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Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Pitching Comparison

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Totals

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	43	53	.448	3.54	250	93	78	30	5	8	929.1	956	423	366	54	301	39	207	3	4	8	3946	1311	113	3.90	1.353	9.3	0.5	2.9	2.0

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Value

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	250	93	929.1	10.9	3.9

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Totals Against

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	250	93	929.1	1311	3569	720	149	33	22	20	52.38	6	87	64	0	.268	.325	.373	.699	94	.106	.273	433	1333	236	1260	1311

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Starting & Relieving

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	54	58	50.6	126	44	35	6	57.1	78	157

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Ratios

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	250	93	929.1	5.2	7.6	-2.4

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Pitch Summary

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	250	93	929.1

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Totals

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	1	0	1.000	2.08	4	1	0	0	0	0	13.0	12	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	51	1.385	8.3	0.0	4.2	0.0
2	Don Black	1	2	.333	4.18	4	4	0	1	0	0	28.0	32	19	13	2	13	1	11	0	0	0	126	1.607	10.3	0.6	4.2	3.5

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Game Logs

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Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	1947-08-10 (2)	GS-7, L	7.0	9	4	3	1	1	5	1	2	0	0	0	33	15	28	6	2	0	0	2	0	14	1	0	0	3	42			-0.2	-0.85			0.75
2	Sam Zoldak	SLB	1947-08-10 (2)	GS-9, W	8.2	6	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	34	10	30	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	60			0.3	2.59			0.93
3	Don Black	PHA	1944-08-18	GS-5	5.0	5	4	3	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	25	10	20	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	42			-0.2	-1.80			0.80
4	Sam Zoldak	SLB	1944-08-18	5-5	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.60	2	2	1.41
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	Sam Zoldak	SLB	1944-07-28		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	6	2	3									1	0
7	Don Black	PHA	1944-05-13	CG, W	9.0	5	3	3	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	34	11	31	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	1	66			0.1	0.96			0.81
8	Sam Zoldak	SLB	1944-05-13	6-7	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0				0.0	-0.16	2	0	0.15

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Black (Pitcher) vs. Sam Zoldak (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Black (Pitcher) vs. Sam Zoldak (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	1947	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0

Don Black (Pitcher) vs. Sam Zoldak (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Black (Pitcher) vs. Sam Zoldak (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1947	1947-08-10 (2)	SLB	CLE	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Single to LF; J. Early to 2B
2	1947	1947-08-10 (2)	SLB	CLE	ahead 0-3	t4	1--	2		Lineout: 2B
3	1947	1947-08-10 (2)	SLB	CLE	ahead 0-4	t6	12-	2		Walk; V. Stephens to 3B; J. Early to 2B

Sam Zoldak (Pitcher) vs. Don Black (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam Zoldak (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	1944	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	1947	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	1

Sam Zoldak (Pitcher) vs. Don Black (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam Zoldak (Pitcher) vs. Don Black (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1944	1944-05-13	PHA	SLB	ahead 3-8	b7	12-	0		Ground Ball Double Play: P-3B-1B; J. Rullo to 2B
2	1947	1947-08-10 (2)	CLE	SLB	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Flyball: SS
3	1947	1947-08-10 (2)	CLE	SLB	down 3-0	b5	---	2		Single to CF

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Batting Comparison

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Batting Totals

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	251	307	286	16	50	6	0	0	11	1	0	10	52	.175	.205	.196	.401	9	56	4	1	9		0

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Batting Value

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	251	307	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	-36	0	0	0

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Batting Sabermetric

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	251	307	6	61	65	249	13	.214	27	-37	-3.8	.021	5.5	100.00	1

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Batting Win Probability

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	25-33	1944	1952	251	307	-2.9	-3.0	-0.1	-30.28		-31.65	0.93

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Totals

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	Sam Zoldak	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1		0
2	Don Black	4	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	1	0	1		0

Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: Game Logs

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Don Black vs. Sam Zoldak: 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	1947-08-10 (2)	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.61	-0.010	0.02	0.00%	-0.09			P
2	Sam Zoldak	SLB	1947-08-10 (2)	*	9	9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1		0	0.63	0.032	0.00	0.00%	0.31			P
3	Don Black	PHA	1944-08-18	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.71	-0.017	0.00	0.00%	-0.14			P
4	Sam Zoldak	SLB	1944-08-18		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										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	Sam Zoldak	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	1944-05-13	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	0	0		0	0.53	-0.027	1.13	-0.03%	-1.26			P
8	Sam Zoldak	SLB	1944-05-13		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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