Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Fernando Valenzuela

41.5

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Pitching Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	123	108	.532	3.59	325	322	0	62	18	0	2148.2	2093	967	856	137	778	49	1146	54	12	68	9077	3040	105	3.62	1.336	8.8	0.6	3.3	4.8
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. John Denny: 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	John Denny	30	1983	1983	1	2	.333	2.37	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	17	8	5	1	6	3	12	1	0	0	82	26		1.19	1.211	8.1	0.5	2.8	5.7
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. John Denny: Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2	31.1	12.7
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Totals Against

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2	3040	8116	1555	342	59	130	94	58.04	21	250	82	46	.258	.325	.365	.690	96	.107	.284	972	2964	538	2925	3040
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. John Denny: 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	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	3	19.0	26	75	13	2	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	.227	.293	.320	.613		.093	.258	7	24	4	24	26
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. John Denny: Starting & Relieving

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	187	58	52.2	0	0		0		0	3
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Denny	30	1983	1983	2	67	55.0						0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Ratios

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2	12.6	8.6	4.1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	3	19.0	14.6	7.3	7.3
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Pitch Summary

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	325	322	2148.2		92
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	3	19.0	293	98	184	62.80
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Head-to-Head Pitching

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	John Denny	2	1	.667	1.57	3	3	0	1	0	0	23.0	22	4	4	1	7	0	13	0	0	0	94	1.261	8.6	0.4	2.7	5.1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	1	2	.333	3.27	3	3	0	1	1	0	22.0	18	10	8	1	9	1	20	0	0	1	89	1.227	7.4	0.4	3.7	8.2

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	0	1.000	1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	5	0	0	1	33	1.375	7.9	1.1	4.5	5.6
2	John Denny	0	1	.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	3	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	28	1.333	7.5	0.0	4.5	4.5

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	John Denny	CIN	1986-08-09	GS-6, W	6.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	24	7	24	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	1	53			0.1	0.89			1.05
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-08-09	GS-6, L	6.0	8	5	5	0	1	3	0	6	0	0	1	28	11	25	5	2	0	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	3	39			-0.3	-2.11			1.14
3	John Denny	PHI	1985-05-30	CG, W	9.0	8	1	1	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	37	12	33	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	67			0.2	2.91			0.85
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1985-05-30	GS-7, L	7.0	6	5	3	2	0	4	1	7	0	0	0	30	10	23	5	1	0	2	1	0	7	0	1	2	1	52			-0.3	-1.96			0.88
5	John Denny	PHI	1983-05-23	GS-8, L	8.0	7	1	1	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	33	10	30	5	1	1	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	2	67			0.3	2.62			0.90
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1983-05-23	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	31	6	29	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	84			0.7	4.08			1.37

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Batter vs. Pitcher

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (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	1983	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1986	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	1	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (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	1983	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. John Denny (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1983	1983-05-23	PHI	LAD	down 1-0	b3	1--	1		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
2	1983	1983-05-23	PHI	LAD	down 1-0	b6	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1985	1985-05-30	PHI	LAD	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Single
4	1985	1985-05-30	PHI	LAD	ahead 1-2	t5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; S. Jeltz to 2B
5	1985	1985-05-30	PHI	LAD	ahead 1-5	t6	1-3	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
6	1986	1986-08-09	CIN	LAD	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Walk
7	1986	1986-08-09	CIN	LAD	tied 1-1	b5	---	1		Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Denny (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	1983	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1986	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Denny (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	1983	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0

John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Denny (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1983	1983-05-23	LAD	PHI	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Single to CF; B. Russell to 3B/Adv on E8; F. Valenzuela to 2B
2	1983	1983-05-23	LAD	PHI	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Double to CF
3	1983	1983-05-23	LAD	PHI	ahead 0-1	t7	-2-	1		Flyball: LF
4	1985	1985-05-30	LAD	PHI	down 2-1	b3	---	0		Single
5	1985	1985-05-30	LAD	PHI	down 2-1	b5	---	1		Groundout: P unassisted
6	1986	1986-08-09	LAD	CIN	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	1		Groundout: 3B-1B; M. Duncan to 3B
7	1986	1986-08-09	LAD	CIN	tied 1-1	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Batting Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Batting Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	570	44	97	9	2	0	29	9	5	19	164	.170	.197	.193	.390	9	110	4	1	63	3	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. John Denny: 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	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	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. John Denny: Batting Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	-67	2	-2	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. John Denny: Batting Sabermetric

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	11	117	132	548	27	.237	73	-73	-7.6	.023	3.5	64.3	14
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. John Denny: 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	John Denny	30	1983	1983	3	7	0	1	1	6	0	.200	2			.000	6.0		0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Batting Win Probability

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Denny	21-33	1974	1986	270	656	-7.1	-7.1	-0.7	-76.62	-7.8	-75.16	0.92
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. John Denny: Head-to-Head Batting

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	John Denny	3	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	3	8	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.375	.375	.500	.875	4	0	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Denny	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Denny: 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	John Denny	CIN	1986-08-09	*	6	9	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.087	0.68	0.03%	0.67			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-08-09	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.055	1.13	-0.03%	-0.47			P
3	John Denny	PHI	1985-05-30	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.67	0.014	0.12	0.00%	-0.40			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1985-05-30	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.023	1.39	0.02%	0.23			P
5	John Denny	PHI	1983-05-23	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.073	3.02	-0.09%	-0.49			P
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1983-05-23	*	9	9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.048	2.28	-0.07%	-0.53			P

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