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Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Pitching Comparison

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Totals

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	167	117	.588	3.34	399	371	13	76	16	1	2562.2	2452	1036	952	218	471	34	1715	59	12	53	10421	3086	126	3.27	1.141	8.6	0.8	1.7	6.0
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	51	55	.481	5.03	206	137	29	3	0	1	892.0	979	547	499	139	351	7	589	35	10	35	3925	1403	86	5.12	1.491	9.9	1.4	3.5	5.9

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	2	4	.333	4.67	10	10	0	2	1	0	54.0	54	32	28	11	11	1	38	1	0	0	226	68		4.19	1.204	9.0	1.8	1.8	6.3
2	Allen Watson	28	1999	1999	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	6	4		7.13	4.000	18.0	0.0	18.0	9.0

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Value

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	399	371	2562.2	58.9	36.6
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	206	137	892.0	1.1	-6.6

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Totals Against

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	399	371	2562.2	3086	9733	1704	445	85	115	87	56.93	38	167	89	68	.252	.289	.382	.671	81	.130	.284	1088	3721	748	2982	3086
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	206	137	892.0	1403	3463	613	204	23	99	50	66.44	28	69	43	33	.283	.352	.475	.827	119	.193	.304	588	1646	366	1365	1403

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	10	54.0	68	214	30	12	1	4	1	80.00	1	2	0	0	.252	.292	.472	.764		.220	.261	37	101	24	66	68
2	Allen Watson	28	1999	1999	3	0	1.0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167		.000	.667	1	2	0	4	4

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Starting & Relieving

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	224	60	55.6	13	4	31	1	50.0	13	28
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	57	42	45.9	47	17	36	2	33.3	29	69

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	5	50	49.9						0	0
2	Allen Watson	28	1999	1999	0			4	0	0	0		1	3

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Ratios

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	399	371	2562.2	16.5	4.5	11.9
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	206	137	892.0	15.0	8.9	6.1

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	10	54.0	16.8	4.9	11.9
2	Allen Watson	28	1999	1999	3	0	1.0	16.7	33.3	-16.7

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Pitch Summary

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	399	371	2562.2	238	99	171	71.85
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	206	137	892.0	415	91	226	54.46

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	10	54.0	458	92	310	67.69
2	Allen Watson	28	1999	1999	3	0	1.0

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Head-to-Head Pitching

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Totals

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Allen Watson	1	1	.500	6.88	4	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	22	15	13	6	7	0	15	3	1	1	84	1.706	11.6	3.2	3.7	7.9
2	Bret Saberhagen	2	1	.667	5.04	4	4	0	1	0	0	25.0	24	14	14	2	4	1	15	1	0	0	102	1.120	8.6	0.7	1.4	5.4

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Game Logs

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Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	BOS	1999-08-01	GS-7, W	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	26	5	25	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	2	62	87	65	0.2	2.29			0.97
2	Allen Watson	NYY	1999-08-01	6-7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15	7	0.0	0.61	1	0	0.46
3	Bret Saberhagen	BOS	1997-08-22	GS-4, L	4.0	4	4	4	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	19	8	15	1	3	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	38	83	50	-0.2	-1.74			0.85
4	Allen Watson	ANA	1997-08-22	GS-7, W	6.2	8	4	3	1	2	2	0	7	2	0	1	32	13	28	2	4	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	6	49	126	83	0.1	-0.58			1.10
5	Bret Saberhagen	NYM	1995-04-28	GS-5	5.0	10	7	7	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	25	11	22	6	2	0	0	0	0	18	1	2	0	4	20	74	50	-0.4	-4.52			0.95
6	Allen Watson	STL	1995-04-28	GS-5	4.0	7	6	6	0	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	22	9	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	26	85	56	-0.4	-4.50			1.11
7	Bret Saberhagen	NYM	1994-05-05	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	32	5	31	2	3	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	3	80	116	80	0.2	3.56			0.68
8	Allen Watson	STL	1994-05-05	GS-6, L	5.1	7	5	4	1	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	26	10	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	4	38	103	61	-0.3	-2.49			0.87

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batter vs. Pitcher

Allen Watson (Pitcher) vs. Bret Saberhagen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Allen Watson (Pitcher) vs. Bret Saberhagen (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	1994	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1995	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	1	0	0	0	0

Allen Watson (Pitcher) vs. Bret Saberhagen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Allen Watson (Pitcher) vs. Bret Saberhagen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1994	1994-05-05	STL	NYM	down 1-0	b3	---	1	4 (1-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1994	1994-05-05	STL	NYM	down 3-1	b5	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); T. Pagnozzi to 2B
3	1995	1995-04-28	STL	NYM	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0	4 (2-1)	Single to CF (Line Drive)
4	1995	1995-04-28	STL	NYM	ahead 1-4	t4	---	1	2 (1-0)	Double to LF (Line Drive)

Bret Saberhagen (Pitcher) vs. Allen Watson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bret Saberhagen (Pitcher) vs. Allen Watson (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	1994	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1995	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0

Bret Saberhagen (Pitcher) vs. Allen Watson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bret Saberhagen (Pitcher) vs. Allen Watson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1994	1994-05-05	NYM	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
2	1994	1994-05-05	NYM	STL	ahead 1-3	t4	---	1	6 (3-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1995	1995-04-28	NYM	STL	down 4-1	b3	---	1	3 (1-1)	Single to P (Bunt to Short 3B Line)

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batting Comparison

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batting Totals

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	94	227	190	13	23	4	0	0	1	0	0	13	49	.121	.177	.142	.319	-13	27	1	0	24	0	0
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	105	197	175	13	45	13	1	0	19	0	0	9	22	.257	.293	.343	.636	70	60	8	0	13	0	0

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batting Value

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	94	227	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-33	1	1	0
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	105	197	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.0	-6	-2	-2	0

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batting Sabermetric

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	94	227	4	36	38	192	7	.163	14	-31	-3.0	.021	3.9		0
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	105	197	14	54	58	151	17	.294	32	-7	-0.7	.086	8.0		0

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	20-35	1984	1999	10	9	0	0	0	9	0	.000	1			.000	2.0		0
2	Allen Watson	28	1999	1999	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batting Win Probability

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bret Saberhagen	20-37	1984	2001	94	227	-3.1	-3.2	-0.3	-34.41	-3.4	-34.07	0.88
2	Allen Watson	22-29	1993	2000	105	197	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-9.85	-1.0	-8.70	0.99

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Head-to-Head Batting

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Totals

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Allen Watson	4	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bret Saberhagen	4	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2	0	0	1	0	0

Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: Game Logs

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Allen Watson vs. Bret Saberhagen: 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	Bret Saberhagen	BOS	1999-08-01																																	P
2	Allen Watson	NYY	1999-08-01																																	P
3	Bret Saberhagen	BOS	1997-08-22																																	P
4	Allen Watson	ANA	1997-08-22																																	P
5	Bret Saberhagen	NYM	1995-04-28	*	5	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	0.026	0.60	0.02%	0.26			P
6	Allen Watson	STL	1995-04-28	*	5	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	0.058	0.66	0.04%	0.80			P
7	Bret Saberhagen	NYM	1994-05-05	*	9	9	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.39	0.024	0.39	0.02%	0.67			P
8	Allen Watson	STL	1994-05-05	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.048	1.48	-0.04%	-0.37			P

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