Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Pitching Comparison

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	283	237	.544	3.45	898	625	102	180	31	17	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023	6155	108	3.41	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	5	11	.313	4.73	73	16	16	3	1	2	131.1	130	75	69	8	64	2	71	3	0	9	577	205	74	3.75	1.477	8.9	0.5	4.4	4.9

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	1	3	.250	4.01	9	5	0	1	0	0	24.2	30	14	11	1	8	2	10	1	0	1	113	39		1.18	1.541	10.9	0.4	2.9	3.6

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Value

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	45.2	7.8
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	73	16	131.1	-1.4	-2.3

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Totals Against

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	6155	17503	3387	706	132	168	87	65.88	24	462	172	143	.264	.309	.387	.696	97	.123	.286	2121	6775	1233	5825	6155
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	73	16	131.1	205	497	100	17	5	12	0	100.00	1	10	8	5	.262	.346	.364	.710	109	.103	.288	65	181	30	197	205

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	39	100											.300	.358					.326				39	39

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Starting & Relieving

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	365	58	53.0	284	97	34	16	51.5	102	273
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	7	44	49.4	68	9	13	1	66.7	16	57

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982									0	4

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Ratios

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	12.9	5.7	7.2
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	73	16	131.1	12.3	11.1	1.2

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	8.8	7.1	1.8

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Pitch Summary

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1		69
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	73	16	131.1		59

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Bill Short	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	0.0
2	Jim Kaat	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	35	0.889	7.0	1.0	1.0	5.0

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Game Logs

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Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	MIN	1966-08-31	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	35	8	33	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	2	69.0			0.1	2.17			0.61
2	Bill Short	BOS	1966-08-31	4-6	2.1	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1				0.0	-0.66	2	0	0.38

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bill Short (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bill Short (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	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

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bill Short (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bill Short (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-08-31	BOS	MIN	down 5-2	t5	---	0		Groundout: 1B-P

Bill Short (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Short (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Short (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Short (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-08-31	MIN	BOS	ahead 2-5	b6	1--	2		Single to RF; R. Nixon to 2B

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Batting Comparison

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Batting Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	73	33	32	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	.125	.152	.156	.308	-13	5	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Batting Value

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	5.3	5.0	5.6	-0.4	-101	5	-1	0
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	73	33	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	65	302	320	1075	83	.247	207	-110	-11.7	.082	3.4	83.33	6
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	73	33	1	5	5	28	1	.250	5	-3	-0.4	.031	2.0		0

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	0	2	2	8		.667	2			.000	1.5		0

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Batting Win Probability

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	-9.4	-8.7	-0.9	-92.31		-90.13	0.97
2	Bill Short	22-31	1960	1969	73	33	-0.1	-0.4	0.2	-2.16		-4.18	0.71

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Bill Short	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Kaat	1	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: Game Logs

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Jim Kaat vs. Bill Short: 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	Jim Kaat	MIN	1966-08-31	*	9	9	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	0.034	0.02	0.00%	0.48			P
2	Bill Short	BOS	1966-08-31		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	-0.022	0.00	0.00%	-0.22			P

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