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Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan

Regular Season: 3 PA , .000/.000/.000, 0 HR, 2 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Year-by-Year Totals

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: 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	2003	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2005	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Plate Appearances

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Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2003	2003-04-29	CHC	SFG	ahead 2-3	t7	---	2	6 (3-2)	Flyball: CF
2	2005	2005-07-20	BAL	MIN	tied 2-2	t9	12-	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2007	2007-05-23	TEX	MIN	down 5-3	b9	12-	2	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Batting Comparison

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Totals

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: 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	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	168	77	63	4	10	3	0	2	4	0	0	3	17	.159	.194	.302	.496	27	19	1	0	10	1	0
2	Sammy Sosa	20-38	1989	2007	2354	9896	8813	1475	2408	379	45	609	1667	234	107	929	2306	.273	.344	.534	.878	128	4704	202	59	17	78	154

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: 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	Joe Nathan	28-39	2003	2014	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Sammy Sosa	29-34	1998	2003	15	67	53	8	13	3	0	2	7	1	2	13	17	.245	.403	.415	.818	22	1	1	0	0	4

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Value

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	168	77	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-8	1	-1	0
2	Sammy Sosa	20-38	1989	2007	2354	9896	58.6	28.2	50.4	-0.3	333	-13	-14	86

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Sabermetric

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	168	77	5	13	14	65	4	.178	6	-6	-0.6	.143	3.7		0
2	Sammy Sosa	20-38	1989	2007	2354	9896	1033	3396	3512	6809	1625	.301	2533	334	30.7	.261	3.8	68.62	341

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Joe Nathan	28-39	2003	2014	10	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Sammy Sosa	29-34	1998	2003	15	67	5	27	29	43	9	.324	13			.170	3.1	33.33	3

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Win Probability

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	168	77	-0.6	-0.8	0.1	-11.01	-1.0	-9.23	0.80
2	Sammy Sosa	20-38	1989	2007	2354	9896	25.0	41.5	-17.3	385.36	35.6	478.71	1.03

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Pitching Comparison

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Totals

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: 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	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	64	34	.653	2.87	787	29	587	0	0	377	923.1	690	317	294	84	344	31	976	23	2	47	3771	1085	151	3.36	1.120	6.7	0.8	3.4	9.5

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: 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	Joe Nathan	28-39	2003	2014	0	2	.000	8.10	10	0	5	0	0	1	10.0	14	9	9	2	8	3	12	0	0	1	52	23		5.68	2.200	12.6	1.8	7.2	10.8

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Value

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	787	29	923.1	26.4	14.1

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Totals Against

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: 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	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	787	29	923.1	1085	3355	450	143	13	71	15	82.56	2	49	25	24	.206	.282	.331	.613	64	.125	.261	325	1111	240	1057	1085

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: 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	Joe Nathan	28-39	2003	2014	10	0	10.0	23	40	8	4	0	1	0	100.00	0	0	0	1	.350	.449	.600	1.049		.250	.444	15	24	6	22	23

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Starting & Relieving

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	15	52	47.9	143	46	32	46	89.1	587	758

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Nathan	28-39	2003	2014	0			5	3	60	2	33.3	5	10

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Ratios

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	787	29	923.1	25.9	9.1	16.8
2	Sammy Sosa	20-38	1989	2007

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Nathan	28-39	2003	2014	10	0	10.0	23.1	15.4	7.7
2	Sammy Sosa	29-34	1998	2003

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Pitch Summary

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Nathan	24-41	1999	2016	787	29	923.1	13909	97	8740	62.84

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Nathan	28-39	2003	2014	10	0	10.0	208		125	60.10

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Head-to-Head Batting

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Totals

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: 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	Sammy Sosa	9	30	27	3	8	1	0	2	2	0	0	3	8	.296	.367	.556	.922	15	1	0	0	0	0
2	Joe Nathan	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: Game Logs

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Sammy Sosa vs. Joe Nathan: 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	Joe Nathan	MIN	2007-09-19																																	P
2	Sammy Sosa	TEX	2007-09-19		1	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	-0.068	0.00	0.00%	-0.37			PH
3	Joe Nathan	MIN	2007-08-19																																	P
4	Sammy Sosa	TEX	2007-08-19	*	9	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.071	0.00	0.00%	0.37			DH
5	Joe Nathan	MIN	2007-05-23																																	P
6	Sammy Sosa	TEX	2007-05-23		1	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	-0.098	1.58	-0.03%	-0.47			PH
7	Joe Nathan	MIN	2007-05-22																																	P
8	Sammy Sosa	TEX	2007-05-22	*	9	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	.500	.750	2.000	2.750	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	0.154	0.41	0.05%	1.08			DH
9	Joe Nathan	MIN	2005-07-20																																	P
10	Sammy Sosa	BAL	2005-07-20	*	9	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.136	3.06	-0.15%	-0.54			RF
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