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Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: 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	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	32	38	.457	4.28	131	75	34	33	4	5	588.1	676	352	280	27	249	3	208	23	1	14	2645	992	95	4.11	1.572	10.3	0.4	3.8	3.2
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. Sam Gibson: 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	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. Sam Gibson: Value

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	131	75	588.1	2.7	-2.8
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	113.3	73.1

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Totals Against

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: 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	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	131	75	588.1	992	2291	507	112	30	31	33	48.44	2	44	57	24	.295	.366	.405	.772	105	.110	.312	348	929	169	948	992
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. Sam Gibson: 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	52	195											.236	.259					.289				52	52

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	32	43	45.9	40	19	48	3	62.5	34	56
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	273	60	56.3	121	37	31	20	73.0	123	159

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931								100.0	3	3

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Ratios

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	131	75	588.1	7.9	9.4	-1.6
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	13.6	7.1	6.5

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	17.6	2.9	14.6

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Pitch Summary

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	131	75	588.1
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: 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	Sam Gibson	1	1	.500	4.74	3	2	1	2	0	0	19.0	19	14	10	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	80	1.421	9.0	0.5	3.8	3.8
2	Lefty Grove	2	1	.667	3.00	3	3	0	2	1	0	24.0	21	9	8	2	5	0	10	0	0	0	97	1.083	7.9	0.8	1.9	3.8

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Game Logs

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Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: 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	Sam Gibson	DET	1927-08-28	8-GF	2.0	2	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0				0.0	-1.88	0	0	0.33
2	Lefty Grove	PHA	1927-08-28	GS-7, W	7.0	6	4	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	31	10	27	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	2	49			0.1	-0.08			0.93
3	Sam Gibson	DET	1927-07-18	CG, W	9.0	7	3	2	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	36	10	33	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	1	67			0.3	2.04			1.15
4	Lefty Grove	PHA	1927-07-18	CG(8), L	8.0	9	5	5	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	34	10	32	4	3	0	0	0	0	18	0	1	0	5	47			-0.2	-0.52			0.64
5	Sam Gibson	DET	1926-05-15	CG(8), L	8.0	10	8	7	1	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	34	15	28	7	1	1	1	1	0	16	2	2	0	3	30			-0.3	-3.52			0.40
6	Lefty Grove	PHA	1926-05-15	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	32	7	31	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	79			0.2	5.04			0.34

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Sam Gibson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Sam Gibson (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	1926	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
2	1927	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	2	0	0	0	0

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Sam Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Sam Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1926	1926-05-15	PHA	DET	tied 0-0	b3	12-	0		Reached on E3/Sacrifice Bunt; W. French to 3B; C. Galloway to 2B
2	1926	1926-05-15	PHA	DET	ahead 0-6	b4	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; C. Galloway to 2B
3	1926	1926-05-15	PHA	DET	ahead 0-7	b6	1--	1		Double Play: Popfly: 3B-1B
4	1927	1927-07-18	PHA	DET	down 3-2	t2	-2-	2		Strikeout
5	1927	1927-07-18	PHA	DET	down 4-2	t5	---	1		Walk
6	1927	1927-07-18	PHA	DET	down 5-3	t7	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B

Sam Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam Gibson (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	1926	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1927	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	1	0	0	0	0

Sam Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1926	1926-05-15	DET	PHA	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1926	1926-05-15	DET	PHA	down 7-0	t6	---	1		Double to RF
3	1926	1926-05-15	DET	PHA	down 8-0	t8	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1927	1927-07-18	DET	PHA	ahead 2-3	b2	---	1		Popfly: SS
5	1927	1927-07-18	DET	PHA	ahead 2-4	b4	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; L. Woodall to 2B
6	1927	1927-07-18	DET	PHA	ahead 3-5	b6	---	2		Flyball: CF

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Batting Comparison

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Batting Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: 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	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	132	211	202	17	50	9	0	0	14	0	0	3	14	.248	.259	.292	.551	43	59		0	6		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. Sam Gibson: 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. Sam Gibson: Batting Value

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	132	211	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	-17	0	0	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. Sam Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: 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	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	132	211	9	53	56	158	15	.266	31	-18	-1.7	.045	14.4		0
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. Sam Gibson: 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	1.6		0

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sam Gibson	26-32	1926	1932	132	211	-1.2	-1.4	0.1	-9.95	-1.1	-15.51	0.90
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. Sam Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: 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	Sam Gibson	3	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	2		0	1		0
2	Lefty Grove	3	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1		0	2		0

Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: Game Logs

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Lefty Grove vs. Sam Gibson: 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	Sam Gibson	DET	1927-08-28		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Lefty Grove	PHA	1927-08-28	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0		0	0.48	-0.009	0.00	0.00%	-0.45			P
3	Sam Gibson	DET	1927-07-18	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1		0	0.62	-0.035	0.12	0.00%	-0.53			P
4	Lefty Grove	PHA	1927-07-18	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0		0	0.98	-0.026	0.38	-0.01%	-0.25			P
5	Sam Gibson	DET	1926-05-15	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	0		0	0.19	-0.006	0.40	-0.01%	0.19			P
6	Lefty Grove	PHA	1926-05-15	*	9	9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2		0	0.69	0.068	1.68	0.10%	0.03			P

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