Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Pitching Comparison

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Totals

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	103	109	.486	3.46	319	255	23	66	15	7	1810.1	1694	814	696	128	703	55	976	18	6	55	7668	2528	104	3.64	1.324	8.4	0.6	3.5	4.9
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	324	256	.559	3.26	774	756	12	178	58	5	5282.1	4692	2104	1914	472	1343	102	3574	82	21	112	21631	6345	108	3.24	1.142	8.0	0.8	2.3	6.1

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	0	1	.000	3.20	4	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	18	7	7	2	8	2	12	0	0	0	84	27		2.71	1.322	8.2	0.9	3.7	5.5
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	6	4	.600	3.68	15	14	0	3	1	0	100.1	92	46	41	12	16	0	61	3	1	2	407	118		1.59	1.076	8.3	1.1	1.4	5.5

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Value

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1	17.1	1.8
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	68.3	23.0

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Totals Against

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1	2528	6796	1235	283	48	104	71	59.43	17	157	94	56	.249	.319	.362	.680	95	.112	.272	791	2457	459	2415	2528
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	6345	19870	3385	728	107	432	143	75.13	14	292	208	127	.236	.286	.355	.640	85	.119	.265	2035	7050	1307	6117	6345

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	3	19.2	27	74	14	2	0	5	0	100.00	0	2	1	1	.243	.313	.351	.665		.108	.262	10	26	4	26	27
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	118	380	62	17	1	6	3	66.67	0	6	7	1	.242	.278	.387	.664		.145	.260	43	147	30	111	118

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Starting & Relieving

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	159	62	52.9	53	15	28	1	87.5	23	64
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	483	64	56.7	10	0	0	0	100.0	12	18

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	1	33	49.7	1	0	0	0		0	1
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	7	50	54.3	0	0		0		0	1

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Ratios

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1	12.7	9.2	3.6
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	16.5	6.2	10.3

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	3	19.2	14.3	9.5	4.8
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	15.0	3.9	11.1

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Pitch Summary

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	319	255	1810.1		85
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1		93

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	3	19.2	130	74	74	56.92
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	1186	95	790	66.61

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Totals

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Don Sutton	1	1	.500	3.92	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.2	21	9	9	8	3	0	18	0	0	0	82	1.161	9.1	3.5	1.3	7.8
2	Jim Rooker	0	1	.000	2.16	3	2	1	0	0	1	16.2	11	7	4	4	6	0	9	0	0	0	67	1.020	5.9	2.2	3.2	4.9

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Game Logs

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Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-09-03	GS-6, L	6.0	7	6	3	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	26	9	25	4	0	0	1	1	0	16	0	0	1	3	44			-0.3	-3.09			0.42
2	Don Sutton	LAD	1977-09-03	GS-7, W	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	27	6	26	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	3	65			0.2	1.39			0.73
3	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-06-14	GS-8	7.2	4	1	1	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	31	10	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	65			0.4	2.65			1.38
4	Don Sutton	LAD	1977-06-14	GS-7	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	25	5	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	67			0.1	1.39			0.78
5	Jim Rooker	PIT	1973-05-07	7-GF, S	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	10	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.4	1.33	0	0	1.88
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1973-05-07	GS-7, L	6.2	11	5	5	0	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	30	13	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	26	2	0	0	5	33			-0.4	-2.00			1.47

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (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	1977	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Jim Rooker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-06-14	LAD	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1977	1977-06-14	LAD	PIT	down 2-0	b6	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1977	1977-09-03	LAD	PIT	ahead 0-4	b2	---	1		Strikeout
4	1977	1977-09-03	LAD	PIT	ahead 2-5	b4	---	2		Strikeout Looking

Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (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	1977	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Rooker (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-06-14	PIT	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Flyball: CF
2	1977	1977-06-14	PIT	LAD	ahead 0-2	t5	-2-	1		Strikeout
3	1977	1977-09-03	PIT	LAD	down 4-1	t3	---	1		Strikeout
4	1977	1977-09-03	PIT	LAD	down 5-2	t5	1--	1		Popfly: 2B

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Batting Comparison

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Batting Totals

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	606	54	122	17	4	7	56	3	0	21	229	.201	.230	.277	.507	41	168	14	3	32	5	0
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	1354	64	195	15	1	0	64	1	0	60	365	.144	.183	.157	.340	-2	212	29	6	136	3	0

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.100	.182	.100	.282	2	0	0	2	0	0

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Batting Value

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	2.7	2.6	2.7	0.0	-48	0	0	0
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-1.6	-1.6	-1.8	0.4	-186	1	-3	0

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Batting Sabermetric

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	28	146	153	535	43	.307	103	-49	-5.3	.076	2.6	100.0	3
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	16	261	274	1327	46	.197	128	-185	-19.4	.013	3.7	100.0	1

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	31-36	1974	1979	4	5	0	1	1	4	1	.333	0			.000	2.5		0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	0	4	4	20	1	.200	1			.000	2.0		0

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Batting Win Probability

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Rooker	25-37	1968	1980	337	668	-3.8	-4.4	0.2	-52.79	-5.6	-48.43	0.91
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-17.8	-19.9	0.5	-201.16	-21.6	-203.31	0.92

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Totals

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Don Sutton	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Rooker	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: Game Logs

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Don Sutton vs. Jim Rooker: 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	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-09-03	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.88	-0.042	1.23	-0.04%	-0.44			P
2	Don Sutton	LAD	1977-09-03	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	-0.011	0.05	0.00%	-0.26			P
3	Jim Rooker	PIT	1977-06-14	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.074	1.70	-0.08%	-0.79			P
4	Don Sutton	LAD	1977-06-14	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.052	1.82	-0.06%	-0.38			P
5	Jim Rooker	PIT	1973-05-07		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.010	0.76	-0.01%	-0.14			P
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1973-05-07	*	7	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.94	-0.001	0.95	0.00%	-0.44			P

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