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Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Pitching Comparison

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	21-37	1978	1994	211	146	.591	3.47	506	462	20	61	28	8	3092.0	2894	1310	1191	267	1034	60	1969	79	45	55	12956	4145	106	3.71	1.270	8.4	0.8	3.0	5.7
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	126	123	.506	3.79	452	333	48	35	12	8	2240.0	2240	1045	944	211	698	54	1266	29	14	32	9479	3089	98	3.82	1.312	9.0	0.8	2.8	5.1

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	21-35	1978	1992	3	3	.500	4.56	17	9	5	0	0	2	49.1	58	28	25	5	24	3	41	0	1	0	229	86		2.82	1.662	10.6	0.9	4.4	7.5
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	0	1.000	4.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	37	12		1.86	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	6.2

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Value

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	43.4	15.9
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Totals Against

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	4145	11635	2073	482	72	213	157	57.57	19	209	122	83	.249	.312	.371	.684	95	.123	.277	1370	4321	821	4007	4145
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	3089	8571	1610	356	63	197	74	72.69	12	160	101	78	.261	.316	.391	.708	101	.130	.283	1076	3355	630	2967	3089

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	86	194	34	17	2	7	1	87.50	2	1	2	2	.299	.373	.485	.857		.186	.353	44	94	24	82	86
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	12	34	8	2	0	2	0	100.00	0	1	0	1	.294	.324	.353	.677		.059	.345	6	12	2	12	12

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	280	61	53.9	28	8	29	6	57.1	20	44
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	2	22	45.1	12	1	8	0	100.0	5	8
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	15.2	8.0	7.2
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	17.9	10.5	7.4
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0		98
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	889	79	545	61.30
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	2	2	.500	2.51	6	4	1	0	0	0	28.2	27	10	8	2	10	1	23	1	1	0	119	1.291	8.5	0.6	3.1	7.2
2	Ed Whitson	1	2	.333	3.41	6	5	0	0	0	0	34.1	33	13	13	5	17	0	20	0	0	0	147	1.456	8.7	1.3	4.5	5.2

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	LAD	1984-06-26	GS-6, L	6.0	11	5	3	2	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	31	14	27	11	0	0	0	1	0	11	0	2	0	0	36			-0.2	-2.34			0.92
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-06-26	GS-8, W	7.1	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	30	9	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	67			0.3	2.42			0.73
3	Bob Welch	LAD	1983-09-29 (1)	GS-7	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	26	5	25	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	69			0.3	2.11			1.22
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-09-29 (1)	GS-8	7.2	7	1	1	0	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	35	14	29	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	62			0.3	2.15			1.25
5	Bob Welch	LAD	1981-09-07	GS-6, W	5.2	7	1	1	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	26	12	21	6	1	0	0	0	1	8	2	0	0	1	50			0.2	1.07			1.04
6	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-09-07	GS-3, L	2.2	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	7	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	30			-0.3	-2.83			1.07
7	Bob Welch	LAD	1980-07-05	GS-7, W	6.2	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	25	7	22	3	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	1	61			0.0	0.37			1.18
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-07-05	GS-7, L	7.0	6	3	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	28	8	25	3	2	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	1	3	54			-0.1	0.10			1.11
9	Bob Welch	LAD	1979-06-06	8-GF(8), BL	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.6	-1.64	1	1	2.19
10	Ed Whitson	PIT	1979-06-06	GS-8	7.0	6	4	4	0	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	28	9	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	3	50			-0.1	-0.55			1.03
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Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (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	1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1981	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
4	1983	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1984	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	2	0	0	0	0

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-07-20	PIT	LAD	ahead 5-6	b7	---	2		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-07-05	SFG	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Flyball: CF
3	1980	1980-07-05	SFG	LAD	tied 1-1	t6	---	1		Strikeout
4	1981	1981-09-07	SFG	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	0		Walk
5	1983	1983-09-29 (1)	SDP	LAD	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
6	1983	1983-09-29 (1)	SDP	LAD	tied 1-1	b5	--3	1		Groundout: C-1B
7	1984	1984-06-26	SDP	LAD	ahead 0-1	t2	1-3	2		Strikeout
8	1984	1984-06-26	SDP	LAD	ahead 0-2	t4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; G. Templeton to 2B
9	1984	1984-06-26	SDP	LAD	ahead 0-3	t6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; G. Templeton to 2B

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (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	1980	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1983	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1984	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.250	.375	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-07-05	LAD	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Double to RF
2	1980	1980-07-05	LAD	SFG	tied 1-1	b5	-2-	1		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1981	1981-09-07	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Flyball: CF
4	1983	1983-09-29 (1)	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1983	1983-09-29 (1)	LAD	SDP	tied 1-1	t5	---	0		Strikeout
6	1983	1983-09-29 (1)	LAD	SDP	tied 1-1	t6	123	2		Strikeout
7	1984	1984-06-26	LAD	SDP	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
8	1984	1984-06-26	LAD	SDP	down 3-0	b5	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Comparison

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Totals

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	582	26	88	7	1	2	30	0	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	4	3	59	2	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	576	24	72	9	0	1	27	0	0	18	169	.125	.152	.146	.297	-16	84	3	0	79	0	0

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	-78	3	-1	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	10	113	119	560	24	.209	54	-79	-8.1	.026	3.4	0.0	1
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	-7.6	-7.9	-0.2	-80.19	-8.5	-83.00	0.93
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13	-10.2	-97.15	0.92

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Totals

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	6	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	6	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	3	0	0

Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: Game Logs

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Bob Welch vs. Ed Whitson: 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 Welch	LAD	1984-06-26	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.032	1.53	-0.04%	-0.28			P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-06-26	*	8	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.83	-0.065	2.84	-0.14%	-1.22			P
3	Bob Welch	LAD	1983-09-29 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	-0.156	0.00	0.00%	-1.15			P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1983-09-29 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.105	0.00	0.00%	-0.70			P
5	Bob Welch	LAD	1981-09-07	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	-0.011	0.47	-0.01%	-0.17			P
6	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-09-07	*	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.045	2.42	0.06%	0.36			P
7	Bob Welch	LAD	1980-07-05	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.002	3.35	0.00%	0.07			P
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-07-05	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.034	0.43	-0.01%	-0.23			P
9	Bob Welch	LAD	1979-06-06		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Ed Whitson	PIT	1979-06-06	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.053	1.66	-0.04%	-0.43			P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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