Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Fernando Valenzuela

21.8

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Pitching Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	146	155	.485	3.68	445	413	10	78	30	1	2708.0	2737	1258	1106	228	857	78	1473	47	13	60	11488	3814	95	3.74	1.327	9.1	0.8	2.8	4.9
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. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	0	1	.000	3.98	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	19	10	9	2	3	1	13	0	0	1	85	25		3.17	1.082	8.4	0.9	1.3	5.8
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. Bob Knepper: Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	20.9	-2.3
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Totals Against

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	3814	10373	1961	464	84	235	110	68.12	13	262	134	73	.264	.321	.391	.712	107	.127	.287	1320	4053	776	3641	3814
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. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	25	81	14	2	1	0	0		0	1	1	0	.235	.262	.358	.620		.123	.258	7	29	5	22	25
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. Bob Knepper: Starting & Relieving

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	230	56	51.3	17	9	53	1	50.0	10	32
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	2	67	53.7						0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Ratios

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0	12.8	7.5	5.4
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	15.3	3.5	11.8
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Pitch Summary

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	445	413	2708.0		94
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	3	20.1	202	101	137	67.82
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Head-to-Head Pitching

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	0	2	.000	7.45	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.1	25	18	16	2	8	0	8	0	1	1	90	1.707	11.6	0.9	3.7	3.7
2	Fernando Valenzuela	2	0	1.000	3.18	4	4	0	1	0	0	28.1	25	12	10	1	10	0	25	1	1	2	121	1.235	7.9	0.3	3.2	7.9

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	SFG	1989-08-12	GS-5, L	5.0	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	24	10	23	5	3	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	37	72	44	-0.2	-0.88			1.01
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1989-08-12	CG, W	9.0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	6	1	0	0	34	7	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	84	143	85	0.3	2.82			1.09
3	Bob Knepper	HOU	1987-04-07	GS-4	4.0	6	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	8	17	4	1	1	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	32			-0.3	-2.06			1.04
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1987-04-07	GS-7	7.0	10	2	2	0	0	3	0	7	0	1	0	34	13	30	9	1	0	2	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	53			0.2	1.39			1.57
5	Bob Knepper	HOU	1986-09-11	GS-4, L	4.0	6	7	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	21	9	19	4	2	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	25			-0.5	-5.28			1.05
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-09-11	GS-7, W	7.0	9	5	4	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	30	10	29	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	2	47			-0.1	-1.98			0.79
7	Bob Knepper	HOU	1983-07-04	GS-7	6.1	4	4	4	0	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	26	7	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	52			-0.1	0.15			1.06
8	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1983-07-04	GS-6	5.1	4	4	4	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	2	23	9	19	3	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	46			-0.2	-0.28			1.21

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Batter vs. Pitcher

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (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
2	1986	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1987	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1989	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	1	0	0	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. Bob Knepper (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1983	1983-07-04	LAD	HOU	down 1-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; D. Thomas to 2B
2	1983	1983-07-04	LAD	HOU	down 1-0	t5	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1986	1986-09-11	LAD	HOU	tied 3-3	b2	---	1		Flyball: 2B
4	1986	1986-09-11	LAD	HOU	ahead 3-5	b4	--3	0		Lineout: P
5	1987	1987-04-07	LAD	HOU	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1987	1987-04-07	LAD	HOU	ahead 1-3	t4	--3	2		Single; M. Ramsey Scores
7	1989	1989-08-12	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2	2 (0-1)	Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Huff Scores
8	1989	1989-08-12	LAD	SFG	ahead 1-2	t4	---	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Knepper (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1986	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1987	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1989	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Knepper (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1983	1983-07-04	HOU	LAD	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
2	1983	1983-07-04	HOU	LAD	ahead 0-1	b5	---	1		Reached on E4 (throw to 1B) (Ground Ball)
3	1986	1986-09-11	HOU	LAD	down 3-1	t2	1-3	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Mizerock to 2B
4	1986	1986-09-11	HOU	LAD	tied 3-3	t4	---	2		Strikeout
5	1987	1987-04-07	HOU	LAD	tied 1-1	b2	12-	1		Foul Popfly: C
6	1989	1989-08-12	SFG	LAD	down 2-0	b3	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Fielder's Choice SS; K. Manwaring to 3B/Adv on E6 (throw to 1B)

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	840	47	115	28	2	6	59	2	0	41	333	.137	.177	.196	.374	6	165	5	2	90	9	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. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	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. Bob Knepper: Batting Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.2	-110	3	0	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. Bob Knepper: Batting Sabermetric

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	36	158	166	829	37	.214	100	-107	-11.0	.060	2.5	100.0	2
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. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	27-32	1981	1986	3	7	0	1	1	6	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	24	0	3	4	21	0	.053	1			.000	20.0		0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Win Probability

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Knepper	22-36	1976	1990	449	982	-11.0	-10.4	-1.3	-109.26	-11.6	-109.31	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. Bob Knepper: Head-to-Head Batting

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	4	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	4	12	10	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.500	.900	5	0	0	2	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. Bob Knepper: 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	Bob Knepper	SFG	1989-08-12	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.079	3.64	0.13%	0.65			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1989-08-12	*	9	9	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.52	0.104	0.04	0.01%	1.56			P
3	Bob Knepper	HOU	1987-04-07	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	-0.046	3.33	-0.05%	-0.47			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1987-04-07	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	0.043	1.25	0.04%	0.49			P
5	Bob Knepper	HOU	1986-09-11	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.058	0.37	-0.01%	-0.52			P
6	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1986-09-11	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.043	0.00	0.00%	-0.47			P
7	Bob Knepper	HOU	1983-07-04	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	-0.034	0.45	-0.01%	-0.73			P
8	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1983-07-04	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.052	3.57	-0.09%	-0.37			P

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