Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Pitching Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	207	128	.618	3.23	460	350	73	188	31	22	2850.0	2559	1185	1024	180	1251	55	1277	57	2	63	12099	4046	119	3.81	1.337	8.1	0.6	4.0	4.0

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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
2	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	2	2	.500	3.94	4	4	0	2	0	0	29.2	32	15	13	1	15	2	17	0	1	1	131	49			1.584	9.7	0.3	4.6	5.2

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Value

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	37.5	15.3

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Totals Against

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	4046	10643	1947	371	61	70	75	48.28	10	315	124	30	.240	.323	.337	.660	84	.097	.258	1170	3592	612	3867	4046

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	2	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.143	.226	.286	.512		.143	.136	2	8	2	7	7
2	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	49	112	27	4	0	1	1	50.00	1	4	3	1	.286	.367	.348	.715		.063	.326	15	39	5	47	49

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Starting & Relieving

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	25-37	1946	1958	215	61	54.8	90	22	24	8	73.3	73	110

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	1	100	65.0	4	1	25	0	100.0	1	2
2	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	2	50	49.3						0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Ratios

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	10.6	10.3	0.2

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	13.0	11.5	1.5

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Pitch Summary

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	21		15	71.43
2	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	220	110	129	58.64

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Dick Donovan	0	1	.000	7.62	3	2	1	1	0	0	13.0	16	11	11	2	4	1	7	0	0	0	60	1.538	11.1	1.4	2.8	4.8
2	Bob Lemon	2	0	1.000	2.38	3	3	0	2	0	0	22.2	20	9	6	3	7	0	11	0	0	0	95	1.191	7.9	1.2	2.8	4.4

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Game Logs

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Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	CHW	1956-07-01 (2)	CG(8), L	8.0	8	6	6	0	1	3	1	6	0	0	0	36	11	32	4	3	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	4	45			-0.2	-1.74			0.65
2	Bob Lemon	CLE	1956-07-01 (2)	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	37	10	34	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	75			0.3	3.79			0.79
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1955-07-03	GS-4	3.0	8	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	9	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	22			-0.4	-3.84			0.86
4	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-07-03	GS-5	4.2	10	6	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	25	12	24	4	4	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	6	26			-0.4	-3.74			0.98
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1955-04-17 (2)	8-GF	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.02	0	0	0.31
6	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-04-17 (2)	CG, W	9.0	5	2	2	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	33	8	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	71			0.4	2.57			1.06

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (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	1955	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1956	4	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	.286	.286	.714	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-04-17 (2)	CLE	CHW	ahead 2-4	t9	---	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1955	1955-07-03	CLE	CHW	ahead 2-4	b2	---	0		Flyball: 2B
3	1955	1955-07-03	CLE	CHW	ahead 3-5	b4	---	0		Single to CF
4	1956	1956-07-01 (2)	CLE	CHW	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1956	1956-07-01 (2)	CLE	CHW	ahead 1-3	b4	1--	2		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1956	1956-07-01 (2)	CLE	CHW	ahead 1-4	b6	-2-	1		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Hegan Scores
7	1956	1956-07-01 (2)	CLE	CHW	ahead 1-6	b8	---	2		Flyball: CF (Deep CF)

Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Lemon (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	1955	4	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	0	0	0	0	0
2	1956	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	.333	.429	.833	1.262	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-04-17 (2)	CHW	CLE	down 4-2	b7	12-	2		Strikeout
2	1955	1955-07-03	CHW	CLE	down 4-1	t2	---	2		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	1955	1955-07-03	CHW	CLE	down 5-3	t4	---	2		Single to RF
4	1955	1955-07-08	CHW	CLE	down 1-0	b8	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1956	1956-07-01 (2)	CHW	CLE	down 1-0	t2	12-	1		Walk; L. Moss to 3B; L. Aparicio to 2B
6	1956	1956-07-01 (2)	CHW	CLE	tied 1-1	t4	---	2		Lineout: 2B
7	1956	1956-07-01 (2)	CHW	CLE	down 6-1	t7	---	1		Groundout: P-1B

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	1183	148	274	54	9	37	147	2	1	93	241	.232	.288	.386	.674	83	457	9	2	49	3	0

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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
2	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	5	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Value

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	10.7	10.3	10.6	0.0	-30	4	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Sabermetric

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	100	369	387	971	140	.261	258	-35	-3.6	.155	4.9	66.7	3

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	0	.500	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	5	14	0	1	1	13	0	.000	0			.000	13.0		0

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Win Probability

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	-5.7	-59.33	0.96
2	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	0.2	-1.2	1.4	-16.25	-1.6	-13.42	0.98

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Head-to-Head Batting

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Dick Donovan	3	6	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Lemon	3	10	9	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.444	.500	.778	1.278	7	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: Game Logs

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Dick Donovan vs. Bob Lemon: 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	CHW	1956-07-01 (2)	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	0.045	5.40	0.16%	0.38			P
2	Bob Lemon	CLE	1956-07-01 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	0.011	1.96	0.03%	0.97			P
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1955-07-03	*	4	9	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.500	3.500	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.39	0.090	1.28	0.18%	1.13			P
4	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-07-03	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	0.008	1.48	0.01%	0.15			P
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1955-04-17 (2)		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	-0.075	9.03	-0.14%	-0.44			PH P
6	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-04-17 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	0.121	2.04	0.22%	1.11			P

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