Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Pitching Comparison

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	98	88	.527	3.66	455	167	172	58	10	66	1688.1	1672	831	686	106	733	53	697	15	2	36	7342	2532	115	4.00	1.424	8.9	0.6	3.9	3.7
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	300	141	.680	3.06	616	457	123	298	35	54	3940.2	3849	1594	1339	162	1187	24	2266	42	1	51	16622	5366	148	3.24	1.278	8.8	0.4	2.7	5.2

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	0	0		1.93	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	6	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	20	6			1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	9.6
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	4	2	.667	1.75	8	5	3	4	0	2	51.1	46	12	10	0	6	0	36	0	0	0	205	52			1.013	8.1	0.0	1.1	6.3

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Value

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1	24.7	8.9
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	113.3	73.1

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Totals Against

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1	2532	6442	1312	205	49	73	44	62.39	0	155	133	7	.260	.336	.356	.692	87	.096	.277	779	2293	360	2420	2532
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	5366	15118	2877	661	149	158	135	53.92	20	296	226	53	.255	.310	.350	.660	71	.096	.289	1651	5294	972	5078	5366

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	4.2	6	18											.333	.333					.462				6	6
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	52	195											.236	.259					.289				52	52

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	95	57	50.4	271	94	35	18	78.6	172	288
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	273	60	56.3	121	37	31	20	73.0	123	159

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945									1	3
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931								100.0	3	3

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1	9.5	10.0	-0.5
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	13.6	7.1	6.5

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	4.2	25.0	0.0	25.0
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	17.6	2.9	14.6

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	4.2
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Pitching

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	4	1	.800	3.81	6	6	0	4	0	0	52.0	48	23	22	3	18	2	22	3	0	1	225	1.269	8.3	0.5	3.1	3.8
2	Al Benton	1	2	.333	4.50	6	1	4	0	0	1	20.0	25	16	10	3	10	1	16	0	0	3	98	1.750	11.3	1.4	4.5	7.2

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Al Benton	DET	1941-05-18	7-GF(11), W	4.1	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	15	5	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	2				0.6	1.64	2	0	2.25
2	Lefty Grove	BOS	1941-05-18	GS-7	7.0	8	4	4	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	1	33	14	26	5	1	2	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	3	42			-0.1	-0.19			0.80
3	Al Benton	DET	1940-09-10	13-GF(13), L	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	6	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.3	-0.39	0	0	2.64
4	Lefty Grove	BOS	1940-09-10	CG(13), W	13.0	10	5	5	0	1	7	2	3	0	0	0	59	21	48	7	2	0	0	0	0	15	1	4	0	3	63			0.5	2.94			2.33
5	Al Benton	DET	1939-08-31	7-GF, S	2.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	4	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.30	2	1	1.98
6	Lefty Grove	BOS	1939-08-31	GS-5, L	5.0	6	5	4	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	25	11	19	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	1	36			-0.2	-1.85			0.77
7	Al Benton	DET	1939-07-16 (1)	GS-8, L	8.0	9	9	3	6	1	5	0	3	0	0	1	44	20	37	7	1	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	2	2	38			-0.2	-3.96			0.78
8	Lefty Grove	BOS	1939-07-16 (1)	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	32	6	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	71			0.3	3.67			0.66
9	Al Benton	DET	1939-05-21	7-GF(8)	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	13	7	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	3				-0.1	-1.78	0	0	0.23
10	Lefty Grove	BOS	1939-05-21	CG, W	9.0	9	3	3	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	38	12	35	6	2	1	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	58			0.3	2.51			0.99
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Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (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	1935	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	1939	6	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.167	.167	.667	.833	0	0	0	0	0
3	1940	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	.143	.143	.571	.714	1	0	0	0	0

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1935	1935-06-29 (1)	BOS	PHA	ahead 2-4	t6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; B. Dahlgren to 2B
2	1939	1939-05-21	BOS	DET	ahead 3-5	b7	---	0		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	1939	1939-05-21	BOS	DET	ahead 3-7	b8	--3	1		Groundout: SS-1B; T. Williams Scores
4	1939	1939-07-16 (1)	BOS	DET	ahead 0-2	t2	---	1		Strikeout
5	1939	1939-07-16 (1)	BOS	DET	ahead 0-2	t4	-2-	1		Groundout: P-1B
6	1939	1939-07-16 (1)	BOS	DET	ahead 0-5	t5	-23	2		Groundout: P-1B
7	1939	1939-07-16 (1)	BOS	DET	ahead 2-7	t7	-23	1		Flyball: CF
8	1940	1940-09-10	BOS	DET	ahead 5-6	t13	12-	1		Strikeout

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (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	1939	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1939	1939-07-16 (1)	DET	BOS	down 2-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1939	1939-07-16 (1)	DET	BOS	down 5-2	b5	1--	2		Single; B. Rogell to 2B

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Comparison

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Totals

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	512	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	200	.098	.112	.111	.223	-41	57	13	1	59		0
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	1369	119	202	27	5	15	121	1	1	105	593	.148	.209	.207	.417	6	284	1	2	103		0

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Value

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	-6.0	-6.0	-6.0	0.0	-117	-1	-1	0
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-6.5	-6.5	-6.4	0.1	-232	2	-3	0

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Sabermetric

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	7	58	67	534	7	.160	36	-107	-10.7	.014	2.6		0
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	47	309	320	1272	62	.246	225	-204	-19.9	.060	2.3	50.00	2

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	1.6		0

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Win Probability

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	-8.6	-8.3	-0.7	-98.23	-9.7	-97.73	0.96
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-17.2	-17.8	0.4	-208.27	-19.7	-216.95	0.98

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Batting

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	6	23	19	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	9	.158	.200	.316	.516	6	0	0	3		0
2	Al Benton	6	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0		0

Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Al Benton	DET	1941-05-18		5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.35	-0.134	4.72	-0.16%	-0.46			P
2	Lefty Grove	BOS	1941-05-18	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	1.34	-0.052	3.17	-0.07%	-0.48			P
3	Al Benton	DET	1940-09-10		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Lefty Grove	BOS	1940-09-10	*	13	9	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0		0	1.54	-0.016	0.97	-0.01%	-0.41			P
5	Al Benton	DET	1939-08-31		3	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.31	0.011	0.00	0.00%	0.41			P
6	Lefty Grove	BOS	1939-08-31	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.87	-0.046	0.12	0.00%	-0.49			P
7	Al Benton	DET	1939-07-16 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.71	0.010	0.09	0.00%	0.09			P
8	Lefty Grove	BOS	1939-07-16 (1)	*	9	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.48	-0.079	1.61	-0.16%	-2.44			P
9	Al Benton	DET	1939-05-21		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Lefty Grove	BOS	1939-05-21	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	0	0	0		0	0.45	0.057	1.60	0.12%	1.13			P
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