Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Fernando Valenzuela

19.6

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Pitching Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	136	116	.540	3.87	382	364	5	37	13	0	2360.1	2244	1139	1016	239	906	40	1590	59	24	97	10032	3324	95	4.03	1.335	8.6	0.9	3.5	6.1
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. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	1	3	.250	3.79	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.2	34	20	15	5	18	1	27	2	0	5	157	57		2.41	1.458	8.6	1.3	4.5	6.8
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. Ron Darling: Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	18.8	-2.1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Totals Against

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	3324	8897	1542	405	58	226	107	67.87	43	166	95	73	.252	.323	.391	.714	104	.139	.281	1137	3482	702	3209	3324
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. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	57	134	25	4	0	5	2	71.43	1	2	2	1	.254	.348	.396	.744		.142	.282	20	53	9	54	57
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. Ron Darling: Starting & Relieving

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	219	60	52.0	10	4	40	1	0.0	5	18
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	4	57	50.0						0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Ratios

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1	15.8	9.0	6.8
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	17.2	11.5	5.7
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Pitch Summary

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	382	364	2360.1		96
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	7	7	35.2	566	94	347	61.31
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Head-to-Head Pitching

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: 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	2	.333	4.50	4	4	0	2	0	0	30.0	33	16	15	5	11	1	24	0	0	1	131	1.467	9.9	1.5	3.3	7.2
2	Ron Darling	2	1	.667	5.02	4	4	0	0	0	0	28.2	27	17	16	4	6	0	25	1	0	0	119	1.151	8.5	1.3	1.9	7.8

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	NYM	1989-05-17	GS-8	7.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	29	7	28	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	62	95	67	-0.1	-0.13			1.20
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1989-05-17	GS-6	6.0	5	3	3	0	1	6	1	6	0	0	0	28	12	21	2	2	0	1	1	1	10	1	0	1	3	50	117	63	-0.1	-0.51			1.18
3	Ron Darling	NYM	1987-09-05	GS-8, W	8.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	10	0	0	0	29	5	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	71			0.2	0.96			0.95
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1987-09-05	CG, L	9.0	8	4	4	0	2	3	0	5	0	0	1	38	11	35	6	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	57			-0.1	0.45			0.72
5	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-08-31	GS-7, L	6.1	9	7	7	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	30	11	27	6	2	0	2	0	0	14	0	0	1	3	28			-0.4	-3.31			0.78
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-08-31	CG, W	9.0	9	4	3	1	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	36	12	35	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	2	61			0.1	0.09			0.99
7	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-08-19	GS-7, W	7.0	8	4	3	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	31	11	27	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	48			0.0	-0.98			1.52
8	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-08-19	GS-6, L	6.0	11	5	5	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	29	13	28	7	3	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	4	35			-0.3	-2.42			1.09

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Batter vs. Pitcher

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (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	1986	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
2	1987	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	0	0	0	0	0
3	1989	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	10	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	.200	.200	.500	.700	0	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Ron Darling (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1986	1986-08-19	LAD	NYM	down 4-0	b2	12-	1		Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); J. Hamilton Scores; R. Williams to 2B
2	1986	1986-08-19	LAD	NYM	tied 4-4	b4	---	0		Flyball: LF
3	1986	1986-08-31	LAD	NYM	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Flyball: LF
4	1986	1986-08-31	LAD	NYM	ahead 1-3	t5	---	0		Flyball: CF
5	1986	1986-08-31	LAD	NYM	ahead 1-5	t6	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1987	1987-09-05	LAD	NYM	down 4-1	b3	---	0		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	1987	1987-09-05	LAD	NYM	down 4-2	b5	---	1		Strikeout
8	1987	1987-09-05	LAD	NYM	down 4-2	b8	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
9	1989	1989-05-17	LAD	NYM	down 1-0	t3	-23	0	3 (0-2)	Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
10	1989	1989-05-17	LAD	NYM	ahead 1-2	t5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Flyball: LF (Short LF)

Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ron Darling (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	1986	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1987	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1989	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	11	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.455	.727	0	0	0	0	0

Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ron Darling (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1986	1986-08-19	NYM	LAD	ahead 0-2	t2	12-	1		Single to 3B (Bunt to P's Right); E. Hearn to 3B; R. Santana to 2B
2	1986	1986-08-19	NYM	LAD	tied 4-4	t4	1--	0		Foul Bunt Popfly: P
3	1986	1986-08-19	NYM	LAD	tied 4-4	t6	---	1		Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	1986	1986-08-31	NYM	LAD	down 1-0	b3	12-	0		Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); E. Hearn Scores/unER; R. Santana to 2B
5	1986	1986-08-31	NYM	LAD	down 4-1	b5	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
6	1987	1987-09-05	NYM	LAD	tied 1-1	t2	12-	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
7	1987	1987-09-05	NYM	LAD	ahead 2-4	t4	---	1		Strikeout Looking
8	1987	1987-09-05	NYM	LAD	ahead 2-4	t6	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
9	1989	1989-05-17	NYM	LAD	down 2-1	b3	---	0	2 (0-1)	Lineout: LF (Deep LF Line)
10	1989	1989-05-17	NYM	LAD	down 2-1	b5	---	0	2 (1-0)	Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Batting Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Batting Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	526	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	0	15	175	.144	.169	.203	.373	5	107	2	1	65	1	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. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	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. Ron Darling: Batting Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.1	-65	1	-1	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. Ron Darling: Batting Sabermetric

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	25	92	103	518	22	.211	58	-68	-7.1	.059	3.0	100.0	1
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. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	25-31	1986	1992	8	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	2.3		0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Batting Win Probability

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ron Darling	22-34	1983	1995	280	608	-5.9	-6.6	0.3	-68.31	-7.1	-67.94	0.94
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. Ron Darling: Head-to-Head Batting

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: 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	4	11	11	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.455	.636	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ron Darling	4	11	11	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.455	.727	5	0	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ron Darling: 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	Ron Darling	NYM	1989-05-17	*	8	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.023	3.02	0.03%	0.08			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1989-05-17	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.084	1.86	-0.07%	-0.70			P
3	Ron Darling	NYM	1987-09-05	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.065	2.26	-0.10%	-0.70			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1987-09-05	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	0.043	0.00	0.00%	0.68			P
5	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-08-31	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.093	0.00	0.00%	0.79			P
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-08-31	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	-0.033	0.01	0.00%	-0.67			P
7	Ron Darling	NYM	1986-08-19	*	8	9	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.069	0.01	0.00%	0.72			P
8	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-08-19	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.052	0.39	0.01%	0.79			P

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