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Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Pitching Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	69	72	.489	4.39	225	177	21	51	9	3	1234.0	1277	674	602	89	530	21	616	41	1	29	5391	1928	98	3.77	1.464	9.3	0.6	3.9	4.5

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Value

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	225	177	1234.0	6.4	-3.1

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Totals Against

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	225	177	1234.0	1928	4737	939	214	35	41	35	53.95	3	141	72	19	.270	.347	.386	.733	96	.116	.293	639	1828	338	1848	1928

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Starting & Relieving

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	80	45	48.9	42	22	52	2	60.0	21	48

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Ratios

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	225	177	1234.0	11.4	9.8	1.6

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Pitch Summary

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	225	177	1234.0

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	1	0	1.000	4.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	8	4	4	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	35	1.565	9.4	1.2	4.7	2.3
2	Ralph Branca	0	0		10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	2.400	18.9	5.4	2.7	0.0

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	1954-06-06	GS-4	3.1	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	9	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	5	29			-0.4	-3.35			0.95
2	Willard Nixon	BOS	1954-06-06	GS-8, W	7.2	8	4	4	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	35	13	30	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	45			-0.1	-0.62			1.15

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Willard Nixon (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Willard Nixon (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Willard Nixon (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Willard Nixon (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-06-06	DET	BOS	ahead 0-3	t2	1--	0		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
2	1954	1954-06-06	DET	BOS	ahead 2-4	t4	---	2		Single to LF

Willard Nixon (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Willard Nixon (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Willard Nixon (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Willard Nixon (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-06-06	BOS	DET	down 3-2	b2	---	2		Single to LF
2	1954	1954-06-06	BOS	DET	tied 4-4	b4	---	1		Walk

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Batting Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Batting Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	239	515	459	42	111	17	1	2	41	0	0	42	97	.242	.305	.296	.601	58	136	13	0	13	1	0

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Batting Value

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	239	515	2.8	2.8	2.8	0.0	-27	0	-2	0

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Batting Sabermetric

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	239	515	20	153	161	375	41	.302	81	-29	-2.9	.054	4.7		0

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Batting Win Probability

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	22-30	1950	1958	239	515	-2.0	-2.4	0.3	-25.11	-2.2	-25.15	0.98

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Head-to-Head Batting

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	Willard Nixon	1	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ralph Branca	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Willard Nixon: 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	1954-06-06	*	4	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.010	1.01	-0.01%	-0.24			P
2	Willard Nixon	BOS	1954-06-06	*	8	9	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	0.063	0.14	0.01%	0.78			P

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