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Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Pitching Comparison

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Totals

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	86	80	.518	3.42	272	179	54	65	13	16	1453.2	1446	672	552	79	431	56	660	22	1	17	6159	1999	109	3.54	1.291	9.0	0.5	2.7	4.1

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	21			1.267	9.6	0.6	1.8	6.0
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	0	2	.000	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	6	6	2	6	1	7	0	0	1	50	19			1.636	9.8	1.6	4.9	5.7

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Value

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	16.1	3.7

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Totals Against

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	1999	5592	1157	167	43	41	40	50.62	10	99	111	7	.259	.314	.346	.660	87	.088	.281	611	1936	289	1899	1999

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	21	59	11	4	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.271	.306	.390	.696		.119	.313	8	23	5	19	21
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	19	44	7	2	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	.273	.360	.500	.860		.227	.286	7	22	5	18	19

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Starting & Relieving

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	101	56	51.9	109	38	35	10	61.5	54	93

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	0	0	49.0	6	0	0	0		3	6
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	0	0	42.0	0	0				0	1

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Ratios

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	10.7	7.0	3.7

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	14.0	12.0	2.0

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Pitch Summary

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	194	116	130	67.01
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	173	74	99	57.23

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Head-to-Head Pitching

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Totals

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	4	4	.500	4.19	15	8	3	3	0	0	68.2	85	36	32	6	24	3	30	1	0	1	316	1.587	11.1	0.8	3.1	3.9
2	Cliff Melton	6	4	.600	3.51	15	10	4	6	0	2	89.2	80	39	35	2	30	4	43	5	0	2	380	1.227	8.0	0.2	3.0	4.3

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Game Logs

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Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	BRO	1942-05-30 (2)	1-6	5.2	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	25	9	22	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	1				-0.1	0.06	2	2	0.36
2	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-05-30 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	32	6	32	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	68			0.1	0.99			0.35
3	Larry French	BRO	1942-05-22	7-7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.44	0	0	0.07
4	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-05-22	CG, W	9.0	10	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	40	13	37	8	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	62			0.2	2.95			0.73
5	Larry French	CHC	1941-08-18 (2)	CG(8), L	8.0	13	7	7	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	40	17	36	9	0	1	0	0	0	24	1	1	0	4	26			-0.2	-3.13			0.92
6	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-08-18 (2)	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	33	7	29	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	75			0.3	3.35			0.90
7	Larry French	CHC	1941-07-20 (1)	7-GF(8)	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	10	5	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	2				-0.1	-1.03	0	0	0.31
8	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-07-20 (1)	8-8, H	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.26	0	0	1.29
9	Larry French	CHC	1941-06-24	GS-8, L	7.2	10	3	3	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	35	12	31	8	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	2	0	2	49			-0.1	-0.10			1.17
10	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-06-24	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	0	1	36	9	32	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	2	74			0.4	3.09			1.49
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Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Batter vs. Pitcher

Larry French (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Larry French (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (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	1937	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1939	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1940	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
4	1941	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
5	1942	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	18	14	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	4	0	0	0	0

Larry French (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Larry French (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1937	1937-08-01	NYG	CHC	tied 4-4	t10	1--	1		Fielder's Choice 1B/Bunt; B. Ryan to 2B/Adv on E3 (throw to 2B)
2	1939	1939-05-20	NYG	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
3	1939	1939-05-20	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Lineout: 3B
4	1940	1940-07-15	NYG	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
5	1940	1940-07-15	NYG	CHC	tied 0-0	t5	1--	1		Fielder's Choice C/Sacrifice Bunt; B. Jurges to 2B; C. Melton to 1B
6	1940	1940-07-26	NYG	CHC	down 3-1	b3	---	0		Foul Popfly: C
7	1940	1940-07-26	NYG	CHC	down 3-1	b5	---	0		Strikeout
8	1940	1940-08-25 (2)	NYG	CHC	ahead 8-12	t9	---	2		Single
9	1941	1941-06-24	NYG	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
10	1941	1941-06-24	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
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Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Larry French (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Cliff Melton (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	1937	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	1939	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1940	5	5	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	0
4	1941	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0
5	1942	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	16	13	4	0	0	0	4	0	2	.308	.308	.308	.615	3	0	0	0	1

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Larry French (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Larry French (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1937	1937-08-01	CHC	NYG	tied 4-4	b9	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: Unknown out on play/Sacrifice; J. Marty to 2B
2	1939	1939-05-20	CHC	NYG	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	1		Strikeout
3	1939	1939-05-20	CHC	NYG	down 1-0	b5	-2-	1		Single to CF (LF-CF); D. Bartell Scores
4	1939	1939-05-20	CHC	NYG	tied 2-2	b6	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; C. Bryant to 3B; G. Mancuso to 2B
5	1940	1940-07-15	CHC	NYG	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
6	1940	1940-07-15	CHC	NYG	tied 0-0	b5	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
7	1940	1940-07-26	CHC	NYG	tied 1-1	t2	-23	1		Single to SS (Fly Ball to Short LF); Z. Bonura Scores; R. Warstler Scores
8	1940	1940-07-26	CHC	NYG	ahead 1-3	t5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
9	1940	1940-07-26	CHC	NYG	ahead 1-3	t7	1-3	1		Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); A. Todd Scores; R. Warstler to 3B
10	1941	1941-06-24	CHC	NYG	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
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Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Comparison

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Totals

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	469	28	77	4	2	0	32	0	1	20	108	.164	.198	.181	.380	6	85	10	0	51		0

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0		0

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Value

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	-0.1	-64	1	0	0

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Sabermetric

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	75.0	4
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	6	97	105	454	17	.213	60	-61	-6.5	.017	4.3	0.0	1

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	0	.500	1			.000	2.0		0
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Win Probability

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	-10.9	-117.56	0.99
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	-5.6	-6.0	-0.3	-65.57	-7.0	-65.81	0.89

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Head-to-Head Batting

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Totals

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	15	24	19	3	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	3	.316	.350	.316	.666	6	1	0	4		0
2	Cliff Melton	15	34	27	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.111	.143	.111	.254	3	0	0	6		0

Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: Game Logs

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Larry French vs. Cliff Melton: 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	BRO	1942-05-30 (2)		6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	0.48	-0.019	2.50	-0.06%	-0.47			P
2	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-05-30 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1		0	0.53	0.091	0.79	0.08%	1.27			P
3	Larry French	BRO	1942-05-22		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-05-22	*	9	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.30	0.015	0.49	0.02%	-0.02			P
5	Larry French	CHC	1941-08-18 (2)	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	1.12	0.038	0.00	0.00%	0.22			P
6	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-08-18 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.80	-0.076	0.00	0.00%	-1.00			P
7	Larry French	CHC	1941-07-20 (1)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-07-20 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Larry French	CHC	1941-06-24	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	1.07	-0.029	0.39	-0.01%	-0.24			P
10	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-06-24	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	1.33	-0.107	1.10	-0.05%	-1.35			P
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