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Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Pitching Comparison

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	49	54	.476	3.69	450	15	240	2	0	64	755.2	702	354	310	80	327	63	519	25	2	13	3232	1090	106	3.92	1.362	8.4	1.0	3.9	6.2
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	197	230	.461	3.58	602	497	56	163	36	10	3611.0	3772	1652	1438	286	894	128	1734	46	13	50	15214	4974	107	3.35	1.292	9.4	0.7	2.2	4.3

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	0	2	.000	13.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	10	9	0	3	0	7	2	0	0	35	18			2.667	19.5	0.0	4.5	10.5

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Value

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	450	15	755.2	10.0	2.1
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	46.8	11.8

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Totals Against

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	450	15	755.2	1090	2792	492	108	22	31	41	43.06	6	51	57	31	.251	.332	.392	.724	101	.140	.280	371	1091	210	1054	1090
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	4974	14023	2879	483	124	148	71	67.58	9	365	181	71	.269	.313	.382	.696	94	.113	.289	1689	5339	893	4712	4974

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	18	29	11	2	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	1	0	.448	.529	.517	1.047		.069	.591	8	15	2	18	18

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Starting & Relieving

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	7	47	49.0	413	144	35	37	63.4	240	435
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	296	60	51.8	67	21	31	5	66.7	56	105

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	0	0	35.0	0	0		0		0	1

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Ratios

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	450	15	755.2	16.1	10.1	5.9
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	11.4	5.9	5.5

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	20.0	8.6	11.4

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Pitch Summary

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	450	15	755.2		147
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0		92

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	136	66	89	65.44

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Don Elston	2	3	.400	10.53	12	1	8	0	0	2	19.2	30	23	23	5	14	3	11	0	0	0	102	2.237	13.7	2.3	6.4	5.0
2	Bob Friend	6	3	.667	3.01	12	12	0	3	1	0	89.2	88	33	30	3	21	4	53	3	0	2	374	1.216	8.8	0.3	2.1	5.3

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Game Logs

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Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Don Elston	CHC	1964-08-16 (1)	8-GF, BW	1.1	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-1.79	3	0	2.20
2	Bob Friend	PIT	1964-08-16 (1)	GS-7	7.0	8	3	3	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	33	13	28	3	4	1	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	5	47			-0.1	0.27			1.03
3	Don Elston	CHC	1963-08-22	9-GF	1.0	4	5	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	5	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2				-0.1	-4.55	0	0	0.43
4	Bob Friend	PIT	1963-08-22	GS-6, W	6.0	10	3	3	0	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	29	13	25	7	3	0	1	0	0	13	2	1	0	3	42			0.0	-0.30			1.49
5	Don Elston	CHC	1963-07-19	7-8	1.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-2.91	0	0	0.50
6	Bob Friend	PIT	1963-07-19	GS-8, W	8.0	6	3	3	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	31	7	30	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	61			0.2	0.39			1.25
7	Don Elston	CHC	1963-06-22	8-GF	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.90	0	0	0.21
8	Bob Friend	PIT	1963-06-22	SHO, W	9.0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	37	11	36	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	73			0.4	4.05			1.08
9	Don Elston	CHC	1962-06-23	9-GF, BL	0.1	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.8	-1.76	0	0	3.61
10	Bob Friend	PIT	1962-06-23	GS-9	8.2	6	3	3	0	0	2	1	6	1	0	0	36	10	32	2	3	1	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	4	64			-0.1	0.79			1.61
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Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Don Elston (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Don Elston (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	1957	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Don Elston (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Don Elston (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1957	1957-09-13 (1)	CHC	PIT	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Flyball: RF
2	1957	1957-09-13 (1)	CHC	PIT	tied 1-1	b5	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B

Don Elston (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Elston (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (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	1957	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1959	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1963	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0

Don Elston (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Elston (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1957	1957-09-13 (1)	PIT	CHC	down 1-0	t2	12-	2		Strikeout Looking
2	1957	1957-09-13 (1)	PIT	CHC	tied 1-1	t4	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; B. Mazeroski to 3B; H. Foiles to 2B
3	1957	1957-09-13 (1)	PIT	CHC	ahead 1-2	t6	---	1		Single
4	1959	1959-06-16	PIT	CHC	ahead 1-3	t9	123	2		Single (Line Drive to CF-RF); B. Mazeroski Scores; D. Hoak Scores; R. Mejías to 3B
5	1963	1963-07-19	PIT	CHC	ahead 3-4	b7	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Batting Comparison

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Batting Totals

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	450	139	124	6	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	.153	.160	.153	.313	-15	19	0	1	12	0	0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	1137	56	138	16	2	2	60	0	0	38	375	.121	.150	.144	.294	-19	164	14	0	120	2	0

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Batting Value

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	450	139	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-21	1	-1	0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-5.9	-5.9	-5.7	-0.2	-196	3	-3	0

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	450	139	0	20	21	117	5	.202	9	-19	-1.9	.000	4.1		0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	20	176	191	1135	33	.178	114	-189	-19.6	.023	3.0		0

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Batting Win Probability

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Elston	24-35	1953	1964	450	139	-2.2	-2.0	-0.3	-19.70	-2.0	-22.13	0.94
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-15.9	-17.7	1.0	-172.08	-17.8	-187.43	0.95

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Don Elston	12	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Friend	12	31	26	0	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.154	.185	.192	.377	5	0	0	4	0	0

Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: Game Logs

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Bob Friend vs. Don Elston: 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	Don Elston	CHC	1964-08-16 (1)		2	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	-0.013	0.00	0.00%	-0.66			P
2	Bob Friend	PIT	1964-08-16 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.036	0.76	-0.02%	-0.32			P
3	Don Elston	CHC	1963-08-22		1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Friend	PIT	1963-08-22	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.084	0.06	0.00%	-0.92			P
5	Don Elston	CHC	1963-07-19		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bob Friend	PIT	1963-07-19	*	8	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	0.036	1.09	0.01%	0.32			P
7	Don Elston	CHC	1963-06-22		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Bob Friend	PIT	1963-06-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.040	0.32	-0.02%	-0.69			P
9	Don Elston	CHC	1962-06-23		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bob Friend	PIT	1962-06-23	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.118	2.56	-0.17%	-1.21			P
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