Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Pitching Comparison

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	311	205	.603	2.86	656	647	6	231	61	1	4783.0	3971	1674	1521	380	1390	116	3640	76	8	126	19369	5649	127	3.04	1.121	7.5	0.7	2.6	6.8
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. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	3	3	.500	2.77	8	8	0	2	0	0	61.2	51	20	19	6	16	4	51	2	0	2	255	73		2.19	1.086	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.4
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. Tom Seaver: Value

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	68.3	23.0

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Against

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	5649	17604	2796	675	120	409	164	71.38	14	316	187	111	.226	.283	.342	.626	79	.117	.262	1729	6026	1175	5437	5649
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. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	73	231	29	15	1	3	1	75.00	0	1	2	4	.221	.273	.372	.645		.152	.253	25	86	22	69	73
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. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	483	64	56.7	10	0	0	0	100.0	12	18

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	6	75	62.3						0	0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	7	50	54.3	0	0		0		0	1

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	16.5	6.2	10.3

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	15.0	3.9	11.1

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1		93

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	100	100	64	64.00
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	1186	95	790	66.61

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: 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	6	7	.462	2.29	14	14	0	3	2	0	102.0	79	28	26	3	23	3	91	1	0	4	401	1.000	7.0	0.3	2.0	8.0
2	Tom Seaver	8	4	.667	2.01	14	13	1	4	3	0	98.2	71	23	22	9	32	2	66	2	0	2	382	1.044	6.5	0.8	2.9	6.0

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Game Logs

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Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	BOS	1986-07-27	GS-6, L	6.0	8	2	2	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	1	27	14	21	4	3	0	1	1	0	14	1	1	0	4	46	110	61	0.0	1.07			0.94
2	Don Sutton	CAL	1986-07-27	GS-7, W	6.0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	8	25	5	3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	59	99	66	0.3	2.68			0.99
3	Tom Seaver	CHW	1986-06-09	GS-7, L	7.0	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	27	6	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	2	59			0.0	0.77			0.79
4	Don Sutton	CAL	1986-06-09	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	31	4	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	89			0.5	4.84			0.93
5	Tom Seaver	CHW	1984-05-08	25-GF(25), W	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.1	0.52	0	0	2.37
6	Don Sutton	MIL	1984-05-08	GS-7	7.0	4	1	0	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	28	7	25	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	70			0.3	2.63			1.15
7	Tom Seaver	CIN	1982-08-15	GS-1, L	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	37			-0.2	-1.97			1.08
8	Don Sutton	HOU	1982-08-15	GS-8, W	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	28	5	28	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	78			0.1	2.70			0.54
9	Tom Seaver	CIN	1981-05-08	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	36	12	29	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	2	1	0	1	73			0.4	3.97			1.08
10	Don Sutton	HOU	1981-05-08	GS-6, L	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	23	6	22	3	1	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	56			0.0	0.64			0.93
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Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (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	1968	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	0
2	1969	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
3	1970	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
4	1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1978	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
6	1979	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
7	1981	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	26	24	5	0	0	0	4	0	7	.208	.208	.208	.417	2	0	0	0	0

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-06-10	NYM	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; A. Weis to 2B
2	1968	1968-06-10	NYM	LAD	tied 0-0	t6	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1968	1968-06-10	NYM	LAD	tied 0-0	t8	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; K. Collins to 2B
4	1968	1968-06-10	NYM	LAD	ahead 0-1	t10	12-	0		Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 3B; A. Weis to 2B
5	1968	1968-08-02	NYM	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
6	1968	1968-08-02	NYM	LAD	down 1-0	t5	1--	2		Single to SS; K. Collins to 2B
7	1968	1968-08-02	NYM	LAD	tied 1-1	t7	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
8	1969	1969-06-14	NYM	LAD	tied 1-1	t2	12-	2		Strikeout Looking
9	1969	1969-06-14	NYM	LAD	tied 1-1	t4	123	2		Single to CF; A. Shamsky Scores; E. Charles Scores; J. Grote out at 3B/CF-3B-2B-P
10	1969	1969-06-14	NYM	LAD	ahead 1-3	t7	---	2		Popfly: SS
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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (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	1968	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1971	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1978	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1979	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
7	1981	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-06-10	LAD	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: LF
2	1968	1968-06-10	LAD	NYM	tied 0-0	b6	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1968	1968-06-10	LAD	NYM	tied 0-0	b8	1--	1		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
4	1968	1968-08-02	LAD	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
5	1968	1968-08-02	LAD	NYM	ahead 0-1	b5	---	2		Flyball: RF
6	1969	1969-06-14	LAD	NYM	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout
7	1969	1969-06-14	LAD	NYM	down 3-1	b5	---	0		Flyball: CF
8	1970	1970-05-06	LAD	NYM	down 3-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
9	1970	1970-07-17	LAD	NYM	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Groundout: SS-1B
10	1970	1970-07-17	LAD	NYM	tied 0-0	b5	---	0		Flyball: RF
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Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Comparison

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Totals

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	1315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	0	108	485	.154	.219	.210	.429	22	276	22	4	121	4	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. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	20	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.143	.200	.343	4	1	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. Tom Seaver: Batting Value

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	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. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.0	4
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. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19	2	.143	2			.100	3.3		0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	0	4	4	20	1	.200	1			.000	2.0		0

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53	-14.3	-136.40	0.94
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. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: 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	14	27	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
2	Tom Seaver	14	32	29	1	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	7	.241	.267	.345	.611	10	0	0	2	0	0

Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: Game Logs

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Don Sutton vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	BOS	1986-07-27																																	P
2	Don Sutton	CAL	1986-07-27																																	P
3	Tom Seaver	CHW	1986-06-09																																	P
4	Don Sutton	CAL	1986-06-09																																	P
5	Tom Seaver	CHW	1984-05-08		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Don Sutton	MIL	1984-05-08																																	P
7	Tom Seaver	CIN	1982-08-15	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Don Sutton	HOU	1982-08-15	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	-0.028	0.00	0.00%	-0.89			P
9	Tom Seaver	CIN	1981-05-08	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	0.057	0.33	0.02%	1.60			P
10	Don Sutton	HOU	1981-05-08	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.056	0.71	-0.02%	-0.49			P
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