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Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Pitching Comparison

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Totals

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: 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	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	28	33	.459	4.48	135	75	26	10	0	4	536.1	513	318	267	62	284	19	255	12	3	15	2387	857	90	4.78	1.486	8.6	1.0	4.8	4.3
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	8	22	.267	4.42	43	33	5	7	2	1	236.0	254	130	116	30	59	8	82	6	0	4	1010	331	89	4.36	1.326	9.7	1.1	2.3	3.1

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Value

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	135	75	536.1	-0.8	-4.7
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	33	236.0	0.8	-0.8

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Totals Against

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: 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	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	135	75	536.1	857	2042	364	75	12	19	9	67.86	3	53	25	18	.251	.343	.391	.734	102	.140	.259	274	790	149	809	857
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	33	236.0	331	921	165	51	8	12	2	85.71	0	19	11	13	.276	.319	.446	.766	114	.170	.273	135	411	89	319	331

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Starting & Relieving

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	32	43	47.0	42	16	38	5	44.4	26	60
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	17	52	47.1	13	8	62	1	50.0	5	10

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Ratios

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	135	75	536.1	10.7	11.9	-1.2
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	33	236.0	8.1	5.8	2.3

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Eli Grba	25	1960	1960

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Pitch Summary

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	135	75	536.1		77
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	33	236.0

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Totals

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: 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	Eli Grba	0	0		1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	30	1.250	5.6	0.0	5.6	2.3
2	Joe McClain	0	0		2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	32	1.125	7.9	0.0	2.3	1.1

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Game Logs

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Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: 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	Eli Grba	LAA	1961-06-01	GS-9	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	30	10	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	65			0.4	3.45			1.22
2	Joe McClain	WSA	1961-06-01	GS-8	8.0	7	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	32	9	29	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	2	59			0.1	1.83			1.26

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Eli Grba (Pitcher) vs. Joe McClain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Eli Grba (Pitcher) vs. Joe McClain (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	1961	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Eli Grba (Pitcher) vs. Joe McClain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Eli Grba (Pitcher) vs. Joe McClain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1961	1961-06-01	WSA	LAA	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1961	1961-06-01	WSA	LAA	tied 0-0	b5	1--	2		Walk; G. Green to 2B

Joe McClain (Pitcher) vs. Eli Grba (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe McClain (Pitcher) vs. Eli Grba (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	1961	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	0	0	0	0

Joe McClain (Pitcher) vs. Eli Grba (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe McClain (Pitcher) vs. Eli Grba (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1961	1961-06-01	LAA	WSA	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; K. Hamlin to 2B
2	1961	1961-06-01	LAA	WSA	tied 0-0	t5	1--	2		Flyball: CF
3	1961	1961-06-01	LAA	WSA	ahead 0-2	t7	---	1		Double to LF

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Batting Comparison

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Batting Totals

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: 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	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	143	191	160	15	35	5	0	4	19	0	0	14	42	.219	.284	.325	.609	63	52	2	1	15	1	0
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	79	75	4	15	4	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.200	.208	.253	.461	26	19	0	0	2	1	0

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Batting Value

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	143	191	1.3	1.3	1.4	-0.1	-9	0	0	0
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	79	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-9	0	0	0

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Batting Sabermetric

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: 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	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	143	191	9	50	52	143	16	.270	30	-9	-1.0	.106	3.8		0
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	79	4	16	16	63	4	.250	8	-7	-0.7	.053	4.7		0

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: 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	Eli Grba	25	1960	1960	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Batting Win Probability

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Eli Grba	24-28	1959	1963	143	191	-1.5	-1.2	-0.4	-10.86	-1.1	-12.68	0.92
2	Joe McClain	28-29	1961	1962	43	79	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	-8.20	-0.8	-8.98	0.97

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Head-to-Head Batting

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Totals

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: 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	Eli Grba	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Joe McClain	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0

Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: Game Logs

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Eli Grba vs. Joe McClain: 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	Eli Grba	LAA	1961-06-01	*	9	9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.96	-0.023	0.42	-0.01%	0.00			P
2	Joe McClain	WSA	1961-06-01	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.001	1.43	0.00%	-0.02			P

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