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Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Pitching Comparison

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Totals

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	64	59	.520	3.78	212	176	14	10	4	2	1085.0	1036	515	456	78	434	36	748	21	5	34	4626	1551	99	3.58	1.355	8.6	0.6	3.6	6.2
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	171	139	.552	4.08	457	392	30	72	18	6	2697.2	2662	1324	1223	236	1081	75	1679	46	38	100	11548	3896	97	3.93	1.387	8.9	0.8	3.6	5.6

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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 Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	1	1	.500	3.72	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.1	14	9	8	0	12	2	12	1	1	0	84	28		3.54	1.345	6.5	0.0	5.6	5.6

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Value

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	11.0	1.5
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2	31.2	8.0

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Totals Against

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	1551	4103	784	149	25	172	64	72.88	1	84	40	28	.252	.325	.358	.683	94	.106	.290	482	1469	252	1491	1551
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2	3896	10219	1882	465	79	314	117	72.85	59	186	110	89	.260	.331	.391	.722	100	.130	.289	1346	3993	780	3789	3896

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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 Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	3	19.1	28	68	13	1	0	0	0		0	2	1	2	.206	.325	.221	.546		.015	.241	6	15	1	27	28

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	88	50	51.1	17	11	65	1	66.7	14	36
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	208	53	50.9	45	15	33	4	60.0	30	65

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	2	67	53.3						0	0

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Ratios

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	16.2	9.4	6.8
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2	14.5	9.4	5.2

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	3	19.1	14.3	14.3	0.0

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0		85
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	457	392	2697.2		99

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rick Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	3	19.1	279	93	153	54.84

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Totals

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	1	1	.500	2.91	4	3	0	0	0	0	21.2	14	8	7	3	8	0	18	1	0	1	87	1.015	5.8	1.2	3.3	7.5
2	Rick Sutcliffe	2	1	.667	2.15	4	4	0	1	0	0	29.1	19	10	7	1	11	2	17	0	2	3	118	1.023	5.8	0.3	3.4	5.2

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Game Logs

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Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	ATL	1987-05-29	GS-7	7.0	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	9	28	5	2	0	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	3	48			-0.1	-0.33			1.07
2	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-05-29	GS-7	7.0	4	3	3	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	1	29	8	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	56			0.1	0.67			1.27
3	David Palmer	MON	1985-06-12	GS-7, W	6.2	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	8	1	0	0	29	10	23	4	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	69			0.3	2.29			1.33
4	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1985-06-12	GS-6, L	6.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	25	7	23	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	2	54			0.0	0.58			0.72
5	David Palmer	MON	1985-04-14	GS-7, L	7.0	2	4	3	1	2	2	0	5	0	0	1	26	5	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	62			-0.1	-0.52			0.70
6	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1985-04-14	CG, W	9.0	4	2	1	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	1	33	7	31	4	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	78			0.4	2.48			1.12
7	David Palmer	MON	1979-07-08	8-8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.47	0	0	0.04
8	Rick Sutcliffe	LAD	1979-07-08	GS-8, W	7.1	5	3	1	2	0	4	0	4	0	2	0	31	10	27	4	1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	60			0.1	1.23			0.98

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (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	1985	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1987	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rick Sutcliffe (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1985	1985-04-14	MON	CHC	down 2-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1985	1985-04-14	MON	CHC	down 2-1	t5	---	2		Strikeout
3	1985	1985-06-12	MON	CHC	ahead 0-1	b2	12-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1985	1985-06-12	MON	CHC	ahead 0-2	b4	12-	2		Flyball: 1B
5	1987	1987-05-29	ATL	CHC	down 2-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
6	1987	1987-05-29	ATL	CHC	tied 2-2	b4	-23	2		Strikeout

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (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	1979	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1987	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Rick Sutcliffe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-07-08	LAD	MON	ahead 2-7	t8	---	1		Strikeout
2	1985	1985-04-14	CHC	MON	ahead 1-2	b2	---	2		Strikeout
3	1985	1985-04-14	CHC	MON	ahead 1-2	b5	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
4	1985	1985-06-12	CHC	MON	down 1-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1985	1985-06-12	CHC	MON	down 2-0	t5	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
6	1987	1987-05-29	CHC	ATL	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	2		Walk; D. Martinez to 2B
7	1987	1987-05-29	CHC	ATL	tied 2-2	t5	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
8	1987	1987-05-29	CHC	ATL	tied 3-3	t7	1-3	0		Strikeout

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Batting Comparison

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Batting Totals

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	323	22	48	12	0	5	23	0	0	5	95	.149	.162	.232	.394	8	75	6	0	47	0	0
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	562	42	102	22	1	4	55	4	0	34	143	.181	.229	.246	.474	30	138	15	2	54	5	0

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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 Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	9	8	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	8	1	0	1	0	0

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Batting Value

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-43	1	-2	0
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	2.7	2.6	2.7	0.1	-57	0	2	0

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Batting Sabermetric

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	17	53	56	328	16	.193	40	-42	-4.3	.084	3.4		0
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	27	138	144	534	35	.233	93	-56	-5.9	.064	3.9	100.0	4

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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 Sutcliffe	28-33	1984	1989	3	9	2	4	4	6	3	.600	1			.500	4.0		0

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Batting Win Probability

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	-3.6	-3.9	0.2	-42.95	-4.5	-42.73	0.96
2	Rick Sutcliffe	20-38	1976	1994	316	657	-4.5	-5.2	0.1	-52.52	-5.3	-56.23	0.90

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Head-to-Head Batting

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Totals

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Rick Sutcliffe	4	12	10	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.100	.182	.200	.382	2	0	0	1	0	0

Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: Game Logs

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Rick Sutcliffe vs. David Palmer: 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	David Palmer	ATL	1987-05-29	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	-0.099	2.49	-0.09%	-0.87			P
2	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1987-05-29	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.099	2.55	-0.13%	-0.62			P
3	David Palmer	MON	1985-06-12	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.062	2.93	-0.09%	-0.80			P
4	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1985-06-12	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.052	3.42	-0.10%	-0.41			P
5	David Palmer	MON	1985-04-14	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.041	1.36	-0.04%	-0.34			P
6	Rick Sutcliffe	CHC	1985-04-14	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	-0.026	0.61	-0.03%	-0.44			P
7	David Palmer	MON	1979-07-08		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Rick Sutcliffe	LAD	1979-07-08	*	8	9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.179	0.05	0.00%	1.92			P

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