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Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Pitching Comparison

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	27	36	.429	3.49	190	75	63	27	7	12	691.2	659	321	268	53	306	22	296	16	1	11	2934	1018	109	4.20	1.395	8.6	0.7	4.0	3.9
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	118	101	.539	3.69	418	238	104	98	11	24	1952.1	1763	909	800	116	979	72	971	35	4	61	8472	2903	102	3.99	1.404	8.1	0.5	4.5	4.5

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	30	1944	1944	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	21	3			0.500	3.0	0.0	1.5	13.5
2	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	0	0		7.36	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	19	8			2.182	14.7	0.0	4.9	2.5

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Value

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	190	75	691.2	8.3	1.8
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	19.5	1.9

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals Against

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	190	75	691.2	1018	2616	481	100	25	25	22	53.19	1	42	52	0	.252	.334	.370	.704	98	.118	.267	327	968	178	981	1018
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	2903	7311	1239	343	65	87	66	56.86	2	139	134	10	.241	.333	.353	.687	95	.112	.264	867	2584	524	2777	2903

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	30	1944	1944	2	0	6.0	3	20											.100	.143					.182				3	3
2	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	3.2	8	17											.353	.421					.375				8	8

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Starting & Relieving

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	42	56	51.6	70	32	46	3	80.0	63	115
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	129	54	52.4	134	57	43	7	77.4	104	180

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Blix Donnelly	30	1944	1944									2	2
2	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941									0	0

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Ratios

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	190	75	691.2	10.1	10.4	-0.3
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	11.5	11.6	-0.1

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Blix Donnelly	30	1944	1944	2	0	6.0	42.9	4.8	38.1
2	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	3.2	5.3	10.5	-5.3

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Pitch Summary

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	190	75	691.2		107
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1		88

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Blix Donnelly	30	1944	1944	2	0	6.0
2	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	3.2

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Head-to-Head Pitching

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	1	1	.500	3.32	5	4	0	2	1	0	21.2	24	12	8	3	7	0	8	0	0	0	96	1.431	10.0	1.2	2.9	3.3
2	Kirby Higbe	0	1	.000	4.73	5	1	2	1	0	0	13.1	16	7	7	2	2	0	8	0	0	0	54	1.350	10.8	1.4	1.4	5.4

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Game Logs

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Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1948-08-28 (2)	GS-	2.0	8	5	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	9	14	6	2	0				10		0	0	2	22
2	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-08-28 (2)		5.0	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	7	20	4	1	0				14		0	0	3
3	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1948-07-22 (2)	CG	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	19	4	18	2	0	0				6		0	0	1	59
4	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-07-22 (2)	CG	5.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	4	17	3	0	0				3		0	0	0	58
5	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1948-06-20 (2)	GS-4, L	3.2	9	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	12	19	6	1	0	1	0	0	16	1	1	0	3	23			-0.3	-4.16			0.93
6	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-06-20 (2)	6-6, H	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.65	1	1	1.68
7	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1948-05-12	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	33	6	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	83			0.3	4.60			0.70
8	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-05-12	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.51	0	0	0.02
9	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1947-06-22	9-10	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0				0.3	1.07	0	0	2.64
10	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1947-06-22	12-GF(13), L	2.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	6	9	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0				-0.1	0.07	0	0	3.66

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Blix Donnelly (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Blix Donnelly (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	1948	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Blix Donnelly (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Blix Donnelly (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1948	1948-05-12	PHI	PIT	ahead 0-5	t9	---	1		Strikeout

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Comparison

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Totals

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	190	230	201	12	32	3	1	0	8	0	0	14	35	.159	.214	.184	.398	10	37	6	0	15		0
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	660	35	101	14	2	3	47	0	1	15	135	.153	.172	.194	.366	1	128	19	0	39		0

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	30	1944	1944	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Value

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	190	230	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	-25	-1	0	0
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	-1.8	-1.8	-1.7	-0.1	-88	0	-1	0

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Sabermetric

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	190	230	4	46	48	190	9	.193	20	-26	-2.6	.025	5.7		0
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	19	116	124	618	22	.188	79	-90	-9.6	.041	4.9	0.00	1

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	30	1944	1944	2	1	0	0	0	1			0			.000	1.0		0
2	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	0	1	1	0		1.000	0			.000			0

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Win Probability

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Blix Donnelly	30-37	1944	1951	190	230	-2.1	-2.0	-0.4	-25.85		-22.92	0.89
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	-7.6	-8.3	-0.2	-91.29		-91.78	0.90

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Head-to-Head Batting

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	1	0	0		0
2	Kirby Higbe	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: Game Logs

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Blix Donnelly vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1948-08-28 (2)	*	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0								P
2	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-08-28 (2)		1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0								P
3	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1948-07-22 (2)	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0								P
4	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-07-22 (2)	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0								P
5	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1948-06-20 (2)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.74	-0.019	1.54	-0.02%	-0.23			P
6	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-06-20 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1948-05-12	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	0.35	-0.050	0.95	-0.08%	-1.13			P
8	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-05-12		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Blix Donnelly	PHI	1947-06-22		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1947-06-22		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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