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Don Black vs. George Caster: Pitching Comparison

Don Black vs. George Caster: Totals

Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	34	55	.382	4.35	154	113	21	37	4	1	797.0	803	425	385	45	400	13	293	13	0	13	3519	1265	80	4.23	1.509	9.1	0.5	4.5	3.3
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	76	100	.432	4.54	376	127	169	62	6	41	1377.2	1469	833	695	121	597	35	595	25	5	15	6096	2181	96	4.51	1.500	9.6	0.8	3.9	3.9

Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	George Caster	37	1945	1945	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5

Don Black vs. George Caster: Value

Don Black vs. George Caster: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	154	113	797.0	-1.5	-7.3
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	376	127	1377.2	9.4	-2.6

Don Black vs. George Caster: Totals Against

Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	154	113	797.0	1265	3039	636	91	31	28	28	50.00	3	66	63	0	.264	.352	.359	.711	109	.095	.281	386	1091	167	1216	1265
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	376	127	1377.2	2181	5377	1047	243	58	61	47	56.48	8	91	92	8	.273	.348	.407	.756	103	.134	.289	768	2191	422	2091	2181

Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	George Caster	37	1945	1945	1	0	0.2	0	0																	.000				0	0

Don Black vs. George Caster: Starting & Relieving

Don Black vs. George Caster: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	52	46	48.0	30	10	33	2	33.3	21	41
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	50	39	45.2	176	84	48	18	69.5	169	249

Don Black vs. George Caster: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	George Caster	37	1945	1945									0	1

Don Black vs. George Caster: Ratios

Don Black vs. George Caster: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	154	113	797.0	8.3	11.4	-3.0
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	376	127	1377.2	9.8	9.8	0.0

Don Black vs. George Caster: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	George Caster	37	1945	1945	1	0	0.2	50.0	0.0	50.0

Don Black vs. George Caster: Pitch Summary

Don Black vs. George Caster: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	154	113	797.0
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	376	127	1377.2

Don Black vs. George Caster: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	George Caster	37	1945	1945	1	0	0.2

Don Black vs. George Caster: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Black vs. George Caster: Totals

Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	Don Black	2	2	.500	2.23	6	4	2	1	1	0	32.1	35	15	8	1	14	2	14	0	0	0	146	1.515	9.7	0.3	3.9	3.9
2	George Caster	4	0	1.000	0.63	6	0	4	0	0	0	14.1	11	1	1	0	8	1	3	0	0	0	58	1.326	6.9	0.0	5.0	1.9

Don Black vs. George Caster: Game Logs

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Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	Don Black	CLE	1946-04-27	9-GF(11), L	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	11	5	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				-0.1	-0.47	1	0	3.34
2	George Caster	DET	1946-04-27	10-GF(11), W	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.3	0.98	0	0	2.60
3	Don Black	PHA	1945-09-12 (2)	13-GF(16), W	4.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	16	5	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0				0.5	1.71	0	0	2.46
4	George Caster	DET	1945-09-12 (2)	11-15,BS	4.1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	17	6	15	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2				0.1	0.91	1	1	2.48
5	Don Black	PHA	1944-07-28	GS- , L	7.0	13	8	4	4	1	1		2	0	0	0	34	14	33									0	0		28
6	George Caster	SLB	1944-07-28	, W	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	5	2	4									0	0
7	Don Black	PHA	1944-07-05	GS-3	2.2	4	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	5	13	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	47			-0.1	-1.08			0.82
8	George Caster	SLB	1944-07-05	7-GF, W	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	14	5	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0				0.3	1.69	1	0	2.58
9	Don Black	PHA	1943-07-27	GS-8	7.2	11	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	36	13	34	10	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	39			-0.3	-0.91			1.18
10	George Caster	SLB	1943-07-27	8-GF, W	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	3	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.84	0	0	1.59
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Don Black vs. George Caster: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Black (Pitcher) vs. George Caster (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Black (Pitcher) vs. George Caster (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	1945	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1946	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Don Black (Pitcher) vs. George Caster (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Black (Pitcher) vs. George Caster (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1945	1945-09-12 (2)	DET	PHA	tied 2-2	t14	---	0		Strikeout
2	1946	1946-04-27	DET	CLE	tied 4-4	b11	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: Unknown out on play/Sacrifice; J. Outlaw to 2B

George Caster (Pitcher) vs. Don Black (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

George Caster (Pitcher) vs. Don Black (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	1943	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1945	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1946	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

George Caster (Pitcher) vs. Don Black (Batter): Plate Appearances

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George Caster (Pitcher) vs. Don Black (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1943	1943-05-30 (1)	PHA	SLB	ahead 0-3	b7	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1945	1945-09-12 (2)	PHA	DET	tied 2-2	b15	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1946	1946-04-27	CLE	DET	tied 4-4	t10	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play

Don Black vs. George Caster: Batting Comparison

Don Black vs. George Caster: Batting Totals

Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	154	274	256	11	47	4	0	0	19	1	1	6	52	.184	.202	.199	.402	16	51	7	0	11		0
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	380	471	440	25	81	13	0	0	37	0	0	18	133	.184	.218	.214	.432	13	94	3	1	11		0

Don Black vs. George Caster: Batting Value

Don Black vs. George Caster: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	154	274	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-27	-1	0	0
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	380	471	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	0.0	-59	1	-1	0

Don Black vs. George Caster: Batting Sabermetric

Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	154	274	4	53	54	228	12	.230	30	-29	-3.1	.016	4.9	50.00	2
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	380	471	13	100	105	373	22	.264	62	-57	-5.4	.030	3.3		0

Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	George Caster	37	1945	1945	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Don Black vs. George Caster: Batting Win Probability

Don Black vs. George Caster: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Black	26-31	1943	1948	154	274	-2.3	-2.6	0.0	-27.23		-27.98	0.91
2	George Caster	26-38	1934	1946	380	471	-4.6	-4.4	0.1	-51.14		-51.59	1.05

Don Black vs. George Caster: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Black vs. George Caster: Totals

Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	Don Black	6	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	1		0
2	George Caster	6	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1		0

Don Black vs. George Caster: Game Logs

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Don Black vs. George Caster: 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	Don Black	CLE	1946-04-27		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.30	-0.058	5.04	-0.08%	-0.23			P
2	George Caster	DET	1946-04-27		2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1		0	3.20	-0.013	10.15	-0.02%	-0.20			P
3	Don Black	PHA	1945-09-12 (2)		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.17	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-0.20			P
4	George Caster	DET	1945-09-12 (2)		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.21	-0.107	19.24	-0.56%	-0.41			P
5	Don Black	PHA	1944-07-28	*	1	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1										P
6	George Caster	SLB	1944-07-28		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0										P
7	Don Black	PHA	1944-07-05	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	George Caster	SLB	1944-07-05		3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0	6.18	0.209	36.34	0.74%	0.71			P
9	Don Black	PHA	1943-07-27	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.47	-0.035	0.02	0.00%	-0.49			P
10	George Caster	SLB	1943-07-27		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.07	-0.002	0.04	0.00%	-0.29			P
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