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Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Pitching Comparison

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Totals

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	197	171	.535	3.44	570	383	108	199	40	17	3152.0	3375	1440	1206	164	819	77	1187	42	4	34	13465	4489	114	3.70	1.331	9.6	0.5	2.3	3.4
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	112	117	.489	4.06	542	209	206	82	11	43	2165.2	2290	1099	977	172	488	57	920	48	3	22	9124	2930	105	3.92	1.283	9.5	0.7	2.0	3.8

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	27-33	1935	1941	0	2	.000	3.00	7	1	3	1	0	0	15.0	16	6	5	1	3	2	10	0	0	0	64	19			1.267	9.6	0.6	1.8	6.0
2	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	0	1	.000	4.50	7	1	3	0	0	0	16.0	18	9	8	3	5	0	11	0	0	0	71	23			1.438	10.1	1.7	2.8	6.2

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Value

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	570	383	3152.0	45.0	18.4
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	209	2165.2	29.4	10.8

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Totals Against

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	570	383	3152.0	4489	12371	2530	547	134	90	86	51.14	9	265	198	25	.273	.320	.378	.698	92	.106	.291	1504	4682	845	4236	4489
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	209	2165.2	2930	8394	1558	438	122	85	86	49.71	3	108	144	55	.273	.315	.416	.730	93	.143	.288	1106	3488	732	2826	2930

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	27-33	1935	1941	7	1	15.0	19	59											.271	.306					.313				19	19
2	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	1	16.0	23	62											.290	.343					.313				23	23

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Starting & Relieving

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	212	55	51.8	197	84	43	16	51.5	108	187
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	107	51	50.0	276	130	47	23	65.2	206	333

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Larry French	27-33	1935	1941									3	6
2	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931									3	6

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Ratios

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	570	383	3152.0	8.8	6.1	2.7
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	209	2165.2	10.1	5.3	4.7

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Larry French	27-33	1935	1941	7	1	15.0	15.6	4.7	10.9
2	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	1	16.0	15.5	7.0	8.5

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Pitch Summary

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	570	383	3152.0
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	209	2165.2		94

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Larry French	27-33	1935	1941	7	1	15.0
2	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	1	16.0

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Totals

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	5	1	.833	3.01	16	10	4	6	1	1	83.2	91	34	28	2	23	1	26	0	0	0	352	1.363	9.8	0.2	2.5	2.8
2	Syl Johnson	1	3	.250	5.23	16	4	8	1	0	1	43.0	58	27	25	2	7	2	8	1	0	0	189	1.512	12.1	0.4	1.5	1.7

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Game Logs

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Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	CHC	1939-07-13	4-5	1.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	4	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	2				-0.4	-2.72	0	0	1.56
2	Syl Johnson	PHI	1939-07-13	5-5	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2				-0.3	-2.38	0	0	1.52
3	Larry French	CHC	1939-06-06	9-GF	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-0.72	2	1	5.37
4	Syl Johnson	PHI	1939-06-06	GS-1	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	3	26			-0.3	-3.88			0.93
5	Larry French	CHC	1938-07-15	CG, W	9.0	10	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	36	12	33	9	1	0	0	0	0	11	2	1	0	1	64			0.3	3.58			0.94
6	Syl Johnson	PHI	1938-07-15	4-GF(8)	4.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	3	16	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1				0.0	1.72	1	1	0.30
7	Larry French	CHC	1937-06-12	CG, W	9.0	10	5	5	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	38	13	36	7	1	0	0	1	0	17	1	0	0	3	49			0.1	-0.05			0.47
8	Syl Johnson	PHI	1937-06-12	8-GF	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	4	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1				0.0	0.10	0	0	0.03
9	Larry French	CHC	1935-08-19	8-8, H	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-1.08	0	0	3.53
10	Syl Johnson	PHI	1935-08-19	8-8,BS	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				-0.3	-1.17	3	2	4.35
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Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Larry French (Pitcher) vs. Syl Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Larry French (Pitcher) vs. Syl Johnson (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	1931	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1932	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	1
3	1933	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1935	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	1
5	1938	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	11	11	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	0	0	0	3

Larry French (Pitcher) vs. Syl Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Larry French (Pitcher) vs. Syl Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1931	1931-07-04 (1)	STL	PIT	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: LF
2	1931	1931-07-04 (1)	STL	PIT	down 3-1	t4	123	2		Strikeout
3	1932	1932-04-22	STL	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	123	0		Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; P. Martin Scores/unER; G. Mancuso to 3B
4	1932	1932-04-22	STL	PIT	ahead 2-3	t5	---	0		Single to LF
5	1932	1932-04-22	STL	PIT	ahead 2-3	t7	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
6	1932	1932-04-22	STL	PIT	tied 3-3	t9	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
7	1933	1933-07-04 (2)	STL	PIT	down 3-2	t7	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
8	1935	1935-08-18 (2)	PHI	CHC	down 2-0	b3	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
9	1935	1935-08-18 (2)	PHI	CHC	down 4-1	b5	-2-	2		Single to LF; J. Wilson Scores
10	1938	1938-07-15	PHI	CHC	down 4-1	t5	---	0		Strikeout
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Syl Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Larry French (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Syl Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Larry French (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	1931	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1932	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0
3	1933	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1935	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
5	1937	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1938	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	1	0	0	0	0

Syl Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Larry French (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Syl Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Larry French (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1931	1931-07-04 (1)	PIT	STL	ahead 0-1	b3	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
2	1931	1931-07-04 (1)	PIT	STL	ahead 1-3	b5	1--	0		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
3	1932	1932-04-22	PIT	STL	down 3-0	b3	-2-	0		Walk
4	1932	1932-04-22	PIT	STL	down 3-2	b5	---	2		Popfly: 3B
5	1932	1932-04-22	PIT	STL	down 3-2	b8	-2-	0		Single to 1B/Bunt; W. Jensen to 3B
6	1933	1933-07-04 (2)	PIT	STL	ahead 2-3	b6	-23	2		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1933	1933-07-04 (2)	PIT	STL	ahead 2-4	b8	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
8	1935	1935-08-18 (2)	CHC	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: Unknown out on play/Sacrifice; B. Jurges to 2B
9	1935	1935-08-18 (2)	CHC	PHI	ahead 0-3	t4	12-	1		Bunt Interference by Batter: C unassisted; S. Hack stays at 2B; B. Jurges stays at 1B
10	1935	1935-08-18 (2)	CHC	PHI	ahead 2-4	t6	---	2		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
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Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Comparison

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Totals

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	570	1198	1057	83	199	27	5	1	84	3	1	48	210	.188	.226	.226	.452	22	239	20	4	84		0
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	757	702	51	127	18	5	4	53	1	0	23	214	.181	.209	.238	.447	16	167	11	2	30		0

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	27-33	1935	1941	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0
2	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Value

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	570	1198	0.4	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-122	-3	1	0
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	757	-2.0	-2.0	-1.9	-0.1	-95	-4	1	0

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Sabermetric

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	570	1198	33	251	265	963	55	.234	166	-119	-12.0	.038	5.0	75.00	4
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	757	27	152	160	616	38	.254	100	-90	-8.9	.057	3.3	100.00	1

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	27-33	1935	1941	7	4	0	1	1	3		.500	1			.000	2.0		0
2	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	2	0	0	0	2			0			.000	1.0		0

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Win Probability

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Larry French	21-34	1929	1942	570	1198	-9.6	-10.0	0.4	-109.61		-117.56	0.99
2	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	757	-7.0	-7.2	-0.1	-83.68		-84.57	0.96

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Head-to-Head Batting

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Totals

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	16	30	27	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.222	.250	.259	.509	7	0	0	2		0
2	Syl Johnson	16	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	2	0	0		0

Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: Game Logs

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Larry French vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Larry French	CHC	1939-07-13		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Syl Johnson	PHI	1939-07-13		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Larry French	CHC	1939-06-06		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Syl Johnson	PHI	1939-06-06	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Larry French	CHC	1938-07-15	*	9	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0		0	0.73	0.111	0.90	0.08%	0.96			P
6	Syl Johnson	PHI	1938-07-15		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	1.30	-0.105	0.00	0.00%	-1.03			P
7	Larry French	CHC	1937-06-12	*	9	9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1		0	0.35	-0.017	1.58	-0.05%	-0.18			P
8	Syl Johnson	PHI	1937-06-12		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Larry French	CHC	1935-08-19		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Syl Johnson	PHI	1935-08-19		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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