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Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Pitching Comparison

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	209	166	.557	2.95	518	465	34	167	49	6	3432.0	3084	1292	1124	280	855	123	2486	154	10	82	14097	4299	121	3.02	1.148	8.1	0.7	2.2	6.5
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	45	47	.489	3.64	243	100	51	16	7	9	825.1	763	375	334	43	408	28	558	10	0	41	3559	1247	98	3.36	1.419	8.3	0.5	4.4	6.1

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	3	3	.500	2.95	7	6	1	3	1	0	39.2	36	17	13	8	12	2	36	1	0	0	162	49			1.210	8.2	1.8	2.7	8.2
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	0	1	.000	6.23	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	11	7	6	1	2	2	5	0	0	1	39	13		3.10	1.500	11.4	1.0	2.1	5.2

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Value

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	61.3	28.7
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1	4.3	-2.7

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Against

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	4299	12904	2259	471	74	96	84	53.33	51	272	116	66	.239	.293	.352	.645	85	.113	.275	1342	4536	825	4093	4299
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1	1247	3086	597	102	21	50	21	70.42	3	120	35	19	.247	.335	.336	.671	95	.088	.288	350	1033	166	1181	1247

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	49	146											.247	.308					.275				49	49
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	8.2	13	34											.324	.361					.357				13	13

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	309	66	58.4	46	9	20	2	75.0	34	53
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	48	48	50.8	124	32	26	4	69.2	51	143

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966									1	1
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972									0	1

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	17.6	6.1	11.6
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1	15.7	11.5	4.2

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	22.2	7.4	14.8
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	8.2	12.8	5.1	7.7

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0		103
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	8.2

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Head-to-Head Pitching

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	1	0	1.000	1.93	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	11	4	3	1	3	0	12	2	0	0	56	1.000	7.1	0.6	1.9	7.7
2	Luke Walker	0	0		5.06	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	3	3	0	3	0	7	0	0	1	23	1.500	8.4	0.0	5.1	11.8

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs

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Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	LAD	1968-08-16	GS-8, W	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	29	9	26	6	0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	1	1	54			-0.1	-0.75			0.86
2	Luke Walker	PIT	1968-08-16	2-5	3.1	4	3	3	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	17	7	14	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-1.64	2	0	1.23
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1968-06-18	GS-7	7.0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	27	7	24	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	73			0.2	1.61			1.36
4	Luke Walker	PIT	1968-06-18	8-9	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.74	0	0	1.14

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Batter vs. Pitcher

Luke Walker (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Luke Walker (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (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	1968	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Luke Walker (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Luke Walker (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-08-16	LAD	PIT	ahead 3-4	t4	---	0		Strikeout
2	1968	1968-08-16	LAD	PIT	ahead 3-5	t5	12-	2		Single to CF; B. Bailey Scores; Z. Versalles to 2B

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (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	1968	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-08-16	PIT	LAD	down 4-3	b2	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Comparison

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Totals

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	1169	96	218	26	7	29	113	0	2	60	370	.186	.228	.295	.523	45	345	34	5	69	6	0
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	188	4	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	12	107	.059	.115	.059	.174	-50	11	1	0	18	0	0

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Value

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	5.8	5.7	5.8	0.1	-84	-4	-5	0
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	-1.5	-1.5	-1.5	0.1	-38	1	0	0

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Sabermetric

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	62	283	299	1062	80	.244	180	-92	-9.6	.109	3.2	0.00	2
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	0	23	25	196	2	.136	11	-39	-4.0	.000	1.8		0

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	0	2	2	10		.000	0			.000	1.4		0
2	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	0	0	0	2		.000	0			.000	2.0		0

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Win Probability

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	-9.7	-7.4	-2.7	-90.44		-80.96	0.96
2	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	-3.3	-3.6	-0.3	-33.39		-35.98	0.87

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Head-to-Head Batting

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	2	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0	1	0	0	0
2	Luke Walker	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs

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Luke Walker vs. Don Drysdale: 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	Don Drysdale	LAD	1968-08-16	*	8	9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.83	0.147	0.00	0.00%	1.58			P
2	Luke Walker	PIT	1968-08-16		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	-0.010	0.00	0.00%	-0.07			P
3	Don Drysdale	LAD	1968-06-18	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.077	2.15	-0.12%	-0.67			P
4	Luke Walker	PIT	1968-06-18		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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