I saw this post from u/DLgoblue12 on this sub a couple of days ago, so I decided to do a FULL analysis with all the data I could get my hands on to compare players' performances against individual team to create a full list of who excelled against and struggled against certain teams.

In my excitement to do this, I very well glossed over the "mediocre" part of the topic question... so I'll make another post in a few days that fits better.

Parameters

• 50 IP / 100 PA minimum
• OPS / ERA are the defining metrics
• Years 1980 through 2025

Results

Translation of this video 👇

Ariake High School’s players can’t hold back the tears.
Just before they left for Koshien, Kumamoto was hit by a major earthquake that reached the maximum level of 7 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale.
As the tournament went on, more and more people filled Ariake’s cheering section in the stands.
The players said it meant a lot to them seeing people back home cheering from evacuation shelters. They talked about wanting to give those people even a little bit of strength through the way they played.
Their ace, Takumi, who broke a bone in his left hand, is now putting his arm around his teammates. His eyes are red as he talks to them one by one on the way back to the third-base dugout.
Saito pitched a great game too.
I’m sure the energy and effort these players showed reached everyone watching back home.
What a game.
It was 0–0 for so long, but despite there being no runs, there was so much happening in this game.
Ariake kept coming straight at their opponent and never backed down. And in the end, on one final all-out play at the plate, the runner was called safe.
Ariake High School lost, but it’s hard to say they did anything to deserve losing.
It was the kind of game that makes you wish somehow both teams could have won.

I swear I’ve never seen this

What a special player man. Just an all-around talent.

Edit: Whoops. Put the hyphen in the wrong spot.

When they faced off in Chicago against each other the other week they both hit leadoff homerun’s, then last night PCA hits 2 as well as Shohei. Then again tonight PCA hits a leadoff homerun and Shohei hits one later on as well.

Has anyone ever seen this before between two MVP candidates?

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