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Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Pitching Comparison

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Totals

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	24	26	.480	3.80	279	2	194	0	0	73	407.0	377	194	172	39	157	24	340	17	7	24	1755	584	107	3.61	1.312	8.3	0.9	3.5	7.5
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. Bob James: 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	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. Bob James: Value

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	279	2	407.0	2.2	-1.7
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1	26.8	11.7

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Totals Against

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	279	2	407.0	584	1533	261	67	10	50	5	90.91	3	32	27	21	.246	.319	.379	.698	92	.133	.288	190	581	116	551	584
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. Bob James: 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	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	2.0	0	0																	.000				0	0

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Starting & Relieving

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	0	0	36.5	207	76	37	29	71.6	194	277
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	144	64	57.7	46	18	39	1	80.0	20	73

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979									0	1

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Ratios

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	279	2	407.0	19.4	8.9	10.4
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1	20.3	9.2	11.1

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	2.0	16.7	0.0	16.7

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Pitch Summary

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	279	2	407.0
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	297	224	1730.1		95

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	2.0

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Totals

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: 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	2	1	.667	3.28	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.2	25	9	9	1	9	1	25	0	1	0	108	1.378	9.1	0.4	3.3	9.1
2	Bob James	0	0		2.45	3	0	2	0	0	1	3.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	15	1.091	4.9	0.0	4.9	9.8

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Game Logs

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Mario Soto vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	MON	1984-06-30	7-GF(8)	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.94	0	0	0.11
2	Mario Soto	CIN	1984-06-30	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	7	0	0	0	35	8	30	3	1	0	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	78			0.3	3.24			1.00
3	Bob James	MON	1983-07-25 (1)	7-8	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	8	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-1.60	0	0	0.30
4	Mario Soto	CIN	1983-07-25 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	1	2	0	11	0	0	0	36	9	34	6	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	74			0.4	2.24			1.22
5	Bob James	MON	1983-07-20	9-GF, S	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.30	1	0	1.23
6	Mario Soto	CIN	1983-07-20	GS-7, L	6.2	14	6	6	0	0	3	0	7	0	1	0	37	17	34	12	2	0	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	2	26			-0.3	-3.30			0.93

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob James (Pitcher) vs. Mario Soto (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob James (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	1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1984	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

Bob James (Pitcher) vs. Mario Soto (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob James (Pitcher) vs. Mario Soto (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1983	1983-07-25 (1)	CIN	MON	ahead 1-3	b7	---	1		Strikeout
2	1984	1984-06-30	CIN	MON	ahead 1-4	b7	---	0		Strikeout

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Batting Comparison

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Batting Totals

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	111	21	21	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	.190	.190	.190	.381	9	4	0	0	0	0	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. Bob James: Batting Value

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	111	21	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-3	0	0	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. Bob James: Batting Sabermetric

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	111	21	0	4	4	17	1	.667	2	-2	-0.2	.000	1.4		0
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. Bob James: 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	Mario Soto	22	1979	1979	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Batting Win Probability

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob James	19-28	1978	1987	111	21	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-3.73		-2.59	0.50
2	Mario Soto	20-31	1977	1988	303	603	-6.6	-7.4	0.6	-75.34		-79.40	0.97

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Head-to-Head Batting

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Totals

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: 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	8	8	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.625	.875	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob James	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Mario Soto vs. Bob James: Game Logs

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Mario Soto vs. Bob James: 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	Bob James	MON	1984-06-30		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Mario Soto	CIN	1984-06-30	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	0.093	0.26	0.02%	0.43			P
3	Bob James	MON	1983-07-25 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Mario Soto	CIN	1983-07-25 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	0.004	0.01	0.00%	0.13			P
5	Bob James	MON	1983-07-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Mario Soto	CIN	1983-07-20	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	-0.025	0.01	0.00%	-0.24			P

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