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John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Pitching Comparison

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Totals

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	40	39	.506	3.15	699	1	267	0	0	49	995.1	932	402	348	58	311	64	758	17	7	21	4171	1315	121	3.01	1.249	8.4	0.5	2.8	6.9
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	213	155	.579	3.33	723	481	204	53	16	154	3473.0	3074	1391	1284	288	1010	84	3084	57	16	145	14271	4277	125	3.24	1.176	8.0	0.7	2.6	8.0

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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	Larry Andersen	30-40	1983	1993	0	1	.000	5.50	14	0	5	0	0	1	18.0	16	12	11	0	9	3	13	1	0	0	81	28		1.63	1.389	8.0	0.0	4.5	6.5
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	15	4	.789	2.67	41	27	11	2	1	4	209.0	172	67	62	17	67	6	199	3	0	6	856	250		2.58	1.144	7.4	0.7	2.9	8.6

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Value

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	699	1	995.1	13.9	4.4
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	66.4	38.0

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Totals Against

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	699	1	995.1	1315	3748	707	141	26	110	31	78.01	9	71	53	40	.249	.306	.347	.653	85	.098	.294	412	1299	225	1260	1315
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	4277	12977	2114	605	67	182	102	64.08	15	244	139	87	.237	.293	.360	.653	76	.124	.288	1387	4677	960	4141	4277

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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	Larry Andersen	30-40	1983	1993	14	0	18.0	28	70	13	2	1	2	0	100.00	0	1	0	1	.229	.321	.286	.607		.057	.276	9	20	3	26	28
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	250	770	120	31	4	8	7	53.33	0	7	4	3	.223	.287	.340	.627		.117	.278	79	262	52	242	250

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Starting & Relieving

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	0	0	31.0	496	176	35	41	54.4	267	698
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	298	62	56.8	68	16	24	15	91.1	204	242

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Larry Andersen	30-40	1983	1993	0			4	1	25	1	50.0	5	14
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	22	81	61.3	1	0	0	1	80.0	11	14

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Ratios

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	699	1	995.1	18.2	7.5	10.7
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	21.6	7.1	14.5

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Larry Andersen	30-40	1983	1993	14	0	18.0	16.0	11.1	4.9
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	23.2	7.8	15.4

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Pitch Summary

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	699	1	995.1
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	15759	101	10676	67.75

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Larry Andersen	30-40	1983	1993	14	0	18.0	341		204	59.82
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	2560	108	1629	63.63

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Totals

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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 Smoltz	3	2	.600	3.51	9	9	0	2	0	0	56.1	53	24	22	3	20	2	47	1	0	2	240	1.296	8.5	0.5	3.2	7.5
2	Larry Andersen	0	0		1.74	9	0	5	0	0	0	10.1	9	3	2	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	44	1.161	7.8	0.0	2.6	5.2

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Game Logs

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John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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	Larry Andersen	PHI	1994-07-31	6-7	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1		24	14	0.0	0.09	0	0	1.10
2	John Smoltz	ATL	1994-07-31	GS-4	3.1	7	5	5	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	21	11	15	6	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	24	81	43	-0.4	-3.83			1.31
3	Larry Andersen	PHI	1993-09-25	7-7	0.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		8	5	-0.1	-1.73	1	1	1.09
4	John Smoltz	ATL	1993-09-25	GS-7	6.1	11	5	5	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	30	11	30	7	3	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	4	38	106	71	-0.1	-1.49			1.01
5	Larry Andersen	PHI	1993-06-23	9-GF	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	9	0.0	0.56	3	1	0.63
6	John Smoltz	ATL	1993-06-23	GS-6, L	6.0	3	2	1	1	0	5	1	10	0	0	0	27	9	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	65	104	60	0.0	0.95			1.07
7	Larry Andersen	SDP	1992-10-02 (1)	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	3	0.0	0.46	0	0	0.03
8	John Smoltz	ATL	1992-10-02 (1)	GS-4	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	3	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	62	60	34	0.2	1.84			0.89
9	Larry Andersen	SDP	1992-06-13	7-GF(8)	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		32	19	0.0	0.92	0	0	0.36
10	John Smoltz	ATL	1992-06-13	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	34	8	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	71	113	78	0.3	2.15			1.13
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John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Batter vs. Pitcher

Larry Andersen (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Larry Andersen (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (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	1990	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1992	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Larry Andersen (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Larry Andersen (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1990	1990-07-23	ATL	HOU	ahead 1-3	b8	1--	1		Strikeout
2	1992	1992-06-13	ATL	SDP	ahead 2-4	b8	1--	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Batting Comparison

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Batting Totals

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	581	45	38	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	.132	.195	.132	.327	-7	5	0	0	4	0	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	948	77	151	26	2	5	61	3	2	79	365	.159	.226	.207	.433	16	196	15	3	136	1	0

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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 Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	56	3	12	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	19	.214	.254	.232	.486	13	3	0	5	0	0

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Batting Value

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	581	45	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-6	0	0	0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	2.6	2.5	2.6	0.0	-127	0	-2	0

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Batting Sabermetric

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	581	45	0	8	8	37	2	.217	4	-8	-0.7	.000	2.5		0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	33	233	240	951	58	.252	133	-118	-11.9	.047	2.6	60.00	5

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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	Larry Andersen	30-40	1983	1993	14	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	1	15	15	52	8	.324	5			.018	2.9	100.00	3

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Batting Win Probability

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Larry Andersen	22-41	1975	1994	581	45	-0.4	-0.6	0.0	-6.59	-0.7	-6.31	0.60
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	-9.9	-11.3	0.5	-118.42	-11.7	-125.09	0.91

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Head-to-Head Batting

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Totals

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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 Smoltz	9	22	19	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	8	.211	.250	.316	.566	6	0	0	2	0	0
2	Larry Andersen	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: Game Logs

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John Smoltz vs. Larry Andersen: 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	Larry Andersen	PHI	1994-07-31		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	John Smoltz	ATL	1994-07-31	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.011	0.60	-0.01%	-0.11			P
3	Larry Andersen	PHI	1993-09-25		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	John Smoltz	ATL	1993-09-25	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.215	10.93	0.75%	2.07			P
5	Larry Andersen	PHI	1993-06-23		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	John Smoltz	ATL	1993-06-23	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.064	1.51	-0.05%	-0.46			P
7	Larry Andersen	SDP	1992-10-02 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	John Smoltz	ATL	1992-10-02 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.025	0.00	0.00%	-0.22			P
9	Larry Andersen	SDP	1992-06-13		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	John Smoltz	ATL	1992-06-13	*	9	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.48	0.022	0.92	0.03%	-0.18			P
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