Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Pitching Comparison

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Totals

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: 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	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	5	15	.250	6.79	65	25	28	5	0	2	242.2	298	195	183	24	128	2	118	8	0	6	1145	448	58	4.41	1.755	11.1	0.9	4.7	4.4
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	5	2	.714	3.73	37	0	28	0	0	4	62.2	55	31	26	5	42	1	41	0	0	3	275	99	103	4.34	1.548	7.9	0.7	6.0	5.9

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Value

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	65	25	242.2	-3.2	-5.6
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	37	0	62.2	0.2	-0.2

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Totals Against

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: 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	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	65	25	242.2	448	989	202	55	17	21	5	80.77	0	18	21	0	.301	.386	.464	.850	141	.163	.324	178	459	96	434	448
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	37	0	62.2	99	227	37	13	0	10	4	71.43	1	3	6	0	.242	.361	.366	.726	102	.123	.276	31	83	18	97	99

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Starting & Relieving

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	4	16	38.6	27	14	52	1	66.7	28	40
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	0			39	7	18	3	57.1	28	37

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Ratios

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	65	25	242.2	10.3	11.2	-0.9
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	37	0	62.2	14.9	15.3	-0.4

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Pitch Summary

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	65	25	242.2
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	37	0	62.2

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Head-to-Head Pitching

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Totals

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: 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 Branch	0	0		10.13	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	5	3	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	14	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	10.1
2	Herman Besse	2	0	1.000	5.52	3	1	1	1	0	0	14.2	15	9	9	1	5	0	11	0	0	0	66	1.364	9.2	0.6	3.1	6.8

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Game Logs

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Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: 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	Herman Besse	PHA	1942-06-30 (1)	CG, W	9.0	8	5	5	0	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	37	10	35	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	56			0.0	-0.75			1.14
2	Norm Branch	NYY	1942-06-30 (1)	8-GF(8)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.12	2	1	0.29
3	Herman Besse	PHA	1942-05-31 (1)	6-8	2.2	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	5	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2				-0.1	-1.56	1	1	0.34
4	Norm Branch	NYY	1942-05-31 (1)	5-6	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	8	5	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2				-0.2	-2.76	1	0	1.44
5	Herman Besse	PHA	1941-09-23	7-GF, BW	3.0	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	16	6	14	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.42	0	0	2.73
6	Norm Branch	NYY	1941-09-23	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0				-0.1	0.16	1	1	2.00

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Batter vs. Pitcher

Norm Branch (Pitcher) vs. Herman Besse (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Norm Branch (Pitcher) vs. Herman Besse (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	1942	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

Norm Branch (Pitcher) vs. Herman Besse (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Norm Branch (Pitcher) vs. Herman Besse (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-05-31 (1)	PHA	NYY	down 9-4	b6	123	1		Strikeout

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Batting Comparison

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Batting Totals

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: 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	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	71	99	90	8	18	2	0	0	15	0	0	9	20	.200	.273	.222	.495	39	20	0	0	0		0
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	37	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220	-39	1	1	0	0		0

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Batting Value

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	71	99	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-7	0	0	0
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	37	14	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-3	0	0	0

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Batting Sabermetric

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: 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	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	71	99	2	27	30	72	6	.257	23	-8	-0.8	.022	4.5		0
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	37	14	0	2	2	13	0	.125	2	-3	-0.3	.000	2.6		0

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Batting Win Probability

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Herman Besse	28-34	1940	1946	71	99	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	2.37	0.2	-3.58	0.98
2	Norm Branch	26-27	1941	1942	37	14	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-3.12	-0.3	-2.82	1.12

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Head-to-Head Batting

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Totals

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: 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 Branch	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0
2	Herman Besse	3	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0		0

Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: Game Logs

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Herman Besse vs. Norm Branch: 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	Herman Besse	PHA	1942-06-30 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	1.90	0.248	0.02	0.00%	1.83			P
2	Norm Branch	NYY	1942-06-30 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Herman Besse	PHA	1942-05-31 (1)		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.02	-0.047	0.60	-0.01%	-0.79			P
4	Norm Branch	NYY	1942-05-31 (1)		2	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0	2.00	0.096	9.36	0.27%	0.87			P
5	Herman Besse	PHA	1941-09-23		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.00	-0.026	0.00	0.00%	-0.11			P
6	Norm Branch	NYY	1941-09-23		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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