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Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Pitching Comparison

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	139	116	.545	3.49	412	245	125	140	16	53	2125.2	2145	947	824	179	619	51	910	30	6	20	8998	2915	107	3.71	1.300	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.9

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	2	2	.500	2.64	6	2	2	2	1	0	30.2	27	9	9	2	6	2	15	1	0	0	127	37			1.076	7.9	0.6	1.8	4.4

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Value

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2	24.8	5.5

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Totals Against

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2	2915	8244	1596	306	64	91	50	64.54	18	129	115	3	.260	.314	.378	.692	95	.118	.275	984	3116	549	2794	2915

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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
2	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	6	2	30.2	37	117	21	4	0	2	0	100.00	0	1	3	0	.231	.274	.316	.590		.085	.250	11	37	6	34	37

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Starting & Relieving

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	144	59	52.6	147	42	29	13	80.3	125	167

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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
2	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	2	100	76.0	2	0	0	2	0.0	2	4

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Ratios

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2	10.1	6.9	3.2

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	6	2	30.2	11.8	4.7	7.1

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Pitch Summary

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2		102

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	5		4	80.00
2	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	6	2	30.2	175	88	123	70.29

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	0	1	.000	11.25	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	11	10	5	3	0	4	0	0	0	36	1.875	13.5	5.6	3.4	4.5
2	Bob Friend	1	0	1.000	6.75	2	2	0	1	0	0	9.1	11	7	7	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	40	1.500	10.6	0.0	2.9	1.0

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Game Logs

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Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	1951-07-29 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	34	9	32	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	2	64			0.3	2.57			0.97
2	Johnny Sain	BSN	1951-07-29 (1)	GS-4, L	4.0	5	4	4	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	16	5	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	3	40			-0.2	-1.97			0.47
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-07-23	GS-1	0.1	4	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	22			-0.3	-3.41			1.33
4	Johnny Sain	BSN	1951-07-23	1-5	4.0	7	7	6	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	20	10	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2				-0.4	-5.13	3	3	1.09

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (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

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-07-29 (1)	BSN	PIT	down 3-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Johnny Sain (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Sain (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	1
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Johnny Sain (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Sain (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-07-29 (1)	PIT	BSN	ahead 0-3	b2	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Comparison

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Totals

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	774	69	190	28	4	3	101	0	0	24	20	.245	.270	.304	.574	58	235	25	2	56	0	0

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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
2	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	7	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	0	0	1		0

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Value

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	4.6	4.5	4.6	0.0	-43	0	-2	0

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	35	216	235	665	68	.249	167	-48	-5.0	.058	38.7		0

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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
2	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	7	12	1	2	2	10	1	.200	3			.091	11.0		0

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Win Probability

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	-2.3	-3.0	0.8	-23.18	-2.1	-32.09	1.03

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Totals

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	Johnny Sain	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0
2	Bob Friend	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0

Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: Game Logs

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Bob Friend vs. Johnny Sain: 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	1951-07-29 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	0.46	-0.046	0.00	0.00%	-0.86			P
2	Johnny Sain	BSN	1951-07-29 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.58	-0.014	0.08	0.00%	-0.16			P
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1951-07-23	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Johnny Sain	BSN	1951-07-23		5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	0.64	-0.048	0.13	-0.01%	-1.16			P

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