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Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Pitching Comparison

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	66	57	.537	3.71	182	149	23	73	9	2	1076.1	1040	500	444	76	467	21	450	25	3	14	4641	1595	102	4.00	1.400	8.7	0.6	3.9	3.8
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	197	230	.461	3.58	602	497	56	163	36	10	3611.0	3772	1652	1438	286	894	128	1734	46	13	50	15214	4974	107	3.35	1.292	9.4	0.7	2.2	4.3

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	0	1	.000	2.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	18	9			2.700	10.8	0.0	13.5	2.7
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	0	2	.000	13.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	10	9	0	3	0	7	2	0	0	35	18			2.667	19.5	0.0	4.5	10.5

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Value

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	149	1076.1	12.9	2.3
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	46.8	11.8

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Totals Against

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	149	1076.1	1595	4096	758	174	32	38	24	61.29	3	90	59	3	.254	.334	.368	.701	97	.114	.270	505	1506	282	1532	1595
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	4974	14023	2879	483	124	148	71	67.58	9	365	181	71	.269	.313	.382	.696	94	.113	.289	1689	5339	893	4712	4974

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	3.1	9	13	3	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.308	.500	.385	.885		.077	.333	3	5	1	9	9
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	18	29	11	2	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	1	0	.448	.529	.517	1.047		.069	.591	8	15	2	18	18

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	79	53	51.4	16	7	44	3	40.0	23	33
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	296	60	51.8	67	21	31	5	66.7	56	105

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	0	0	42.0						0	0
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	0	0	35.0	0	0		0		0	1

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Ratios

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	149	1076.1	9.7	10.1	-0.4
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	11.4	5.9	5.5

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	3.1	5.6	27.8	-22.2
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	20.0	8.6	11.4

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	149	1076.1		96
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0		92

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	3.1	52	52	25	48.08
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	136	66	89	65.44

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Pitching

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	3	0	1.000	2.67	3	3	0	3	1	0	27.0	26	8	8	0	16	1	12	1	0	0	115	1.556	8.7	0.0	5.3	4.0
2	Bob Friend	0	1	.000	9.35	3	2	1	0	0	0	8.2	15	10	9	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	46	2.308	15.6	0.0	5.2	3.1

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	BSN	1952-07-12	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	0	6	1	4	0	0	0	38	15	30	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	2	2	0	1	59			0.2	2.29			1.17
2	Bob Friend	PIT	1952-07-12	GS-5, L	4.2	6	4	4	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	24	11	21	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	35			-0.3	-1.93			1.45
3	Vern Bickford	BSN	1951-07-21	CG, W	9.0	11	6	6	0	0	8	0	5	0	0	0	42	19	34	7	3	1	2	0	0	16	2	0	0	4	38			-0.2	-1.83			1.16
4	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-07-21	GS-3	3.0	7	6	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	18	10	16	3	3	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	4	22			-0.5	-4.61			1.18
5	Vern Bickford	BSN	1951-06-07	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	35	9	32	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	76			0.3	4.17			0.55
6	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-06-07	8-GF(8)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.46	0	0	0.03

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Batter vs. Pitcher

Vern Bickford (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vern Bickford (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (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	1951	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1952	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Vern Bickford (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vern Bickford (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-07-21	PIT	BSN	down 3-1	t2	12-	2		Single to CF; G. Strickland Scores; M. Basgall out at 3B/CF-3B
2	1951	1951-07-21	PIT	BSN	ahead 3-6	t3	-23	2		Strikeout
3	1952	1952-07-12	PIT	BSN	ahead 0-1	b2	---	1		Flyball: SS
4	1952	1952-07-12	PIT	BSN	ahead 0-1	b4	1--	1		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Vern Bickford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Vern Bickford (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	1951	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1952	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Vern Bickford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Vern Bickford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-07-21	BSN	PIT	ahead 2-3	b2	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1951	1951-07-21	BSN	PIT	tied 6-6	b3	1--	2		Strikeout
3	1952	1952-07-12	BSN	PIT	down 1-0	t2	1-3	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1952	1952-07-12	BSN	PIT	down 1-0	t5	---	0		Single to LF

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Batting Comparison

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Batting Totals

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	412	365	23	57	4	0	0	28	0	0	10	85	.156	.179	.167	.346	-5	61	10	0	37	0	0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	1137	56	138	16	2	2	60	0	0	38	375	.121	.150	.144	.294	-19	164	14	0	120	2	0

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1		0
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	412	-1.3	-1.3	-1.2	0.0	-56	-1	0	0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-5.9	-5.9	-5.7	-0.2	-196	3	-3	0

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Batting Sabermetric

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	412	4	67	68	355	12	.204	51	-55	-5.5	.011	4.3		0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	20	176	191	1135	33	.178	114	-189	-19.6	.023	3.0		0

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	0	0	0	1			0						0
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	412	-4.4	-4.8	0.4	-58.77	-6.1	-57.06	1.00
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-15.9	-17.7	1.0	-172.08	-17.8	-187.43	0.95

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Batting

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	3	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	0		0
2	Bob Friend	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0

Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Vern Bickford vs. Bob Friend: 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	Vern Bickford	BSN	1952-07-12	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	1.02	-0.021	0.00	0.00%	-0.68			P
2	Bob Friend	PIT	1952-07-12	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.83	-0.039	0.00	0.00%	-0.44			P
3	Vern Bickford	BSN	1951-07-21	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0		0	0.83	-0.008	0.19	0.00%	0.35			P
4	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-07-21	*	4	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	1.42	0.021	0.02	0.00%	0.01			P
5	Vern Bickford	BSN	1951-06-07	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.36	-0.027	0.65	-0.03%	-0.78			P
6	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-06-07		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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