Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Year-by-Year Totals

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	1937	16	13	4	1	0	0	1	3	2	.308	.438	.385	.822	0	0	0	0	1
2	1938	21	18	7	1	1	3	9	2	4	.389	.476	1.056	1.532	0	0	0	1	0
3	1939	17	17	8	1	0	1	1	0	2	.471	.471	.706	1.176	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	54	48	19	3	1	4	11	5	8	.396	.463	.750	1.213	0	0	0	1	1

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Plate Appearances

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Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1937	1937-05-09	DET	PHA	ahead 0-5	b5	-2-	0		Double to LF; C. Gehringer Scores
2	1937	1937-05-09	DET	PHA	tied 6-6	b7	---	2		Walk
3	1937	1937-05-09	DET	PHA	down 9-6	b9	1--	1		Flyball: LF
4	1937	1937-06-19	DET	PHA	ahead 0-3	t2	12-	2		Flyball: CF
5	1937	1937-06-19	DET	PHA	down 5-3	t5	---	0		Single to LF
6	1937	1937-06-19	DET	PHA	ahead 5-6	t6	1--	2		Flyball: RF
7	1937	1937-06-19	DET	PHA	tied 6-6	t9	---	1		Strikeout
8	1937	1937-07-23 (2)	DET	PHA	down 5-4	b5	-2-	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
9	1937	1937-07-23 (2)	DET	PHA	ahead 5-7	b6	---	1		Single to CF
10	1937	1937-07-23 (2)	DET	PHA	tied 7-7	b9	---	0		Strikeout
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Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Batting Comparison

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Totals

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Hank Greenberg	19-36	1930	1947	1394	6098	5193	1046	1628	379	71	331	1274	58	30	852	844	.313	.412	.605	1.017	159	3142	66	16	35		82
2	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	268	387	367	42	103	10	4	5	55	1	1	16	48	.281	.313	.371	.683	74	136	1	1	3		1

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Hank Greenberg	23-34	1934	1945	23	101	85	17	27	7	2	5	22	1	0	13	19	.318	.420	.624	1.044	53	3	2	1		0

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Value

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Hank Greenberg	19-36	1930	1947	1394	6098	55.5	34.5	54.0	-4.4	425	-16	6	17
2	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	268	387	2.1	1.9	2.0	0.1	-15	1	-2	1

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Sabermetric

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Hank Greenberg	19-36	1930	1947	1394	6098	781	2496	2567	3696	1291	.323	1989	457	42.7	.292	6.2	65.9	88
2	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	268	387	19	120	125	269	45	.312	92	-17	-1.5	.090	7.6	50.0	2

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Hank Greenberg	23-34	1934	1945	23	101	14	42	44	62	22	.361	34			.306	4.5	100.0	1

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Win Probability

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Hank Greenberg	19-36	1930	1947	1394	6098	36.3	38.8	-4.5	434.50	39.8	463.34	1.06
2	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	268	387	-1.2	-0.9	0.0	-9.76	-1.0	-11.52	1.28

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Pitching Comparison

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Totals

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	33	42	.440	5.25	166	60	77	29	2	6	676.2	777	446	395	86	262	10	255	16	0	12	3046	1096	88	5.03	1.535	10.3	1.1	3.5	3.4

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Value

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	166	60	676.2	4.3	-1.8

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Totals Against

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	166	60	676.2	1096	2711	544	118	29	53	24	68.83	5	40	48	9	.287	.352	.447	.799	109	.160	.291	432	1211	233	1055	1096

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Starting & Relieving

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	19	32	42.1	72	30	42	6	50.0	77	106

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Ratios

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Hank Greenberg	19-36	1930	1947
2	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	166	60	676.2	8.4	8.6	-0.2

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Hank Greenberg	23-34	1934	1945

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Pitch Summary

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	166	60	676.2

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Head-to-Head Batting

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Totals

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Hank Greenberg	28	129	114	20	37	9	1	9	35	2	0	13	19	.325	.398	.658	1.056	75	0	1	1		0
2	Lynn Nelson	28	65	60	8	22	0	1	0	9	0	1	4	5	.367	.406	.400	.806	24	0	0	1		1

Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: Game Logs

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Hank Greenberg vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Hank Greenberg	DET	1939-09-20	*	13	4	6	6	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.167	1.667	7	0	0	0		0	1.53	0.281	0.00	0.00%	1.26			1B
2	Lynn Nelson	PHA	1939-09-20	*	12	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	1.01	-0.065	0.00	0.00%	-0.16			P
3	Hank Greenberg	DET	1939-07-29	*	9	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0		0	0.56	-0.062	0.00	0.00%	-1.43			1B
4	Lynn Nelson	PHA	1939-07-29	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.05	-0.028	0.00	0.00%	-0.27			P
5	Hank Greenberg	DET	1939-07-22 (1)	*	9	5	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	0	0	0		0	1.19	0.083	0.01	0.00%	0.68			1B
6	Lynn Nelson	PHA	1939-07-22 (1)	*	9	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0		0	1.43	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-0.86			P
7	Hank Greenberg	DET	1939-06-22	*	9	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0		0	1.07	-0.055	0.56	-0.02%	-0.27			1B
8	Lynn Nelson	PHA	1939-06-22	*	9	9	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	2	0	0	0		1	2.17	0.112	0.07	0.00%	0.98			P
9	Hank Greenberg	DET	1939-06-20	*	9	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.85	-0.088	0.45	-0.03%	-1.47			1B
10	Lynn Nelson	PHA	1939-06-20		1	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0	1.08	0.054	0.09	0.00%	0.67			PH
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