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Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Pitching Comparison

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Totals

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	108	82	.568	3.50	314	214	53	94	16	7	1717.0	1660	769	668	108	623	52	690	7	5	34	7265	2381	104	3.70	1.330	8.7	0.6	3.3	3.6

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-29	1942	1945	3	2	.600	4.97	6	5	1	1	1	0	29.0	33	16	16	0	12	2	13	1	0	0	127	46			1.552	10.2	0.0	3.7	4.0

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Value

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	314	214	1717.0	15.6	1.2

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Totals Against

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	314	214	1717.0	2381	6551	1252	244	56	72	44	62.07	14	124	101	0	.253	.319	.357	.676	94	.104	.270	752	2340	408	2290	2381

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-29	1942	1945	6	5	29.0	46	114											.289	.362					.327				46	46

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Starting & Relieving

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	124	58	52.6	80	33	41	5	58.3	53	100

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Hank Borowy	26-29	1942	1945									1	1

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Ratios

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	314	214	1717.0	9.5	8.6	0.9

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Hank Borowy	26-29	1942	1945	6	5	29.0	10.2	9.4	0.8

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Pitch Summary

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	314	214	1717.0		79

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Hank Borowy	26-29	1942	1945	6	5	29.0

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Head-to-Head Pitching

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Totals

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	1	1	.500	4.41	3	2	1	1	0	1	16.1	12	8	8	0	6	1	6	0	0	1	65	1.102	6.6	0.0	3.3	3.3
2	Herman Besse	1	1	.500	5.09	3	2	0	2	0	0	17.2	22	13	10	1	6	0	16	0	0	1	82	1.585	11.2	0.5	3.1	8.2

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Game Logs

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Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	1942-09-07 (2)	6-6	0.2	5	4	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	6	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2				0.0	-4.35	1	1	0.03
2	Hank Borowy	NYY	1942-09-07 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	33	7	32	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	69			0.4	2.20			0.62
3	Herman Besse	PHA	1942-07-05 (2)	CG(8), L	8.0	9	4	2	2	0	3	0	8	0	0	1	37	14	33	7	2	0	3	0	0	11	1	1	0	2	57			-0.2	-0.27			0.74
4	Hank Borowy	NYY	1942-07-05 (2)	8-GF, S	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.34	2	0	1.56
5	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
6	Hank Borowy	NYY	1942-06-30 (1)	GS-6, L	5.2	6	6	6	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	28	11	23	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	31			-0.4	-2.92			1.57

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Batter vs. Pitcher

Hank Borowy (Pitcher) vs. Herman Besse (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Hank Borowy (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	5	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0

Hank Borowy (Pitcher) vs. Herman Besse (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Hank Borowy (Pitcher) vs. Herman Besse (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-06-30 (1)	PHA	NYY	tied 3-3	b2	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1942	1942-06-30 (1)	PHA	NYY	tied 3-3	b5	---	0		Flyball: LF
3	1942	1942-06-30 (1)	PHA	NYY	down 5-3	b6	123	2		Single to RF; B. Blair Scores; B. Swift Scores; C. Davis to 2B
4	1942	1942-07-05 (2)	PHA	NYY	down 4-2	t9	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1942	1942-09-07 (2)	PHA	NYY	down 11-2	t7	-2-	2		Strikeout

Herman Besse (Pitcher) vs. Hank Borowy (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Herman Besse (Pitcher) vs. Hank Borowy (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	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	0	0	0

Herman Besse (Pitcher) vs. Hank Borowy (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Herman Besse (Pitcher) vs. Hank Borowy (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-06-30 (1)	NYY	PHA	tied 3-3	t2	---	1		Lineout: 1B
2	1942	1942-06-30 (1)	NYY	PHA	tied 3-3	t4	12-	2		Groundout: C-1B
3	1942	1942-06-30 (1)	NYY	PHA	ahead 3-5	t6	---	2		Flyball: 1B
4	1942	1942-07-05 (2)	NYY	PHA	ahead 2-4	b8	--3	1		Walk
5	1942	1942-09-07 (2)	NYY	PHA	ahead 0-7	b6	1--	1		Single to LF; R. Hemsley to 3B

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Batting Comparison

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Batting Totals

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	316	646	571	43	99	22	6	0	48	0	0	28	138	.173	.213	.233	.446	25	133	12	1	46		0

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-29	1942	1945	6	10	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.444	.667	4	0	0	1		0

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Batting Value

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	316	646	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-60	0	0	0

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Batting Sabermetric

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	316	646	28	128	134	530	30	.229	91	-58	-6.2	.060	4.1		0

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	26-29	1942	1945	6	10	2	2	2	8		.500	2			.222	1.8		0

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Batting Win Probability

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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		-3.58	0.98
2	Hank Borowy	26-35	1942	1951	316	646	-3.8	-5.4	1.2	-53.34		-58.50	0.91

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Head-to-Head Batting

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Totals

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	Hank Borowy	3	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0		0
2	Herman Besse	3	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0		0

Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: Game Logs

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Hank Borowy vs. Herman Besse: 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	1942-09-07 (2)		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.02	0.000	0.00	0.00%	-0.31			P
2	Hank Borowy	NYY	1942-09-07 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.48	-0.048	0.12	-0.01%	0.10			P
3	Herman Besse	PHA	1942-07-05 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.71	-0.171	0.01	0.00%	-1.41			P
4	Hank Borowy	NYY	1942-07-05 (2)		2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0		0	0.41	0.002	2.25	0.01%	0.24			P
5	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
6	Hank Borowy	NYY	1942-06-30 (1)	*	6	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.01	-0.076	4.59	-0.21%	-0.67			P

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