Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	229	172	.571	3.30	573	484	51	187	49	15	3486.1	3075	1400	1280	346	1104	53	2416	49	4	27	14365	4341	114	3.47	1.199	7.9	0.9	2.8	6.2
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	29-34	1970	1975	3	0	1.000	2.86	5	4	1	3	1	0	34.2	29	13	11	2	11	2	20	0	1	0	146	42		0.90	1.154	7.5	0.5	2.9	5.2
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	573	484	3486.1	65.6	34.1
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	573	484	3486.1	4341	13018	2105	524	100	182	121	60.07	28	203	123	71	.236	.297	.372	.668	88	.135	.264	1457	4837	970	4228	4341
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	29-34	1970	1975	5	4	34.2	42	134	18	7	2	1	1	50.00	0	0	1	0	.216	.276	.343	.619		.127	.241	14	46	11	40	42
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34	8	2	0	2	0	100.00	0	1	0	1	.294	.324	.353	.677		.059	.345	6	12	2	12	12

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	284	59	56.3	73	30	41	6	71.4	51	89
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Luis Tiant	29-34	1970	1975	2	50	62.3	2	2	100			1	1
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	573	484	3486.1	16.8	7.7	9.1
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Luis Tiant	29-34	1970	1975	5	4	34.2	13.7	7.5	6.2
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	573	484	3486.1		108
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Luis Tiant	29-34	1970	1975	5	4	34.2	382	123	231	60.47
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	0	1	.000	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	3	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	31	1.571	7.7	0.0	6.4	2.6
2	Ed Whitson	1	0	1.000	1.69	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	4	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	22	1.313	6.8	0.0	5.1	3.4

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	PIT	1981-08-18	GS-7, L	7.0	6	4	3	1	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	31	12	25	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	48			-0.2	-0.85			0.85
2	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-08-18	GS-6, W	5.1	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	22	7	18	3	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	1	55			0.1	1.22			1.04

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Luis Tiant (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Luis Tiant (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	1981	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			1	0	0	0	0

Luis Tiant (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Luis Tiant (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-08-18	PIT	SFG	tied 1-1	b2	1-3	2		Walk; T. Peña to 2B
2	1981	1981-08-18	PIT	SFG	down 4-1	b5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; T. Peña to 2B

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Luis Tiant (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Luis Tiant (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	1981	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Luis Tiant (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Luis Tiant (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-08-18	SFG	PIT	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Flyball: CF
2	1981	1981-08-18	SFG	PIT	ahead 1-4	t4	1-3	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. LeMaster to 2B
3	1981	1981-08-18	SFG	PIT	ahead 1-4	t6	1--	1		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	305	570	513	36	84	14	1	5	44	1	1	13	146	.164	.185	.224	.409	17	115	10	1	41	2	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	29-34	1970	1975	6	11	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	305	570	0.4	0.4	0.6	-0.2	-56	-1	1	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	305	570	20	98	102	483	27	.217	75	-57	-6.3	.060	3.5	50.0	2
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	29-34	1970	1975	6	11	0	4	4	7	1	.500	2			.000	2.0		0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Luis Tiant	23-41	1964	1982	305	570	-5.4	-5.7	-0.3	-51.19	-5.7	-54.13	0.91
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13	-10.2	-97.15	0.92

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Luis Tiant vs. Ed Whitson: 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	Luis Tiant	PIT	1981-08-18	*	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	0.000	0.87	0.00%	0.09			P
2	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-08-18	*	6	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.84	-0.068	1.01	-0.05%	-1.05			P

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