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Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Pitching Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	59	51	.536	3.74	335	101	99	22	7	17	1137.0	1029	521	473	107	449	37	704	34	3	39	4796	1566	102	3.75	1.300	8.1	0.8	3.6	5.6

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	169			1.137	8.1	0.5	2.1	5.8
2	Tom Sturdivant	25-27	1955	1957	1	0	1.000	4.34	6	2	2	1	0	0	18.2	19	9	9	2	11	1	11	0	0	0	83	30			1.607	9.2	1.0	5.3	5.3

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Value

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	335	101	1137.0	10.3	1.3

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Totals Against

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	335	101	1137.0	1566	4216	720	173	29	43	46	48.31	0	83	62	41	.244	.319	.375	.694	94	.131	.268	511	1581	309	1512	1566

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	169	549											.240	.288					.277				169	169
2	Tom Sturdivant	25-27	1955	1957	6	2	18.2	30	69											.275	.375					.304				30	30

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Starting & Relieving

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	59	58	53.4	214	74	35	12	58.6	99	234

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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									0	0
2	Tom Sturdivant	25-27	1955	1957									2	4

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Ratios

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	335	101	1137.0	14.7	9.4	5.3

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-27	1955	1957	6	2	18.2	13.3	13.3	0.0

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Pitch Summary

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	335	101	1137.0		69

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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
2	Tom Sturdivant	25-27	1955	1957	6	2	18.2

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Head-to-Head Pitching

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	0	1	.000	0.63	4	0	2	0	0	0	14.1	7	3	1	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	53	0.698	4.4	0.6	1.9	3.8
2	Whitey Ford	2	0	1.000	2.70	4	4	0	2	0	0	26.2	25	10	8	1	8	0	14	0	0	1	111	1.238	8.4	0.3	2.7	4.7

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	1963-09-20 (1)	GS-5	5.0	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	19	6	18	4	1	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	1	56			0.1	1.24			0.87
2	Tom Sturdivant	KCA	1963-09-20 (1)	7-12	6.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.6	2.69	0	0	1.38
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1963-09-11	CG, W	9.0	7	2	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	37	11	32	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	2	0	69			0.3	2.32			0.74
4	Tom Sturdivant	KCA	1963-09-11	5-5	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.22	1	0	0.22
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1963-06-09	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	36	9	34	6	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	2	68			0.2	2.20			0.97
6	Tom Sturdivant	DET	1963-06-09	8-GF	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				0.0	-0.07	0	0	0.09
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1959-06-09	GS-4	3.2	5	5	5	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	19	8	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	29			-0.4	-3.55			1.05
8	Tom Sturdivant	KCA	1959-06-09	7-GF(13), BL	6.0	4	2	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	26	8	23	3	0	1	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	1				0.0	-0.17	0	0	2.58

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Sturdivant (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Sturdivant (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	1963	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

Tom Sturdivant (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Sturdivant (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-06-09	NYY	DET	ahead 2-6	t8	---	1		Flyball: CF (Short CF)

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Batting Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Batting Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	336	364	328	17	60	2	1	0	10	0	1	11	54	.183	.208	.195	.403	10	64	5	0	22	3	0

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-27	1955	1957	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Batting Value

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	336	364	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-40	2	-1	0

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Batting Sabermetric

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	336	364	3	71	78	299	19	.217	27	-43	-4.3	.012	6.1	0.00	1

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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		.114	7			.000	3.5		0
2	Tom Sturdivant	25-27	1955	1957	6	4	0	1	1	3		.333	0			.000	4.0		0

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Batting Win Probability

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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		-96.34	0.84
2	Tom Sturdivant	25-34	1955	1964	336	364	-3.9	-3.8	-0.7	-42.78		-43.00	0.87

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Head-to-Head Batting

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	Tom Sturdivant	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	4	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford vs. Tom Sturdivant: 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	1963-09-20 (1)	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	-0.017	0.00	0.00%	-0.29			P
2	Tom Sturdivant	KCA	1963-09-20 (1)		7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	-0.106	0.00	0.00%	-0.48			P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1963-09-11	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	-0.012	0.00	0.00%	-0.65			P
4	Tom Sturdivant	KCA	1963-09-11		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1963-06-09	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.048	1.48	-0.09%	-0.65			P
6	Tom Sturdivant	DET	1963-06-09		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1959-06-09	*	4	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.041	2.83	0.07%	0.58			P
8	Tom Sturdivant	KCA	1959-06-09		7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	-0.151	9.02	-0.25%	-0.63			P

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