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Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Pitching Comparison

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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	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
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	114	118	.491	3.32	373	226	109	142	16	23	2052.2	2234	964	757	57	440		428	42	3	17	8647	2900	108	3.29	1.303	9.8	0.2	1.9	1.9

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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
2	Sherry Smith	25-29	1916	1920	1	2	.333	0.89	3	3	0	3	0	0	30.1	17	4	3	0	9	1	5	0	0	0	110	26			0.857	5.0	0.0	2.7	1.5

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Value

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	113.3	73.1
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	373	226	2052.2	24.4	7.1

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Totals Against

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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	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
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	373	226	2052.2	2900	7910	1712	340	121	80	93	46.24	84	134	166	87	.282	.320	.377	.697	94	.095	.290	972	2983	518	2716	2900

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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
2	Sherry Smith	25-29	1916	1920	3	3	30.1	26	98											.173	.243					.183				26	26

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Starting & Relieving

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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	25-41	1925	1941	273	60	56.3	121	37	31	20	73.0	123	159
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	127	56	50.6	126	44	35	11	67.6	109	147

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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
2	Sherry Smith	25-29	1916	1920									0	0

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Ratios

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	13.6	7.1	6.5
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	373	226	2052.2	4.9	5.1	-0.1

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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
2	Sherry Smith	25-29	1916	1920	3	3	30.1	4.5	8.2	-3.6

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Pitch Summary

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	373	226	2052.2

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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
2	Sherry Smith	25-29	1916	1920	3	3	30.1

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Head-to-Head Pitching

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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	Sherry Smith	3	0	1.000	2.16	3	2	1	2	1	0	25.0	21	6	6	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	96	0.920	7.6	0.4	0.7	2.2
2	Lefty Grove	0	2	.000	1.72	3	1	1	1	0	0	15.2	17	5	3	0	5	1	10	0	0	0	66	1.404	9.8	0.0	2.9	5.7

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Game Logs

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Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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	Lefty Grove	PHA	1927-05-07	7-GF(11), BL	4.2	6	2	2	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	20	8	17	6	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	2	0	0				-0.1	0.55	0	0	2.50
2	Sherry Smith	CLE	1927-05-07	7-GF(11), W	5.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.6	2.80	0	0	1.86
3	Lefty Grove	PHA	1926-06-12	CG(11), L	10.2	11	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	43	13	39	10	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	2	0	1	71			0.5	4.47			1.51
4	Sherry Smith	CLE	1926-06-12	SHO(11), W	11.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	38	7	38	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	88			1.0	5.93			1.49
5	Lefty Grove	PHA	1925-08-06 (1)	3-3	0.1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-1.05	2	1	1.21
6	Sherry Smith	CLE	1925-08-06 (1)	CG, W	9.0	12	6	6	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	41	14	38	10	1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	2	38			0.2	-0.38			0.84

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Batter vs. Pitcher

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Sherry Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Sherry Smith (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	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1927	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Sherry Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Sherry Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1926	1926-06-12	CLE	PHA	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Flyball: CF
2	1926	1926-06-12	CLE	PHA	tied 0-0	b5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1926	1926-06-12	CLE	PHA	tied 0-0	b7	---	2		Strikeout
4	1926	1926-06-12	CLE	PHA	tied 0-0	b10	---	0		Strikeout
5	1927	1927-05-07	CLE	PHA	tied 10-10	b7	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
6	1927	1927-05-07	CLE	PHA	tied 10-10	b10	---	0		Strikeout

Sherry Smith (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sherry Smith (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	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1927	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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sherry Smith (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sherry Smith (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1926	1926-06-12	PHA	CLE	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Lineout: CF
2	1926	1926-06-12	PHA	CLE	tied 0-0	t6	---	0		Lineout: LF
3	1926	1926-06-12	PHA	CLE	tied 0-0	t8	---	1		Popfly: SS
4	1926	1926-06-12	PHA	CLE	tied 0-0	t11	---	0		Strikeout
5	1927	1927-05-07	PHA	CLE	tied 10-10	t10	---	1		Groundout: 1B-P

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Batting Comparison

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Batting Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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	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
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	381	766	709	59	165	24	10	6	60	4	3	30	134	.233	.268	.320	.588	61	227		4	23		0

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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
2	Sherry Smith	25-29	1916	1920	3	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.182	.273	2		0	0		0

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Batting Value

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-6.5	-6.5	-6.4	0.1	-232	2	-3	0
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	381	766	2.6	2.5	2.6	-0.1	-42	0	1	0

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Batting Sabermetric

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	47	309	320	1272	62	.246	225	-204	-19.9	.060	2.3	50.00	2
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	381	766	40	199	210	570	62	.279	113	-41	-4.5	.087	5.3	40.00	5

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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
2	Sherry Smith	25-29	1916	1920	3	11	1	1	1	10		.111	0			.091	5.5		0

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Batting Win Probability

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-17.2	-17.8	0.4	-208.27		-216.95	0.98
2	Sherry Smith	20-36	1911	1927	381	766	-5.4	-4.2	-1.0	-54.09		-48.84	1.04

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Head-to-Head Batting

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Totals

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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	Sherry Smith	3	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.200	.273	.200	.473	2		1	0		0
2	Lefty Grove	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: Game Logs

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Lefty Grove vs. Sherry Smith: 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	Lefty Grove	PHA	1927-05-07		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.90	-0.049	6.38	-0.10%	-0.18			P
2	Sherry Smith	CLE	1927-05-07		5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.90	-0.105	3.47	-0.11%	-0.51			P
3	Lefty Grove	PHA	1926-06-12	*	11	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.68	-0.170	3.61	-0.22%	-1.05			P
4	Sherry Smith	CLE	1926-06-12	*	11	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.28	-0.137	1.94	-0.12%	-0.86			P
5	Lefty Grove	PHA	1925-08-06 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Sherry Smith	CLE	1925-08-06 (1)	*	9	9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	2		1	0		0	0.59	0.009	0.00	0.00%	0.92			P

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