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

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Fernando Valenzuela

20.0

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1907.2

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Pitching Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: 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 Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	126	103	.550	3.80	361	280	21	28	8	4	1907.2	1842	888	806	185	496	32	1284	39	17	48	7900	2460	102	3.69	1.226	8.7	0.9	2.3	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. John Smiley: 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 Smiley	25-30	1990	1995	0	2	.000	6.32	5	4	0	0	0	0	15.2	24	12	11	3	1	0	5	1	0	0	73	26		5.26	1.596	13.8	1.7	0.6	2.9
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 Smiley: Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	361	280	1907.2	19.8	4.4
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	37.4	12.1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Totals Against

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: 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 Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	361	280	1907.2	2460	7212	1253	364	40	185	86	68.27	14	142	101	52	.255	.305	.394	.699	94	.139	.286	879	2841	589	2377	2460
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 Smiley: 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 Smiley	25-30	1990	1995	5	4	15.2	26	69	14	7	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	1	1	.348	.361	.580	.941		.232	.339	18	40	10	26	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 Smiley: Starting & Relieving

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	168	60	53.2	53	18	34	3	57.1	21	81
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	242	57	54.0	20	5	25	0	100.0	10	29

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Smiley	25-30	1990	1995	1	25	40.3	0	0				0	1
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	7	88	64.3	1	0	0			0	1

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Ratios

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	361	280	1907.2	16.3	6.3	10.0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0	16.7	9.3	7.4

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Smiley	25-30	1990	1995	5	4	15.2	6.8	1.4	5.5
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	17.0	12.0	5.0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Pitch Summary

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	361	280	1907.2		93
2	Fernando Valenzuela	19-36	1980	1997	453	424	2930.0		99

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Smiley	25-30	1990	1995	5	4	15.2	188	57	127	67.55
2	Fernando Valenzuela	20-35	1981	1996	9	8	63.2	733	120	433	59.07

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

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: 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 Smiley	0	2	.000	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	16	11	9	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	43	2.000	16.0	1.0	2.0	6.0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.0	14	8	6	0	5	1	7	0	0	1	59	1.462	9.7	0.0	3.5	4.8

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: 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 Smiley	CIN	1997-06-28	GS-3, L	2.1	8	7	7	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	16	9	13	4	3	0	1	0	0	14	0	2	0	4	15	50	32	-0.5	-5.39			0.91
2	Fernando Valenzuela	STL	1997-06-28	GS-5	4.0	6	6	4	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	21	9	19	3	3	0	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	31	89	53	-0.2	-3.91			0.63
3	John Smiley	PIT	1990-05-02	GS-7, L	6.2	8	4	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	27	10	26	5	3	0	0	1	0	11	2	0	0	3	48	74	52	-0.2	-1.03			0.74
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1990-05-02	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	38	11	35	4	4	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	4	64	112	73	0.3	2.10			1.00

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. John Smiley (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	1990	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1997	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0

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

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Fernando Valenzuela (Pitcher) vs. John Smiley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1990	1990-05-02	LAD	PIT	ahead 0-1	b3	---	1	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
2	1990	1990-05-02	LAD	PIT	ahead 0-2	b5	---	2	1 (0-0)	Foul Popfly: SS (3B into Foul Terr.)
3	1990	1990-05-02	LAD	PIT	ahead 1-3	b7	-2-	2	3 (1-1)	Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); A. Griffin Scores/unER
4	1997	1997-06-28	STL	CIN	ahead 2-3	t2	-2-	0	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice (Short 3B Line); M. Gallego to 3B

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

John Smiley (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	1990	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1997	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

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

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John Smiley (Pitcher) vs. Fernando Valenzuela (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1990	1990-05-02	PIT	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	1990	1990-05-02	PIT	LAD	down 1-0	t4	12-	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1990	1990-05-02	PIT	LAD	down 2-1	t6	-2-	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	1997	1997-06-28	CIN	STL	down 4-2	b2	-2-	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Batting Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Batting Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: 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 Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	320	576	504	21	73	14	0	2	35	0	0	25	183	.145	.185	.185	.369	2	93	6	0	45	2	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 Smiley: 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 Smiley	25-30	1990	1995	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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. John Smiley: Batting Value

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	320	576	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-68	0	-4	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 Smiley: Batting Sabermetric

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: 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 Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	320	576	16	98	106	484	21	.221	54	-69	-7.0	.040	2.8		0
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 Smiley: 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 Smiley	25-30	1990	1995	5	3	0	0	0	3	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. John Smiley: Batting Win Probability

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Smiley	21-32	1986	1997	320	576	-6.0	-6.6	0.0	-64.79	-6.7	-71.14	0.91
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 Smiley: Head-to-Head Batting

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Totals

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: 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 Smiley	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela	2	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	1	0	0

Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: Game Logs

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Fernando Valenzuela vs. John Smiley: 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 Smiley	CIN	1997-06-28	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.034	0.87	-0.02%	-0.33			P
2	Fernando Valenzuela	STL	1997-06-28	*	5	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.64	0.027	0.81	0.02%	0.51			P
3	John Smiley	PIT	1990-05-02	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.134	3.36	-0.16%	-0.93			P
4	Fernando Valenzuela	LAD	1990-05-02	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	0.031	0.69	0.03%	0.67			P

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