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Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Pitching Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	93	114	.449	3.55	366	235	80	86	16	20	1812.2	1766	841	714	97	757	69	746	35	6	40	7779	2683	107	3.72	1.392	8.8	0.5	3.8	3.7

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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. Johnny Schmitz: Value

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	366	235	1812.2	24.6	7.7

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Totals Against

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	366	235	1812.2	2683	6852	1330	293	46	52	60	46.43	6	193	144	11	.258	.334	.356	.691	95	.099	.277	824	2442	436	2558	2683

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Starting & Relieving

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	123	52	50.5	98	37	38	8	71.4	80	131

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Ratios

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	366	235	1812.2	9.6	9.7	-0.1

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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. Johnny Schmitz: Pitch Summary

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	366	235	1812.2		95

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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. Johnny Schmitz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	2	2	.500	4.11	7	5	1	2	1	1	35.0	33	21	16	1	15	1	22	1	0	0	152	1.371	8.5	0.3	3.9	5.7
2	Ralph Branca	2	3	.400	5.36	7	6	1	2	0	0	40.1	45	25	24	3	16	1	17	1	2	0	181	1.512	10.0	0.7	3.6	3.8

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	1953-09-14	CG(8), L	8.0	10	6	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	36	11	33	8	1	1	2	0	0	13	0	2	0	2	41			-0.1	-2.13			0.78
2	Johnny Schmitz	WSH	1953-09-14	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.48	0	0	0.08
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1950-07-31	8-GF	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	3	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		24	13	0.0	1.08	0	0	0.27
4	Johnny Schmitz	CHC	1950-07-31	7-7, H	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	6	-0.1	-0.41	0	0	1.12
5	Ralph Branca	BRO	1950-05-23	GS-6, L	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	28	10	27	5	1	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	3	40	94	60	-0.2	-1.77			0.87
6	Johnny Schmitz	CHC	1950-05-23	CG, W	9.0	4	4	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	35	8	32	1	3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	3	68	110	69	0.5	0.85			1.53
7	Ralph Branca	BRO	1950-05-05	GS-3	2.0	3	3	3	0	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	12	7	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	35	44	17	-0.2	-1.89			1.36
8	Johnny Schmitz	CHC	1950-05-05	GS-8	8.0	9	6	3	3	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	36	13	33	5	1	2	0	0	0	17	1	1	0	4	49	111	70	-0.4	-1.86			1.39
9	Ralph Branca	BRO	1949-06-09	GS-8, W	7.0	8	5	5	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	10	29	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	43	102	68	0.1	-0.79			0.44
10	Johnny Schmitz	CHC	1949-06-09	GS-2, L	1.1	5	6	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	7	8	4	1	0	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	18	35	15	-0.3	-4.38			1.45
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Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Schmitz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Schmitz (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	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
2	1950	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Schmitz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Schmitz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1947	1947-06-19	CHC	BRO	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; E. Waitkus to 2B
2	1947	1947-06-19	CHC	BRO	ahead 0-1	b5	---	2	3 (1-1)	Reached on E4 (Ground Ball)
3	1947	1947-08-03	CHC	BRO	tied 0-0	b2	---	2	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	1947	1947-08-03	CHC	BRO	tied 0-0	b5	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Single to 2B/Bunt; L. Merullo to 2B
5	1947	1947-08-03	CHC	BRO	ahead 0-3	b7	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
6	1950	1950-05-05	CHC	BRO	tied 1-1	b2	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Flyball: RF
7	1950	1950-05-23	CHC	BRO	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	2 (0-1)	Flyball: SS
8	1950	1950-05-23	CHC	BRO	ahead 1-2	t5	---	0	2 (0-1)	Flyball: 1B
9	1950	1950-05-23	CHC	BRO	ahead 1-5	t6	---	2	6 (3-2)	Reached on E3 (catch) (Ground Ball to 2B)

Johnny Schmitz (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Schmitz (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	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0
2	1949	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
3	1950	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.167	.375	.167	.542	1	0	0	0	0

Johnny Schmitz (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Schmitz (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1947	1947-06-19	BRO	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging (C-1B)
2	1947	1947-06-19	BRO	CHC	down 1-0	t5	1--	2	5 (2-2)	Single to RF; G. Hermanski to 2B
3	1947	1947-06-19	BRO	CHC	ahead 1-2	t7	1--	0	6 (3-2)	Fielder's Choice C/Sacrifice Bunt; G. Hodges to 2B
4	1947	1947-08-03	BRO	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
5	1947	1947-08-03	BRO	CHC	tied 0-0	t5	---	2	6 (3-2)	Walk
6	1949	1949-06-09	BRO	CHC	ahead 0-2	b2	1-3	1	6 (3-2)	Walk; M. McCormick to 2B
7	1950	1950-05-05	BRO	CHC	tied 1-1	t3	---	0	1 (0-0)	Groundout: C unassisted
8	1950	1950-05-23	BRO	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
9	1950	1950-05-23	BRO	CHC	down 2-1	b5	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Batting Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Batting Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	368	650	587	32	83	9	3	2	32	0	0	20	147	.141	.170	.177	.347	-4	104	14	0	43	0	0

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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. Johnny Schmitz: Batting Value

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	368	650	-1.9	-1.9	-1.8	0.0	-87	0	1	0

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Batting Sabermetric

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	368	650	14	103	112	561	22	.185	62	-86	-8.8	.036	4.0		0

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Batting Win Probability

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	20-35	1941	1956	368	650	-8.3	-8.0	-0.5	-88.51		-88.12	0.98

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Head-to-Head Batting

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	Johnny Schmitz	7	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	1		0
2	Ralph Branca	7	15	11	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.182	.357	.273	.630	3	0	0	1		0

Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Johnny Schmitz: 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	1953-09-14	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0		0	2.04	-0.087	0.00	0.00%	-0.78			P
2	Johnny Schmitz	WSH	1953-09-14		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1950-07-31		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Johnny Schmitz	CHC	1950-07-31		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Ralph Branca	BRO	1950-05-23	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.86	-0.043	3.68	-0.11%	-0.35			P
6	Johnny Schmitz	CHC	1950-05-23	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.78	-0.074	1.73	-0.10%	-0.67			P
7	Ralph Branca	BRO	1950-05-05	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.99	-0.026	3.82	-0.06%	-0.24			P
8	Johnny Schmitz	CHC	1950-05-05	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.87	-0.064	2.34	-0.10%	-0.64			P
9	Ralph Branca	BRO	1949-06-09	*	8	9	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0	0		0	0.50	0.025	1.97	0.06%	1.96			P
10	Johnny Schmitz	CHC	1949-06-09	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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