Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Fernando Valenzuela

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Pitching Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	329	244	.574	3.22	741	709	13	254	55	2	5217.2	4672	2130	1864	414	1833	150	4136	53	90	183	21683	6842	115	3.15	1.247	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	173	153	.531	3.54	453	424	10	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1303	1154	226	1151	65	2074	25	11	119	12398	4076	104	3.61	1.320	8.3	0.7	3.5	6.4

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	6	6	.500	3.26	16	14	0	1	0	0	99.1	96	40	36	7	51	3	84	1	1	7	429	156		2.55	1.480	8.7	0.6	4.6	7.6
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	5	1	.833	1.98	9	8	0	2	0	0	63.2	47	14	14	3	31	7	44	0	0	3	259	79		2.42	1.225	6.6	0.4	4.4	6.2

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	84.1	39.7
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Totals Against

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	6842	19436	3314	807	137	314	226	58.15	146	405	235	122	.240	.306	.360	.666	89	.120	.284	2170	6995	1358	6558	6842
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	4076	10971	1937	516	39	235	162	59.19	65	208	182	69	.248	.319	.364	.682	95	.116	.285	1295	3990	781	3894	4076

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	156	367	66	19	4	9	5	64.29	5	13	7	3	.262	.351	.392	.743		.131	.319	50	144	30	148	156
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	79	220	33	11	0	5	4	55.56	4	5	7	0	.214	.311	.305	.615		.091	.254	22	67	14	78	79

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Starting & Relieving

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	447	63	57.5	28	12	43	3	40.0	13	32
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	9	64	55.2	1	1	100			0	2
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Ratios

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	19.1	8.5	10.6
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	19.6	11.9	7.7
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Pitch Summary

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2		84
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	1123	112	685	61.00
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Head-to-Head Pitching

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	1	1	.500	1.13	2	2	0	1	1	0	16.0	10	7	2	1	8	0	22	1	0	1	64	1.125	5.6	0.6	4.5	12.4
2	Steve Carlton	1	1	.500	1.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	12	2	2	0	3	1	7	0	0	1	58	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	4.2

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-05-23	GS-8, L	8.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	32	9	29	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	65			0.3	2.70			1.12
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1984-05-23	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	6	0	15	0	0	1	33	9	27	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	90			0.8	4.16			2.02
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-05-16	GS-7, W	7.0	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	26	7	25	4	2	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	2	66			0.1	2.11			0.74
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1984-05-16	GS-7, L	7.0	7	7	2	5	1	2	0	7	1	0	0	31	11	28	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	50			-0.4	-3.89			0.93

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Batter vs. Pitcher

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (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	1984	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-05-16	LAD	PHI	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	0		Strikeout
2	1984	1984-05-16	LAD	PHI	down 5-1	b5	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
3	1984	1984-05-23	LAD	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1984	1984-05-23	LAD	PHI	tied 0-0	t5	--3	1		Groundout: SS-1B; M. Scioscia Scores
5	1984	1984-05-23	LAD	PHI	ahead 0-1	t7	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (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	1984	5	5	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-05-16	PHI	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
2	1984	1984-05-16	PHI	LAD	tied 1-1	t4	123	2		Home Run; G. Wilson Scores/unER; O. Virgil Scores/unER; I. de Jesús Scores/unER; S. Carlton Scores/unER
3	1984	1984-05-16	PHI	LAD	ahead 1-5	t7	---	0		Single
4	1984	1984-05-23	PHI	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
5	1984	1984-05-23	PHI	LAD	down 1-0	b6	---	0		Single

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	1719	123	346	49	6	13	140	2	2	41	413	.201	.223	.259	.482	33	446	33	10	94	13	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	936	56	187	26	1	10	84	0	2	8	145	.200	.205	.262	.467	30	245	12	0	93	6	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	27	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	.222	.250	.333	.583	9	0	1	1	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	0	0	2	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	6.1	6.1	5.8	0.4	-151	3	-8	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	4.1	3.9	4.0	0.2	-85	2	-4	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Sabermetric

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	68	397	418	1515	101	.255	250	-162	-17.2	.058	4.2	50.0	4
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	37	195	214	862	53	.225	130	-93	-9.4	.062	6.5	0.0	2

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	1	7	7	22	4	.263	6			.111	3.9		0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Win Probability

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	-12.4	-14.3	0.4	-133.02	-13.7	-149.65	0.89
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	439	1044	-8.2	-8.2	-0.6	-86.36	-9.2	-89.28	0.92

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Head-to-Head Batting

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Fernando Valenzuela	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	Steve Carlton	2	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	6	0	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-05-23	*	8	9	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	0.048	2.26	0.06%	0.23			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1984-05-23	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.010	2.54	-0.01%	-0.25			P
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1984-05-16	*	8	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.334	2.32	0.29%	3.52			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1984-05-16	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.084	2.34	-0.10%	-0.89			P

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