Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Pitching Comparison

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Totals

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	204	150	.576	3.48	510	466	19	68	25	5	3130.1	2939	1366	1211	235	1007	108	2014	117	23	121	13150	4246	112	3.69	1.261	8.4	0.7	2.9	5.8
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	100	92	.521	3.47	297	224	20	72	13	4	1730.1	1395	732	667	172	657	50	1449	28	20	37	7147	2148	108	3.53	1.186	7.3	0.9	3.4	7.5

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	26-40	1985	1999	8	3	.727	2.59	22	18	2	4	2	1	132.0	103	43	38	8	43	5	97	6	0	6	533	162		3.38	1.106	7.0	0.5	2.9	6.6
2	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0		1.73	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Value

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	510	466	3130.1	51.4	24.8
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1	26.8	11.7

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Totals Against

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	510	466	3130.1	4246	11825	2114	525	65	181	94	65.82	18	314	124	73	.249	.312	.364	.676	89	.115	.280	1365	4299	825	4063	4246
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1	2148	6335	931	249	43	217	78	73.56	6	70	73	53	.220	.294	.355	.649	84	.134	.257	672	2246	464	2080	2148

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	26-40	1985	1999	22	18	132.0	162	472	79	16	0	5	5	50.00	0	13	7	2	.218	.291	.303	.594		.085	.258	47	143	24	152	162
2	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0							.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Starting & Relieving

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	293	63	53.9	19	6	32	3	62.5	19	44
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	144	64	57.7	46	18	39	1	80.0	20	73

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Orel Hershiser	26-40	1985	1999	13	72	59.3	5	0	0	0	100.0	2	4
2	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	0			0	0				0	1

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Ratios

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	510	466	3130.1	15.3	7.7	7.7
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1	20.3	9.2	11.1

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Orel Hershiser	26-40	1985	1999	22	18	132.0	18.2	8.1	10.1
2	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	2.0	16.7	0.0	16.7

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Pitch Summary

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	510	466	3130.1	513	92	286	55.75
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1		95

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Orel Hershiser	26-40	1985	1999	22	18	132.0	1350	96	868	64.30
2	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	2.0	24		15	62.50

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Totals

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Mario Soto	0	1	.000	3.32	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.0	15	8	7	0	4	0	11	1	1	0	77	1.000	7.1	0.0	1.9	5.2
2	Orel Hershiser	1	0	1.000	1.04	3	2	1	1	1	1	17.1	8	2	2	0	5	0	9	0	0	0	64	0.750	4.2	0.0	2.6	4.7

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Game Logs

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Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	LAD	1985-08-08	GS-7	6.1	4	2	2	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	28	10	23	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	54			0.0	0.20			1.22
2	Mario Soto	CIN	1985-08-08	GS-6	6.0	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	25	8	23	5	1	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	45			-0.3	-1.40			1.37
3	Orel Hershiser	LAD	1984-07-29	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	29	2	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	90			0.7	4.00			1.25
4	Mario Soto	CIN	1984-07-29	CG(8), L	8.0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	29	6	28	4	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	77			0.2	2.55			0.78
5	Orel Hershiser	LAD	1984-06-21	8-GF, S	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0				0.2	0.94	0	0	2.10
6	Mario Soto	CIN	1984-06-21	GS-6	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	23	9	19	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	1	46			0.0	-0.26			1.01

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mario Soto (Pitcher) vs. Orel Hershiser (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mario Soto (Pitcher) vs. Orel Hershiser (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	1984	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mario Soto (Pitcher) vs. Orel Hershiser (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mario Soto (Pitcher) vs. Orel Hershiser (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-29	CIN	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1984	1984-07-29	CIN	LAD	down 1-0	t6	---	2		Flyball: P
3	1985	1985-08-08	CIN	LAD	ahead 1-2	t2	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1985	1985-08-08	CIN	LAD	ahead 1-2	t5	---	1		Strikeout

Orel Hershiser (Pitcher) vs. Mario Soto (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Orel Hershiser (Pitcher) vs. Mario Soto (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	1984	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1985	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0

Orel Hershiser (Pitcher) vs. Mario Soto (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Orel Hershiser (Pitcher) vs. Mario Soto (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-29	LAD	CIN	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Reached on E8 (Fly Ball)
2	1984	1984-07-29	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-1	b5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; G. Rivera to 2B
3	1984	1984-07-29	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-1	b8	---	1		Single
4	1985	1985-08-08	LAD	CIN	down 2-1	b3	---	0		Bunt Groundout: P-1B
5	1985	1985-08-08	LAD	CIN	down 2-1	b5	12-	1		Strikeout (foul bunt)

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Batting Comparison

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Batting Totals

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	431	949	810	65	163	29	2	0	50	8	3	27	182	.201	.230	.242	.472	31	196	7	5	101	6	0
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	303	603	530	32	70	13	1	1	24	0	0	11	166	.132	.152	.166	.318	-12	88	2	2	58	2	0

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	26-40	1985	1999	22	25	24	3	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.208	.240	.292	.532	7	0	0	0	0	0

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Batting Value

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	431	949	4.7	4.6	4.7	0.1	-73	3	-4	0
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	303	603	-1.1	-1.1	-1.2	0.1	-80	2	-1	0

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Batting Sabermetric

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	431	949	31	195	212	764	54	.257	115	-78	-8.0	.041	4.5	72.7	11
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	303	603	15	83	93	522	19	.189	55	-83	-8.7	.034	3.2		0

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	26-40	1985	1999	22	25	2	6	7	19	6	.263	6			.083	4.8		0
2	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Batting Win Probability

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Orel Hershiser	24-41	1983	2000	431	949	-6.8	-7.3	0.3	-80.64	-8.4	-82.40	0.96
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	303	603	-6.6	-7.4	0.6	-75.34	-8.0	-79.40	0.97

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Head-to-Head Batting

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Totals

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Mario Soto	3	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Orel Hershiser	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0

Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: Game Logs

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Mario Soto vs. Orel Hershiser: 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	Orel Hershiser	LAD	1985-08-08	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	-0.095	8.53	-0.23%	-0.65			P
2	Mario Soto	CIN	1985-08-08	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.029	1.97	-0.06%	-0.28			P
3	Orel Hershiser	LAD	1984-07-29	*	9	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.71	0.026	0.34	0.01%	0.31			P
4	Mario Soto	CIN	1984-07-29	*	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	-0.028	0.01	0.00%	-0.18			P
5	Orel Hershiser	LAD	1984-06-21		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Mario Soto	CIN	1984-06-21	*	6	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	0.080	0.37	0.03%	0.88			P

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