Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Pitching Comparison

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	142	75	.654	3.75	352	241	68	109	17	16	1950.1	1849	924	813	103	738	41	1070	38	5	68	8292	2730	113	3.70	1.326	8.5	0.5	3.4	4.9
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	300	141	.680	3.06	616	457	123	298	35	54	3940.2	3849	1594	1339	162	1187	24	2266	42	1	51	16622	5366	148	3.24	1.278	8.8	0.4	2.7	5.2

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Johnny Allen	27-36	1932	1941	0	0		6.23	4	1	2	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	3	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	24	11			2.077	12.5	2.1	6.2	0.0
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	4	2	.667	1.75	8	5	3	4	0	2	51.1	46	12	10	0	6	0	36	0	0	0	205	52			1.013	8.1	0.0	1.1	6.3

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Value

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	352	241	1950.1	27.9	10.1
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	113.3	73.1

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Totals Against

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	352	241	1950.1	2730	7418	1324	348	74	78	64	54.93	7	133	92	11	.249	.320	.358	.678	83	.109	.279	853	2654	525	2625	2730
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	5366	15118	2877	661	149	158	135	53.92	20	296	226	53	.255	.310	.350	.660	71	.096	.289	1651	5294	972	5078	5366

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Johnny Allen	27-36	1932	1941	4	1	4.1	11	19											.316	.458					.278				11	11
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	52	195											.236	.259					.289				52	52

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Starting & Relieving

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	121	50	53.0	107	38	36	11	59.3	68	111
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	273	60	56.3	121	37	31	20	73.0	123	159

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Allen	27-36	1932	1941									2	3
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931								100.0	3	3

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Ratios

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	352	241	1950.1	12.9	8.9	4.0
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	13.6	7.1	6.5

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Allen	27-36	1932	1941	4	1	4.1	0.0	12.5	-12.5
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	17.6	2.9	14.6

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Pitch Summary

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	352	241	1950.1
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Allen	27-36	1932	1941	4	1	4.1
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Head-to-Head Pitching

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Lefty Grove	4	2	.667	3.67	7	7	0	5	2	0	56.1	60	24	23	5	27	2	29	0	0	1	252	1.544	9.6	0.8	4.3	4.6
2	Johnny Allen	2	2	.500	4.09	7	4	1	2	0	1	44.0	39	22	20	2	27	1	29	2	0	1	194	1.500	8.0	0.4	5.5	5.9

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Game Logs

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Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Johnny Allen	CLE	1940-07-20	8-GF, S	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.90	0	0	1.18
2	Lefty Grove	BOS	1940-07-20	GS-2	1.0	5	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	3	26			-0.4	-4.44			1.01
3	Johnny Allen	CLE	1940-05-07	3-6	4.0	4	2	2	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	19	8	14	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	1				-0.1	0.33	0	0	0.44
4	Lefty Grove	BOS	1940-05-07	GS-8, W	7.1	12	4	4	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	35	14	33	10	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	40			0.0	0.07			0.74
5	Johnny Allen	CLE	1937-08-24	CG(13), W	13.0	9	3	3	0	0	5	0	6	1	0	0	51	15	44	7	2	0	0	1	0	11	1	1	0	2	78			0.9	4.56			1.77
6	Lefty Grove	BOS	1937-08-24	CG(13), L	12.0	8	4	3	1	0	9	2	4	0	0	0	54	19	42	6	2	0	1	1	0	10	0	3	0	2	67			0.4	1.13			1.64
7	Johnny Allen	CLE	1936-07-12	CG, W	9.0	4	2	2	0	0	6	0	9	0	0	0	38	11	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	74			0.5	4.12			1.25
8	Lefty Grove	BOS	1936-07-12	CG, L	9.0	11	5	5	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	41	14	36	7	3	0	0	0	0	17	0	2	0	4	44			0.0	1.12			1.53
9	Johnny Allen	NYY	1935-06-01 (1)	GS-4, L	3.2	8	5	5	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	22	12	19	7	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	25			-0.3	-3.64			1.06
10	Lefty Grove	BOS	1935-06-01 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	35	10	31	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	76			0.3	4.87			0.61
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Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Batter vs. Pitcher

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Allen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Allen (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	1932	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1933	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1935	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1936	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
5	1937	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1939	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
7	1940	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Allen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Allen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1932	1932-06-04 (1)	NYY	PHA	down 6-0	t3	1--	1		Flyball: CF
2	1932	1932-06-04 (1)	NYY	PHA	down 7-3	t4	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
3	1933	1933-08-03	NYY	PHA	down 3-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1933	1933-08-03	NYY	PHA	down 3-0	b6	---	0		Strikeout
5	1935	1935-06-01 (1)	NYY	BOS	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
6	1936	1936-07-12	CLE	BOS	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B
7	1936	1936-07-12	CLE	BOS	down 2-1	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; B. Knickerbocker to 2B
8	1936	1936-07-12	CLE	BOS	tied 2-2	t6	123	2		Groundout: C-1B
9	1936	1936-07-12	CLE	BOS	tied 2-2	t9	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 2B
10	1937	1937-08-24	CLE	BOS	ahead 0-1	b2	--3	2		Strikeout
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Johnny Allen (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Allen (Pitcher) vs. Lefty 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	1932	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1933	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1935	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1936	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
5	1937	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	0	0	0	0	1
6	1940	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	18	15	1	1	0	0	1	2	11	.067	.176	.133	.310	1	0	0	0	1

Johnny Allen (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Allen (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1932	1932-06-04 (1)	PHA	NYY	ahead 0-6	b1	--3	1		Strikeout
2	1932	1932-06-04 (1)	PHA	NYY	ahead 3-7	b4	---	0		Strikeout
3	1932	1932-06-04 (1)	PHA	NYY	ahead 3-8	b6	---	0		Strikeout
4	1933	1933-08-03	PHA	NYY	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Foul Popfly: 1B
5	1933	1933-08-03	PHA	NYY	ahead 0-3	t4	123	2		Strikeout
6	1933	1933-08-03	PHA	NYY	ahead 0-3	t7	---	0		Strikeout
7	1935	1935-06-01 (1)	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
8	1935	1935-06-01 (1)	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-2	t4	1-3	1		Foul Popfly: C
9	1936	1936-07-12	BOS	CLE	ahead 0-2	b2	---	0		Strikeout
10	1936	1936-07-12	BOS	CLE	ahead 1-2	b4	---	1		Strikeout Looking
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Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Batting Comparison

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Batting Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	365	786	716	82	124	12	3	4	64	1	0	33	155	.173	.210	.215	.425	11	154	8	0	36		0
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	1369	119	202	27	5	15	121	1	1	105	593	.148	.209	.207	.417	6	284	1	2	103		0

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Batting Value

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	365	786	-1.4	-1.5	-1.4	0.0	-99	3	-1	0
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-6.5	-6.5	-6.4	0.1	-232	2	-3	0

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Batting Sabermetric

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	365	786	19	157	184	636	38	.215	142	-97	-9.3	.042	4.6	100.00	1
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	47	309	320	1272	62	.246	225	-204	-19.9	.060	2.3	50.00	2

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Johnny Allen	27-36	1932	1941	4	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	1.6		0

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Batting Win Probability

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Johnny Allen	27-39	1932	1944	365	786	-6.0	-7.0	0.3	-75.64	-7.3	-85.02	0.89
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-17.2	-17.8	0.4	-208.27	-19.7	-216.95	0.98

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Head-to-Head Batting

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Lefty Grove	7	23	20	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	13	.050	.136	.100	.236	2	0	0	1		0
2	Johnny Allen	7	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0

Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: Game Logs

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Lefty Grove vs. Johnny Allen: 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	Johnny Allen	CLE	1940-07-20		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.23	-0.006	1.48	-0.02%	-0.33			P
2	Lefty Grove	BOS	1940-07-20	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Johnny Allen	CLE	1940-05-07		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.91	-0.022	3.91	-0.06%	-0.39			P
4	Lefty Grove	BOS	1940-05-07	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0		0	0.72	-0.079	3.09	-0.20%	-1.46			P
5	Johnny Allen	CLE	1937-08-24	*	13	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.74	-0.245	0.00	0.00%	-1.88			P
6	Lefty Grove	BOS	1937-08-24	*	13	9	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	2		0	0		0	1.88	-0.011	0.29	0.00%	0.30			P
7	Johnny Allen	CLE	1936-07-12	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1		0	2.46	-0.245	2.08	-0.12%	-1.82			P
8	Lefty Grove	BOS	1936-07-12	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1		0	1.31	-0.079	1.68	-0.06%	-0.90			P
9	Johnny Allen	NYY	1935-06-01 (1)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.78	-0.020	3.80	-0.06%	-0.18			P
10	Lefty Grove	BOS	1935-06-01 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.68	-0.079	2.07	-0.14%	-1.58			P
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