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Rick Ankiel vs. John Smoltz

Regular Season: 3 PA , .333/.333/.333, 0 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Pitching Comparison

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Totals

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	13	10	.565	3.90	51	41	1	0	0	1	242.0	198	119	105	32	130	2	269	12	2	20	1039	351	119	4.38	1.355	7.4	1.2	4.8	10.0
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. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	0	0		15.75	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	7	7	0	11	0	5	0	0	9	26	16		8.88	4.000	11.3	0.0	24.8	11.3
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. Rick Ankiel: Value

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	51	41	242.0	3.6	1.7
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	66.4	38.0

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Totals Against

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	51	41	242.0	351	876	126	38	2	10	8	55.56	1	18	12	9	.226	.331	.384	.715	85	.158	.284	114	336	72	340	351
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. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	3	2	4.0	16	13	3	2	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	1	1	.385	.640	.538	1.178		.154	.556	7	7	2	16	16
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. Rick Ankiel: Starting & Relieving

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rick Ankiel	19-24	1999	2004	18	44	53.1	3	1	33	0	100.0	1	10
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	298	62	56.8	68	16	24	15	91.1	204	242

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rick Ankiel	20	2000	2000	0	0	35.5	0	0				0	1
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	22	81	61.3	1	0	0	1	80.0	11	14

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Ratios

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	51	41	242.0	25.9	12.5	13.4
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	21.6	7.1	14.5

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	3	2	4.0	19.2	42.3	-23.1
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	23.2	7.8	15.4

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Pitch Summary

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	51	41	242.0	3772	98	2256	59.81
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	15759	101	10676	67.75

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	3	2	4.0	116	50	54	46.55
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	2560	108	1629	63.63

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Totals

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	0	0		3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	7	0	0	0	34	1.250	6.8	1.1	4.5	7.9
2	Rick Ankiel	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	28	1.667	7.5	0.0	7.5	4.5

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Game Logs

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John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	STL	1999-08-29	GS-6	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	28	10	23	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	52	108	58	0.1	1.36			1.20
2	John Smoltz	ATL	1999-08-29	GS-8	8.0	6	3	3	0	1	4	1	7	0	0	0	34	10	29	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	3	61	112	75	0.1	1.48			1.62

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Rick Ankiel (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Rick Ankiel (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	1999	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Rick Ankiel (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Rick Ankiel (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-08-29	ATL	STL	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
2	1999	1999-08-29	ATL	STL	ahead 0-2	t4	--3	2	6 (3-2)	Walk
3	1999	1999-08-29	ATL	STL	tied 2-2	t6	1--	2	6 (3-2)	Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); W. Weiss to 3B

Rick Ankiel (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rick Ankiel (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	1999	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2007	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Rick Ankiel (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rick Ankiel (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-08-29	STL	ATL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1999	1999-08-29	STL	ATL	tied 2-2	b4	1-3	2	4 (0-2)	Groundout: 1B unassisted
3	2007	2007-08-24	STL	ATL	down 7-2	b8	1--	1	2 (0-1)	Single to RF (Line Drive); A. Miles to 3B

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Batting Comparison

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Batting Totals

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	651	2115	1921	260	462	101	10	76	251	21	12	162	555	.240	.302	.422	.724	92	811	31	12	8	12	13
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. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	9	17	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	.133	.235	.333	.569	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	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. Rick Ankiel: Batting Value

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	651	2115	5.5	-0.8	5.0	0.8	-23	1	-2	4
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	2.6	2.5	2.6	0.0	-127	0	-2	0

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Batting Sabermetric

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	651	2115	187	636	654	1522	249	.296	435	-27	-2.8	.182	3.5	63.6	33
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	33	233	240	951	58	.252	133	-118	-11.9	.047	2.6	60.0	5

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	9	17	1	4	4	13	2	.125	1			.200	2.5		0
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	1	15	15	52	8	.324	5			.018	2.9	100.0	3

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Batting Win Probability

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	651	2115	-2.3	-1.0	-1.2	-20.99	-2.0	-9.71	1.05
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. Rick Ankiel: Head-to-Head Batting

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Totals

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Rick Ankiel	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: Game Logs

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John Smoltz vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	STL	1999-08-29	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.087	0.00	0.00%	-0.80			P
2	John Smoltz	ATL	1999-08-29	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.023	0.39	0.00%	-0.16			P

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