John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Pitching Comparison

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Totals

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	188	147	.561	3.92	448	446	0	18	8	0	2840.1	2862	1347	1237	319	815	32	2294	133	12	125	12030	3913	110	3.94	1.295	9.1	1.0	2.6	7.3
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. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	8	6	.571	3.44	29	23	2	0	0	0	144.0	135	58	55	7	47	6	114	4	0	10	601	190		2.57	1.264	8.4	0.4	2.9	7.1
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. John Lackey: Value

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	38.1	12.0
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	66.4	38.0

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Totals Against

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	3913	10935	1938	556	49	256	76	77.11	7	259	72	72	.262	.319	.409	.728	94	.147	.303	1437	4473	924	3810	3913
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. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	23	144.0	190	540	100	26	2	6	3	66.67	0	16	3	5	.250	.312	.344	.657		.094	.302	61	186	35	186	190
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. John Lackey: Starting & Relieving

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	267	60	52.5	0	0		0		0	2
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	298	62	56.8	68	16	24	15	91.1	204	242

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	10	43	53.8	6	4	67	0		2	6
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	22	81	61.3	1	0	0	1	80.0	11	14

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Ratios

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	19.1	6.8	12.3
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	21.6	7.1	14.5

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	23	144.0	19.0	7.8	11.1
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	23.2	7.8	15.4

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Pitch Summary

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	43915	101	28491	64.88
2	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	15759	101	10676	67.75

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	23	144.0	2243	90	1418	63.22
2	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	2560	108	1629	63.63

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Totals

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: 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 Lackey	0	0		3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	25	1.333	10.5	1.5	1.5	9.0
2	John Smoltz	0	1	.000	4.32	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	13	4	4	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	36	1.560	14.0	0.0	0.0	5.4

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Game Logs

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John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	LAA	2005-06-06	GS-6	6.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	25	9	23	5	1	0	1	0	1	11	1	0	0	2	55	92	65	0.0	1.07			0.90
2	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-06-06	GS-9, L	8.1	13	4	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	36	13	36	11	2	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	2	46	114	87	-0.3	-0.31			1.30

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (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	2005	2	2	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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-06-06	LAA	ATL	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2005	2005-06-06	LAA	ATL	down 2-0	t5	123	2	3 (0-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B

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

John Lackey (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	2005	2	2	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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2005	2005-06-06	ATL	LAA	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	4 (1-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B
2	2005	2005-06-06	ATL	LAA	ahead 0-2	b5	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Batting Comparison

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Batting Totals

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	236	6	26	7	0	0	8	1	1	9	97	.110	.143	.140	.283	-24	33	3	0	20	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. John Lackey: 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 Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	1	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. John Lackey: Batting Value

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	-44	0	-1	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. John Lackey: Batting Sabermetric

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	7	35	35	234	7	.187	14	-45	-4.5	.030	2.4	50.0	2
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. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	13	0	3	3	10	1	.286	0			.000	2.4		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. John Lackey: Batting Win Probability

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	-4.7	-4.1	-0.6	-46.88	-4.6	-45.95	1.00
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. John Lackey: Head-to-Head Batting

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Totals

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: 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 Lackey	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Smoltz	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: Game Logs

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John Smoltz vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	LAA	2005-06-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	-0.109	2.75	-0.09%	-0.89			P
2	John Smoltz	ATL	2005-06-06	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.047	0.78	-0.04%	-0.57			P

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