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Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Pitching Comparison

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Totals

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	207	150	.580	3.06	488	374	79	212	33	26	2993.0	2674	1197	1016	136	1249	47	1796	19	7	65	12648	4094	130	3.27	1.311	8.0	0.4	3.8	5.4

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	7			1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	9.6
2	Hal Newhouser	24-33	1945	1954	2	1	.667	6.53	4	3	0	2	0	0	20.2	26	15	15	0	5	1	22	0	0	1	91	32			1.500	11.3	0.0	2.2	9.6

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Value

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	488	374	2993.0	60.1	36.7

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Totals Against

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	488	374	2993.0	4094	11200	2085	376	77	56	65	46.28	16	216	173	2	.239	.316	.323	.639	77	.084	.274	1151	3612	589	3942	4094

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	7	18	4	2	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	2	0	.333	.333	.444	.778		.111	.462	2	8	2	6	7
2	Hal Newhouser	24-33	1945	1954	4	3	20.2	32	84	17	7	2	1	1	50.00	1	2	2	0	.310	.348	.440	.789		.131	.419	12	37	9	31	32

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Starting & Relieving

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	234	63	56.4	94	31	33	6	81.3	79	114

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	0			4	1	25	0		1	3
2	Hal Newhouser	24-33	1945	1954	1	33	48.0	3	3	100	0		0	1

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Ratios

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	488	374	2993.0	14.2	9.9	4.3

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	24-33	1945	1954	4	3	20.2	24.2	5.5	18.7

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Pitch Summary

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	488	374	2993.0		97

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	68		45	66.18
2	Hal Newhouser	24-33	1945	1954	4	3	20.2	163	82	106	65.03

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Head-to-Head Pitching

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Totals

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Al Benton	0	0		7.71	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	3.000	11.6	0.0	15.4	0.0
2	Hal Newhouser	2	1	.667	5.79	3	2	1	1	0	0	18.2	21	13	12	3	9	0	10	0	0	0	85	1.607	10.1	1.4	4.3	4.8

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	BOS	1952-08-02	6-8, H	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-2.30	1	0	1.39
2	Hal Newhouser	DET	1952-08-02	GS-8, L	8.0	8	8	7	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	36	13	30	3	1	1	0	0	0	20	1	3	0	5	34			-0.4	-4.29			0.46
3	Al Benton	CLE	1950-07-02 (1)	7-7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.53	2	0	2.08
4	Hal Newhouser	DET	1950-07-02 (1)	8-GF, BW	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.53	1	1	1.49
5	Al Benton	CLE	1949-09-24	6-6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-1.07	2	2	1.82
6	Hal Newhouser	DET	1949-09-24	CG, W	9.0	11	5	5	0	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	42	17	36	10	1	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	46			0.0	-0.34			1.15

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Hal Newhouser (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Hal Newhouser (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	1952	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Hal Newhouser (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Hal Newhouser (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1952	1952-08-02	BOS	DET	ahead 3-8	t8	---	2		Strikeout

Hal Newhouser (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Hal Newhouser (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	1949	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
2	1952	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Hal Newhouser (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Hal Newhouser (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1949	1949-09-24	DET	CLE	ahead 5-6	t6	12-	1		Walk; S. Vico to 3B; N. Berry to 2B
2	1952	1952-08-02	DET	BOS	down 5-3	b7	---	0		Single

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Batting Comparison

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Batting Totals

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	492	1160	999	70	201	22	2	2	81	3	3	89	150	.201	.267	.233	.500	36	233	24	0	72	0	0

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	24-33	1945	1954	4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	2	0	0		0

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Batting Value

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	492	1160	2.7	2.7	2.7	0.0	-90	-1	-1	0

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Batting Sabermetric

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	492	1160	26	290	307	897	63	.235	149	-92	-9.4	.032	6.7	50.0	6

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	24-33	1945	1954	4	9	0	1	1	10	0	.000	1			.000	8.0		0

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Batting Win Probability

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Hal Newhouser	18-34	1939	1955	492	1160	-6.5	-6.7	0.2	-76.19	-7.6	-75.34	1.00

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Head-to-Head Batting

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Totals

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	Al Benton	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Hal Newhouser	3	8	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.500	.714	.500	1.214	2	0	0	1		0

Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Hal Newhouser: 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	BOS	1952-08-02		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.03	-0.001	0.12	0.00%	-0.10			P
2	Hal Newhouser	DET	1952-08-02	*	8	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0		0	0.89	0.088	0.00	0.00%	0.60			P
3	Al Benton	CLE	1950-07-02 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Hal Newhouser	DET	1950-07-02 (1)		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.76	-0.055	12.81	-0.24%	-0.82			P
5	Al Benton	CLE	1949-09-24		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Hal Newhouser	DET	1949-09-24	*	9	9	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1		0	1.07	0.066	0.00	0.00%	1.11			P

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