Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Pitching Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	88	68	.564	3.79	322	188	74	71	12	19	1484.0	1372	702	625	149	663	55	829	31	6	44	6372	2135	105	4.19	1.371	8.3	0.9	4.0	5.0
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

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	1	2	.333	6.35	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.0	16	12	12	1	9	0	14	1	0	0	77	26			1.471	8.5	0.5	4.8	7.4
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

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Value

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	16.5	1.7
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	46.8	11.8

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Totals Against

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	2135	5614	948	222	53	50	46	52.08	4	106	77	2	.244	.327	.382	.710	95	.138	.264	706	2147	424	2066	2135
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

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	26	67	11	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.338	.343	.681		.104	.289	9	23	5	26	26
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

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	93	49	52.1	95	38	40	8	70.4	74	134
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	296	60	51.8	67	21	31	5	66.7	56	105

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	0	0	51.0	2	2	100	0		0	2
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	0	0	35.0	0	0		0		0	1

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Ratios

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	13.0	10.4	2.6
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	11.4	5.9	5.5

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	18.2	11.7	6.5
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	20.0	8.6	11.4

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0		101
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0		92

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	68	68	40	58.82
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	136	66	89	65.44

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	2	0	1.000	1.25	4	2	2	2	0	1	21.2	16	3	3	0	10	2	13	0	0	1	84	1.200	6.6	0.0	4.2	5.4
2	Bob Friend	0	3	.000	7.15	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.2	31	21	18	5	10	0	9	0	0	0	106	1.809	12.3	2.0	4.0	3.6

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	BRO	1952-05-05	CG(8), W	8.0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	29	7	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	2	74	110	71	0.3	2.81			0.61
2	Bob Friend	PIT	1952-05-05	GS-5, L	5.0	7	5	5	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	24	10	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	16	1	1	0	4	32	74	41	-0.2	-2.62			0.75
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-06-24 (2)	6-GF(8),BS	2.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	3	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0		34	25	-0.1	0.43	2	2	1.05
4	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-06-24 (2)	GS-4	4.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	18	6	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	42	53	35	-0.1	-0.97			0.90
5	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-06-10 (1)	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	1	34	11	29	3	3	0	0	1	0	9	2	0	0	3	69	119	68	0.6	3.57			1.83
6	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-06-10 (1)	GS-7, L	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	26	7	25	3	2	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	2	60	89	53	0.1	1.56			0.88
7	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-05-22	8-GF, S	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	5	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		41	24	0.0	-0.14	3	2	0.42
8	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-05-22	GS-7, L	6.2	14	11	8	3	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	38	20	33	9	3	0	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	5	5	125	77	-0.5	-5.89			1.03

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ralph Branca (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1952	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-06-10 (1)	BRO	PIT	tied 1-1	b3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Groundout: SS-1B
2	1951	1951-06-10 (1)	BRO	PIT	ahead 1-2	b5	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	1952	1952-05-05	BRO	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	--3	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
4	1952	1952-05-05	BRO	PIT	ahead 0-4	t4	1--	0	4 (2-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; P. Reese to 2B

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1952	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-06-10 (1)	PIT	BRO	tied 1-1	t3	---	1	3 (1-1)	Flyball: RF
2	1951	1951-06-10 (1)	PIT	BRO	down 2-1	t5	---	2	4 (1-2)	Flyball: RF
3	1952	1952-05-05	PIT	BRO	down 1-0	b3	---	1	2 (0-1)	Single to LF (Line Drive)

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Batting Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Batting Totals

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	2	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	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

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		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

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-1.7	-1.7	-1.7	0.0	-70	-1	-2	0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-5.9	-5.9	-5.7	-0.2	-196	3	-3	0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Batting Sabermetric

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	9	102	106	449	17	.212	64	-69	-6.9	.030	2.9	0.0	2
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	20	176	191	1135	33	.178	114	-189	-19.6	.023	3.0		0

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.8		0
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-5.9	-6.4	-0.2	-68.05	-7.0	-72.74	0.89
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-15.9	-17.7	1.0	-172.08	-17.8	-187.43	0.95

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Batting

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	4	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	1		0
2	Bob Friend	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0		0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca 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	Ralph Branca	BRO	1952-05-05	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.67	-0.045	2.29	-0.09%	-0.89			P
2	Bob Friend	PIT	1952-05-05	*	5	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.77	0.031	0.26	0.01%	0.25			P
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-06-24 (2)		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.73	-0.044	8.16	-0.13%	-0.24			P
4	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-06-24 (2)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.72	-0.018	0.05	0.00%	-0.16			P
5	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-06-10 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.79	-0.061	3.92	-0.18%	-0.72			P
6	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-06-10 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.65	-0.033	0.45	-0.01%	-0.27			P
7	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-05-22		2	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0		0	0.02	0.001	0.07	0.00%	0.26			P
8	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-05-22	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.67	-0.033	1.39	-0.04%	-0.27			P

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