Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Pitching Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Whitey Ford 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	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	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

Whitey Ford 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	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	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

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Value

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	37.5	15.3

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Totals Against

Whitey Ford 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	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	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

Whitey Ford 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	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	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

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Starting & Relieving

Whitey Ford 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	282	64	57.8	43	15	35	8	57.9	35	60
2	Bob Lemon	25-37	1946	1958	215	61	54.8	90	22	24	8	73.3	73	110

Whitey Ford 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	15	68	57.7						0	0
2	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	2	50	49.3						0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Ratios

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

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	13.0	11.5	1.5

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Pitch Summary

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	220	110	129	58.64

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Head-to-Head Pitching

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Whitey Ford 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	Bob Lemon	4	6	.400	5.20	13	12	0	2	0	0	64.0	68	55	37	7	35	4	37	4	0	2	306	1.609	9.6	1.0	4.9	5.2
2	Whitey Ford	5	3	.625	4.58	13	9	2	2	1	1	70.2	57	36	36	8	44	2	43	2	0	2	307	1.429	7.3	1.0	5.6	5.5

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1958-05-25 (1)	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	37	10	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	73			0.3	3.17			1.20
2	Bob Lemon	CLE	1958-05-25 (1)	7-8	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	11	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		39	16	0.0	-1.07	0	0	0.24
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-07-30	GS-9, W	8.2	8	6	6	0	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	43	17	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	2	46			0.0	-2.00			0.12
4	Bob Lemon	CLE	1956-07-30	GS-2, L	1.1	4	7	1	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	8	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	29			-0.4	-6.22			1.42
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-06-26 (2)	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	34	9	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	77			0.6	4.44			1.45
6	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-06-26 (2)	GS-1, L	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	43			-0.1	-0.51			1.23
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-06-12 (2)	2-7, L	5.2	3	4	4	0	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	22	7	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	1	0	1				0.0	0.01	2	0	1.20
8	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-06-12 (2)	GS-9, W	8.1	9	3	2	1	1	8	1	6	1	0	0	42	19	32	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	2	53			0.1	0.07			1.45
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-05-10	4-5	2.0	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	7	12	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2				-0.3	-3.01	0	0	0.91
10	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-05-10	GS-8, W	7.1	9	6	6	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	34	12	32	6	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	3	36			-0.1	-2.57			0.82
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Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Batter vs. Pitcher

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (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	1953	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1954	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1955	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
4	1956	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1958	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	15	11	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	.091	.286	.091	.377	1	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-05-05	NYY	CLE	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Flyball: CF
2	1953	1953-05-05	NYY	CLE	ahead 0-1	t4	12-	1		Walk; G. McDougald to 3B; B. Martin to 2B
3	1954	1954-04-30	NYY	CLE	tied 4-4	b7	---	1		Strikeout
4	1954	1954-04-30	NYY	CLE	tied 4-4	b9	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
5	1954	1954-09-02	NYY	CLE	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1954	1954-09-02	NYY	CLE	down 1-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout
7	1954	1954-09-02	NYY	CLE	ahead 1-3	b7	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
8	1954	1954-09-12 (1)	NYY	CLE	tied 0-0	t2	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; A. Carey to 3B; W. Miranda to 2B
9	1954	1954-09-12 (1)	NYY	CLE	tied 0-0	t5	---	1		Flyball: 2B
10	1955	1955-05-04	NYY	CLE	ahead 0-3	t2	---	1		Walk
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Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Lemon (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	1953	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1954	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	1	0	0	0	0
3	1955	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-05-05	CLE	NYY	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	0		Fielder's Choice C; J. Hegan out at 3B/C-3B
2	1954	1954-04-30	CLE	NYY	tied 4-4	t9	---	2		Strikeout
3	1954	1954-04-30	CLE	NYY	ahead 4-9	t10	--3	2		Flyball: CF
4	1954	1954-06-27	CLE	NYY	down 1-0	b2	12-	2		Popfly: 3B
5	1954	1954-09-02	CLE	NYY	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1954	1954-09-02	CLE	NYY	ahead 0-1	t6	---	0		Strikeout
7	1954	1954-09-12 (1)	CLE	NYY	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Walk; J. Hegan to 2B
8	1954	1954-09-12 (1)	CLE	NYY	tied 0-0	b5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. Hegan to 2B
9	1955	1955-05-04	CLE	NYY	down 4-2	b3	---	0		Groundout: 1B-P
10	1955	1955-05-10	CLE	NYY	ahead 1-4	t4	12-	1		Strikeout
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Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Totals

Whitey Ford 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	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	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

Whitey Ford 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	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	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

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Value

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

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Sabermetric

Whitey Ford 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	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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	100	369	387	971	140	.261	258	-35	-3.6	.155	4.9	66.7	3

Whitey Ford 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	0	11	11	47	3	.114	7			.000	3.5		0
2	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	5	14	0	1	1	13	0	.000	0			.000	13.0		0

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Win Probability

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	0.2	-1.2	1.4	-16.25	-1.6	-13.42	0.98

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Head-to-Head Batting

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Whitey Ford 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	Bob Lemon	13	26	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	1	0	2	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	13	29	22	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.273	.385	.273	.657	6	0	0	3	0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Bob Lemon: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1958-05-25 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.79	0.033	4.40	0.11%	0.48			P
2	Bob Lemon	CLE	1958-05-25 (1)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-07-30	*	9	9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.41	0.009	1.71	0.02%	-0.47			P
4	Bob Lemon	CLE	1956-07-30	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-06-26 (2)	*	9	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	0.008	6.34	0.04%	0.30			P
6	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-06-26 (2)	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-06-12 (2)		7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.065	13.07	-0.26%	-0.48			P
8	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-06-12 (2)	*	9	9	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.79	0.065	3.60	0.18%	0.32			P
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-05-10		3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	0.032	10.95	0.09%	0.27			P
10	Bob Lemon	CLE	1955-05-10	*	8	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	-0.001	2.63	0.00%	-0.54			P
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