Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Pitching Comparison

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	81	60	.574	3.35	222	187	17	33	11	3	1261.0	1259	512	469	99	382	14	697	28	8	10	5314	1748	105	3.51	1.301	9.0	0.7	2.7	5.0
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. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	25-29	1974	1978	0	2	.000	6.55	6	3	1	0	0	0	11.0	13	10	8	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	48	17		5.58	1.455	10.6	2.5	2.5	4.9

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Value

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	222	187	1261.0	12.4	2.0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	10.1	-2.4

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Totals Against

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	222	187	1261.0	1748	4801	918	217	25	59	56	51.30	7	107	71	32	.262	.318	.380	.698	101	.117	.287	589	1823	341	1669	1748
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. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	25-29	1974	1978	6	3	11.0	17	42	6	3	1	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	0	.310	.356	.643	.998		.333	.303	10	27	7	16	17

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Starting & Relieving

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	117	63	53.0	16	3	19	1	75.0	17	35
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	81	50	49.2	241	80	33	9	66.7	105	272

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Doug Rau	25-29	1974	1978	0	0	36.7	0	0				1	3

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Ratios

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	222	187	1261.0	13.1	7.2	5.9
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	12.9	8.9	4.0

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Doug Rau	25-29	1974	1978	6	3	11.0	12.5	6.3	6.3

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Pitch Summary

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	222	187	1261.0		107
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Doug Rau	25-29	1974	1978	6	3	11.0	144	45	93	64.58

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	1	2	.333	5.04	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.0	39	19	14	2	8	0	14	0	0	0	119	1.880	14.0	0.7	2.9	5.0
2	Bob Shirley	1	2	.333	2.95	5	2	2	0	0	1	18.1	19	6	6	3	5	0	11	0	0	0	78	1.309	9.3	1.5	2.5	5.4

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Game Logs

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Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	LAD	1979-05-22	GS-6	5.2	7	3	1	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	28	12	23	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	2	1	47			0.0	-0.68			1.36
2	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-05-22	6-6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.44	0	0	0.16
3	Doug Rau	LAD	1979-04-08	GS-4	3.1	6	5	4	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	19	9	16	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	30			-0.4	-3.29			1.13
4	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-04-08	11-GF(12), L	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.31	0	0	1.84
5	Doug Rau	LAD	1978-09-22	GS-5, L	4.0	11	6	4	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	23	12	22	10	0	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	1	22			-0.3	-3.60			0.66
6	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-09-22	6-GF, S	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	3	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.77	0	0	0.02
7	Doug Rau	LAD	1978-05-31	GS-7, L	7.0	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	26	7	24	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	54			-0.1	0.09			0.91
8	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-05-31	GS-8, W	7.1	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	30	8	28	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	64			0.3	2.06			1.58
9	Doug Rau	LAD	1977-07-17	GS-5, W	5.0	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	23	9	22	6	2	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	3	44			0.0	0.18			1.03
10	Bob Shirley	SDP	1977-07-17	GS-5, L	4.2	7	4	4	0	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	24	11	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	3	34			-0.3	-2.03			1.07

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Doug Rau (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Doug Rau (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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1978	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Doug Rau (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Doug Rau (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-07-17	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1977	1977-07-17	LAD	SDP	down 2-1	t4	12-	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1978	1978-05-31	LAD	SDP	down 1-0	b3	1--	0		Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; S. Yeager to 2B; D. Rau to 1B
4	1978	1978-05-31	LAD	SDP	down 3-1	b5	---	0		Strikeout Looking

Doug Rau (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Doug Rau (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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1978	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0

Doug Rau (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Doug Rau (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-07-17	SDP	LAD	ahead 1-2	b2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; T. Ashford to 2B
2	1977	1977-07-17	SDP	LAD	ahead 1-2	b4	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1978	1978-05-31	SDP	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; D. Thomas to 2B
4	1978	1978-05-31	SDP	LAD	ahead 1-3	t5	---	1		Flyball: LF

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Batting Comparison

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Batting Totals

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	219	454	377	21	58	3	1	0	21	0	0	28	95	.154	.213	.167	.380	8	63	10	1	46	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. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	25-29	1974	1978	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Batting Value

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	219	454	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-48	0	-1	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. Doug Rau: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	219	454	4	87	92	377	16	.204	42	-46	-4.8	.013	4.0		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. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	25-29	1974	1978	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Batting Win Probability

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Doug Rau	23-32	1972	1981	219	454	-4.0	-4.7	0.1	-49.01	-5.1	-49.92	0.87
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. Doug Rau: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	5	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	5	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: Game Logs

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Bob Shirley vs. Doug Rau: 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	Doug Rau	LAD	1979-05-22	*	6	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	0.005	0.87	0.00%	0.16			P
2	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-05-22		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Doug Rau	LAD	1979-04-08	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.022	1.37	-0.02%	-0.42			P
4	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-04-08		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Doug Rau	LAD	1978-09-22	*	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.020	0.05	0.00%	-0.18			P
6	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-09-22		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.000	0.00	0.00%	-0.47			P
7	Doug Rau	LAD	1978-05-31	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.042	2.75	0.04%	0.39			P
8	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-05-31	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.74	-0.040	0.34	-0.01%	-0.53			P
9	Doug Rau	LAD	1977-07-17	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.064	1.31	-0.04%	-0.49			P
10	Bob Shirley	SDP	1977-07-17	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.045	0.02	0.00%	-0.47			P

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