Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Pitching Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	163	143	.533	3.84	472	407	18	43	14	5	2561.2	2590	1209	1093	297	625	51	1611	43	22	39	10709	3377	102	3.83	1.255	9.1	1.0	2.2	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

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	0	0		5.73	5	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	16	9	7	1	4	0	5	0	0	1	52	20		3.40	1.818	13.1	0.8	3.3	4.1
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. Scott Sanderson: Value

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	472	407	2561.2	29.4	6.5
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Totals Against

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	472	407	2561.2	3377	9852	1731	482	80	194	127	60.44	10	150	94	94	.263	.307	.418	.725	101	.156	.285	1286	4123	859	3258	3377
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. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	2	11.0	20	45	12	2	1	3	0	100.00	0	1	2	1	.356	.400	.511	.911		.156	.375	11	23	4	20	20
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. Scott Sanderson: Starting & Relieving

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	194	48	51.3	50	14	28	4	55.6	18	65
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	0	0	39.5	1	1	100	0		0	3
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Ratios

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	472	407	2561.2	15.0	5.8	9.2
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	2	11.0	9.6	7.7	1.9
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Pitch Summary

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	472	407	2561.2		90
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	2	11.0	139	67	88	63.31
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: 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	Ed Whitson	1	2	.333	5.10	7	6	1	0	0	0	30.0	33	22	17	3	9	1	19	1	0	0	133	1.400	9.9	0.9	2.7	5.7
2	Scott Sanderson	1	1	.500	3.00	7	6	1	0	0	0	36.0	33	13	12	2	13	1	24	0	1	1	148	1.278	8.3	0.5	3.3	6.0

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	CHC	1987-07-21	7-GF(8)	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.91	2	0	0.62
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-07-21	GS-7	6.2	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	27	8	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	54			-0.1	0.17			1.22
3	Scott Sanderson	MON	1980-09-06	GS-7, W	7.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	7	25	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	65			0.2	3.04			0.49
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-09-06	GS-4, L	3.2	7	7	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	22	11	20	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	29			-0.3	-4.47			0.86
5	Scott Sanderson	MON	1980-08-27	GS-7, L	7.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	25	4	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	72			0.2	2.13			0.95
6	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-08-27	GS-6, W	6.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	3	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	70			0.4	2.68			0.91
7	Scott Sanderson	MON	1980-05-03	GS-7	7.0	5	2	2	0	1	4	1	3	0	0	1	27	10	22	3	1	0	0	2	0	9	1	1	0	2	58	96	58	0.1	1.13			1.11
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-05-03	GS-7	6.1	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	26	7	22	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	1	1	58	85	58	0.2	1.65			1.18
9	Scott Sanderson	MON	1979-07-22 (2)	GS-4	3.2	7	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	19	10	16	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	34			-0.1	-1.66			1.16
10	Ed Whitson	SFG	1979-07-22 (2)	GS-4, L	3.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	7	17	6	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	28			-0.3	-3.38			1.13
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Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Scott Sanderson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Scott Sanderson (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	1979	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.667	.750	1.417	2	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Scott Sanderson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Scott Sanderson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-07-10	MON	SFG	ahead 0-4	b2	---	1	1 (0-0)	Double to LF (Ground Ball); S. Sanderson to 3B/Adv on E7
2	1979	1979-07-22 (2)	MON	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	2 (1-0)	Single to RF
3	1980	1980-05-03	MON	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Fielder's Choice 1B/Sacrifice Bunt; W. Cromartie to 3B/Adv on E6 (throw to 1B); S. Sanderson to 2B
4	1980	1980-05-03	MON	SFG	down 1-0	b5	---	2	6 (3-2)	Walk
5	1980	1980-08-27	MON	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1980	1980-08-27	MON	SFG	down 1-0	b6	---	0		Strikeout
7	1980	1980-09-06	MON	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Walk
8	1980	1980-09-06	MON	SFG	ahead 0-3	t4	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; C. Speier to 2B

Scott Sanderson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Scott Sanderson (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	1979	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	1
	Totals	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	1

Scott Sanderson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Scott Sanderson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-07-22 (2)	SFG	MON	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Single to LF (Line Drive)
2	1980	1980-05-03	SFG	MON	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); J. LeMaster to 2B
3	1980	1980-05-03	SFG	MON	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
4	1980	1980-05-03	SFG	MON	ahead 0-2	t7	1-3	1	3 (1-1)	Double Play: Flyball: LF-3B-2B
5	1980	1980-08-27	SFG	MON	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout
6	1980	1980-08-27	SFG	MON	ahead 0-1	t5	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; R. Stennett to 3B; J. Pettini to 2B
7	1980	1980-09-06	SFG	MON	down 3-0	b3	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt C-SS-2B

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Batting Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Batting Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	322	571	474	20	46	13	0	2	26	0	0	26	224	.097	.150	.137	.288	-20	65	3	4	66	1	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. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	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. Scott Sanderson: Batting Value

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	322	571	-1.8	-1.8	-1.9	0.1	-84	0	0	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. Scott Sanderson: Batting Sabermetric

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	322	571	15	76	79	498	16	.177	44	-83	-8.3	.040	2.1		0
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. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	24-33	1981	1990	5	3	0	0	0	3	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

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Batting Win Probability

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Scott Sanderson	21-39	1978	1996	322	571	-7.1	-8.1	0.2	-73.71	-7.7	-84.52	0.91
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. Scott Sanderson: Head-to-Head Batting

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: 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	Ed Whitson	7	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	1	0	3	0	0
2	Scott Sanderson	7	14	7	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.286	.444	.429	.873	3	0	0	5	0	0

Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Scott Sanderson: 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	Scott Sanderson	CHC	1987-07-21		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Ed Whitson	SDP	1987-07-21	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.017	0.02	0.00%	-0.24			P
3	Scott Sanderson	MON	1980-09-06	*	8	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.44	0.035	1.78	0.09%	-0.04			P
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-09-06	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.075	0.02	0.00%	-0.71			P
5	Scott Sanderson	MON	1980-08-27	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.050	3.65	-0.11%	-0.30			P
6	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-08-27	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.039	0.38	-0.01%	-0.38			P
7	Scott Sanderson	MON	1980-05-03	*	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	1	0	0	0.98	0.117	0.93	0.07%	0.98			P
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-05-03	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.107	0.65	-0.04%	-1.46			P
9	Scott Sanderson	MON	1979-07-22 (2)	*	4	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.56	0.027	1.67	0.05%	0.29			P
10	Ed Whitson	SFG	1979-07-22 (2)	*	4	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	0.70	0.028	1.08	0.03%	0.24			P
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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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