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Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Pitching Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	122	99	.552	3.67	345	273	28	101	25	5	2017.1	1988	909	822	198	495	52	880	45	6	18	8407	2630	104	3.70	1.231	8.9	0.9	2.2	3.9
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	28	33	.459	4.48	135	75	26	10	0	4	536.1	513	318	267	62	284	19	255	12	3	15	2387	857	90	4.78	1.486	8.6	1.0	4.8	4.3

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	1	0	0	1	8.1	4	5	5	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	7			0.840	4.3	1.1	3.2	5.4

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Value

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	20.8	5.0
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	135	75	536.1	-0.8	-4.7

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Totals Against

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	2630	7713	1463	284	43	114	28	80.28	2	189	106	44	.258	.305	.383	.687	92	.125	.268	909	2952	525	2528	2630
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	135	75	536.1	857	2042	364	75	12	19	9	67.86	3	53	25	18	.251	.343	.391	.734	102	.140	.259	274	790	149	809	857

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	7	28											.143	.226					.136				7	7

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Starting & Relieving

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	149	55	53.2	56	13	23	4	55.6	28	72
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	32	43	47.0	42	16	38	5	44.4	26	60

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959								100.0	1	2

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Ratios

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	10.5	5.9	4.6
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	135	75	536.1	10.7	11.9	-1.2

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	16.1	9.7	6.5
2	Eli Grba	25	1960	1960

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Pitch Summary

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1		106
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	135	75	536.1		77

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Eli Grba	3	0	1.000	2.55	3	3	0	2	0	0	24.2	22	7	7	2	10	1	8	0	0	1	95	1.297	8.0	0.7	3.6	2.9
2	Dick Donovan	0	1	.000	6.23	3	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	14	11	6	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	43	1.962	14.5	1.0	3.1	2.1

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Game Logs

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Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	WSA	1961-09-28	GS-6, L	5.2	9	8	3	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	29	14	23	5	2	1	0	1	0	16	1	2	1	4	26			-0.5	-5.11			1.16
2	Eli Grba	LAA	1961-09-28	CG, W	9.0	8	4	4	0	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	35	12	31	5	2	0	2	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	56			0.0	1.04			0.83
3	Dick Donovan	WSA	1961-05-22	6-7	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0				0.0	0.12	0	0	0.20
4	Eli Grba	LAA	1961-05-22	GS-7, W	6.2	5	1	1	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	1	25	10	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	2	56			0.3	2.45			0.93
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1960-07-24 (2)	6-6	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0				-0.1	-2.16	1	1	0.42
6	Eli Grba	NYY	1960-07-24 (2)	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	35	10	34	9	0	0	1	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	62			0.1	2.18			0.87

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Eli Grba (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Eli Grba (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	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Eli Grba (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Eli Grba (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1961	1961-05-22	LAA	WSA	ahead 0-4	b6	-23	1		Bunt Groundout: 2B-P/Sacrifice; K. Aspromonte Scores; G. Leek to 3B
2	1961	1961-09-28	LAA	WSA	down 3-2	b2	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1961	1961-09-28	LAA	WSA	down 4-3	b5	---	0		Single to LF
4	1961	1961-09-28	LAA	WSA	ahead 4-7	b6	-2-	1		Walk

Eli Grba (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Eli Grba (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Eli Grba (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Eli Grba (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1961	1961-09-28	WSA	LAA	ahead 2-3	t2	--3	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1961	1961-09-28	WSA	LAA	ahead 3-4	t4	---	2		Single to LF

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Batting Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Batting Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	694	67	113	14	0	15	64	0	0	78	292	.163	.257	.248	.505	39	172	13	10	18	1	1
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	143	191	160	15	35	5	0	4	19	0	0	14	42	.219	.284	.325	.609	63	52	2	1	15	1	0

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Batting Value

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	2.4	2.4	2.6	-0.2	-60	-1	-1	0
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	143	191	1.3	1.3	1.4	-0.1	-9	0	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Batting Sabermetric

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	29	201	206	613	51	.253	116	-61	-6.3	.085	2.4		0
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	143	191	9	50	52	143	16	.270	30	-9	-1.0	.106	3.8		0

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	0	1	1	2		.500	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Eli Grba	25	1960	1960	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Batting Win Probability

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	-5.3	-5.6	0.1	-57.01		-59.33	0.96
2	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	143	191	-1.5	-1.2	-0.4	-10.86		-12.68	0.92

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Head-to-Head Batting

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Eli Grba	3	11	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.333	.556	.333	.889	2	0	1	2	0	0
2	Dick Donovan	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: Game Logs

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Dick Donovan vs. Eli Grba: 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	Dick Donovan	WSA	1961-09-28	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.041	0.00	0.00%	-0.46			P
2	Eli Grba	LAA	1961-09-28	*	9	9	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.58	0.048	0.00	0.00%	0.92			P
3	Dick Donovan	WSA	1961-05-22		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Eli Grba	LAA	1961-05-22	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.93	-0.067	0.39	-0.02%	-1.01			P
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1960-07-24 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Eli Grba	NYY	1960-07-24 (2)	*	9	9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.009	8.47	-0.04%	0.42			P

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