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Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Pitching Comparison

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	74	98	.430	3.83	368	186	79	58	7	19	1536.1	1528	763	653	186	522	48	803	35	12	42	6545	2195	104	4.13	1.334	9.0	1.1	3.1	4.7
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	129	115	.529	3.79	386	276	53	92	13	8	2114.2	2170	998	891	195	510	46	793	71	6	36	8899	2867	103	3.80	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	25-34	1955	1964	2	2	.500	6.49	7	4	1	0	0	0	26.1	31	19	19	6	16	2	25	0	0	1	122	49			1.785	10.6	2.1	5.5	8.5
2	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43	10			0.818	4.9	1.6	2.5	4.1

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Value

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	368	186	1536.1	16.6	1.8
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	24.9	4.8

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Totals Against

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	368	186	1536.1	2195	5890	1081	217	44	50	43	53.76	25	143	57	40	.259	.321	.406	.727	100	.147	.272	779	2391	447	2085	2195
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	2867	8158	1561	368	46	73	35	67.59	7	168	106	52	.266	.313	.394	.707	94	.128	.274	1012	3215	609	2751	2867

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	25-34	1955	1964	7	4	26.1	49	104	22	3	0	1	0	100.00	1	5	1	1	.298	.388	.500	.888		.202	.338	21	52	9	47	49
2	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	10	38	3	1	0	1	0	100.00	0	0	1	1	.158	.214	.342	.556		.184	.125	3	13	3	9	10

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	104	56	51.5	127	50	39	11	63.3	79	182
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	148	54	50.8	68	10	15	5	61.5	53	110

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Roger Craig	25-34	1955	1964	1	25	42.8	3	1	33	0		1	3
2	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	1	100	67.0	0	0				0	1

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	368	186	1536.1	12.3	8.0	4.3
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	8.9	5.7	3.2

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Roger Craig	25-34	1955	1964	7	4	26.1	20.5	13.1	7.4
2	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	11.6	7.0	4.7

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	368	186	1536.1		92
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2		91

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Roger Craig	25-34	1955	1964	7	4	26.1	62	44	37	59.68
2	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Head-to-Head Pitching

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	1	1	.500	2.93	8	3	3	1	0	1	30.2	26	16	10	5	10	1	22	1	0	0	130	1.174	7.6	1.5	2.9	6.5
2	Bob Purkey	3	2	.600	3.57	8	6	2	3	1	1	45.1	45	19	18	6	5	2	17	2	0	1	180	1.103	8.9	1.2	1.0	3.4

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Game Logs

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Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	STL	1964-06-05	8-9, HL	1.0	2	4	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	9	6	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				-0.4	-2.57	1	0	2.79
2	Bob Purkey	CIN	1964-06-05	GS-7	7.0	9	4	4	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	29	11	27	4	3	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	5	43			-0.1	-0.77			0.73
3	Roger Craig	STL	1964-05-31 (1)	1-8	7.2	6	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	9	26	6	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	2	1	0				0.0	0.98	3	2	0.28
4	Bob Purkey	CIN	1964-05-31 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	33	7	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	78			0.2	4.40			0.42
5	Roger Craig	NYM	1963-06-14	8-GF, S	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.87	0	0	0.07
6	Bob Purkey	CIN	1963-06-14	GS-3, L	2.1	6	6	6	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	14	8	12	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	22			-0.4	-5.16			0.97
7	Roger Craig	LAD	1961-04-23	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	34	7	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	76	106	67	0.5	3.89			0.79
8	Bob Purkey	CIN	1961-04-23	GS-7, L	7.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	28	9	27	4	3	0	0	1	0	18	0	1	0	5	42	71	51	0.0	-1.19			0.58
9	Roger Craig	LAD	1960-07-28	GS-5	4.0	4	5	4	1	2	3	0	5	1	0	0	20	8	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	38	71	44	-0.2	-2.99			0.69
10	Bob Purkey	CIN	1960-07-28	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	6	0.0	0.50	0	0	0.25
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Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Batter vs. Pitcher

Roger Craig (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Roger Craig (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (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	1961	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1964	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0

Roger Craig (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Roger Craig (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1961	1961-04-23	CIN	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1961	1961-04-23	CIN	LAD	down 2-0	t6	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	1964	1964-05-31 (1)	CIN	STL	ahead 0-4	t2	---	0		Strikeout
4	1964	1964-05-31 (1)	CIN	STL	ahead 0-5	t4	---	0		Strikeout
5	1964	1964-05-31 (1)	CIN	STL	ahead 0-5	t6	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; S. Boros to 2B
6	1964	1964-05-31 (1)	CIN	STL	ahead 0-6	t8	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; J. Edwards to 3B; S. Boros to 2B

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Roger Craig (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Roger Craig (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	1961	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1964	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Roger Craig (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Roger Craig (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1961	1961-04-23	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-1	b3	1--	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)
2	1961	1961-04-23	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-2	b5	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
3	1961	1961-04-23	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-4	b7	-2-	1	6 (3-2)	Groundout: 1B unassisted; J. Roseboro to 3B
4	1964	1964-05-31 (1)	STL	CIN	down 5-0	b3	1--	0		Strikeout Looking
5	1964	1964-05-31 (1)	STL	CIN	down 5-0	b5	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Comparison

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Totals

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	368	509	448	15	38	2	0	0	12	0	2	31	219	.085	.146	.089	.235	-35	40	6	1	28	1	0
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	325	.110	.163	.161	.325	-12	104	5	4	56	5	0

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	25-34	1955	1964	7	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Value

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	368	509	-3.3	-3.3	-3.3	0.0	-86	0	-2	0
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-2.1	-2.1	-2.1	0.0	-105	1	0	0

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Sabermetric

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	368	509	2	70	77	447	10	.165	27	-88	-9.1	.004	2.0	0.00	2
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	18	113	124	640	24	.204	89	-105	-10.7	.051	2.0		0

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	25-34	1955	1964	7	9	0	2	2	7	1	.250	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		0			.000	1.0		0

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Win Probability

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Roger Craig	25-36	1955	1966	368	509	-6.9	-7.6	-0.1	-77.07	-7.8	-82.41	0.90
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-7.9	-8.8	0.3	-94.42	-9.3	-96.94	0.92

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Head-to-Head Batting

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	8	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Purkey	8	16	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.100	.357	.100	.457	1	0	1	2	0	0

Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: Game Logs

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Roger Craig vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Roger Craig	STL	1964-06-05		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	-0.006	0.69	-0.01%	-0.45			P
2	Bob Purkey	CIN	1964-06-05	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.068	3.09	-0.09%	-0.56			P
3	Roger Craig	STL	1964-05-31 (1)		8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.028	1.87	-0.05%	-0.46			P
4	Bob Purkey	CIN	1964-05-31 (1)	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.19	-0.019	0.39	-0.02%	-0.96			P
5	Roger Craig	NYM	1963-06-14		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bob Purkey	CIN	1963-06-14	*	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	0.014	1.17	0.02%	0.12			P
7	Roger Craig	LAD	1961-04-23	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	-0.047	1.74	-0.08%	-0.89			P
8	Bob Purkey	CIN	1961-04-23	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.052	2.53	-0.08%	-0.43			P
9	Roger Craig	LAD	1960-07-28	*	5	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	1	0	0	0.58	0.043	1.15	0.05%	1.00			P
10	Bob Purkey	CIN	1960-07-28		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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