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Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Pitching Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	329	244	.574	3.22	741	709	13	254	55	2	5217.2	4672	2130	1864	414	1833	150	4136	53	90	183	21683	6842	115	3.15	1.247	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1
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

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	6	6	.500	3.26	16	14	0	1	0	0	99.1	96	40	36	7	51	3	84	1	1	7	429	156		2.55	1.480	8.7	0.6	4.6	7.6
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

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Value

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	84.1	39.7
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Totals Against

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	6842	19436	3314	807	137	314	226	58.15	146	405	235	122	.240	.306	.360	.666	89	.120	.284	2170	6995	1358	6558	6842
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

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	156	367	66	19	4	9	5	64.29	5	13	7	3	.262	.351	.392	.743		.131	.319	50	144	30	148	156
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

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Starting & Relieving

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	447	63	57.5	28	12	43	3	40.0	13	32
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	9	64	55.2	1	1	100			0	2
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Ratios

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	19.1	8.5	10.6
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	19.6	11.9	7.7
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Pitch Summary

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2		84
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	1123	112	685	61.00
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	4	1	.800	2.20	5	5	0	4	0	0	45.0	40	13	11	3	16	1	39	1	3	2	187	1.244	8.0	0.6	3.2	7.8
2	Ed Whitson	0	0		5.23	5	2	2	0	0	0	10.1	16	7	6	0	2	0	5	2	0	0	50	1.742	13.9	0.0	1.7	4.4

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	PHI	1980-09-01	CG, W	9.0	7	4	3	1	0	4	0	9	0	1	1	39	12	32	4	3	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	1	3	64			-0.1	-0.09			1.49
2	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-09-01	GS-7	6.0	10	4	3	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	30	13	27	9	1	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	39			-0.3	-1.76			1.16
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1980-08-22	CG(10), L	10.0	11	4	3	1	1	3	1	13	0	0	0	43	15	38	9	0	1	0	1	2	16	0	2	0	2	66			-0.1	0.70			1.57
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-08-22	GS-1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	45			-0.1	-0.53			1.06
5	Steve Carlton	PHI	1978-09-11	CG, W	9.0	8	3	3	0	2	4	0	9	1	1	0	41	13	35	6	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	64			-0.1	1.06			0.84
6	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-09-11	5-5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.09	0	0	0.02
7	Steve Carlton	PHI	1978-05-30	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	32	8	29	3	2	0	0	0	1	7	2	0	0	2	75			0.2	3.06			0.43
8	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-05-30	8-GF(8)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.45	0	0	0.03
9	Steve Carlton	PHI	1977-09-05 (2)	GS-8, W	8.0	9	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	32	11	30	8	1	0	2	1	1	10	2	0	0	1	61			0.2	2.99			0.72
10	Ed Whitson	PIT	1977-09-05 (2)	8-GF	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	3	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	2				0.0	-1.00	0	0	0.00

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-09-01	SFG	PHI	tied 1-1	b2	12-	1		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-09-01	SFG	PHI	tied 2-2	b4	1--	1		Strikeout

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Carlton (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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	3	3	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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-05-30	PHI	PIT	ahead 1-6	b8	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1980	1980-09-01	PHI	SFG	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1980	1980-09-01	PHI	SFG	ahead 1-2	t4	1--	1		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
4	1980	1980-09-01	PHI	SFG	ahead 2-4	t6	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	1719	123	346	49	6	13	140	2	2	41	413	.201	.223	.259	.482	33	446	33	10	94	13	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

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	27	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	.222	.250	.333	.583	9	0	1	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

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Value

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	6.1	6.1	5.8	0.4	-151	3	-8	0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	0.2	-93	2	-3	0

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Sabermetric

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	68	397	418	1515	101	.255	250	-162	-17.2	.058	4.2	50.0	4
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	1	7	7	22	4	.263	6			.111	3.9		0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Win Probability

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	-12.4	-14.3	0.4	-133.02	-13.7	-149.65	0.89
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	-8.5	-9.2	0.0	-97.13	-10.2	-97.15	0.92

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Head-to-Head Batting

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	5	20	20	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.500	.800	10	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Steve Carlton: 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	Steve Carlton	PHI	1980-09-01	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	-0.097	3.54	-0.22%	-1.01			P
2	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-09-01	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.079	0.46	-0.01%	-0.70			P
3	Steve Carlton	PHI	1980-08-22	*	10	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.073	4.39	-0.14%	-0.28			P
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-08-22	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Steve Carlton	PHI	1978-09-11	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	0.033	2.68	0.11%	1.13			P
6	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-09-11		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Steve Carlton	PHI	1978-05-30	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	-0.005	0.15	-0.01%	0.00			P
8	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-05-30		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Steve Carlton	PHI	1977-09-05 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	0.179	1.73	0.28%	2.37			P
10	Ed Whitson	PIT	1977-09-05 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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