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Burleigh Grimes

52.9

616

497

4180.0

270-212

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3.53

108

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Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Pitching Comparison

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Totals

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	270	212	.560	3.53	616	497	95	314	35	18	4180.0	4412	2050	1638	148	1295	25	1512	101	12	92	17974	6205	108	3.52	1.365	9.5	0.3	2.8	3.3
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	201	160	.557	3.59	632	341	186	177	21	42	3197.1	3252	1467	1274	189	889	72	1459	79	3	22	13529	4418	111	3.69	1.295	9.2	0.5	2.5	4.1

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	26-38	1920	1932	3	4	.429	4.29	9	7	1	4	1	0	56.2	49	28	27	8	26	2	28	1	0	1	238	76			1.324	7.8	1.3	4.1	4.4
2	Charlie Root	30-39	1929	1938	0	3	.000	6.75	6	4	1	0	0	0	22.2	26	18	17	8	6	1	15	0	0	0	99	32			1.412	10.3	3.2	2.4	6.0

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Value

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	616	497	4180.0	46.7	14.0
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	632	341	3197.1	37.5	11.4

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Totals Against

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	616	497	4180.0	6205	16137	3412	624	228	385	290	57.04	24	293	271	170	.273	.328	.368	.696	91	.094	.291	1988	5936	1000	5808	6205
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	632	341	3197.1	4418	12294	2382	560	121	93	128	42.08	4	219	181	88	.265	.316	.376	.692	88	.111	.285	1477	4621	870	4220	4418

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	26-38	1920	1932	9	7	56.2	76	209											.234	.322					.237				76	76
2	Charlie Root	30-39	1929	1938	6	4	22.2	32	91											.286	.330					.265				32	32

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Starting & Relieving

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	289	58	51.2	119	53	45	14	56.3	95	119
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	192	56	52.2	251	86	34	17	71.2	186	291

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Burleigh Grimes	26-38	1920	1932									1	2
2	Charlie Root	30-39	1929	1938									1	2

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Ratios

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	616	497	4180.0	8.4	7.2	1.2
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	632	341	3197.1	10.8	6.6	4.2

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Burleigh Grimes	26-38	1920	1932	9	7	56.2	11.8	10.9	0.8
2	Charlie Root	30-39	1929	1938	6	4	22.2	15.2	6.1	9.1

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Pitch Summary

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	616	497	4180.0
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	632	341	3197.1		111

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Burleigh Grimes	26-38	1920	1932	9	7	56.2
2	Charlie Root	30-39	1929	1938	6	4	22.2

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Head-to-Head Pitching

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Totals

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Charlie Root	1	3	.250	4.30	8	6	0	2	0	0	46.0	52	26	22	2	21	1	18	2	0	1	212	1.587	10.2	0.4	4.1	3.5
2	Burleigh Grimes	5	2	.714	2.64	8	6	2	4	2	0	61.1	58	21	18	2	24	1	20	0	0	0	259	1.337	8.5	0.3	3.5	2.9

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Game Logs

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Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	BSN	1930-05-15	GS-8, W	8.0	13	8	8	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	39	16	35	4	8	0	0	1	0	24	0	1	0	9	22			-0.8	-2.82			1.37
2	Charlie Root	CHC	1930-05-15	7-7,BS	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2				-0.5	-3.40	0	0	2.23
3	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	1929-08-31	7-GF, BL	3.0	3	4	4	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	16	7	11	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	1				-0.6	-2.29	3	2	3.49
4	Charlie Root	CHC	1929-08-31	GS-6	6.0	6	3	3	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	29	11	24	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	2	49			0.0	0.73			1.20
5	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	1929-05-30 (2)	SHO, W	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	8	29	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	3	0	0	1	75			0.6	5.60			1.12
6	Charlie Root	CHC	1929-05-30 (2)	CG(8), L	8.0	10	4	3	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	37	12	32	6	2	1	3	0	0	17	0	1	1	4	49			0.1	0.98			1.08
7	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	1929-04-24	GS-11	11.0	7	4	2	2	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	46	14	38	5	2	0	3	0	0	9	1	1	1	2	68			0.6	2.84			1.66
8	Charlie Root	CHC	1929-04-24	GS-6	6.0	7	4	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	26	9	24	7	0	0	3	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	42			-0.1	-0.27			0.75
9	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	1929-04-16	CG, W	9.0	10	3	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	42	16	36	8	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	2	53			0.5	2.44			1.53
10	Charlie Root	CHC	1929-04-16	GS-7, L	7.0	7	4	2	2	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	35	15	25	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	2	2	46			-0.1	0.23			0.90
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Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Batter vs. Pitcher

Burleigh Grimes (Pitcher) vs. Charlie Root (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Burleigh Grimes (Pitcher) vs. Charlie Root (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	1927	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1928	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1929	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	2	0	0	0	0

Burleigh Grimes (Pitcher) vs. Charlie Root (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Burleigh Grimes (Pitcher) vs. Charlie Root (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1927	1927-06-11	CHC	NYG	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Lineout: RF
2	1927	1927-06-11	CHC	NYG	ahead 0-1	b5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
3	1927	1927-06-11	CHC	NYG	ahead 0-2	b6	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; G. Hartnett to 3B; C. Beck to 2B
4	1927	1927-06-11	CHC	NYG	ahead 1-2	b8	--3	1		Flyball: RF
5	1928	1928-04-25	CHC	PIT	down 3-0	b3	---	0		Flyball: LF
6	1928	1928-04-25	CHC	PIT	down 3-0	b5	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1929	1929-04-16	CHC	PIT	down 3-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1929	1929-04-16	CHC	PIT	down 3-0	b5	---	0		Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
9	1929	1929-04-24	CHC	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Reached on E6 (throw to 1B) (Ground Ball)
10	1929	1929-04-24	CHC	PIT	down 4-1	t4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; T. Angley to 2B
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Charlie Root (Pitcher) vs. Burleigh Grimes (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Charlie Root (Pitcher) vs. Burleigh Grimes (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	1927	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1928	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
3	1929	9	7	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.429	.556	.571	1.127	0	0	0	0	0
4	1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	18	15	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	.267	.389	.333	.722	0	0	0	0	0

Charlie Root (Pitcher) vs. Burleigh Grimes (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Charlie Root (Pitcher) vs. Burleigh Grimes (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1927	1927-06-11	NYG	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Walk
2	1927	1927-06-11	NYG	CHC	down 1-0	t5	1-3	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
3	1927	1927-06-11	NYG	CHC	down 2-1	t7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
4	1928	1928-04-25	PIT	CHC	ahead 0-2	t2	1-3	0		Fielder's Choice 1B; A. Comorosky out at Hm/1B-C; J. Gooch to 2B
5	1928	1928-04-25	PIT	CHC	ahead 0-3	t4	12-	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
6	1928	1928-04-25	PIT	CHC	ahead 0-3	t7	---	0		Single to CF
7	1928	1928-09-10	PIT	CHC	ahead 5-7	t6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
8	1928	1928-09-10	PIT	CHC	ahead 5-7	t8	1--	1		Flyball: RF
9	1929	1929-04-16	PIT	CHC	ahead 0-3	t2	---	0		Single to LF (Line Drive)
10	1929	1929-04-16	PIT	CHC	ahead 0-3	t3	-23	2		Walk
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Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Batting Comparison

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Batting Totals

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	632	1687	1535	157	380	62	11	2	168	15	6	69	241	.248	.282	.306	.588	58	470	1	5	76		0
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	632	1192	1086	86	196	46	7	11	93	1	1	44	329	.180	.217	.266	.483	28	289	9	7	54		0

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	26-38	1920	1932	9	20	19	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.316	.316	.316	.632	6		0	1		0
2	Charlie Root	30-39	1929	1938	6	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Batting Value

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	632	1687	6.2	6.1	6.3	-0.2	-97	-1	3	0
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	632	1192	0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.2	-123	1	1	0

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Batting Sabermetric

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	632	1687	75	454	474	1238	138	.293	323	-93	-9.3	.059	6.4	62.50	16
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	632	1192	64	247	258	954	65	.248	168	-116	-11.8	.086	3.3	50.00	2

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	26-38	1920	1932	9	20	0	6	6	14		.400	3			.000	4.8		0
2	Charlie Root	30-39	1929	1938	6	7	0	0	0	7		.000	0			.000	1.8		0

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Batting Win Probability

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Burleigh Grimes	22-40	1916	1934	632	1687	-6.9	-8.8	1.8	-74.73		-98.62	0.99
2	Charlie Root	24-42	1923	1941	632	1192	-11.4	-10.9	-0.8	-122.97		-118.73	0.98

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Head-to-Head Batting

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Totals

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Charlie Root	8	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.083	.083	.167	1		0	2		0
2	Burleigh Grimes	8	25	22	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.182	.280	.227	.507	5		0	0		0

Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: Game Logs

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Burleigh Grimes vs. Charlie Root: 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	Burleigh Grimes	BSN	1930-05-15	*	9	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.92	0.015	3.46	0.02%	0.17			P
2	Charlie Root	CHC	1930-05-15		1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	1929-08-31		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.64	-0.018	0.25	0.00%	-0.29			P
4	Charlie Root	CHC	1929-08-31	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.39	-0.072	0.55	-0.02%	-0.69			P
5	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	1929-05-30 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	3		0	0		0	0.92	0.030	5.09	0.10%	0.60			P
6	Charlie Root	CHC	1929-05-30 (2)	*	9	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0		0	1.12	0.036	6.28	0.12%	0.27			P
7	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	1929-04-24	*	12	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.18	-0.134	2.75	-0.19%	-1.05			P
8	Charlie Root	CHC	1929-04-24	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1		0	1.09	0.014	2.85	0.02%	0.15			P
9	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	1929-04-16	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0		0	0.60	0.017	1.43	0.03%	0.17			P
10	Charlie Root	CHC	1929-04-16	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.03	-0.055	2.48	-0.08%	-0.56			P
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