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Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitching Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	119	99	.546	3.38	537	171	192	78	15	48	1935.2	1795	817	726	151	643	75	1072	41	6	29	8045	2584	119	3.46	1.260	8.3	0.7	3.0	5.0

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	1	.000	4.15	6	1	1	0	0	1	13.0	12	8	6	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	51	15			1.154	8.3	0.7	2.1	5.5

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Value

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	32.2	16.2

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals Against

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	2584	7249	1288	291	65	46	39	54.12	14	191	91	30	.248	.311	.368	.680	88	.121	.272	842	2670	507	2479	2584

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15	48	10	0	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	.250	.294	.354	.648		.104	.282	5	17	2	15	15

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Starting & Relieving

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	95	56	53.8	296	107	36	25	65.8	192	366

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	0	35.0	5	1	20	0	100.0	1	5

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Ratios

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	13.3	8.0	5.3

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15.7	5.9	9.8

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitch Summary

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	150	50	100	66.67

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	3	1	.750	4.06	6	5	0	1	0	0	37.2	34	17	17	5	12	1	15	0	0	0	154	1.221	8.1	1.2	2.9	3.6
2	Bobby Shantz	0	3	.000	4.84	6	2	1	0	0	1	22.1	23	13	12	1	8	2	14	1	0	0	98	1.388	9.3	0.4	3.2	5.6

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Game Logs

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Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	1960-06-09	4-6	2.2	3	2	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	13	5	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1				0.0	0.46	3	0	1.19
2	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1960-06-09	7-GF, S	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	1.39	0	0	0.70
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1960-05-21	GS-2	2.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	35			-0.2	-2.02			0.89
4	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1960-05-21	5-7, L	3.0	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	16	7	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	0				-0.2	-1.53	0	0	1.01
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-06-28 (2)	GS-9, W	8.1	5	2	2	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	32	8	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	65			0.1	1.46			0.64
6	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1959-06-28 (2)	6-7	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		25	19	0.0	0.97	0	0	0.17
7	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-06-26	GS-7, L	7.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	29	8	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	51			-0.2	-0.76			1.06
8	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1958-06-26	7-8, H	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.16	0	0	2.70
9	Dick Donovan	CHW	1957-07-25	CG, W	9.0	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	32	7	29	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	71			0.4	2.17			0.99
10	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-07-25	GS-8, L	8.0	7	4	3	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	32	10	29	5	1	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	1	2	54			-0.1	-0.30			0.87
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Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (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	1
2	1957	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	0	0	0	0	1
3	1959	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	.286	.286	.714	1.000	0	0	0	0	2

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-05-21	CHW	KCA	ahead 1-2	b2	1--	2		Strikeout
2	1955	1955-05-21	CHW	KCA	ahead 2-4	b4	12-	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
3	1955	1955-05-21	CHW	KCA	ahead 3-4	b6	12-	1		Single to SS; S. Lollar to 2B; V. Stephens to 3B
4	1957	1957-07-25	CHW	NYY	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
5	1957	1957-07-25	CHW	NYY	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
6	1957	1957-07-25	CHW	NYY	ahead 0-3	t7	---	1		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	1959	1959-06-28 (2)	CHW	NYY	ahead 0-4	b6	-2-	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bobby Shantz (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1957	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-05-21	KCA	CHW	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1955	1955-05-21	KCA	CHW	down 4-2	t5	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1957	1957-07-25	NYY	CHW	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Walk
4	1957	1957-07-25	NYY	CHW	down 3-0	b6	---	0		Strikeout

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	3	2	47	96	.195	.265	.245	.509	38	134	4	5	44	1	0

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Value

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	2.5	2.5	2.5	0.0	-49	3	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Sabermetric

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	23	159	169	492	39	.235	105	-48	-5.0	.049	5.7	60.0	5

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	0	1	1	3	0	.250	0			.000			0

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Win Probability

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	-3.5	-3.7	-0.1	-40.07	-4.1	-41.87	0.90

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Batting

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	6	13	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.583	.833	7	2	0	1	0	0
2	Bobby Shantz	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: Game Logs

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Dick Donovan vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	1960-06-09		4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1960-06-09		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	-0.002	0.17	0.00%	-0.15			P
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1960-05-21	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1960-05-21		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.024	4.85	-0.05%	-0.31			P
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-06-28 (2)	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	0.021	1.38	0.06%	0.11			P
6	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1959-06-28 (2)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-06-26	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.032	1.98	-0.04%	-0.38			P
8	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1958-06-26		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Dick Donovan	CHW	1957-07-25	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.91	-0.075	6.36	-0.32%	-0.66			P
10	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-07-25	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.015	7.31	0.07%	0.15			P
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