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Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Pitching Comparison

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Totals

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	63	73	.463	3.78	207	152	31	66	11	4	1176.2	1237	595	494	62	444	40	374	29	1	38	5109	1792	92	3.89	1.429	9.5	0.5	3.4	2.9
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	15	28	.349	4.73	172	45	61	6	0	11	464.2	497	284	244	34	289	14	256	12	0	13	2145	825	92	4.36	1.692	9.6	0.7	5.6	5.0

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Value

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	207	152	1176.2	2.5	-6.2
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	45	464.2	2.9	-0.7

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Totals Against

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	207	152	1176.2	1792	4559	991	142	42	23	27	46.00	2	91	83	0	.271	.340	.362	.702	106	.090	.285	567	1649	246	1710	1792
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	45	464.2	825	1808	352	90	21	21	12	63.64	7	28	34	2	.275	.378	.404	.782	112	.129	.305	280	731	145	798	825

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Starting & Relieving

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	88	58	49.8	40	16	40	0	100.0	31	55
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	14	31	41.2	125	49	39	3	78.6	61	127

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Ratios

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	207	152	1176.2	7.3	8.7	-1.4
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	45	464.2	11.9	13.5	-1.5

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Pitch Summary

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	207	152	1176.2
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	45	464.2

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Head-to-Head Pitching

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Totals

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Orval Grove	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	21	2.750	18.0	2.3	6.8	0.0
2	Bill Kennedy	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	0	5	0	8	0	0	0	29	1.143	3.9	0.0	6.4	10.3

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Game Logs

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Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Orval Grove	CHW	1948-05-16 (2)	GS-4, L	4.0	8	4	4	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	21	11	18	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	27			-0.2	-1.93			0.70
2	Bill Kennedy	CLE	1948-05-16 (2)	GS-8, W	7.0	3	2	2	0	0	5	0	8	0	0	0	29	8	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	66			0.2	1.62			0.60

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Batter vs. Pitcher

Orval Grove (Pitcher) vs. Bill Kennedy (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Orval Grove (Pitcher) vs. Bill Kennedy (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	1948	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Orval Grove (Pitcher) vs. Bill Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Orval Grove (Pitcher) vs. Bill Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1948	1948-05-16 (2)	CLE	CHW	ahead 0-3	b2	---	0		Walk
2	1948	1948-05-16 (2)	CLE	CHW	ahead 0-4	b4	---	1		Single to P

Bill Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Orval Grove (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Orval Grove (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	1948	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Orval Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Orval Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1948	1948-05-16 (2)	CHW	CLE	down 3-0	t3	1--	1		Strikeout

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Comparison

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Totals

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	207	430	373	23	48	4	2	1	19	0	2	31	128	.129	.201	.158	.360	4	59	9	3	21		0
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	136	120	9	25	1	0	0	6	0	0	8	31	.208	.258	.217	.474	26	26	4	0	8	0	0

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Value

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	207	430	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	-47	0	0	0
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	136	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-13	0	-2	0

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Sabermetric

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	207	430	7	82	86	357	12	.193	41	-48	-5.0	.029	2.9	0.00	2
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	136	1	33	33	107	9	.281	15	-12	-1.2	.008	3.9		0

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Win Probability

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Orval Grove	20-29	1940	1949	207	430	-4.2	-3.3	-1.1	-39.50		-34.25	0.96
2	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	136	-0.9	-1.0	0.0	-7.03		-10.90	0.83

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Head-to-Head Batting

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Totals

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Orval Grove	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Bill Kennedy	1	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1		0

Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: Game Logs

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Orval Grove vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Orval Grove	CHW	1948-05-16 (2)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.11	-0.027	0.75	-0.01%	-0.30			P
2	Bill Kennedy	CLE	1948-05-16 (2)	*	8	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1		0	0.23	0.037	0.77	0.07%	1.17			P

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