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Masahiro Tanaka

17.3

174

173

1054.1

78-46

3.74

114

991

23.1

208

4.8

WAR

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IP

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798

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Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Pitching Comparison

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Totals

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	44	44	.500	3.95	138	138	0	1	1	0	771.0	705	352	338	95	201	12	798	43	2	22	3188	968	106	3.66	1.175	8.2	1.1	2.3	9.3
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	78	46	.629	3.74	174	173	0	7	4	0	1054.1	983	476	438	159	208	1	991	26	0	32	4299	1256	114	3.91	1.130	8.4	1.4	1.8	8.5

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	24-27	2020	2023	2	1	.667	1.53	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.2	14	3	3	2	3	0	17	1	0	1	71	18		3.46	0.962	7.1	1.0	1.5	8.7
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	5	4	.556	3.33	10	10	0	0	0	0	54.0	38	21	20	6	15	0	44	1	0	2	212	54		3.88	0.981	6.3	1.0	2.5	7.3

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Value

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	138	138	771.0	12.2	5.7
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	174	173	1054.1	17.5	8.0

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Totals Against

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	138	138	771.0	968	2916	442	152	16	28	10	73.68	3	59	7	19	.242	.299	.403	.701	94	.161	.299	353	1174	263	949	968
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	174	173	1054.1	1256	4030	595	218	11	27	18	60.00	7	72	11	22	.244	.284	.422	.706	88	.178	.284	487	1700	388	1217	1256

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	24-27	2020	2023	3	3	17.2	18	67											.209	.254					.250				18	18
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	10	10	54.0	54	196											.194	.255					.219				54	54

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Starting & Relieving

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	68	49	54.0				0		0	0
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	100	58	55.0	0	0		0		0	1

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Pablo López	24-27	2020	2023									0	0
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020									0	0

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Ratios

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	138	138	771.0	25.0	6.3	18.7
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	174	173	1054.1	23.1	4.8	18.2

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Pablo López	24-27	2020	2023	3	3	17.2	23.9	4.2	19.7
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	10	10	54.0	20.8	7.1	13.7

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Pitch Summary

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	138	138	771.0	9868	89	6495	65.82
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	174	173	1054.1	14611	93	9761	66.81

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Pablo López	24-27	2020	2023	3	3	17.2
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	10	10	54.0

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Head-to-Head Pitching

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Totals

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	0	0		1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	26	1.333	10.5	0.0	1.5	6.0
2	Masahiro Tanaka	0	0		1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	21	0.833	6.0	1.5	1.5	6.0

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Game Logs

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Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	MIA	2018-08-21	GS-6	6.0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	26	9	24	6	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	57			0.2	1.73			1.33
2	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	2018-08-21	GS-6	6.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	21	5	20	3	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	1	63			0.2	1.73			1.17

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Batter vs. Pitcher

Masahiro Tanaka (Pitcher) vs. Pablo López (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Masahiro Tanaka (Pitcher) vs. Pablo López (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	2018	2	2	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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Masahiro Tanaka (Pitcher) vs. Pablo López (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Masahiro Tanaka (Pitcher) vs. Pablo López (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2018	2018-08-21	MIA	NYY	tied 0-0	b3	---	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2018	2018-08-21	MIA	NYY	tied 1-1	b5	---	2	4 (2-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)

Pablo López (Pitcher) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Pablo López (Pitcher) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (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	2018	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Pablo López (Pitcher) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Pablo López (Pitcher) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2018	2018-08-21	NYY	MIA	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
2	2018	2018-08-21	NYY	MIA	ahead 0-1	t4	123	1	3 (0-2)	Popfly: 2B (2B-1B)

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Batting Comparison

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Batting Totals

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	52	89	84	4	11	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	44	.131	.141	.179	.320	-14	15	1	0	4	0	0
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	13	29	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.037	.071	.037	.108	-69	1	0	0	1	0	0

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Batting Value

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	52	89	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-13	0	0	0
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	13	29	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-6	0	0	0

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Batting Sabermetric

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	52	89	4	12	13	78	2	.275	7	-14	-1.4	.048	1.9		0
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	13	29	0	2	3	27	0	.067	1	-8	-0.8	.000	2.3		0

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	24-27	2020	2023	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Masahiro Tanaka	26-31	2015	2020	10	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Batting Win Probability

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Pablo López	22-28	2018	2024	52	89	-1.7	-1.5	-0.2	-16.93		-16.29	1.00
2	Masahiro Tanaka	25-31	2014	2020	13	29	-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	-6.57		-5.80	0.86

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Head-to-Head Batting

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Totals

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Masahiro Tanaka	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: Game Logs

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Masahiro Tanaka vs. Pablo López: 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	Pablo López	MIA	2018-08-21	*	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	-0.026	0.00	0.00%	-0.19			P
2	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	2018-08-21	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.098	0.62	-0.02%	-1.00			P

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