Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Pitching Comparison

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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	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
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	135	117	.536	3.90	526	287	100	83	20	19	2302.2	2310	1093	998	209	776	49	1372	70	7	45	9813	3282	102	3.57	1.340	9.0	0.8	3.0	5.4

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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. Joe Nuxhall: Value

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	46.8	11.8
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	526	287	2302.2	26.8	5.2

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Totals Against

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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	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
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	526	287	2302.2	3282	8811	1629	397	75	56	74	43.08	28	182	103	50	.262	.325	.395	.721	97	.133	.289	1141	3484	681	3156	3282

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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. Joe Nuxhall: Starting & Relieving

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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	20-35	1951	1966	296	60	51.8	67	21	31	5	66.7	56	105
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	136	47	50.8	189	69	37	10	65.5	100	239

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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. Joe Nuxhall: Ratios

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	11.4	5.9	5.5
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	526	287	2302.2	14.0	7.9	6.1

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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. Joe Nuxhall: Pitch Summary

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0		92
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	526	287	2302.2		88

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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. Joe Nuxhall: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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	Joe Nuxhall	7	6	.538	5.27	18	16	1	2	1	0	111.0	127	67	65	10	30	0	49	2	0	2	483	1.414	10.3	0.8	2.4	4.0
2	Bob Friend	7	5	.583	3.57	18	16	0	8	2	0	113.1	111	53	45	8	28	1	48	1	1	0	483	1.226	8.8	0.6	2.2	3.8

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Game Logs

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Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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	Bob Friend	PIT	1960-06-01	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	31	4	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	86			0.3	4.29			0.62
2	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1960-06-01	3-7	4.1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	5	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0				0.0	1.49	2	0	0.19
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1960-04-17 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	34	7	31	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	82			0.3	4.29			0.59
4	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1960-04-17 (1)	GS-4, L	4.0	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	6	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	35			-0.2	-2.09			0.51
5	Bob Friend	PIT	1959-07-04	CG, W	9.0	10	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	39	12	36	8	1	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	2	54			0.4	1.36			1.41
6	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1959-07-04	GS-5, L	4.0	7	4	3	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	21	9	17	4	1	2	0	0	0	12	0	1	1	3	34			-0.3	-2.44			1.10
7	Bob Friend	PIT	1959-04-22	GS-3	2.0	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	7	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	20			-0.3	-3.87			0.99
8	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1959-04-22	GS-7	6.2	4	6	6	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	27	8	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	38			0.0	-1.04			0.46
9	Bob Friend	PIT	1959-04-15	GS-6, L	5.1	11	6	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	12	27	7	2	1	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	4	23			-0.4	-2.48			1.17
10	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1959-04-15	GS-6, W	6.0	7	5	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	25	8	24	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	41			-0.3	-1.95			0.93
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Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Joe Nuxhall (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Joe Nuxhall (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	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	2	0	0	0	0
3	1956	6	5	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
4	1957	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1	0	0	0
5	1958	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
6	1959	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	0
7	1960	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	33	28	8	3	0	1	4	0	4	.286	.276	.500	.776	4	1	0	0	0

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Joe Nuxhall (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Joe Nuxhall (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-08-03	CIN	PIT	ahead 0-2	t2	---	1		Lineout: 2B
2	1954	1954-09-12 (1)	CIN	PIT	ahead 0-6	t6	---	2		Home Run
3	1954	1954-09-12 (1)	CIN	PIT	ahead 1-10	t8	-2-	0		Flyball: RF
4	1955	1955-06-05 (1)	CIN	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	-2-	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1955	1955-06-05 (1)	CIN	PIT	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Double
6	1955	1955-06-05 (1)	CIN	PIT	ahead 1-2	t7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; R. McMillan to 2B
7	1955	1955-09-13	CIN	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; R. McMillan to 2B
8	1955	1955-09-13	CIN	PIT	down 2-1	b5	---	2		Double to RF
9	1956	1956-05-03	CIN	PIT	down 2-0	b2	---	2		Strikeout
10	1956	1956-05-16	CIN	PIT	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Double; E. Bailey Scores; R. McMillan Scores
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Joe Nuxhall (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Nuxhall (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	1954	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	5	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1956	6	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
4	1957	7	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
5	1958	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1959	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
7	1960	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	30	27	5	1	0	0	2	0	8	.185	.185	.222	.407	3	0	0	0	0

Joe Nuxhall (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Nuxhall (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-09-12 (1)	PIT	CIN	down 6-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout Looking
2	1955	1955-06-05 (1)	PIT	CIN	down 1-0	b3	12-	0		Popfly: 1B
3	1955	1955-06-05 (1)	PIT	CIN	down 2-0	b6	---	0		Foul Popfly: 2B
4	1955	1955-09-13	PIT	CIN	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Double (CF-RF)
5	1955	1955-09-13	PIT	CIN	tied 1-1	t5	-2-	2		Single to LF; D. Long Scores
6	1955	1955-09-13	PIT	CIN	ahead 1-2	t8	---	0		Foul Popfly: 1B
7	1956	1956-05-03	PIT	CIN	ahead 0-2	t3	---	0		Flyball: CF
8	1956	1956-05-16	PIT	CIN	down 2-0	b2	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
9	1956	1956-05-16	PIT	CIN	down 2-1	b4	-23	1		Single; R. Clemente Scores; G. Freese to 3B
10	1956	1956-06-12	PIT	CIN	down 3-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
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Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Batting Comparison

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Batting Totals

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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	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
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	555	861	766	76	152	21	3	15	78	2	2	40	199	.198	.240	.292	.532	41	224	13	4	43	8	0

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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. Joe Nuxhall: Batting Value

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-5.9	-5.9	-5.7	-0.2	-196	3	-3	0
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	555	861	3.6	3.5	3.7	-0.2	-58	1	-1	0

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	20	176	191	1135	33	.178	114	-189	-19.6	.023	3.0		0
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	555	861	39	196	212	680	61	.245	139	-65	-6.8	.094	3.8	50.0	4

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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. Joe Nuxhall: Batting Win Probability

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-15.9	-17.7	1.0	-172.08	-17.8	-187.43	0.95
2	Joe Nuxhall	15-37	1944	1966	555	861	-4.8	-4.5	-0.5	-50.03	-5.1	-49.94	0.97

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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	Joe Nuxhall	18	46	39	6	10	3	0	2	9	0	0	1	6	.256	.262	.487	.749	19	1	0	4	2	0
2	Bob Friend	18	40	35	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.171	.171	.200	.371	7	0	0	5	0	0

Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: Game Logs

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Bob Friend vs. Joe Nuxhall: 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	Bob Friend	PIT	1960-06-01	*	9	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.34	0.017	1.96	0.06%	-0.04			P
2	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1960-06-01		6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	-0.006	0.79	-0.01%	-0.10			P
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1960-04-17 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	-0.013	0.43	-0.02%	-0.35			P
4	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1960-04-17 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.016	1.96	-0.03%	-0.15			P
5	Bob Friend	PIT	1959-07-04	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.85	-0.058	2.09	-0.09%	-0.65			P
6	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1959-07-04	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.066	0.69	-0.02%	-0.59			P
7	Bob Friend	PIT	1959-04-22	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1959-04-22	*	7	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	0.070	1.26	0.10%	0.34			P
9	Bob Friend	PIT	1959-04-15	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.030	1.05	-0.03%	-0.27			P
10	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	1959-04-15	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.033	2.71	0.05%	0.34			P
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