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Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Pitching Comparison

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Totals

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	4	3	.571	4.36	56	3	23	1	0	4	119.2	129	64	58	13	37	7	45	1	0	1	518	174	92	4.01	1.387	9.7	1.0	2.8	3.4
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	139	116	.545	3.49	412	245	125	140	16	53	2125.2	2145	947	824	179	619	51	910	30	6	20	8998	2915	107	3.71	1.300	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.9

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	2	2	.500	2.64	6	2	2	2	1	0	30.2	27	9	9	2	6	2	15	1	0	0	127	34			1.076	7.9	0.6	1.8	4.4

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Value

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	56	3	119.2	0.6	-0.4
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2	24.8	5.5

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Totals Against

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	56	3	119.2	174	474	91	22	3	0	0		0	11	2	4	.272	.324	.414	.737	103	.141	.276	64	196	38	167	174
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2	2915	8244	1596	306	64	91	50	64.54	18	129	115	3	.260	.314	.378	.692	95	.118	.275	984	3116	549	2794	2915

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	6	2	30.2	34	117											.231	.274					.250				34	34

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Starting & Relieving

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	1	33	42.3	56	19	34	4	50.0	23	53
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	144	59	52.6	147	42	29	13	80.3	125	167

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953									2	4

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Ratios

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	56	3	119.2	8.7	7.1	1.5
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2	10.1	6.9	3.2

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	6	2	30.2	11.8	4.7	7.1

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Pitch Summary

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	56	3	119.2
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2		102

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	6	2	30.2

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Totals

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Babe Birrer	0	0		4.15	5	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	9	5	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	37	1.154	9.3	0.0	1.0	3.1
2	Johnny Sain	1	1	.500	4.91	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	14	7	6	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	52	1.545	11.5	0.8	2.5	5.7

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Game Logs

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Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-10 (1)	5-5	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1				-0.1	-1.51	0	0	0.27
2	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-10 (1)	6-6	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-3.06	1	1	1.11
3	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-08	9-9, H	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.06	0	0	2.09
4	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-08	9-GF(11), L	2.1	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	4	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.79	0	0	2.34
5	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-03	9-13	5.0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	20	5	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.2	1.49	0	0	2.47
6	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-03	9-13,BS	4.1	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	19	6	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.1	0.35	1	1	2.53
7	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-02	8-8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.1	0.50	0	0	1.77
8	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-02	9-GF(11), W	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	3	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				0.4	1.49	0	0	2.91
9	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-01 (2)	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.50	0	0	0.18
10	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-01 (2)	7-7	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.50	0	0	0.19

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Babe Birrer (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Babe Birrer (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (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	1955	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Babe Birrer (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Babe Birrer (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-07-03	KCA	DET	tied 7-7	b11	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Johnny Sain (Pitcher) vs. Babe Birrer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Sain (Pitcher) vs. Babe Birrer (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	1955	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Johnny Sain (Pitcher) vs. Babe Birrer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Sain (Pitcher) vs. Babe Birrer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-07-03	DET	KCA	tied 7-7	t10	---	1		Foul Popfly: C
2	1955	1955-07-03	DET	KCA	tied 7-7	t13	---	0		Flyball: CF

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Comparison

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Totals

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	56	30	27	3	7	2	0	2	6	0	0	3	6	.259	.333	.556	.889	135	15	1	0	0	0	0
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	774	69	190	28	4	3	101	0	0	24	20	.245	.270	.304	.574	58	235	25	2	56	0	0

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	7	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	0	0	1		0

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Value

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	56	30	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1	0	-1	0
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	4.6	4.5	4.6	0.0	-43	0	-2	0

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Sabermetric

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	56	30	4	10	10	21	5	.263	7	2	0.2	.296	4.5		0
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	35	216	235	665	68	.249	167	-48	-5.0	.058	38.7		0

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	7	12	1	2	2	10		.200	3			.091	11.0		0

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Win Probability

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Babe Birrer	25-28	1955	1958	56	30	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	2.05		0.72	1.00
2	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	-2.3	-3.0	0.8	-23.18		-32.09	1.03

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Head-to-Head Batting

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Totals

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Babe Birrer	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Johnny Sain	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: Game Logs

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Babe Birrer vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-10 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-10 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-08		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-08		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	-0.058	0.05	0.00%	-0.23			P
5	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-03		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.103	1.45	-0.04%	-0.39			P
6	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-03		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	-0.057	0.07	0.00%	-0.24			P
7	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-02		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-02		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	-0.064	0.06	0.00%	-0.23			P
9	Babe Birrer	DET	1955-07-01 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-07-01 (2)		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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