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

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Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Pitching Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	207	128	.618	3.23	460	350	73	188	31	22	2850.0	2559	1185	1024	180	1251	55	1277	57	2	63	12099	4046	119	3.81	1.337	8.1	0.6	4.0	4.0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	2	2	.500	3.94	4	4	0	2	0	0	29.2	32	15	13	1	15	2	17	0	1	1	131	49			1.584	9.7	0.3	4.6	5.2

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Value

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	37.5	15.3

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Totals Against

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	4046	10643	1947	371	61	70	75	48.28	10	315	124	30	.240	.323	.337	.660	84	.097	.258	1170	3592	612	3867	4046

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	49	112	27	4	0	1	1	50.00	1	4	3	1	.286	.367	.348	.715		.063	.326	15	39	5	47	49

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Starting & Relieving

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	25-37	1946	1958	215	61	54.8	90	22	24	8	73.3	73	110

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	2	50	49.3						0	0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Ratios

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	10.6	10.3	0.2

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	13.0	11.5	1.5

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Pitch Summary

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	220	110	129	58.64

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

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	1	0	1.000	2.45	2	2	0	1	1	0	14.2	14	5	4	0	6	0	4	0	0	1	59	1.364	8.6	0.0	3.7	2.5
2	Ralph Branca	0	0		1.35	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	5	3	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	30	1.350	6.8	1.4	5.4	2.7

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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	DET	1954-05-29	2-7	5.2	4	3	1	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	24	7	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	1				-0.1	-1.23	2	2	0.10
2	Bob Lemon	CLE	1954-05-29	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	31	7	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	77			0.1	4.30			0.22
3	Ralph Branca	DET	1954-04-25	6-6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.46	0	0	0.32
4	Bob Lemon	CLE	1954-04-25	GS-6	5.2	8	5	4	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	28	13	23	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	31			-0.3	-2.69			1.20

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (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	1954	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

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

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-04-25	CLE	DET	ahead 3-7	t6	---	1		Popfly: 3B
2	1954	1954-05-29	CLE	DET	ahead 0-8	b3	---	0		Flyball: CF
3	1954	1954-05-29	CLE	DET	ahead 0-8	b5	-2-	2		Groundout: P-1B

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

Bob Lemon (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	1954	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

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

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Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-05-29	DET	CLE	down 8-0	t3	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
2	1954	1954-05-29	DET	CLE	down 8-0	t6	---	1		Strikeout

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	1183	148	274	54	9	37	147	2	1	93	241	.232	.288	.386	.674	83	457	9	2	49	3	0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	5	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Value

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	10.7	10.3	10.6	0.0	-30	4	0	0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Sabermetric

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	100	369	387	971	140	.261	258	-35	-3.6	.155	4.9	66.67	3

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	5	14	0	1	1	13	0	.000	0			.000	13.0		0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Win Probability

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	0.2	-1.2	1.4	-16.25	-1.6	-13.42	0.98

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

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	2	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ralph Branca	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Bob Lemon: 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	DET	1954-05-29		7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.18	-0.009	0.55	-0.02%	-0.66			P
2	Bob Lemon	CLE	1954-05-29	*	9	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	0.022	1.03	0.06%	-0.38			P
3	Ralph Branca	DET	1954-04-25		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Lemon	CLE	1954-04-25	*	6	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	-0.041	1.16	-0.05%	-0.46			P

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