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Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Pitching Comparison

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Totals

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	37	48	.435	3.86	207	86	57	27	5	6	814.1	774	393	349	42	425	18	432	19	0	19	3606	1263	93	3.88	1.472	8.6	0.5	4.7	4.8
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	86	80	.518	3.42	272	179	54	65	13	16	1453.2	1446	672	552	79	431	56	660	22	1	17	6159	1999	109	3.54	1.291	9.0	0.5	2.7	4.1

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	29	1945	1945	0	0		3.86	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	32	12			1.571	10.3	0.0	3.9	6.4
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	0	2	.000	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	6	6	2	6	1	7	0	0	1	50	19			1.636	9.8	1.6	4.9	5.7

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Value

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	207	86	814.1	6.6	-0.9
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	16.1	3.7

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Totals Against

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	207	86	814.1	1263	3080	597	111	24	26	17	60.47	7	48	76	0	.251	.346	.344	.689	99	.093	.281	369	1059	177	1218	1263
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	1999	5592	1157	167	43	41	40	50.62	10	99	111	7	.259	.314	.346	.660	87	.088	.281	611	1936	289	1899	1999

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	29	1945	1945	4	0	7.0	12	28	5	3	0	1	0	100.00	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.393	.768		.107	.348	5	11	3	12	12
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	19	44	7	2	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	.273	.360	.500	.860		.227	.286	7	22	5	18	19

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Starting & Relieving

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	40	47	49.3	97	27	28	2	75.0	57	121
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	101	56	51.9	109	38	35	10	61.5	54	93

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Paul Erickson	29	1945	1945	0			0	0				3	4
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	0	0	42.0	0	0				0	1

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Ratios

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	207	86	814.1	12.0	11.8	0.2
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	10.7	7.0	3.7

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Paul Erickson	29	1945	1945	4	0	7.0	15.6	9.4	6.3
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	14.0	12.0	2.0

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Pitch Summary

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	207	86	814.1
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Paul Erickson	29	1945	1945	4	0	7.0	110		69	62.73
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	173	74	99	57.23

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Head-to-Head Pitching

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Totals

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	0	1	.000	1.20	4	1	2	1	0	0	15.0	10	2	2	0	8	0	8	1	0	1	61	1.200	6.0	0.0	4.8	4.8
2	Cliff Melton	4	0	1.000	1.00	4	4	0	4	3	0	36.0	23	4	4	1	7	0	21	2	0	1	139	0.833	5.8	0.3	1.8	5.3

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Game Logs

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Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	CHC	1942-06-21 (1)	8-GF(8)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.56	0	0	0.06
2	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-06-21 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	32	5	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	84			0.3	3.95			0.53
3	Paul Erickson	CHC	1942-05-02	CG, L	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	35	12	31	5	1	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	1	71			0.3	2.75			1.15
4	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-05-02	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	32	7	31	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	79			0.8	3.75			1.74
5	Paul Erickson	CHC	1941-05-17	8-GF	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.91	0	0	0.00
6	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-05-17	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	34	8	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	80			0.3	4.09			0.72
7	Paul Erickson	CHC	1941-05-04		3.0	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	13	5	9									1	0
8	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-05-04	CG, W	9.0	8	4	4	0	1	3		5	2	0	1	41	13	36	7	0	0				11		0	0	1	57

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Batter vs. Pitcher

Paul Erickson (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Paul Erickson (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (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	1942	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Paul Erickson (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Paul Erickson (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-05-02	CHC	NYG	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1942	1942-05-02	CHC	NYG	down 1-0	b6	---	0		Strikeout
3	1942	1942-05-02	CHC	NYG	down 1-0	b8	1--	0		Strikeout (foul bunt)

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Paul Erickson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Paul Erickson (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	1941	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1942	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0	0

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Paul Erickson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Paul Erickson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1941	1941-05-17	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-9	t9	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1942	1942-05-02	NYG	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	1		Walk
3	1942	1942-05-02	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Flyball: LF
4	1942	1942-05-02	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-1	t7	---	1		Strikeout Looking
5	1942	1942-06-21 (1)	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-5	b8	12-	2		Walk; B. Jurges to 3B; M. Witek to 2B

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Comparison

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Totals

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	207	277	258	12	38	9	1	3	11	0	0	7	89	.147	.170	.225	.395	11	58	4	0	11		0
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	469	28	77	4	2	0	32	0	1	20	108	.164	.198	.181	.380	6	85	10	0	51		0

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0		0

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Value

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	207	277	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-32	0	0	0
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	-0.1	-64	1	0	0

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Sabermetric

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	207	277	13	45	48	235	11	.211	20	-31	-3.2	.078	2.9		0
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	6	97	105	454	17	.213	60	-61	-6.5	.017	4.3	0.0	1

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	29	1945	1945	4	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Win Probability

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Paul Erickson	25-32	1941	1948	207	277	-2.3	-2.6	0.3	-28.05	-2.9	-28.56	1.00
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	-5.6	-6.0	-0.3	-65.57	-7.0	-65.81	0.89

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Head-to-Head Batting

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Totals

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Cliff Melton	4	16	11	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.182	.308	.182	.490	2	0	0	3		0

Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: Game Logs

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Paul Erickson vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Paul Erickson	CHC	1942-06-21 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-06-21 (1)	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1		0	0.39	-0.017	0.36	-0.01%	-0.12			P
3	Paul Erickson	CHC	1942-05-02	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.15	-0.146	4.32	-0.18%	-0.66			P
4	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-05-02	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0		0	0.99	-0.015	2.01	-0.02%	-0.12			P
5	Paul Erickson	CHC	1941-05-17		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-05-17	*	9	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0		0	0.53	-0.004	1.17	-0.01%	-0.66			P
7	Paul Erickson	CHC	1941-05-04		1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0										P
8	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-05-04	*	10	9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	2										P

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