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Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Pitching Comparison

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Totals

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: 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	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	16	23	.410	3.77	103	52	13	5	1	0	405.2	398	203	170	21	181	30	263	9	1	16	1757	623	101	3.35	1.427	8.8	0.5	4.0	5.8
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	1	6	.143	4.21	32	6	9	0	0	1	68.1	82	42	32	8	17	4	34	1	0	1	295	108	95	3.90	1.449	10.8	1.1	2.2	4.5

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Value

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	103	52	405.2	3.5	-0.8
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1	0.1	-0.6

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Totals Against

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: 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	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	103	52	405.2	623	1541	307	56	14	36	11	76.60	0	46	14	12	.258	.337	.354	.691	95	.095	.297	179	528	91	588	623
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1	108	270	62	12	0	1	1	50.00	2	11	5	2	.304	.345	.437	.782	115	.133	.322	41	118	20	100	108

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Starting & Relieving

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	25	48	49.6	49	17	35	2	0.0	13	51
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	1	17	43.7	31	11	35	2	33.3	9	26

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Ratios

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	103	52	405.2	15.0	10.3	4.7
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1	11.5	5.8	5.8

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Pitch Summary

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	103	52	405.2		88
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1		91

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Head-to-Head Pitching

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Totals

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: 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	Bill Smith	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	13.5
2	Earl Francis	0	0		3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	4	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	22	1.714	11.6	1.9	3.9	5.8

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Game Logs

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Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: 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	Earl Francis	PIT	1962-07-08 (2)	GS-5	4.2	6	4	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	22	9	20	5	0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	41			-0.2	-1.97			1.09
2	Bill Smith	PHI	1962-07-08 (2)	GS-3, L	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11	5	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	3	38			-0.3	-2.47			0.99

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Batter vs. Pitcher

Earl Francis (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Earl Francis (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (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	1962	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

Earl Francis (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Earl Francis (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1962	1962-07-08 (2)	PHI	PIT	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Reached on E3 (Ground Ball)

Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Earl Francis (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Earl Francis (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	1962	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Earl Francis (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Earl Francis (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1962	1962-07-08 (2)	PIT	PHI	ahead 0-2	b2	---	2		Strikeout

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Batting Comparison

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Batting Totals

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: 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	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	104	129	122	5	21	6	0	1	10	1	0	3	56	.172	.198	.246	.444	20	30	2	1	3	0	0
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.143	.250	.214	.464	27	3	0	0	0	0	0

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Batting Value

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	104	129	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-13	0	0	0
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-1	0	0	0

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Batting Sabermetric

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: 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	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	104	129	7	25	27	106	7	.308	14	-13	-1.3	.074	2.2	100.00	1
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	1	4	5	12	1	.250	2	-2	-0.2	.071	2.3		0

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Batting Win Probability

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Earl Francis	24-29	1960	1965	104	129	-1.6	-1.6	0.0	-15.68		-16.49	0.99
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.48		0.12	0.78

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Head-to-Head Batting

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Totals

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: 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	Bill Smith	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Earl Francis	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: Game Logs

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Earl Francis vs. Bill Smith: 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	Earl Francis	PIT	1962-07-08 (2)	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	-0.041	2.15	-0.07%	-0.47			P
2	Bill Smith	PHI	1962-07-08 (2)	*	3	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	0.041	0.00	0.00%	0.39			P

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