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Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Pitching Comparison

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Totals

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	373	208	.642	2.56	696	600	81	436	90	32	5190.0	4868	1852	1476	165	951	8	2198	70	1	38	20893	6239	135	2.82	1.121	8.4	0.3	1.6	3.8
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	50	81	.382	3.55	250	133	74	65	9	7	1189.1	1223	583	469	39	423		336	39	9	24	5081	1787	90	3.46	1.384	9.3	0.3	3.2	2.5

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	3	2	.600	3.56	7	5	2	4	0	1	43.0	36	18	17	3	12	1	29	0	0	0	175	48			1.116	7.5	0.6	2.5	6.1

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Value

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	696	600	5190.0	116.5	75.8
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	250	133	1189.1	6.4	-2.9

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Totals Against

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	696	600	5190.0	6239	18166	3530	700	193	307	300	50.58	56	204	272	144	.268	.307	.338	.645	82	.086	.291	1789	6149	1053	5889	6239
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	250	133	1189.1	1787	4451	972	162	50	133	98	57.58	24	69	122	46	.275	.340	.360	.700	105	.085	.287	556	1602	251	1685	1787

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	5	43.0	48	156											.231	.286					.266				48	48

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Starting & Relieving

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	398	66	57.1	64	13	20	6	84.2	81	96
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	66	50	49.8	87	38	44	9	43.8	74	117

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928								100.0	2	2

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Ratios

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	696	600	5190.0	10.5	4.6	6.0
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	250	133	1189.1	6.6	8.3	-1.7

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	5	43.0	16.6	6.9	9.7

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Pitch Summary

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	696	600	5190.0
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	250	133	1189.1

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	5	43.0

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Head-to-Head Pitching

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Totals

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	4	3	.571	1.44	8	7	1	5	2	1	56.1	49	18	9	1	6	0	33	1	0	0	218	0.976	7.8	0.2	1.0	5.3
2	Elmer Jacobs	2	3	.400	2.96	8	6	2	5	0	1	48.2	45	17	16	0	13	0	12	0	0	1	196	1.192	8.3	0.0	2.4	2.2

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Game Logs

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Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	CHC	1920-07-07	8-GF, S	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.82	2	0	0.71
2	Elmer Jacobs	STL	1920-07-07	GS-2	1.1	2	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	37			-0.2	-1.77			1.12
3	Grover Alexander	CHC	1919-06-12	SHO, W	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	33	8	32	4	3	0	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	3	80			0.5	3.64			1.43
4	Elmer Jacobs	PHI	1919-06-12	CG(8), L	8.0	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	29	8	27	7	1	0	1	1	1	9	0	1	1	1	57			0.0	0.24			0.98
5	Grover Alexander	PHI	1917-08-09	GS-4, L	4.0	6	5	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	19	8	17	3	1	2	1	1	0	11	0	0	1	3	36			-0.4	-3.38			0.95
6	Elmer Jacobs	PIT	1917-08-09	CG, W	9.0	9	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	35	11	33	6	3	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	3	64			0.2	2.64			0.67
7	Grover Alexander	PHI	1917-07-07	GS-7, L	7.0	10	4	1	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	33	13	30	9	1	0	2	2	0	11	0	1	0	1	49			-0.1	-1.15			0.90
8	Elmer Jacobs	PIT	1917-07-07	8-GF, S	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.77	2	0	1.39
9	Grover Alexander	PHI	1917-05-14	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	34	10	32	7	1	0	0	2	0	13	0	1	0	2	68			0.1	1.67			1.05
10	Elmer Jacobs	PIT	1917-05-14	CG, L	8.1	9	3	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	40	16	33	8	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	1	51			-0.4	0.07			2.01
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Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Batter vs. Pitcher

Grover Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Elmer Jacobs (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Grover Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Elmer Jacobs (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	1916	5	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.600	.800	0	0	0	0	0
2	1917	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1919	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	13	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	.077	.077	.231	.308	0	0	0	0	0

Grover Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Elmer Jacobs (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Grover Alexander (Pitcher) vs. Elmer Jacobs (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1916	1916-07-15 (1)	PIT	PHI	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1916	1916-07-15 (1)	PIT	PHI	down 4-0	b6	---	1		Foul Popfly: 1B
3	1916	1916-08-21 (1)	PIT	PHI	down 2-0	b3	1--	1		Triple to RF; A. McCarthy Scores
4	1916	1916-08-21 (1)	PIT	PHI	tied 2-2	b5	---	2		Strikeout
5	1916	1916-08-21 (1)	PIT	PHI	tied 3-3	b7	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1917	1917-05-14	PIT	PHI	ahead 0-1	t3	1--	0		Strikeout
7	1917	1917-05-14	PIT	PHI	tied 1-1	t5	1-3	1		Double Play: Strikeout, F. Schulte Caught Stealing Hm (C-2B-C)
8	1917	1917-05-14	PIT	PHI	ahead 1-2	t8	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
9	1917	1917-08-09	PIT	PHI	ahead 1-2	b2	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
10	1917	1917-08-09	PIT	PHI	ahead 1-5	b4	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
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Elmer Jacobs (Pitcher) vs. Grover Alexander (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Elmer Jacobs (Pitcher) vs. Grover Alexander (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	1916	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	0	0	0
2	1917	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
3	1919	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
	Totals	15	13	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.154	.200	.154	.354	0	1	0	0	0

Elmer Jacobs (Pitcher) vs. Grover Alexander (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Elmer Jacobs (Pitcher) vs. Grover Alexander (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1916	1916-06-12	PHI	PIT	ahead 0-2	b7	---	2		Lineout: 1B
2	1916	1916-07-15 (1)	PHI	PIT	tied 0-0	t2	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1916	1916-07-15 (1)	PHI	PIT	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1		Strikeout
4	1916	1916-07-15 (1)	PHI	PIT	ahead 0-4	t7	---	0		Flyball: CF
5	1916	1916-08-21 (1)	PHI	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Single to CF; B. Killefer to 2B
6	1916	1916-08-21 (1)	PHI	PIT	tied 2-2	t4	1--	1		Groundout: P-3B-1B; B. Killefer to 2B
7	1916	1916-08-21 (1)	PHI	PIT	down 3-2	t7	---	1		Walk
8	1917	1917-05-14	PHI	PIT	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Single to CF
9	1917	1917-05-14	PHI	PIT	tied 1-1	b5	---	0		Groundout: 1B-P
10	1917	1917-05-14	PHI	PIT	down 2-1	b6	12-	2		Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B
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Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Batting Comparison

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Batting Totals

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	703	1981	1810	154	378	60	13	11	163	3	6	77	276	.209	.242	.275	.517	43	497		2	88		0
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	250	385	347	22	56	7	3	0	13	0	1	14	101	.161	.198	.199	.397	15	69		2	21		0

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	16	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	3		0

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Batting Value

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	703	1981	3.1	3.1	3.3	-0.2	-144	0	1	0
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	250	385	-1.1	-1.1	-1.0	-0.1	-40	0	0	0

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Batting Sabermetric

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	703	1981	84	457	487	1526	126	.241	306	-146	-15.5	.066	6.6	0.00	6
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	250	385	10	72	75	313	17	.228	35	-37	-4.3	.037	3.4	0.00	1

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	28-41	1915	1928	7	16	0	1	1	15		.100	2			.000	4.3		0

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Batting Win Probability

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Grover Alexander	24-43	1911	1930	703	1981	-12.3	-10.0	-2.3	-117.03		-115.80	1.00
2	Elmer Jacobs	21-34	1914	1927	250	385	-4.8	-4.5	-0.4	-44.59		-44.57	0.98

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Head-to-Head Batting

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Totals

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	8	19	17	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.118	.167	.118	.284	2		0	0		0
2	Elmer Jacobs	8	14	13	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.231	.308	3		0	1		0

Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: Game Logs

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Grover Alexander vs. Elmer Jacobs: 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	Grover Alexander	CHC	1920-07-07		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Elmer Jacobs	STL	1920-07-07	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Grover Alexander	CHC	1919-06-12	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.45	-0.025	1.46	-0.05%	-0.43			P
4	Elmer Jacobs	PHI	1919-06-12	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	2.35	-0.213	2.07	-0.11%	-1.15			P
5	Grover Alexander	PHI	1917-08-09	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.05	-0.025	0.64	-0.01%	-0.20			P
6	Elmer Jacobs	PIT	1917-08-09	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1		0	0.17	-0.013	0.00	0.00%	-0.37			P
7	Grover Alexander	PHI	1917-07-07	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.97	-0.104	5.46	-0.17%	-0.79			P
8	Elmer Jacobs	PIT	1917-07-07		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Grover Alexander	PHI	1917-05-14	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0		0	1.94	-0.118	4.97	-0.18%	-0.41			P
10	Elmer Jacobs	PIT	1917-05-14	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.68	-0.145	1.78	-0.09%	-1.18			P
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