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Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Pitching Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	311	205	.603	2.86	656	647	6	231	61	1	4783.0	3971	1674	1521	380	1390	116	3640	76	8	126	19369	5649	127	3.04	1.121	7.5	0.7	2.6	6.8
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. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	3	3	.500	2.77	8	8	0	2	0	0	61.2	51	20	19	6	16	4	51	2	0	2	255	73		2.19	1.086	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.4
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. Tom Seaver: Value

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Against

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	5649	17604	2796	675	120	409	164	71.38	14	316	187	111	.226	.283	.342	.626	79	.117	.262	1729	6026	1175	5437	5649
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. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	73	231	29	15	1	3	1	75.00	0	1	2	4	.221	.273	.372	.645		.152	.253	25	86	22	69	73
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. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	6	75	62.3						0	0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	1	50	51.0						0	0

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	16.2	5.4	10.8

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	100	100	64	64.00
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	2	8.2	128	64	86	67.19

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	4	0	1.000	1.16	4	4	0	1	1	0	31.0	19	4	4	0	16	2	16	0	0	1	127	1.129	5.5	0.0	4.6	4.6
2	Ed Whitson	0	3	.000	4.35	4	3	1	0	0	0	20.2	20	10	10	1	9	1	12	1	0	1	90	1.403	8.7	0.4	3.9	5.2

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	CHW	1985-04-26	GS-8, W	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	5	0	6	0	0	1	34	13	29	4	1	0	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	64			0.2	2.33			1.19
2	Ed Whitson	NYY	1985-04-26	GS-7, L	6.2	4	3	3	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	26	6	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	58			-0.1	0.27			1.06
3	Tom Seaver	CIN	1981-09-17	GS-9, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	35	10	29	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	1	1	0	1	75			0.6	3.81			1.70
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-09-17	GS-8	8.0	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	33	12	30	8	1	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	63			0.5	3.39			1.33
5	Tom Seaver	CIN	1980-04-15	GS-6, W	6.0	6	3	3	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	27	11	21	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	1	2	45			-0.1	-0.29			1.20
6	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-04-15	GS-5, L	5.0	6	5	5	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	8	20	4	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	36			-0.4	-2.74			1.22
7	Tom Seaver	CIN	1979-06-30	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	31	4	30	2	1	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	85			0.6	3.93			1.20
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1979-06-30	9-GF, L	1.0	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	8	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.4	-1.56	0	0	2.84

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1980	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
3	1981	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Tom Seaver (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-06-30	CIN	SFG	ahead 0-2	t9	123	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	1980	1980-04-15	CIN	SFG	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Walk
3	1980	1980-04-15	CIN	SFG	ahead 2-3	b4	---	2		Strikeout
4	1981	1981-09-17	CIN	SFG	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
5	1981	1981-09-17	CIN	SFG	tied 0-0	t4	1--	2		Walk; M. O'Berry to 2B
6	1981	1981-09-17	CIN	SFG	tied 0-0	t6	1--	2		Strikeout

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Seaver (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	1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	2	2	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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Seaver (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-04-15	SFG	CIN	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1980	1980-04-15	SFG	CIN	down 3-2	t4	--3	2		Strikeout
3	1981	1981-09-17	SFG	CIN	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Flyball: RF
4	1981	1981-09-17	SFG	CIN	tied 0-0	b5	-2-	1		Groundout: 3B-1B

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	1315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	0	108	485	.154	.219	.210	.429	22	276	22	4	121	4	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. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	20	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.143	.200	.343	4	1	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. Tom Seaver: Batting Value

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	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. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.0	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. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19	2	.143	2			.100	3.3		0
2	Ed Whitson	29	1984	1984	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53	-14.3	-136.40	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. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Batting

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	4	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Ed Whitson	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	CHW	1985-04-26																																	P
2	Ed Whitson	NYY	1985-04-26																																	P
3	Tom Seaver	CIN	1981-09-17	*	10	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.061	1.12	-0.04%	-0.29			P
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1981-09-17	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.070	2.49	-0.08%	-0.53			P
5	Tom Seaver	CIN	1980-04-15	*	6	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	0.035	1.41	0.04%	0.28			P
6	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-04-15	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.071	1.92	-0.06%	-0.55			P
7	Tom Seaver	CIN	1979-06-30	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.102	2.05	-0.11%	-1.29			P
8	Ed Whitson	SFG	1979-06-30		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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