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Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Pitching Comparison

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Totals

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	24	26	.480	3.80	279	2	194	0	0	73	407.0	377	194	172	39	157	24	340	17	7	24	1755	584	107	3.61	1.312	8.3	0.9	3.5	7.5
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	53	53	.500	2.67	609	1	432	0	0	216	809.1	700	280	240	34	283	64	548	13	22	28	3357	1042	130	3.04	1.215	7.8	0.4	3.1	6.1

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Dave Smith	25-31	1980	1986	1	1	.500	5.40	7	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	8	4	4	1	5	3	10	0	0	0	33	13		3.90	1.950	10.8	1.4	6.8	13.5

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Value

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	279	2	407.0	2.2	-1.7
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	609	1	809.1	11.9	4.3

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Totals Against

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	279	2	407.0	584	1533	261	67	10	50	5	90.91	3	32	27	21	.246	.319	.379	.698	92	.133	.288	190	581	116	551	584
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	609	1	809.1	1042	2987	533	102	31	72	25	74.23	1	57	55	19	.234	.302	.323	.625	83	.089	.275	299	966	167	996	1042

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Dave Smith	25-31	1980	1986	7	0	6.2	13	26											.308	.419					.467				13	13

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Starting & Relieving

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	0	0	36.5	207	76	37	29	71.6	194	277
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	0	0	34.0	330	107	32	52	80.6	432	608

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dave Smith	25-31	1980	1986									2	7

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Ratios

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	279	2	407.0	19.4	8.9	10.4
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	609	1	809.1	16.3	8.4	7.9

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dave Smith	25-31	1980	1986	7	0	6.2	30.3	15.2	15.2

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Pitch Summary

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	279	2	407.0
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	609	1	809.1

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dave Smith	25-31	1980	1986	7	0	6.2

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Totals

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Dave Smith	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	4.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0.462	4.2	0.0	0.0	6.2
2	Bob James	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	13	0.900	8.1	0.0	0.0	13.5

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Game Logs

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Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	MON	1983-07-22	7-8	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.81	3	2	0.47
2	Dave Smith	HOU	1983-07-22	8-8, W	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-0.79	1	1	0.40
3	Bob James	MON	1983-07-12	7-GF(8)	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	2	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.85	0	0	0.29
4	Dave Smith	HOU	1983-07-12	6-GF, S	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	1	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.2	1.70	0	0	1.05

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob James (Pitcher) vs. Dave Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob James (Pitcher) vs. Dave 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	1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob James (Pitcher) vs. Dave Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob James (Pitcher) vs. Dave Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1983	1983-07-12	HOU	MON	ahead 5-7	b8	1--	0		Strikeout

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Batting Comparison

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Batting Totals

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	111	21	21	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	.190	.190	.190	.381	9	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	609	53	44	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	21	.068	.146	.068	.214	-37	3	1	0	5	0	0

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Batting Value

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	111	21	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-3	0	0	0
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	609	53	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	-8	0	-1	0

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Batting Sabermetric

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	111	21	0	4	4	17	1	.667	2	-2	-0.2	.000	1.4		0
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	609	53	0	7	8	47	2	.130	3	-8	-0.9	.000	2.1		0

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Dave Smith	25-31	1980	1986	7	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Batting Win Probability

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	111	21	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-3.73		-2.59	0.50
2	Dave Smith	25-37	1980	1992	609	53	-0.6	-0.9	-0.1	-9.72		-9.04	0.61

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Head-to-Head Batting

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Totals

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Dave Smith	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob James	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Dave Smith vs. Bob James: Game Logs

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Dave Smith vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	MON	1983-07-22		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Dave Smith	HOU	1983-07-22		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob James	MON	1983-07-12		3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Dave Smith	HOU	1983-07-12		4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.31	-0.007	0.12	0.00%	-0.33			P

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