Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Pitching Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	107	71	.601	3.15	238	221	3	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	15	1493	17	14	92	6674	2077	108	2.86	1.243	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4
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. J.R. Richard: 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	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. J.R. Richard: Value

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Totals Against

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	2077	5788	924	198	32	177	73	70.80	13	123	65	32	.212	.305	.295	.600	78	.083	.271	527	1708	303	2014	2077
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. J.R. Richard: 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	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. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	0	1	.000	5.02	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	13	9	8	2	5	0	16	0	0	3	61	1.256	8.2	1.3	3.1	10.0
2	Ed Whitson	1	0	1.000	3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	18	1.071	5.8	0.0	3.9	5.8

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	HOU	1979-04-20	GS-9	8.1	5	4	3	1	0	2	0	11	0	0	3	33	9	28	3	1	1	2	0	0	8	0	2	1	2	68			-0.4	-0.92			1.51
2	Ed Whitson	PIT	1979-04-20	5-6	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	4	9	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.3	-1.12	0	0	1.64
3	J.R. Richard	HOU	1978-06-14	GS-6, L	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	28	11	25	5	1	0	2	0	0	15	1	0	0	3	38			-0.3	-2.53			1.07
4	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-06-14	3-5, W	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0				0.1	1.28	3	1	0.68

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (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
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-06-14	PIT	HOU	down 4-1	t5	-2-	0		Strikeout

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

J.R. Richard (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	1979	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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J.R. Richard (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-06-14	HOU	PIT	ahead 0-4	b4	---	0		Flyball: CF
2	1979	1979-04-20	HOU	PIT	down 3-2	b5	---	0		Flyball: CF
3	1979	1979-04-20	HOU	PIT	ahead 3-4	b6	-2-	2		Popfly: SS

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Totals

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	.168	.176	.252	.428	22	139	11	2	41	3	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. J.R. Richard: 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. J.R. Richard: Batting Value

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	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. J.R. Richard: Batting Sabermetric

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	23	99	105	516	25	.228	79	-60	-6.2	.083	3.0	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. J.R. Richard: 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	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13	-6.2	-56.66	0.94
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. J.R. Richard: Head-to-Head Batting

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	2	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. J.R. Richard: 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	J.R. Richard	HOU	1979-04-20	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.029	2.20	0.03%	0.40			P
2	Ed Whitson	PIT	1979-04-20		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	J.R. Richard	HOU	1978-06-14	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	0.018	0.21	0.01%	0.17			P
4	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-06-14		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.041	1.01	-0.02%	-0.41			P

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