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Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Pitching Comparison

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	41	55	.427	4.22	246	80	76	20	3	12	839.1	806	432	394	72	399	33	423	11	0	24	3640	1258	95	4.08	1.436	8.6	0.8	4.3	4.5

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	2			1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Value

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	246	80	839.1	6.8	-1.0

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Totals Against

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	246	80	839.1	1258	3174	555	137	42	33	27	55.00	3	67	47	22	.254	.337	.392	.729	100	.138	.272	422	1243	251	1216	1258

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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											.448	.529					.591				18	18
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	1	0	2.0	2	7											.143	.250					.167				2	2

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Starting & Relieving

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	19-28	1947	1956	34	43	49.4	156	54	35	7	63.2	76	166

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	1
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949									0	1

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Ratios

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	246	80	839.1	11.6	11.0	0.7

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	1	0	2.0	12.5	12.5	0.0

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Pitch Summary

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	246	80	839.1		93

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	1	0	2.0

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	0	0		6.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	11	6	6	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	41	1.667	11.0	1.0	4.0	2.0
2	Bob Friend	0	1	.000	7.82	3	2	1	0	0	1	12.2	21	14	11	3	7	0	8	0	0	0	65	2.211	14.9	2.1	5.0	5.7

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Game Logs

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Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	1954-09-06 (2)	8-GF, S	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	3	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		35	23	0.2	0.41	2	2	2.98
2	Erv Palica	BRO	1954-09-06 (2)	1-5	4.2	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	20	7	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	1		64	39	-0.1	-0.94	2	2	0.56
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-06-24 (2)	GS-4	4.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	18	6	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	42	53	35	-0.1	-0.97			0.90
4	Erv Palica	BRO	1951-06-24 (2)	GS-4	3.1	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	6	15	4	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	41	49	29	-0.1	-0.55			0.97
5	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-05-22	GS-7, L	6.2	14	11	8	3	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	38	20	33	9	3	0	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	5	5	125	77	-0.5	-5.89			1.03
6	Erv Palica	BRO	1951-05-22	GS-1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	41	14	10	-0.1	-1.49			0.73

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Erv Palica (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Erv Palica (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	1951	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Erv Palica (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Erv Palica (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-06-24 (2)	BRO	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1951	1951-06-24 (2)	BRO	PIT	ahead 0-3	t4	1--	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Erv Palica (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Erv Palica (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	1951	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

Erv Palica (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Erv Palica (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-06-24 (2)	PIT	BRO	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	3 (1-1)	Flyball: CF

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Batting Comparison

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Batting Totals

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	262	267	243	22	48	8	1	1	17	2	0	13	63	.198	.238	.251	.489	31	61	3	0	11	0	0

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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. Erv Palica: Batting Value

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	262	267	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	-24	2	0	0

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	262	267	10	61	67	209	17	.263	38	-25	-2.5	.053	3.9	100.00	2

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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		.000	0			.000			0
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Batting Win Probability

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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		-187.43	0.95
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	262	267	-1.8	-2.1	0.2	-18.06		-22.94	0.93

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	Erv Palica	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Friend	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: Game Logs

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Bob Friend vs. Erv Palica: 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	1954-09-06 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Erv Palica	BRO	1954-09-06 (2)		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	-0.010	1.76	-0.03%	-0.11			P
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-06-24 (2)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.72	-0.018	0.05	0.00%	-0.16			P
4	Erv Palica	BRO	1951-06-24 (2)	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.61	-0.032	2.86	-0.09%	-0.40			P
5	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-05-22	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.67	-0.033	1.39	-0.04%	-0.27			P
6	Erv Palica	BRO	1951-05-22	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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