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Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Pitching Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	38	48	.442	3.95	245	54	105	3	1	31	613.1	534	296	269	46	275	31	549	9	4	42	2588	840	92	3.35	1.319	7.8	0.7	4.0	8.1
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. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0		0.68	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
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. Ken Howell: Value

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	54	613.1	3.1	-1.3
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Totals Against

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	54	613.1	840	2252	377	100	11	63	36	63.64	2	40	35	17	.237	.320	.353	.673	95	.115	.292	258	794	157	818	840
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. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0							.000	0	0	0	0	0
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. Ken Howell: Starting & Relieving

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	28	52	52.6	102	31	30	22	58.5	105	191
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	0			0	0				1	1
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Ratios

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	54	613.1	21.2	10.6	10.6
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	1	0	2.0	33.3	0.0	33.3
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Pitch Summary

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	54	613.1		94
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	1	0	2.0	17		15	88.24
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	3	0	1.000	1.50	4	1	3	0	0	0	12.0	7	2	2	0	5	3	10	1	0	0	48	1.000	5.3	0.0	3.8	7.5
2	Ed Whitson	0	1	.000	4.95	4	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	20	11	11	4	5	1	14	0	0	1	84	1.250	9.0	1.8	2.3	6.3

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	PHI	1990-05-16	GS-7, W	6.2	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	24	5	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	67	77	49	0.2	1.90			0.71
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1990-05-16	GS-6, L	6.0	5	4	4	0	1	2	1	6	0	0	0	26	8	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	3	50	83	57	-0.2	-1.16			0.53
3	Ken Howell	LAD	1987-06-17	7-GF(8),BS	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.3	-0.93	2	2	1.28
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-06-17	GS-5	4.2	8	6	6	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	10	21	5	1	0	1	0	0	15	1	0	0	3	26			-0.5	-3.89			1.12
5	Ken Howell	LAD	1986-09-25 (1)	9-GF(10), BW	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-0.73	2	2	2.79
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1986-09-25 (1)	6-8	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	4	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.29	0	0	0.17
7	Ken Howell	LAD	1984-09-04	7-GF, BW	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	12	5	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				0.1	0.62	3	0	3.46
8	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-09-04	GS-7	6.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	4	22	1	2	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	3	63			0.1	1.21			0.67

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Ken Howell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Ken Howell (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	1990	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

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Ken Howell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Ken Howell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1990	1990-05-16	SDP	PHI	down 3-0	b3	---	2	2 (0-1)	Foul Popfly: 1B

Ken Howell (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ken Howell (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	1990	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ken Howell (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ken Howell (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1990	1990-05-16	PHI	SDP	ahead 0-3	t2	---	1	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1990	1990-05-16	PHI	SDP	ahead 0-3	t4	12-	2	1 (0-0)	Flyball: CF

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Batting Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Batting Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	138	114	3	9	3	0	0	3	1	0	3	49	.079	.110	.105	.215	-38	12	5	1	20	0	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. Ken Howell: 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	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. Ken Howell: Batting Value

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	138	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-21	0	1	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. Ken Howell: Batting Sabermetric

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	138	3	13	16	130	1	.138	6	-20	-2.1	.026	2.3	100.0	1
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	377	673	10	90	98	586	18	.175	50	-92	-9.5	.021	3.4		0

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Batting Win Probability

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	138	-1.9	-2.2	-0.2	-22.95	-2.4	-22.89	0.82
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. Ken Howell: Head-to-Head Batting

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	PHI	1990-05-16	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.54	-0.041	0.84	-0.04%	-0.80			P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1990-05-16	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	-0.009	0.34	-0.01%	-0.10			P
3	Ken Howell	LAD	1987-06-17		3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-06-17	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.035	0.01	0.00%	-0.43			P
5	Ken Howell	LAD	1986-09-25 (1)		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Ed Whitson	SDP	1986-09-25 (1)		4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Ken Howell	LAD	1984-09-04		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.032	0.00	0.00%	-0.14			P
8	Ed Whitson	SDP	1984-09-04	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.061	0.21	-0.01%	-0.42			P

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