Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Pitching Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	236	106	.690	2.75	498	438	35	156	45	11	3170.1	2766	1107	967	228	1086	49	1956	28	5	75	13036	4058	133	3.26	1.215	7.9	0.6	3.1	5.6
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	283	237	.544	3.45	898	625	102	180	31	17	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023	6155	108	3.41	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	10	8	.556	2.71	22	22	0	7	3	0	146.0	132	51	44	8	34	2	94	3	0	4	594	180			1.137	8.1	0.5	2.1	5.8
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	1	3	.250	4.01	9	5	0	1	0	0	24.2	30	14	11	1	8	2	10	1	0	1	113	41		1.18	1.541	10.9	0.4	2.9	3.6

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Value

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	53.6	28.6
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	45.2	7.8

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Totals Against

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	4058	11750	2077	377	84	30	54	35.71	51	355	117	49	.235	.300	.340	.640	82	.105	.264	1205	3995	689	3880	4058
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	6155	17503	3387	706	132	168	87	65.88	24	462	172	143	.264	.309	.387	.696	97	.123	.286	2121	6775	1233	5825	6155

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	180	549	100	20	4	2	2	50.00	0	17	3	5	.240	.286	.335	.621		.095	.274	54	184	32	169	180
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	41	100	24	5	0	1	1	50.00	0	2	4	0	.300	.358	.380	.738		.080	.326	15	38	6	39	41

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	282	64	57.8	43	15	35	8	57.9	35	60
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	365	58	53.0	284	97	34	16	51.5	102	273

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	15	68	57.7						0	0
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	2	40	47.0	5	2	40	1	0.0	0	4

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	15.0	8.3	6.7
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	12.9	5.7	7.2

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	15.8	5.7	10.1
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	8.8	7.1	1.8

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1		82
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1		69

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	604	86	404	66.89
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	246	67	160	65.04

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Pitching

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	2	3	.400	5.46	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.2	28	22	18	5	14	2	20	0	0	2	130	1.416	8.5	1.5	4.2	6.1
2	Whitey Ford	2	1	.667	4.46	5	5	0	0	0	0	34.1	31	19	17	5	11	1	13	1	0	0	146	1.223	8.1	1.3	2.9	3.4

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1965-08-10	GS-7	7.0	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	26	5	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	67			0.1	1.04			0.74
2	Jim Kaat	MIN	1965-08-10	GS-8, W	7.1	7	3	2	1	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	31	10	29	5	0	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	56			0.0	0.01			1.45
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1962-07-08	GS-9, W	8.0	9	7	6	1	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	35	13	31	5	1	1	0	0	0	18	1	1	0	4	40			-0.1	-1.88			0.97
4	Jim Kaat	MIN	1962-07-08	GS-7, L	6.1	9	7	7	0	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	13	27	5	2	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	1	4	29			-0.4	-3.09			1.39
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1961-05-04	GS-6, W	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	26	9	22	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	51			0.1	1.21			0.95
6	Jim Kaat	MIN	1961-05-04	GS-2, L	1.1	3	3	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	10	6	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	36			-0.2	-2.88			1.06
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1960-05-13	GS-7	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	28	11	24	3	1	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	46			-0.1	-0.39			1.22
8	Jim Kaat	WSH	1960-05-13	GS-8, L	7.2	6	5	5	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	32	10	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	2	47			-0.3	-1.33			1.23
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1960-04-27	GS-8, L	7.1	7	5	5	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	31	9	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	45			-0.4	-1.53			1.04
10	Jim Kaat	WSH	1960-04-27	GS-7, W	7.0	3	4	1	3	1	2	1	4	0	0	1	26	6	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	63			-0.2	-0.75			0.95

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Batter vs. Pitcher

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (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	1960	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
2	1962	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1965	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1960	1960-04-27	WSH	NYY	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1960	1960-04-27	WSH	NYY	down 3-1	t5	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1960	1960-05-13	WSH	NYY	down 3-1	b2	---	2		Single to CF (Line Drive)
4	1960	1960-05-13	WSH	NYY	down 3-1	b5	---	0		Flyball: 2B
5	1960	1960-05-13	WSH	NYY	tied 3-3	b6	12-	2		Strikeout
6	1962	1962-07-08	MIN	NYY	ahead 0-3	b2	1--	1		Strikeout
7	1962	1962-07-08	MIN	NYY	ahead 2-4	b4	--3	2		Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
8	1965	1965-08-10	MIN	NYY	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; D. Mincher to 3B
9	1965	1965-08-10	MIN	NYY	ahead 0-2	t5	---	0		Flyball: CF

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (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	1960	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1961	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
3	1962	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1965	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1960	1960-04-27	NYY	WSH	down 1-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
2	1960	1960-04-27	NYY	WSH	ahead 1-3	b5	---	1		Foul Popfly: 3B
3	1960	1960-05-13	NYY	WSH	ahead 1-3	t2	---	0		Groundout: P-2B-1B
4	1960	1960-05-13	NYY	WSH	ahead 1-3	t4	1--	2		Strikeout
5	1960	1960-05-13	NYY	WSH	tied 3-3	t7	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1961	1961-05-04	NYY	MIN	ahead 0-3	t2	---	1		Walk
7	1962	1962-07-08	NYY	MIN	down 3-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
8	1962	1962-07-08	NYY	MIN	down 4-2	t5	---	0		Strikeout Looking
9	1962	1962-07-08	NYY	MIN	tied 4-4	t6	---	2		Strikeout
10	1965	1965-08-10	NYY	MIN	down 2-0	b3	1--	1		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
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Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	1023	91	177	19	0	3	69	3	2	113	224	.173	.256	.200	.457	28	205	10	3	65	4	0
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	49	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	14	.082	.196	.082	.278	4	1	0	1	0	0
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Value

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	3.5	3.5	3.7	-0.3	-100	5	-3	0
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	5.3	5.0	5.6	-0.4	-101	5	-1	0

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Sabermetric

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	22	293	305	927	65	.218	157	-100	-10.4	.027	4.6	60.0	5
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	65	302	320	1075	83	.247	207	-110	-11.7	.082	3.4	83.3	6

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	0	11	11	47	3	.114	7			.000	3.5		0
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	0	2	2	8	1	.667	2			.000	1.5		0

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	-7.3	-9.3	0.7	-85.88	-8.9	-96.34	0.84
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	-9.4	-8.7	-0.9	-92.31	-9.5	-90.13	0.97

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Batting

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	5	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	5	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	0	0	1	0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1965-08-10	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	-0.084	0.06	0.00%	-0.60			P
2	Jim Kaat	MIN	1965-08-10	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.081	3.87	-0.17%	-0.71			P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1962-07-08	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.79	-0.068	4.19	-0.22%	-0.73			P
4	Jim Kaat	MIN	1962-07-08	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.043	2.40	-0.08%	-0.67			P
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1961-05-04	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	0.008	1.30	0.02%	0.16			P
6	Jim Kaat	MIN	1961-05-04	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1960-05-13	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.056	1.79	-0.09%	-0.57			P
8	Jim Kaat	WSH	1960-05-13	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.083	1.98	-0.07%	-0.55			P
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1960-04-27	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	-0.022	1.40	-0.04%	-0.24			P
10	Jim Kaat	WSH	1960-04-27	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	-0.048	2.04	-0.06%	-0.44			P

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