Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Pitching Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	67	94	.416	3.82	434	162	105	16	2	18	1432.0	1432	689	608	127	543	72	790	20	11	15	6106	2074	96	3.95	1.379	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0
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. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Value

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	10.1	-2.4
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	22.7	3.3

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Totals Against

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	2074	5416	1004	257	44	80	91	46.78	55	116	73	54	.264	.331	.398	.729	108	.134	.287	722	2158	428	1995	2074
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. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Starting & Relieving

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	81	50	49.2	241	80	33	9	66.7	105	272
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	182	55	51.4	94	32	34	3	72.7	48	119

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Ratios

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	12.9	8.9	4.0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0	13.4	7.4	6.0

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0
2	Ed Whitson	22-36	1977	1991	452	333	2240.0		91

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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	2	1	.667	2.17	5	3	0	0	0	0	29.0	29	10	7	2	9	0	14	0	0	0	121	1.310	9.0	0.6	2.8	4.3
2	Bob Shirley	1	1	.500	5.73	5	1	1	0	0	0	11.0	10	7	7	1	5	0	4	0	1	0	45	1.364	8.2	0.8	4.1	3.3

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Bob Shirley	SDP	1980-07-11	6-7	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.87	0	0	0.06
2	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-07-11	GS-7, W	7.0	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	13	31	9	1	1	0	1	1	14	1	0	0	2	43			0.1	0.04			0.55
3	Bob Shirley	SDP	1980-06-26	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.42	0	0	0.41
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-06-26	GS-9, W	8.1	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	33	8	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	69			0.1	1.68			1.22
5	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-06-01	9-9, L	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.13	0	0	1.37
6	Ed Whitson	PIT	1979-06-01	GS-6	5.1	7	5	2	3	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	26	11	22	6	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	1	0	1	41			-0.2	-1.56			1.06
7	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-07-27	6-7, W	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.81	0	0	1.25
8	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-07-27	1-7, L	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	21	5	19	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.3	2.44	1	0	1.00
9	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-07-16 (2)	GS-7	6.0	7	6	6	0	1	5	0	2	0	1	0	29	12	23	4	1	1	2	1	0	13	0	1	0	3	31			-0.4	-2.56			1.27
10	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-07-16 (2)	4-6	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	10	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.36	2	1	1.23

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (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. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Whitson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-07-16 (2)	SDP	PIT	ahead 4-5	t6	---	0		Strikeout Looking

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Shirley (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
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Ed Whitson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-07-16 (2)	PIT	SDP	down 5-3	b4	1--	2		Flyball: CF

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Comparison

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	263	15	29	3	0	0	8	0	0	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	0	26	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. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Batting Value

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	-40	1	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. Bob Shirley: Batting Sabermetric

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	3	42	49	262	6	.180	23	-44	-4.4	.011	2.6		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. Bob Shirley: 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. Bob Shirley: Batting Win Probability

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-3.6	-4.0	0.1	-44.65	-4.7	-44.11	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. Bob Shirley: Head-to-Head Batting

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Totals

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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	5	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: Game Logs

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Ed Whitson vs. Bob Shirley: 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	Bob Shirley	SDP	1980-07-11		3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-07-11	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	-0.013	0.08	0.00%	-0.43			P
3	Bob Shirley	SDP	1980-06-26		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Ed Whitson	SFG	1980-06-26	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.007	0.13	0.00%	-0.18			P
5	Bob Shirley	SDP	1979-06-01		1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Ed Whitson	PIT	1979-06-01	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.068	1.40	-0.05%	-0.55			P
7	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-07-27		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-07-27		7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	0.008	1.43	0.01%	0.04			P
9	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-07-16 (2)	*	7	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.036	0.15	0.00%	-0.32			P
10	Ed Whitson	PIT	1978-07-16 (2)		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.028	1.33	-0.02%	-0.22			P

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