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Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Pitching Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	224	184	.549	3.27	591	519	39	151	40	16	3760.1	3433	1527	1366	372	1000	98	2855	160	8	47	15618	4771	115	3.22	1.179	8.2	0.9	2.4	6.8
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	123	75	.621	3.50	289	232	36	113	20	10	1752.2	1715	797	682	104	758	45	732	28	3	41	7548	2612	125	3.81	1.411	8.8	0.5	3.9	3.8

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Value

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	60.4	28.5
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2	27.4	13.4

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Totals Against

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	4771	14199	2411	555	95	208	118	63.80	4	211	176	79	.242	.298	.373	.670	89	.131	.277	1590	5286	1022	4593	4771
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2	2612	6663	1313	255	43	39	24	61.90	4	219	89	7	.257	.335	.355	.691	84	.098	.276	799	2368	402	2501	2612

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Starting & Relieving

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	322	62	56.9	69	29	42	4	80.0	39	72
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	139	60	52.7	65	25	38	4	71.4	36	57

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Ratios

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	18.3	6.4	11.9
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2	9.7	10.0	-0.3

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Pitch Summary

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1		91
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	289	232	1752.2

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Mel Parnell	0	1	.000	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	3.000	23.6	0.0	3.4	0.0
2	Jim Bunning	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	0.462	2.1	0.0	2.1	6.2

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Jim Bunning	DET	1956-09-16 (2)	5-GF, W	4.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	2	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.4	2.56	2	0	1.32
2	Mel Parnell	BOS	1956-09-16 (2)	5-8, L	2.2	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	8	13	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2				-0.1	-0.57	3	0	1.14

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (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	1956	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

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Mel Parnell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1956	1956-09-16 (2)	BOS	DET	tied 4-4	t6	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (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	1956	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Parnell (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1956	1956-09-16 (2)	DET	BOS	tied 4-4	b6	---	0		Double to LF
2	1956	1956-09-16 (2)	DET	BOS	ahead 4-5	b8	---	0		Single to LF

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	1275	82	213	21	4	7	75	0	2	34	362	.167	.188	.206	.395	9	263	36	1	85	6	0
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	668	52	132	17	2	1	50	2	0	29	94	.198	.233	.234	.467	21	156	13	2	30	0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Value

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	0.0	-158	-1	-5	0
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-77	1	1	0

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	32	248	265	1191	53	.226	150	-161	-17.1	.039	3.5	0.00	2
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	20	163	171	579	41	.229	101	-80	-8.2	.036	7.1	100.00	2

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Win Probability

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	-14.4	-14.6	-1.3	-153.18		-160.07	0.91
2	Mel Parnell	25-34	1947	1956	293	729	-5.3	-5.9	0.0	-63.28		-69.62	0.89

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Mel Parnell	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Bunning	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning vs. Mel Parnell: 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	Jim Bunning	DET	1956-09-16 (2)		5	9	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	0.111	0.00	0.00%	1.02			P
2	Mel Parnell	BOS	1956-09-16 (2)		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.025	0.00	0.00%	-0.17			P

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