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Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Pitching Comparison

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Totals

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	188	147	.561	3.92	448	446	0	18	8	0	2840.1	2862	1347	1237	319	815	32	2294	133	12	125	12030	3913	110	3.94	1.295	9.1	1.0	2.6	7.3
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	165	143	.536	4.04	433	421	9	12	5	0	2576.2	2381	1254	1157	282	1064	52	1885	97	8	50	11001	3637	105	4.39	1.337	8.3	1.0	3.7	6.6

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	8	6	.571	3.44	29	23	2	0	0	0	144.0	135	58	55	7	47	6	114	4	0	10	601	186		2.57	1.264	8.4	0.4	2.9	7.1
2	Barry Zito	22-34	2000	2012	6	3	.667	2.83	10	10	0	0	0	0	60.1	50	19	19	7	23	1	46	3	0	1	252	76		4.11	1.210	7.5	1.0	3.4	6.9

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Value

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	38.1	12.0
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	433	421	2576.2	33.1	10.1

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Totals Against

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	3913	10935	1938	556	49	256	76	77.11	7	259	72	72	.262	.319	.409	.728	94	.147	.303	1437	4473	924	3810	3913
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	433	421	2576.2	3637	9661	1597	456	46	156	98	61.42	31	219	105	73	.246	.325	.391	.716	92	.144	.277	1246	3775	784	3542	3637

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	23	144.0	186	540											.250	.315					.306				186	186
2	Barry Zito	22-34	2000	2012	10	10	60.1	76	225											.222	.303					.250				76	76

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Starting & Relieving

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	267	60	52.5	0	0		0		0	2
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	237	56	51.8	0	0		0		9	12

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017									2	6
2	Barry Zito	22-34	2000	2012									0	0

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Ratios

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	19.1	6.8	12.3
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	433	421	2576.2	17.1	9.7	7.5

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	23	144.0	19.0	7.8	11.1
2	Barry Zito	22-34	2000	2012	10	10	60.1	18.3	9.1	9.1

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Pitch Summary

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	448	446	2840.1	43915	101	28491	64.88
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	433	421	2576.2	43089	102	26559	61.64

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	23	144.0
2	Barry Zito	22-34	2000	2012	10	10	60.1

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Head-to-Head Pitching

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Totals

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	3	0	1.000	1.50	4	4	0	1	1	0	30.0	22	5	5	1	2	0	33	1	0	1	113	0.800	6.6	0.3	0.6	9.9
2	Barry Zito	0	3	.000	4.74	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.2	27	13	13	5	4	0	16	0	0	0	99	1.257	9.9	1.8	1.5	5.8

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Game Logs

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Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	LAA	2009-06-15	GS-7, W	7.0	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	31	11	30	7	2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	3	55	106	74	0.2	0.56			0.56
2	Barry Zito	SFG	2009-06-15	GS-4, L	3.2	10	7	7	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	10	20	5	3	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	5	16	70	54	-0.3	-5.08			0.77
3	John Lackey	LAA	2006-09-28	GS-8, W	8.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	28	5	28	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	85	108	71	0.6	4.42			1.06
4	Barry Zito	OAK	2006-09-28	GS-6, L	6.0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	23	8	22	7	0	0	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	58	98	62	0.2	2.32			1.16
5	John Lackey	LAA	2006-07-07	SHO, W	9.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	28	1	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	95	109	77	0.5	4.82			0.78
6	Barry Zito	OAK	2006-07-07	GS-8, L	8.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	30	7	29	4	0	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	61	110	74	0.0	1.29			0.59
7	John Lackey	ANA	2004-06-30	GS-6	6.0	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	26	9	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	50	101	63	0.1	1.34			1.25
8	Barry Zito	OAK	2004-06-30	GS-7	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	26	6	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	63	110	60	0.2	1.89			1.12

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Batter vs. Pitcher

Barry Zito (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Barry Zito (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (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	2009	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Barry Zito (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Barry Zito (Pitcher) vs. John Lackey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-06-15	LAA	SFG	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0	7 (3-2)	Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
2	2009	2009-06-15	LAA	SFG	ahead 0-4	t4	-2-	1	10 (3-2)	Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); M. Napoli Scores

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Barry Zito (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Barry Zito (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	2009	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

John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Barry Zito (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Lackey (Pitcher) vs. Barry Zito (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-06-15	SFG	LAA	down 1-0	b2	--3	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Batting Comparison

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Batting Totals

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	236	6	26	7	0	0	8	1	1	9	97	.110	.143	.140	.283	-24	33	3	0	20	0	0
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	213	418	344	12	35	0	0	0	11	0	0	18	99	.102	.146	.102	.248	-31	35	4	0	56	0	0

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	1	0	0	0
2	Barry Zito	22-34	2000	2012	10	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	1	0	0

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Batting Value

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	-44	0	-1	0
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	213	418	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	0.0	-67	0	-2	0

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Batting Sabermetric

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	7	35	35	234	7	.187	14	-45	-4.5	.030	2.4	50.00	2
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	213	418	0	53	59	369	8	.143	23	-64	-6.3	.000	3.5		0

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	29	13	0	3	3	10		.286	0			.000	2.4		0
2	Barry Zito	22-34	2000	2012	10	6	0	2	2	4		.667	2			.000	2.5		0

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Batting Win Probability

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Lackey	23-38	2002	2017	121	265	-4.7	-4.1	-0.6	-46.88		-45.95	1.00
2	Barry Zito	22-37	2000	2015	213	418	-6.4	-6.7	-0.2	-72.71		-72.30	0.92

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Head-to-Head Batting

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Totals

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Barry Zito	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: Game Logs

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Barry Zito vs. John Lackey: 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	John Lackey	LAA	2009-06-15	*	8	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	0.014	0.57	0.01%	0.37			P
2	Barry Zito	SFG	2009-06-15	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.041	1.94	-0.03%	-0.37			P
3	John Lackey	LAA	2006-09-28																																	P
4	Barry Zito	OAK	2006-09-28																																	P
5	John Lackey	LAA	2006-07-07																																	P
6	Barry Zito	OAK	2006-07-07																																	P
7	John Lackey	ANA	2004-06-30																																	P
8	Barry Zito	OAK	2004-06-30																																	P

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