Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	47	71	.398	4.55	231	163	19	12	4	1	1025.2	1043	557	518	126	404	24	640	10	27	29	4423	1493	86	4.48	1.411	9.2	1.1	3.5	5.6
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	26	1992	1992	0	0		1.35	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	5	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	27	8		1.98	1.200	6.8	0.0	4.1	4.1
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	231	163	1025.2	5.2	-3.1
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	231	163	1025.2	1493	3920	722	175	20	127	50	71.75	5	70	49	40	.266	.333	.417	.750	109	.151	.287	553	1636	321	1457	1493
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	26	1992	1992	3	0	6.2	8	23	4	1	0	1	1	50.00	0	0	0	1	.217	.296	.261	.557		.043	.238	2	6	1	8	8
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34	8	2	0	2	0	100.00	0	1	0	1	.294	.324	.353	.677		.059	.345	6	12	2	12	12

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	72	44	48.1	53	23	43	1	50.0	19	68
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Pete Smith	26	1992	1992	0			3	0	0	0		0	3
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	231	163	1025.2	14.5	9.1	5.3
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Pete Smith	26	1992	1992	3	0	6.2	11.1	11.1	0.0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	231	163	1025.2		89
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Pete Smith	26	1992	1992	3	0	6.2	84		55	65.48
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	1	0	1.000	4.91	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	6	1	6	0	5	0	0	0	50	1.545	9.0	0.8	4.9	4.1
2	Ed Whitson	1	1	.500	4.15	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	8	4	4	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	36	1.154	8.3	1.0	2.1	4.2

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	ATL	1988-06-04	GS-3	2.1	5	5	4	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	10	11	4	0	0	2	1	0	8	0	1	0	1	26	68	34	-0.4	-3.55			1.26
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1988-06-04	4-7, W	3.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	2	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1		36	27	0.4	2.39	2	0	1.76
3	Pete Smith	ATL	1987-09-08	GS-9, W	8.2	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	34	8	31	6	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	66			0.3	2.21			0.79
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-09-08	GS-5, L	5.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	23	8	21	6	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	1	1	38			-0.2	-1.38			0.57

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Pete Smith (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Pete Smith (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	1987	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Pete Smith (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Pete Smith (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-09-08	ATL	SDP	ahead 0-3	b2	---	2		Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
2	1987	1987-09-08	ATL	SDP	ahead 0-4	b4	1--	1		Strikeout (foul bunt)

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Pete Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Pete Smith (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	1987	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Pete Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Pete Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-09-08	SDP	ATL	down 3-0	t3	---	2		Flyball: CF

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	207	337	279	15	33	4	2	0	15	0	0	19	83	.118	.174	.147	.321	-11	41	2	0	38	1	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	26	1992	1992	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	207	337	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-45	1	-1	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	207	337	6	52	56	287	9	.168	30	-42	-4.5	.029	3.4		0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	26	1992	1992	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Pete Smith	21-32	1987	1998	207	337	-3.5	-4.3	0.5	-39.00	-4.0	-45.41	0.92
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13	-10.2	-97.15	0.92

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Pete Smith vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Pete Smith	ATL	1988-06-04	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.024	0.25	0.00%	-0.20			P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1988-06-04		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.029	0.27	0.00%	-0.33			P
3	Pete Smith	ATL	1987-09-08	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	-0.013	0.00	0.00%	-0.53			P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-09-08	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	-0.009	0.00	0.00%	-0.11			P

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