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Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Pitching Comparison

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Totals

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: 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	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	13	17	.433	5.32	65	34	13	6	2	0	253.2	271	164	150	26	137	2	111	4	0	10	1146	426	78	4.71	1.608	9.6	0.9	4.9	3.9
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	8	22	.267	4.42	43	33	5	7	2	1	236.0	254	130	116	30	59	8	82	6	0	4	1010	331	89	4.36	1.326	9.7	1.1	2.3	3.1

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Value

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	65	34	253.2	-0.5	-2.6
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	33	236.0	0.8	-0.8

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Totals Against

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: 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	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	65	34	253.2	426	979	188	50	7	13	5	72.22	1	20	13	12	.277	.364	.422	.786	116	.145	.287	152	408	83	412	426
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	33	236.0	331	921	165	51	8	12	2	85.71	0	19	11	13	.276	.319	.446	.766	114	.170	.273	135	411	89	319	331

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Starting & Relieving

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	13	38	45.2	21	10	48	0		13	31
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	17	52	47.1	13	8	62	1	50.0	5	10

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Ratios

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	65	34	253.2	9.7	12.0	-2.3
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	33	236.0	8.1	5.8	2.3

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Pitch Summary

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	65	34	253.2
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	33	236.0

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Totals

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: 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	Norm Bass	2	0	1.000	1.32	2	1	1	0	0	0	13.2	12	3	2	0	5	0	9	0	0	0	58	1.244	7.9	0.0	3.3	5.9
2	Joe McClain	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	13.5

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Game Logs

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Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: 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	Norm Bass	KCA	1962-05-19	3-GF, W	6.1	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	26	7	26	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1				0.2	2.40	2	0	1.12
2	Joe McClain	WSA	1962-05-19	8-8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.52	1	0	0.67
3	Norm Bass	KCA	1961-10-01	GS-8, W	7.1	6	2	1	1	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	32	11	25	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	1	2	59			0.2	1.39			1.50
4	Joe McClain	WSA	1961-10-01	7-GF(8)	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	2	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				0.1	1.02	0	0	0.85

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe McClain (Pitcher) vs. Norm Bass (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe McClain (Pitcher) vs. Norm Bass (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	1961	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1962	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe McClain (Pitcher) vs. Norm Bass (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe McClain (Pitcher) vs. Norm Bass (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1961	1961-10-01	KCA	WSA	ahead 2-3	b7	1--	1		Strikeout
2	1962	1962-05-19	KCA	WSA	ahead 4-6	t8	-2-	2		Strikeout

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Batting Comparison

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Batting Totals

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: 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	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	66	89	82	5	8	0	0	1	6	0	0	3	48	.098	.129	.134	.264	-29	11	0	0	4	0	0
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	79	75	4	15	4	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.200	.208	.253	.461	26	19	0	0	2	1	0

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Batting Value

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	66	89	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	-13	0	0	0
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	79	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-9	0	0	0

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Batting Sabermetric

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: 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	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	66	89	1	11	15	78	2	.212	10	-15	-1.5	.037	1.7		0
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	79	4	16	16	63	4	.250	8	-7	-0.7	.053	4.7		0

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Batting Win Probability

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Norm Bass	22-24	1961	1963	66	89	-0.7	-1.1	0.3	-11.30		-12.72	0.84
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	79	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	-8.20		-8.98	0.97

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Head-to-Head Batting

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Totals

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: 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	Norm Bass	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Joe McClain	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: Game Logs

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Norm Bass vs. Joe McClain: 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	Norm Bass	KCA	1962-05-19		7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.095	0.99	-0.05%	-0.85			P
2	Joe McClain	WSA	1962-05-19		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Norm Bass	KCA	1961-10-01	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.059	0.00	0.00%	-0.77			P
4	Joe McClain	WSA	1961-10-01		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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