Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Pitching Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	118	101	.539	3.69	418	238	104	98	11	24	1952.1	1763	909	800	116	979	72	971	35	4	61	8472	2903	102	3.99	1.404	8.1	0.5	4.5	4.5

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	0	0		7.36	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	19	8			2.182	14.7	0.0	4.9	2.5

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Value

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	19.5	1.9

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals Against

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	2903	7311	1239	343	65	87	66	56.86	2	139	134	10	.241	.333	.353	.687	95	.112	.264	867	2584	524	2777	2903

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	3.2	8	17	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.412	.833		.059	.375	3	7	1	8	8

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Starting & Relieving

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	129	54	52.4	134	57	43	7	77.4	104	180

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	0	0	36.0						0	0

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Ratios

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	11.5	11.6	-0.1

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	3.2	5.3	10.5	-5.3

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Pitch Summary

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1		88

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	3.2	75	75	40	53.33

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	3	1	.750	4.15	5	4	0	2	0	0	34.2	36	18	16	2	11	0	29	1	0	3	151	1.356	9.3	0.5	2.9	7.5
2	Kirby Higbe	1	1	.500	2.86	5	2	0	1	0	0	22.0	15	8	7	1	18	3	18	0	0	1	97	1.500	6.1	0.4	7.4	7.4

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	1950-06-19	CG, W	9.0	12	5	3	2	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	41	14	39	10	1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	2	55	154	99	0.2	-0.15			0.54
2	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1950-06-19	6-7	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	7	2	7	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		36	20	0.0	1.08	0	0	0.17
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1949-05-12	CG, W	9.0	13	6	6	0	0	3	0	9	1	0	0	43	17	39	10	3	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	3	43	180	110	-0.1	-1.24			0.88
4	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1949-05-12	4-5	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	7	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0		56	28	-0.1	-1.94	0	0	0.58
5	Ralph Branca	BRO	1948-05-22	GS-8, L	8.0	5	3	3	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	34	11	29	4	1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	60	117	69	0.0	1.17			0.94
6	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-05-22	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	7	0	8	0	0	0	37	11	30	1	3	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	76	151	84	0.5	3.69			1.53
7	Ralph Branca	BRO	1948-05-09 (2)	6-7,BS	2.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	4	10	1	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	2		37	26	-0.3	-2.14	3	2	1.56
8	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-05-09 (2)	6-6,BS	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		17	8	-0.2	-1.14	2	2	1.02
9	Ralph Branca	BRO	1947-05-16	GS-7, W	6.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	23	4	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	67	85	52	0.2	2.35			1.09
10	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1947-05-16	GS-8, L	8.0	4	3	3	0	1	7	3	3	0	0	1	35	11	28	2	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	58	134	72	0.0	1.26			1.00

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1948	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1949	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1947	1947-05-16	BRO	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	5 (2-2)	Groundout: SS-1B
2	1947	1947-05-16	BRO	PIT	ahead 0-2	t5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Flyball: 1B
3	1947	1947-05-16	BRO	PIT	ahead 0-2	t7	---	1	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1948	1948-05-22	BRO	PIT	down 2-1	b2	---	2	5 (2-2)	Lineout: LF
5	1948	1948-05-22	BRO	PIT	down 3-1	b5	---	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
6	1949	1949-05-12	BRO	PIT	ahead 5-7	b5	1--	0	5 (2-2)	Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; R. Campanella to 2B

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kirby Higbe (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	1947	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1948	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1947	1947-05-16	PIT	BRO	tied 0-0	b3	---	2	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1947	1947-05-16	PIT	BRO	down 2-0	b6	---	1	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	1948	1948-05-22	PIT	BRO	ahead 0-1	t2	1-3	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	1948	1948-05-22	PIT	BRO	ahead 1-2	t4	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging; K. Higbe to 1B/Adv on E1
5	1948	1948-05-22	PIT	BRO	ahead 1-3	t6	---	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: SS-1B

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	660	35	101	14	2	3	47	0	1	15	135	.153	.172	.194	.366	1	128	19	0	39		0

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	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

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Value

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	-1.8	-1.8	-1.7	-0.1	-88	0	-1	0

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Sabermetric

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	19	116	124	618	22	.188	79	-90	-9.6	.041	4.9	0.0	1

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.000	0			.000			0

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Win Probability

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	-7.6	-8.3	-0.2	-91.29	-9.4	-91.78	0.90

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Head-to-Head Batting

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	5	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	1		0
2	Kirby Higbe	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	1950-06-19	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.45	-0.043	1.97	-0.11%	-1.15			P
2	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1950-06-19		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1949-05-12	*	9	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1		0	0.49	0.011	1.24	0.02%	-0.33			P
4	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1949-05-12		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Ralph Branca	BRO	1948-05-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.50	-0.026	0.72	-0.02%	-0.22			P
6	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-05-22	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.66	-0.061	2.14	-0.12%	-1.01			P
7	Ralph Branca	BRO	1948-05-09 (2)		3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-05-09 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Ralph Branca	BRO	1947-05-16	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.49	-0.038	1.38	-0.06%	-0.46			P
10	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1947-05-16	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.73	-0.037	2.08	-0.06%	-0.28			P

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