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Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Pitching Comparison

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	236	106	.690	2.75	498	438	35	156	45	11	3170.1	2766	1107	967	228	1086	49	1956	28	5	75	13036	4058	133	3.26	1.215	7.9	0.6	3.1	5.6
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	123	108	.532	3.41	447	225	110	92	17	23	2064.2	1940	893	782	186	630	70	904	68	3	18	8676	2730	108	3.85	1.245	8.5	0.8	2.7	3.9

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	10	8	.556	2.71	22	22	0	7	3	0	146.0	132	51	44	8	34	2	94	3	0	4	594	180			1.137	8.1	0.5	2.1	5.8
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	34	8			0.889	7.0	1.0	1.0	2.0

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Value

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	53.6	28.6
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	447	225	2064.2	22.6	7.1

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Against

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	4058	11750	2077	377	84	30	54	35.71	51	355	117	49	.235	.300	.340	.640	82	.105	.264	1205	3995	689	3880	4058
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	447	225	2064.2	2730	7841	1356	338	60	50	44	53.19	7	113	121	20	.247	.308	.377	.685	95	.130	.259	920	2956	584	2638	2730

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	180	549	100	20	4	2	2	50.00	0	17	3	5	.240	.286	.335	.621		.095	.274	54	184	32	169	180
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	1	9.0	8	32	4	2	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.219	.242	.375	.617		.156	.207	3	12	3	8	8

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	282	64	57.8	43	15	35	8	57.9	35	60
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	135	60	53.9	172	69	40	8	74.2	110	222

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	15	68	57.7						0	0
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	100	70.0						0	0

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	15.0	8.3	6.7
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	447	225	2064.2	10.4	7.3	3.2

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	15.8	5.7	10.1
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	1	9.0	5.9	2.9	2.9

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1		82
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	447	225	2064.2

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	604	86	404	66.89
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	1	9.0	95	95	65	68.42

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Pitching

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Steve Gromek	1	4	.200	6.58	7	4	3	0	0	0	26.0	34	22	19	6	7	3	7	1	0	0	120	1.577	11.8	2.1	2.4	2.4
2	Whitey Ford	3	0	1.000	2.81	7	6	1	2	1	1	41.2	24	14	13	4	19	0	25	0	0	0	158	1.032	5.2	0.9	4.1	5.4

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-06-20	8-GF, S	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.77	1	0	0.62
2	Steve Gromek	DET	1956-06-20	9-GF	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.53	0	0	0.19
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-05-01	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	34	10	31	4	3	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	3	68			0.2	2.56			0.43
4	Steve Gromek	DET	1956-05-01	GS-5, L	4.0	7	7	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	22	10	19	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	2	25			-0.3	-3.97			0.73
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-08-24	GS-7	7.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	26	5	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	65			0.0	1.41			0.50
6	Steve Gromek	DET	1955-08-24	GS-9, L	8.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	31	7	30	4	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	59			-0.3	0.90			1.23
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-06-09	GS-5	4.1	3	3	2	1	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	21	9	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	45			-0.1	-1.46			0.70
8	Steve Gromek	DET	1955-06-09	GS-4, L	3.2	7	7	7	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	21	10	18	4	1	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	18			-0.4	-5.27			0.74
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-05-13	GS-7, W	7.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	24	5	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	64			0.2	1.45			0.73
10	Steve Gromek	DET	1955-05-13	GS-5, L	5.0	7	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	7	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	2	0	2	37			-0.2	-1.53			0.61
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Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Batter vs. Pitcher

Steve Gromek (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Gromek (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (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	1955	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1956	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Gromek (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Gromek (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-05-13	DET	NYY	down 2-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1955	1955-06-09	DET	NYY	down 4-2	b2	1--	2		Strikeout
3	1955	1955-08-24	DET	NYY	ahead 0-2	b3	---	0		Strikeout
4	1955	1955-08-24	DET	NYY	ahead 0-2	b5	---	2		Strikeout
5	1956	1956-05-01	DET	NYY	down 1-0	t3	-2-	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Steve Gromek (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Steve Gromek (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	1953	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1956	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	0	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Steve Gromek (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Steve Gromek (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-05-12	NYY	CLE	ahead 0-7	b8	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1955	1955-05-13	NYY	DET	ahead 0-2	b2	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1955	1955-05-13	NYY	DET	ahead 0-3	b4	-2-	2		Groundout: 1B-P
4	1955	1955-06-09	NYY	DET	ahead 2-4	t2	---	1		Foul Popfly: C
5	1955	1955-06-09	NYY	DET	ahead 2-5	t4	---	1		Strikeout
6	1955	1955-08-24	NYY	DET	down 2-0	t3	-2-	0		Lineout: RF
7	1955	1955-08-24	NYY	DET	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Flyball: CF
8	1956	1956-05-01	NYY	DET	ahead 0-1	b2	12-	2		Strikeout Looking
9	1956	1956-05-01	NYY	DET	ahead 0-5	b4	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
10	1956	1956-06-20	NYY	DET	ahead 1-4	t9	12-	2		Single to RF; J. Coleman to 2B; N. Siebern out at Hm/RF-C

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Comparison

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Totals

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	1023	91	177	19	0	3	69	3	2	113	224	.173	.256	.200	.457	28	205	10	3	65	4	0
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	470	743	630	58	124	9	2	0	40	2	0	71	146	.197	.279	.217	.497	40	137	13	1	40	0	0

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	49	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	14	.082	.196	.082	.278	4	1	0	1	0	0
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	3.5	3.5	3.7	-0.3	-100	5	-3	0
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	470	743	2.5	2.4	2.4	0.0	-53	1	0	0

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Sabermetric

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	22	293	305	927	65	.218	157	-100	-10.4	.027	4.6	60.0	5
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	470	743	11	196	198	559	47	.256	98	-52	-5.3	.021	4.3	100.0	2

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	0	11	11	47	3	.114	7			.000	3.5		0
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	-7.3	-9.3	0.7	-85.88	-8.9	-96.34	0.84
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	470	743	-6.3	-5.7	-0.8	-64.36	-6.6	-61.83	0.98

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Batting

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Steve Gromek	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	7	16	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Steve Gromek vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-06-20		2	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	0	0.28	-0.008	1.49	-0.02%	-0.45			P
2	Steve Gromek	DET	1956-06-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-05-01	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.041	1.49	-0.09%	-0.53			P
4	Steve Gromek	DET	1956-05-01	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.040	3.22	-0.05%	-0.36			P
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-08-24	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.077	10.84	-0.38%	-0.67			P
6	Steve Gromek	DET	1955-08-24	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	-0.003	0.00	0.00%	0.05			P
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-06-09	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.021	2.51	-0.08%	-0.31			P
8	Steve Gromek	DET	1955-06-09	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.024	2.85	-0.05%	-0.23			P
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-05-13	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.040	2.41	-0.08%	-0.64			P
10	Steve Gromek	DET	1955-05-13	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.011	1.35	-0.02%	-0.10			P
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