J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Pitching Comparison

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	11	4	.733	3.42	98	0	49	0	0	11	147.1	129	60	56	17	62	17	99	1	0	7	625	198	109	4.13	1.296	7.9	1.0	3.8	6.0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	107	71	.601	3.15	238	221	3	76	19	0	1606.0	1227	625	562	73	770	15	1493	17	14	92	6674	2077	108	2.86	1.243	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.4

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Value

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	98	0	147.1	0.8	-0.1
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	21.5	8.0

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Totals Against

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	98	0	147.1	198	545	84	23	5	17	6	73.91	1	7	9	7	.237	.312	.391	.703	98	.154	.257	68	213	45	192	198
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	2077	5788	924	198	32	177	73	70.80	13	123	65	32	.212	.305	.295	.600	78	.083	.271	527	1708	303	2014	2077

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Starting & Relieving

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	0			62	31	50	3	78.6	49	98
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	139	63	59.6	11	6	55	0		3	17

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Ratios

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	98	0	147.1	15.8	9.9	5.9
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0	22.4	11.5	10.8

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Pitch Summary

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	98	0	147.1
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	238	221	1606.0		114

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Head-to-Head Pitching

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	J.R. Richard	2	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	0	2	1	0	18.0	11	2	2	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	63	0.611	5.5	0.5	0.0	6.5
2	Bill Atkinson	0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	6.0

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Game Logs

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J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	MON	1977-09-02	9-GF	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				0.0	-0.53	0	0	0.12
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1977-09-02	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	33	8	33	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	2	69.0			0.3	2.22			0.94
3	Bill Atkinson	MON	1977-08-27	6-7	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.89	0	0	0.12
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1977-08-27	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	30	3	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	88.0			0.3	4.00			0.55

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bill Atkinson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Atkinson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (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	1977	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Atkinson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Atkinson (Pitcher) vs. J.R. Richard (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-08-27	HOU	MON	ahead 0-4	b6	-2-	2		Strikeout
2	1977	1977-09-02	HOU	MON	ahead 1-4	t9	--3	2		Single; J. Ferguson Scores

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Comparison

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	99	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	67	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	552	39	93	10	3	10	50	2	2	4	181	.168	.176	.252	.428	22	139	11	2	41	3	0

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Value

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	99	11	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-1	0	0	0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-57	-1	-4	0

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Sabermetric

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	99	11	0	3	3	8	1	.333	1	-1	-0.1	.000	10.0		0
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	23	99	105	516	25	.228	79	-60	-6.2	.083	3.0	50.00	4

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Win Probability

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	99	11	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-1.48		-1.20	1.13
2	J.R. Richard	21-30	1971	1980	239	604	-5.2	-5.3	-0.2	-57.13		-56.66	0.94

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Head-to-Head Batting

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Totals

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	J.R. Richard	2	7	6	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bill Atkinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: Game Logs

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J.R. Richard vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	MON	1977-09-02		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	J.R. Richard	HOU	1977-09-02	*	9	9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.59	0.107	0.00	0.00%	1.62			P
3	Bill Atkinson	MON	1977-08-27		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	J.R. Richard	HOU	1977-08-27	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	-0.013	0.00	0.00%	-0.14			P

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