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Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Pitching Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	40	23	.635	3.77	273	19	119	3	1	18	574.2	587	283	241	57	231	37	319	14	4	16	2494	861	99	3.90	1.423	9.2	0.9	3.6	5.0

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	33	1957	1957	0	1	.000	1.29	3	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	24	3			0.429	2.6	1.3	1.3	10.3

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Value

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	273	19	574.2	4.0	-1.3

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Totals Against

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	273	19	574.2	861	2207	444	72	14	24	13	64.86	3	40	38	9	.266	.338	.389	.727	104	.123	.288	296	858	143	832	861

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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											.239	.338					.289				26	26
2	Ernie Johnson	33	1957	1957	3	0	7.0	3	22											.091	.130					.077				3	3

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Starting & Relieving

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	5	26	47.6	169	66	39	5	78.3	119	254

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	2
2	Ernie Johnson	33	1957	1957									0	3

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Ratios

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	273	19	574.2	12.8	9.3	3.5

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	33	1957	1957	3	0	7.0	33.3	4.2	29.2

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Pitch Summary

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	273	19	574.2		44

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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
2	Ernie Johnson	33	1957	1957	3	0	7.0

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	0	0		9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	6	6	0	5	1	6	0	1	0	30	2.167	12.0	0.0	7.5	9.0
2	Ralph Branca	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	1	36	0.700	2.7	0.0	3.6	3.6

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	1952-09-28	7-8, H	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	9	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		33	20	0.2	0.95	0	0	2.68
2	Ernie Johnson	BSN	1952-09-28	GS-4	4.0	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	17	6	15	4	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	45	64	36	-0.1	-1.09			1.18
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1952-06-27	2-GF, W	8.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	27	5	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		108	62	0.2	3.81	0	0	0.55
4	Ernie Johnson	BSN	1952-06-27	1-3	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	13	7	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		44	25	-0.2	-3.20	3	2	1.41

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Ernie Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Ernie Johnson (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	1952	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Ernie Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Ernie Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1952	1952-06-27	BSN	BRO	down 4-3	t2	12-	0	2 (0-1)	Double Play: Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; E. Mathews out at Hm/SS-3B

Ernie Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ernie Johnson (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	1952	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ernie Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ernie Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1952	1952-06-27	BRO	BSN	ahead 3-6	b3	1-3	0	1 (0-0)	Single to RF (Line Drive); A. Pafko to 2B; G. Hodges Scores

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Batting Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Batting Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	273	118	100	7	18	2	0	1	14	0	0	5	17	.180	.217	.230	.447	23	23	3	0	12	1	0

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	33	1957	1957	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Batting Value

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	273	118	0.2	0.2	0.2	-0.2	-10	-1	-1	0

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Batting Sabermetric

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	0.00	2
2	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	273	118	3	23	26	98	7	.205	20	-9	-1.0	.050	5.9		0

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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		.000	0			.000	1.8		0
2	Ernie Johnson	33	1957	1957	3	1	0	0	0	1			0			.000	1.0		0

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Batting Win Probability

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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		-72.74	0.89
2	Ernie Johnson	26-35	1950	1959	273	118	-1.1	-1.0	-0.4	-5.62		-10.31	0.80

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Head-to-Head Batting

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	Ernie Johnson	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0
2	Ralph Branca	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0		0

Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Ernie Johnson: 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	1952-09-28		3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.72	-0.018	0.00	0.00%	-0.23			P
2	Ernie Johnson	BSN	1952-09-28	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	1.34	-0.068	0.00	0.00%	-0.76			P
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1952-06-27		8	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0		0	0.41	0.025	1.89	0.07%	1.34			P
4	Ernie Johnson	BSN	1952-06-27		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.19	-0.130	0.15	-0.01%	-1.24			P

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