Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Pitching Comparison

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	68	56	.548	3.52	205	151	13	37	6	0	1065.1	858	462	417	110	481	16	882	34	0	44	4487	1426	100	3.65	1.257	7.2	0.9	4.1	7.5
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	131	91	.590	3.39	280	264	8	105	29	2	1886.0	1646	778	711	242	548	24	1282	26	9	27	7719	2288	101	3.72	1.163	7.9	1.2	2.6	6.1

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	20-24	1965	1969	0	1	.000	1.35	2	1	0	0	0	0	13.1	10	2	2	0	9	1	7	0	0	1	56	19		2.98	1.425	6.8	0.0	6.1	4.7
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	2	.333	3.24	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.2	18	8	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	73	22			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	7.0

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Value

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	205	151	1065.1	10.7	1.5
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	20.5	4.7

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Totals Against

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	205	151	1065.1	1426	3917	611	117	20	57	39	59.38	2	72	36	17	.219	.309	.343	.652	90	.124	.254	420	1345	247	1373	1426
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	2288	7026	1111	249	44	96	45	68.09	5	115	76	43	.234	.290	.386	.676	98	.151	.253	803	2709	535	2220	2288

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	20-24	1965	1969	2	1	13.1	19	46											.217	.345					.256				19	19
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	22	68											.265	.306					.315				22	22

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	76	50	55.6	39	12	31	0		13	54
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	160	61	56.7	13	3	23	0	100.0	8	16

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dave Boswell	20-24	1965	1969									0	1
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968									0	0

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Ratios

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	205	151	1065.1	19.7	10.7	8.9
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	16.6	7.1	9.5

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dave Boswell	20-24	1965	1969	2	1	13.1	12.5	16.1	-3.6
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	17.8	5.5	12.3

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	205	151	1065.1
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dave Boswell	20-24	1965	1969	2	1	13.1
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	4	2	.667	2.60	6	6	0	2	1	0	45.0	45	14	13	4	9	0	28	1	0	0	181	1.200	9.0	0.8	1.8	5.6
2	Dave Boswell	1	2	.333	2.54	6	4	1	1	1	0	28.1	18	9	8	2	17	2	15	0	0	2	118	1.235	5.7	0.6	5.4	4.8

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	MIN	1970-07-21	8-GF	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.96	0	0	0.17
2	Denny McLain	DET	1970-07-21	GS-8, W	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	28	8	26	4	1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	59.0			0.2	0.97			0.96
3	Dave Boswell	MIN	1968-09-06	4-4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.71	2	1	0.15
4	Denny McLain	DET	1968-09-06	CG, W	9.0	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	36	10	35	6	1	1	2	0	0	15	0	0	0	3	68.0			0.1	0.52			0.84
5	Dave Boswell	MIN	1967-09-02	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	32	6	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	78.0			0.4	4.02			0.81
6	Denny McLain	DET	1967-09-02	GS-6, L	5.2	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	7	21	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	1	1	48.0			-0.1	-0.73			0.93
7	Dave Boswell	MIN	1967-08-24	GS-6	6.0	5	2	2	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	1	26	9	23	2	2	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	3	58.0			0.0	0.53			1.18
8	Denny McLain	DET	1967-08-24	GS-8, L	7.1	11	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	32	12	28	7	2	1	1	1	0	18	1	2	1	4	46.0			-0.1	0.16			1.49
9	Dave Boswell	MIN	1967-04-21	GS-4, L	3.1	3	6	5	1	0	7	1	1	0	0	1	21	11	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	26.0			-0.3	-3.42			1.07
10	Denny McLain	DET	1967-04-21	GS-7, W	7.0	8	3	3	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	32	13	28	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	47.0			0.1	-0.05			0.64
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Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dave Boswell (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dave Boswell (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (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	1966	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0
3	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	1	0	0	0	0

Dave Boswell (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dave Boswell (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-04-25	DET	MIN	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1966	1966-04-25	DET	MIN	ahead 0-1	b5	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
3	1966	1966-04-25	DET	MIN	ahead 0-1	b7	1-3	2		Strikeout
4	1967	1967-04-21	DET	MIN	tied 0-0	b2	12-	2		Flyball: CF
5	1967	1967-04-21	DET	MIN	ahead 1-2	b4	---	1		Walk
6	1967	1967-08-24	DET	MIN	tied 1-1	b2	---	2		Strikeout
7	1967	1967-08-24	DET	MIN	down 2-1	b5	---	0		Strikeout
8	1967	1967-09-02	DET	MIN	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
9	1967	1967-09-02	DET	MIN	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Flyball: CF
10	1968	1968-09-06	DET	MIN	ahead 1-6	b4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; D. Tracewski to 2B

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Dave Boswell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Dave Boswell (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	1966	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	6	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	8	8	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.750	1.125	0	0	0	0	1

Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Dave Boswell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Denny McLain (Pitcher) vs. Dave Boswell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-04-25	MIN	DET	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Foul Popfly: 1B
2	1966	1966-04-25	MIN	DET	down 1-0	t5	1-3	2		Strikeout
3	1967	1967-04-21	MIN	DET	tied 0-0	t2	---	2		Flyball: 2B
4	1967	1967-08-24	MIN	DET	tied 1-1	t2	--3	1		Strikeout
5	1967	1967-08-24	MIN	DET	tied 1-1	t5	---	0		Single to P
6	1967	1967-08-24	MIN	DET	tied 2-2	t7	---	0		Triple to RF
7	1967	1967-09-02	MIN	DET	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
8	1967	1967-09-02	MIN	DET	ahead 0-1	b6	---	1		Double to LF

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Comparison

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Totals

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	231	395	367	41	74	10	4	4	22	0	0	6	119	.202	.222	.283	.506	42	104	9	4	17	1	0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	616	32	82	5	2	1	31	1	0	25	244	.133	.166	.153	.318	-8	94	10	0	64	4	0

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	20-24	1965	1969	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Value

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	231	395	1.9	1.9	2.1	-0.2	-25	0	0	0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.2	-85	1	-2	0

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Sabermetric

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	231	395	18	84	92	320	23	.286	59	-31	-3.3	.082	3.1		0
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	8	107	119	612	19	.216	62	-90	-9.6	.019	2.5	100.00	1

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	20-24	1965	1969	2	4	0	0	0	4			0			.000	1.0		0
2	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	0	0	0	8		.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Win Probability

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dave Boswell	19-26	1964	1971	231	395	-2.8	-2.8	-0.4	-33.29		-30.73	0.88
2	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-7.2	-8.5	0.3	-81.86		-87.11	0.88

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Head-to-Head Batting

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Totals

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Denny McLain	6	19	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Dave Boswell	6	9	9	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.667	1.000	6	1	0	0	0	0

Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: Game Logs

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Dave Boswell vs. Denny McLain: 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	Dave Boswell	MIN	1970-07-21		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Denny McLain	DET	1970-07-21	*	8	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	0.001	1.92	0.00%	-0.07			P
3	Dave Boswell	MIN	1968-09-06		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Denny McLain	DET	1968-09-06	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.19	-0.018	0.11	-0.01%	-0.90			P
5	Dave Boswell	MIN	1967-09-02	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.034	7.95	-0.22%	-0.85			P
6	Denny McLain	DET	1967-09-02	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.038	6.43	-0.19%	-0.30			P
7	Dave Boswell	MIN	1967-08-24	*	7	9	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.171	10.18	0.72%	0.71			P
8	Denny McLain	DET	1967-08-24	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.079	7.46	-0.32%	-0.49			P
9	Dave Boswell	MIN	1967-04-21	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	-0.010	0.71	-0.01%	-0.09			P
10	Denny McLain	DET	1967-04-21	*	8	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.005	1.76	-0.01%	-0.28			P
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