	7099	2475	92	3.98	1.441	9.3	0.8	3.7	4.5
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 Curtis: Value

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	438	199	1641.0	7.1	-7.0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	10.1	-2.4

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Totals Against

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: 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 Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	438	199	1641.0	2475	6285	1246	269	40	129	57	69.35	13	178	85	46	.270	.339	.392	.731	109	.122	.290	841	2464	449	2377	2475
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 Curtis: Starting & Relieving

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	102	51	49.9	221	85	38	10	52.4	100	239
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	81	50	49.2	241	80	33	9	66.7	105	272

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Ratios

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	438	199	1641.0	11.6	9.4	2.2
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	12.9	8.9	4.0

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Pitch Summary

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	438	199	1641.0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0

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

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: 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 Curtis	4	1	.800	2.83	8	2	3	0	0	0	28.2	17	9	9	2	11	3	18	0	0	0	109	0.977	5.3	0.6	3.5	5.7
2	Bob Shirley	0	2	.000	2.82	8	3	2	0	0	1	22.1	26	10	7	2	11	4	10	1	0	0	103	1.657	10.5	0.8	4.4	4.0

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Game Logs

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Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: 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 Curtis	CAL	1984-08-31	4-8, W	4.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	2	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.3	3.52	3	0	0.87
2	Bob Shirley	NYY	1984-08-31	8-GF(8)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.23	1	0	0.51
3	John Curtis	SDP	1981-08-29 (1)	8-GF	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	8	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1				0.0	0.81	0	0	0.05
4	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-29 (1)	6-GF, S	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	14	4	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.66	2	0	0.34
5	John Curtis	SDP	1981-08-27	13-GF(13), L	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.3	-0.59	0	0	1.30
6	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-27	11-11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-0.90	0	0	2.98
7	John Curtis	SDP	1981-08-19	3-4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.01	2	0	0.43
8	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-19	7-7, H	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-1.15	2	2	2.59
9	John Curtis	SDP	1981-08-17	7-9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.3	1.30	2	0	1.94
10	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-17	11-12	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0				0.3	0.89	0	0	3.36
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Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. John Curtis (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	1979	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	0	1	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	0	1	0

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

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Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. John Curtis (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-08-08	SFG	SDP	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0	2 (1-0)	Flyball: P
2	1979	1979-08-08	SFG	SDP	ahead 0-2	b4	12-	2	1 (0-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive); J. LeMaster Scores; D. Littlejohn to 2B
3	1979	1979-09-04	SFG	SDP	tied 1-1	t3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Groundout: P-1B
4	1979	1979-09-04	SFG	SDP	tied 1-1	t5	-2-	1	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 1B unassisted
5	1979	1979-09-04	SFG	SDP	tied 1-1	t7	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Hit By Pitch; J. LeMaster to 2B

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

John Curtis (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	1979	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

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

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John Curtis (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-08-08	SDP	SFG	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2	7 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1979	1979-09-04	SDP	SFG	tied 1-1	b2	---	2	4 (1-2)	Single to SS
3	1979	1979-09-04	SDP	SFG	tied 1-1	b5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Flyball: CF
4	1981	1981-08-29 (1)	STL	SDP	ahead 1-6	t8	---	0		Single to CF

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Batting Comparison

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Batting Totals

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: 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 Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	348	419	359	29	63	4	3	0	16	0	0	18	157	.175	.216	.203	.419	19	73	5	1	39	2	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 Curtis: Batting Value

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	348	419	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	-36	0	-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 Curtis: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: 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 Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	348	419	7	82	90	342	19	.309	45	-41	-4.3	.028	2.3		0
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 Curtis: Batting Win Probability

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Curtis	22-36	1970	1984	348	419	-3.7	-3.7	-0.4	-39.93	-4.3	-37.67	0.91
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-3.6	-4.0	0.1	-44.65	-4.7	-44.11	0.91

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

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: 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 Curtis	8	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0	1	0	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	8	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: Game Logs

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Bob Shirley vs. John Curtis: 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 Curtis	CAL	1984-08-31																																	P
2	Bob Shirley	NYY	1984-08-31																																	P
3	John Curtis	SDP	1981-08-29 (1)		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-29 (1)		4	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.002	0.08	0.00%	0.36			P
5	John Curtis	SDP	1981-08-27		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-27		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	John Curtis	SDP	1981-08-19		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-19		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	John Curtis	SDP	1981-08-17		4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-17		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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