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Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Pitching Comparison

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Totals

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	3	1	.750	5.57	74	1	25	0	0	0	72.2	84	49	45	9	42	4	59	2	1	7	336	132	79	4.90	1.734	10.4	1.1	5.2	7.3
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	37	58	.389	5.00	170	126	8	3	2	0	772.1	858	457	429	102	265	23	481	26	3	21	3376	1183	83	4.69	1.454	10.0	1.2	3.1	5.6

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Value

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	74	1	72.2	-0.4	-1.3
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	170	126	772.1	2.5	-3.8

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Totals Against

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	74	1	72.2	132	289	61	13	1	6	5	54.55	0	8	2	1	.291	.383	.436	.819	120	.145	.338	49	126	23	128	132
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	170	126	772.1	1183	3012	576	164	16	96	23	80.67	6	72	40	33	.285	.344	.452	.796	116	.167	.307	477	1360	282	1149	1183

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Starting & Relieving

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	0	0	60.0	39	17	44	3	0.0	25	73
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	58	46	46.8	34	20	59	2	0.0	8	44

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Ratios

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	74	1	72.2	17.6	12.5	5.1
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	170	126	772.1	14.2	7.8	6.4

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Pitch Summary

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	74	1	72.2	1399	25	825	58.97
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	170	126	772.1	12387	91	7651	61.77

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Totals

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Chris Volstad	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	31	0.556	5.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
2	Merkin Valdéz	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	3.000	27.0	9.0	0.0	18.0

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Game Logs

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Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Merkin Valdéz	SFG	2009-07-08	9-GF	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2		23	17	0.0	-2.49	0	0	0.05
2	Chris Volstad	FLA	2009-07-08	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	31	5	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	83	105	74	0.4	4.57			0.88

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Merkin Valdéz (Pitcher) vs. Chris Volstad (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Merkin Valdéz (Pitcher) vs. Chris Volstad (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	2009	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Merkin Valdéz (Pitcher) vs. Chris Volstad (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Merkin Valdéz (Pitcher) vs. Chris Volstad (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-07-08	FLA	SFG	ahead 0-4	t9	---	0	2 (0-1)	Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B)

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Comparison

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Totals

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	130	231	201	11	28	6	0	0	7	0	0	2	94	.139	.148	.169	.317	-15	34	3	0	28	0	0

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Value

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	65	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	130	231	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-35	0	-1	0

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Sabermetric

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	65	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0.0				0
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	130	231	6	30	32	204	6	.262	18	-34	-3.4	.030	2.1		0

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Win Probability

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Merkin Valdéz	22-29	2004	2011	65	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.31		-0.18	2.05
2	Chris Volstad	21-31	2008	2018	130	231	-3.1	-3.3	-0.1	-33.65		-35.88	0.92

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Head-to-Head Batting

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Totals

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Chris Volstad	1	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Merkin Valdéz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: Game Logs

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Chris Volstad vs. Merkin Valdéz: 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	Merkin Valdéz	SFG	2009-07-08		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Chris Volstad	FLA	2009-07-08	*	9	9	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.017	0.82	-0.01%	0.04			P

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