Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Pitching Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	130	99	.568	2.86	344	295	30	98	27	14	2230.1	1719	812	709	174	831	44	1625	40	7	70	9120	2712	121	3.28	1.143	6.9	0.7	3.4	6.6
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	220	191	.535	3.64	628	547	41	127	39	11	3669.2	3734	1700	1483	245	1127	118	1907	59	23	107	15582	5181	100	3.45	1.325	9.2	0.6	2.8	4.7

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	1	2	.333	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	21.0	19	10	9	2	10	1	12	2	0	1	89	31		1.43	1.381	8.1	0.9	4.3	5.1
2	Jerry Reuss	25-36	1974	1985	2	8	.200	3.59	11	11	0	2	1	0	62.2	57	30	25	5	25	3	25	0	0	1	271	82		3.48	1.309	8.2	0.7	3.6	3.6

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	37.5	18.3
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	628	547	3669.2	32.9	1.4

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Totals Against

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	2712	8104	1234	276	35	137	63	68.50	14	138	99	44	.212	.287	.319	.606	78	.107	.243	752	2587	485	2590	2712
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	628	547	3669.2	5181	14095	2853	563	73	189	136	58.15	26	376	215	81	.265	.320	.367	.688	96	.102	.290	1681	5178	881	4920	5181

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	31	71											.268	.373					.298				31	31
2	Jerry Reuss	25-36	1974	1985	11	11	62.2	82	244											.234	.305					.243				82	82

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Starting & Relieving

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	194	66	59.3	53	21	40	0	100.0	30	49
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	299	55	51.5	55	21	38	7	61.1	41	81

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974									0	0
2	Jerry Reuss	25-36	1974	1985									0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Ratios

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1	17.8	9.1	8.7
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	628	547	3669.2	12.2	7.2	5.0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0	13.5	11.2	2.2
2	Jerry Reuss	25-36	1974	1985	11	11	62.2	9.2	9.2	0.0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Pitch Summary

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	344	295	2230.1		109
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	628	547	3669.2		79

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	3	21.0
2	Jerry Reuss	25-36	1974	1985	11	11	62.2

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Head-to-Head Pitching

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Jerry Reuss	3	1	.750	3.45	4	4	0	2	1	0	31.1	37	12	12	0	9	1	14	0	0	0	138	1.468	10.6	0.0	2.6	4.0
2	Andy Messersmith	1	3	.250	5.25	4	4	0	1	0	0	24.0	24	14	14	3	9	0	11	1	0	1	102	1.375	9.0	1.1	3.4	4.1

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-07-16	GS-2, L	2.0	6	7	7	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	14	8	12	4	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	15.0			-0.4	-6.11			0.65
2	Jerry Reuss	PIT	1976-07-16	CG, W	9.0	10	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	38	12	36	9	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	62.0			0.1	1.99			0.32
3	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1974-08-17	GS-8, L	7.0	6	4	4	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	1	30	11	24	2	4	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	4	46.0			-0.4	-1.52			1.34
4	Jerry Reuss	PIT	1974-08-17	GS-9, W	8.1	11	3	3	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	37	13	33	7	4	0	0	1	0	15	0	2	0	4	50.0			-0.2	-0.15			1.41
5	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-09-14	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	31	5	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	79.0			0.1	3.11			0.42
6	Jerry Reuss	HOU	1973-09-14	GS-6, L	5.0	10	7	7	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	26	13	23	7	3	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	1	3	19.0			-0.3	-4.19			0.77
7	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-09-01	GS-6, L	6.0	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	27	10	24	7	0	0	1	0	1	11	0	1	0	1	50.0			0.0	0.65			0.84
8	Jerry Reuss	HOU	1973-09-01	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	37	10	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	76.0			0.6	3.98			1.52

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Batter vs. Pitcher

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Jerry Reuss (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Jerry Reuss (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	1973	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	1	0	0	0	0
2	1974	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	1	0	0	0	0
3	1976	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.286	.000	.286	2	0	0	0	0

Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Jerry Reuss (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Andy Messersmith (Pitcher) vs. Jerry Reuss (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-09-01	HOU	LAD	ahead 0-1	t2	1-3	2		Strikeout
2	1973	1973-09-01	HOU	LAD	ahead 0-2	t4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; T. Helms to 2B
3	1973	1973-09-01	HOU	LAD	ahead 0-2	t6	-2-	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1973	1973-09-14	HOU	LAD	down 4-0	b3	---	2		Walk
5	1973	1973-09-14	HOU	LAD	down 4-1	b5	---	2		Strikeout
6	1974	1974-08-17	PIT	LAD	down 1-0	b3	---	2		Walk
7	1974	1974-08-17	PIT	LAD	tied 1-1	b5	-2-	2		Strikeout
8	1974	1974-08-17	PIT	LAD	tied 3-3	b7	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; F. Taveras to 2B
9	1976	1976-07-16	PIT	ATL	ahead 0-5	b1	1--	2		Strikeout

Jerry Reuss (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jerry Reuss (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (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	1973	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0
2	1974	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	.500	.667	.750	1.417	1	0	0	0	0

Jerry Reuss (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jerry Reuss (Pitcher) vs. Andy Messersmith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-09-01	LAD	HOU	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: RF
2	1973	1973-09-01	LAD	HOU	down 2-0	b5	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; B. Russell to 3B; S. Yeager to 2B
3	1973	1973-09-14	LAD	HOU	ahead 0-4	t1	12-	2		Flyball: CF
4	1973	1973-09-14	LAD	HOU	ahead 0-4	t4	---	0		Walk
5	1974	1974-08-17	LAD	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	--3	2		Walk
6	1974	1974-08-17	LAD	PIT	tied 1-1	t5	---	0		Double to LF
7	1974	1974-08-17	LAD	PIT	ahead 1-2	t6	1-3	2		Single to 3B; T. Paciorek Scores; S. Yeager to 3B

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Batting Comparison

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Batting Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	729	49	124	30	0	5	54	1	0	46	212	.170	.219	.232	.451	29	169	6	1	46	4	0
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	552	1195	1024	71	171	24	1	1	58	1	0	69	433	.167	.220	.195	.415	17	200	15	1	99	2	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Jerry Reuss	25-36	1974	1985	11	22	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	1	0	2	0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Batting Value

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	2.6	2.6	2.7	-0.1	-67	2	-1	0
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	552	1195	2.3	2.3	2.1	0.2	-115	4	-2	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Batting Sabermetric

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	35	171	181	661	42	.231	98	-70	-7.2	.062	3.4	100.00	1
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	552	1195	26	241	252	969	53	.287	128	-115	-12.0	.028	2.4	100.00	1

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	28	1974	1974	3	8	0	2	2	6		.500	0			.000	2.3		0
2	Jerry Reuss	25-36	1974	1985	11	22	0	1	1	22		.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Batting Win Probability

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Andy Messersmith	22-33	1968	1979	347	826	-5.3	-5.8	-0.1	-57.67		-60.80	0.90
2	Jerry Reuss	20-41	1969	1990	552	1195	-10.4	-11.6	0.2	-119.57		-120.84	0.91

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Head-to-Head Batting

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Totals

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Jerry Reuss	4	12	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	Andy Messersmith	4	10	7	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.429	.556	.714	1.270	5	0	0	1	0	0

Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: Game Logs

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Andy Messersmith vs. Jerry Reuss: 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	Andy Messersmith	ATL	1976-07-16	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Jerry Reuss	PIT	1976-07-16	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	-0.004	0.10	0.00%	-0.05			P
3	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1974-08-17	*	8	9	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.219	3.16	0.28%	1.73			P
4	Jerry Reuss	PIT	1974-08-17	*	9	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.054	3.69	-0.09%	-0.36			P
5	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-09-14	*	9	9	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	0.013	0.46	0.01%	0.13			P
6	Jerry Reuss	HOU	1973-09-14	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.32	0.000	0.00	0.00%	0.02			P
7	Andy Messersmith	LAD	1973-09-01	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.90	-0.028	6.37	-0.06%	-0.21			P
8	Jerry Reuss	HOU	1973-09-01	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.92	-0.086	0.00	0.00%	-1.14			P

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