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Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Pitching Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	97	100	.492	3.60	351	219	53	73	15	18	1732.0	1702	797	692	149	559	37	959	52	6	18	7336	2425	116	3.53	1.305	8.8	0.8	2.9	5.0

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Value

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	351	219	1732.0	22.9	9.2

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Totals Against

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	351	219	1732.0	2425	6612	1242	269	42	71	42	62.83	0	173	77	38	.257	.319	.378	.697	89	.121	.280	806	2503	460	2313	2425

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Starting & Relieving

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	120	55	52.5	114	34	30	9	66.7	53	132

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Ratios

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	351	219	1732.0	13.1	7.6	5.5

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Pitch Summary

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	351	219	1732.0		88

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Head-to-Head Pitching

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	1	3	.250	3.47	9	8	0	3	0	0	57.0	55	28	22	8	19	0	37	2	0	1	241	1.298	8.7	1.3	3.0	5.8
2	Whitey Ford	5	1	.833	2.97	9	7	1	2	2	0	57.2	59	21	19	2	29	1	26	0	0	1	249	1.526	9.2	0.3	4.5	4.1

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	1960-07-10	2-5	3.2	3	3	3	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	17	6	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	3				-0.2	-2.30	2	2	0.77
2	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1960-07-10	GS-3	2.2	7	3	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	8	16	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	37	61	43	-0.1	-1.93			0.93
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1959-08-10	9-GF(10), W	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0				0.2	1.02	0	0	1.84
4	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1959-08-10	GS-9	8.1	6	4	1	3	0	2	0	8	1	0	0	33	9	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	67			0.2	1.04			0.98
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1957-04-28	GS-8	7.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	27	7	25	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	2	67			0.3	2.87			1.39
6	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1957-04-28	GS-7	7.0	7	2	2	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	30	12	25	7	0	0	0	1	0	7	1	1	0	0	56			0.0	1.24			0.90
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-05-28	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	30	6	29	5	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	81			0.6	4.56			1.02
8	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1956-05-28	CG(8), L	8.0	4	2	1	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	32	9	29	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	71			0.1	2.05			0.72
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-09-16	GS-8	7.2	10	4	3	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	35	13	31	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	1	0	0	47			0.0	0.45			1.78
10	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1955-09-16	GS-6	6.0	7	3	2	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	27	10	23	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	2	46			-0.1	-0.04			0.87
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Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Batter vs. Pitcher

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Frank Sullivan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Frank Sullivan (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	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1956	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1957	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.154	.000	.154	1	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Frank Sullivan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Frank Sullivan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-05-21	BOS	NYY	tied 0-0	t2	1-3	2		Strikeout
2	1954	1954-05-21	BOS	NYY	tied 0-0	t4	-2-	2		Strikeout
3	1954	1954-05-21	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-3	t6	--3	1		Walk
4	1954	1954-07-06	BOS	NYY	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Strikeout
5	1954	1954-07-06	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-1	t4	1--	2		Walk; G. Hatton to 2B
6	1954	1954-07-06	BOS	NYY	tied 1-1	t7	---	0		Strikeout
7	1955	1955-04-22	BOS	NYY	tied 0-0	t2	-23	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1955	1955-04-22	BOS	NYY	down 1-0	t5	-23	0		Strikeout
9	1955	1955-09-16	BOS	NYY	down 1-0	t3	1--	0		Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; J. Piersall to 2B
10	1955	1955-09-16	BOS	NYY	down 2-0	t5	12-	0		Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; J. Piersall to 2B
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Frank Sullivan (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Frank Sullivan (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	1954	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
3	1955	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0	0
4	1956	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1957	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.071	.235	.071	.307	0	0	0	0	1

Frank Sullivan (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Frank Sullivan (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-09-20	NYY	BOS	ahead 2-5	t5	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
2	1953	1953-09-20	NYY	BOS	ahead 2-10	t6	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1954	1954-05-21	NYY	BOS	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Walk
4	1954	1954-07-06	NYY	BOS	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
5	1954	1954-07-06	NYY	BOS	down 1-0	b5	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
6	1954	1954-07-06	NYY	BOS	ahead 1-2	b7	---	1		Flyball: LF
7	1955	1955-04-22	NYY	BOS	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; J. Coleman to 3B
8	1955	1955-04-22	NYY	BOS	ahead 0-1	b5	1--	2		Flyball: RF
9	1955	1955-09-16	NYY	BOS	ahead 0-1	b2	-23	2		Walk
10	1955	1955-09-16	NYY	BOS	ahead 0-2	b4	-2-	2		Walk
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Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Batting Comparison

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Batting Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	351	613	529	36	76	9	1	0	22	0	0	30	160	.144	.189	.164	.353	-6	87	14	0	50	3	0

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Batting Value

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	351	613	-2.3	-2.3	-2.3	-0.1	-85	0	-2	0

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Batting Sabermetric

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	351	613	10	106	112	520	18	.204	58	-82	-8.4	.021	3.3		0

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Batting Win Probability

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	23-33	1953	1963	351	613	-8.4	-7.6	-2.0	-92.73		-87.08	0.88

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Head-to-Head Batting

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Totals

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	Frank Sullivan	9	20	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.063	.167	.125	.292	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	9	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	.118	.318	.118	.436	2	1	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: Game Logs

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Whitey Ford vs. Frank Sullivan: 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	1960-07-10		5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.88	0.038	4.84	0.12%	0.39			P
2	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1960-07-10	*	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.92	-0.004	0.01	0.00%	-0.09			P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1959-08-10		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	-0.007	0.06	0.00%	-0.44			P
4	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1959-08-10	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.039	0.00	0.00%	-0.27			P
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1957-04-28	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.050	2.89	-0.09%	-0.26			P
6	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1957-04-28	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.039	2.88	-0.08%	-0.30			P
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-05-28	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	-0.039	2.91	-0.13%	-0.56			P
8	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1956-05-28	*	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.050	3.09	-0.09%	-0.40			P
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-09-16	*	8	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.003	14.17	0.03%	0.06			P
10	Frank Sullivan	BOS	1955-09-16	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.22	-0.005	0.09	0.00%	0.03			P
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