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Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Pitching Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	56	46	.549	3.80	195	118	50	48	12	5	943.2	849	453	398	66	497	9	361	19	2	15	4076	1416	100	4.34	1.426	8.1	0.6	4.7	3.4

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	2	0	1.000	2.35	3	3	0	1	0	0	15.1	10	4	4	0	8	1	10	0	1	0	61	18			1.174	5.9	0.0	4.7	5.9

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Value

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	118	943.2	5.8	-1.3

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Totals Against

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	118	943.2	1416	3500	618	135	30	35	32	52.24	10	90	54	5	.243	.339	.355	.694	96	.112	.254	430	1242	231	1365	1416

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	3	15.1	18	52	8	1	1	1	2	33.33	0	0	1	0	.192	.300	.250	.550		.058	.238	4	13	2	18	18

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Starting & Relieving

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	60	51	51.5	46	19	41	1	83.3	50	77

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	1	33	58.0						0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Ratios

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	118	943.2	8.9	12.2	-3.3

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	3	15.1	16.4	13.1	3.3

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Pitch Summary

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	118	943.2

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	361	90	241	66.76
2	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	3	15.1

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Head-to-Head Pitching

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	0	1	.000	18.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	4	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	13	4.500	22.5	4.5	18.0	4.5
2	Whitey Ford	2	0	1.000	1.69	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.0	11	3	3	0	10	0	12	0	0	1	67	1.313	6.2	0.0	5.6	6.8

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	1954-05-25	CG, W	9.0	7	3	3	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	38	12	32	4	0	3	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	3	60			0.0	1.01			0.71
2	Spec Shea	WSH	1954-05-25	8-GF	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.0	1.08	1	0	0.03
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1953-08-12	GS-7, W	7.0	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	8	0	0	1	29	9	24	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	72			0.1	3.39			0.36
4	Spec Shea	WSH	1953-08-12	GS-1, L	0.1	4	4	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	25			-0.3	-3.41			1.19

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Batter vs. Pitcher

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Spec Shea (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Spec Shea (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	1954	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Spec Shea (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Spec Shea (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-05-25	WSH	NYY	down 9-3	b8	1-3	2		Groundout: 2B-1B

Spec Shea (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Spec Shea (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	1954	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Spec Shea (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Spec Shea (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-05-25	NYY	WSH	ahead 3-9	t9	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Batting Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Batting Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	338	298	29	58	8	4	1	33	0	0	19	63	.195	.245	.258	.504	39	77	7	1	19	0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	0		0

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Batting Value

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	338	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	-25	0	0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Batting Sabermetric

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	60.00	5
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	338	13	78	85	266	19	.244	61	-26	-2.8	.064	4.7		0

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	5	1	2	2	3	1	.667	1			.200	2.5		0

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Batting Win Probability

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	338	-1.0	-2.2	1.1	-15.90	-1.6	-23.29	0.90

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Head-to-Head Batting

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	Spec Shea	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	2	10	9	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	6	0	0	1	0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford vs. Spec Shea: 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	1954-05-25	*	9	9	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.53	0.030	1.86	0.06%	0.15			P
2	Spec Shea	WSH	1954-05-25		2	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	-0.005	0.14	0.00%	-0.46			P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1953-08-12	*	8	9	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.800	.800	.800	1.600	4	0	0	0		0	0.09	0.017	0.27	0.03%	2.95			P
4	Spec Shea	WSH	1953-08-12	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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