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Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen

Regular Season: 2 PA , .500/.500/.500, 0 HR, 1 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Year-by-Year Totals

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	1997	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Plate Appearances

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Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1997	1997-09-20	CHW	BOS	down 1-0	t3	---	0	3 (2-0)	Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole)
2	1997	1997-09-20	CHW	BOS	down 1-0	t5	---	0	7 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batting Comparison

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Totals

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	94	227	190	13	23	4	0	0	1	0	0	13	49	.121	.177	.142	.319	-13	27	1	0	24	0	0
2	Mario Valdéz	22-26	1997	2001	91	216	181	18	43	8	0	2	21	1	0	29	60	.238	.352	.315	.667	80	57	3	4	0	2	1

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Value

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	94	227	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-33	1	1	0
2	Mario Valdéz	22-26	1997	2001	91	216	-0.4	-1.2	-0.3	-0.5	-6	0	-1	-2

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Sabermetric

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	94	227	4	36	38	192	7	.163	14	-31	-3.0	.021	3.9		0
2	Mario Valdéz	22-26	1997	2001	91	216	10	76	76	143	24	.339	37	-5	-0.4	.077	3.0	100.00	1

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	9	0	0	0	9		.000	1			.000	2.0		0

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Win Probability

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	94	227	-3.1	-3.2	-0.3	-34.41		-34.07	0.88
2	Mario Valdéz	22-26	1997	2001	91	216	0.1	-0.6	0.6	-6.12		-7.18	0.97

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Pitching Comparison

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Totals

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	167	117	.588	3.34	399	371	13	76	16	1	2562.2	2452	1036	952	218	471	34	1715	59	12	53	10421	3086	126	3.27	1.141	8.6	0.8	1.7	6.0

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	2	4	.333	4.67	10	10	0	2	1	0	54.0	54	32	28	11	11	1	38	1	0	0	226	66		4.19	1.204	9.0	1.8	1.8	6.3

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Value

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	399	371	2562.2	58.9	36.6

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Totals Against

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	399	371	2562.2	3086	9733	1704	445	85	115	87	56.93	38	167	89	68	.252	.289	.382	.671	81	.130	.284	1088	3721	748	2982	3086

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	10	54.0	66	214											.252	.292					.261				66	66

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Starting & Relieving

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	224	60	55.6	13	4	31	1	50.0	13	28

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999									0	0

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Ratios

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	399	371	2562.2	16.5	4.5	11.9
2	Mario Valdéz	22-26	1997	2001

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	10	54.0	16.8	4.9	11.9

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Pitch Summary

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	399	371	2562.2	238	99	171	71.85

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	10	54.0

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Head-to-Head Batting

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Totals

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	1
2	Mario Valdéz	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: Game Logs

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Mario Valdéz vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	BOS	1997-09-20																																	P
2	Mario Valdéz	CHW	1997-09-20	*	7	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.008	0.00	0.00%	0.14			1B

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