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Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Pitching Comparison

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Totals

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	97	96	.503	3.96	303	198	65	83	13	9	1666.1	1815	849	733	98	608	52	431	28	1	26	7266	2534	97	4.05	1.454	9.8	0.5	3.3	2.3
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	223	186	.545	3.80	582	433	94	181	25	24	3426.1	3706	1714	1447	161	1118	107	1161	59	2	33	14861	5143	113	3.87	1.408	9.7	0.4	2.9	3.0

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	29	1946	1946	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	14	7			2.333	18.0	0.0	3.0	3.0

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Value

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	303	198	1666.1	8.8	-4.6
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	48.5	16.8

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Totals Against

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	303	198	1666.1	2534	6527	1339	321	57	27	38	41.54	9	136	100	4	.278	.342	.390	.732	106	.112	.286	876	2544	476	2451	2534
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	5143	13429	2833	587	125	81	114	41.54	20	291	228	25	.276	.334	.374	.708	90	.098	.292	1688	5026	873	4883	5143

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	29	1946	1946	1	0	3.0	7	12											.500	.538					.546				7	7

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Starting & Relieving

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	109	55	48.2	83	32	39	3	75.0	65	105
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	237	55	49.5	133	61	46	12	66.7	94	149

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Bagby	29	1946	1946									0	1

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Ratios

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	303	198	1666.1	5.9	8.4	-2.4
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	7.8	7.5	0.3

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Bagby	29	1946	1946	1	0	3.0	7.1	7.1	0.0

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Pitch Summary

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	303	198	1666.1		136
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Bagby	29	1946	1946	1	0	3.0

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Totals

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	1	3	.250	3.72	6	2	3	1	0	0	29.0	29	13	12	1	10	2	15	1	0	1	120	1.345	9.0	0.3	3.1	4.7
2	Mel Harder	5	0	1.000	2.52	6	5	0	3	1	0	39.1	45	14	11	2	5	1	20	0	0	0	166	1.271	10.3	0.5	1.1	4.6

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Game Logs

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Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	BOS	1940-06-22	GS-6, L	5.0	11	7	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	26	14	24	10	1	0	0	2	0	12	1	0	0	1	19			-0.3	-3.88			1.06
2	Mel Harder	CLE	1940-06-22	GS-8, W	7.0	10	4	2	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	34	13	31	7	3	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	3	49			0.1	-0.50			1.01
3	Jim Bagby	BOS	1940-06-12	6-GF, BW	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	16	4	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.0	1.19	3	3	1.10
4	Mel Harder	CLE	1940-06-12	8-8	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				-0.2	-2.66	2	2	2.36
5	Jim Bagby	BOS	1940-05-22	1-3, L	2.1	5	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	13	7	10	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	1				-0.2	-1.44	2	0	1.29
6	Mel Harder	CLE	1940-05-22	GS-5, W	4.2	12	5	4	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	26	13	26	10	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	27			-0.2	-2.78			1.34
7	Jim Bagby	BOS	1939-09-16	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.61	0	0	0.38
8	Mel Harder	CLE	1939-09-16	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	7	33	5	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	69			0.7	4.51			1.43
9	Jim Bagby	BOS	1938-09-15 (1)	1-GF(8)	7.2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	28	7	27	4	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	2				0.3	4.52	0	0	0.57
10	Mel Harder	CLE	1938-09-15 (1)	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	35	10	34	7	2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	65			0.5	3.40			1.34
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Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bagby (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bagby (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	1938	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1940	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	10	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	1

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bagby (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bagby (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-07-25 (2)	BOS	CLE	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1938	1938-07-25 (2)	BOS	CLE	down 1-0	b5	---	2		Single to CF
3	1938	1938-07-25 (2)	BOS	CLE	down 2-0	b7	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1938	1938-09-15 (1)	BOS	CLE	down 3-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1938	1938-09-15 (1)	BOS	CLE	down 3-1	t5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1938	1938-09-15 (1)	BOS	CLE	down 3-1	t7	---	2		Strikeout
7	1940	1940-05-22	BOS	CLE	tied 2-2	t2	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
8	1940	1940-06-12	BOS	CLE	ahead 5-6	b8	1-3	2		Single to CF; T. Williams Scores; J. Tabor to 3B; J. Bagby to 2B/Adv on throw
9	1940	1940-06-22	BOS	CLE	tied 0-0	t2	1-3	2		Flyball: RF
10	1940	1940-06-22	BOS	CLE	down 4-0	t5	12-	0		Strikeout Looking

Jim Bagby (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Bagby (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (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	1938	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	0	0	0
2	1940	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	7	2	0	0	0	1	2	4	.286	.444	.286	.730	1	0	0	0	0

Jim Bagby (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Bagby (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-07-25 (2)	CLE	BOS	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Walk
2	1938	1938-07-25 (2)	CLE	BOS	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Strikeout
3	1938	1938-07-25 (2)	CLE	BOS	ahead 0-2	t7	---	2		Strikeout
4	1938	1938-09-15 (1)	CLE	BOS	ahead 0-3	b2	-2-	0		Single to 3B/Bunt; J. Kroner stays at 2B
5	1938	1938-09-15 (1)	CLE	BOS	ahead 1-3	b5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1938	1938-09-15 (1)	CLE	BOS	ahead 1-3	b7	---	2		Strikeout
7	1940	1940-05-22	CLE	BOS	tied 2-2	b2	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; R. Mack to 2B
8	1940	1940-05-22	CLE	BOS	ahead 2-5	b3	1--	1		Walk; R. Mack to 2B
9	1940	1940-06-22	CLE	BOS	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
10	1940	1940-06-22	CLE	BOS	ahead 0-1	b4	123	1		Single to 1B; B. Chapman Scores; R. Mack to 3B; K. Keltner to 2B

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Batting Comparison

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Batting Totals

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	322	663	620	59	140	16	2	3	56	1	0	8	68	.226	.239	.273	.512	40	169	14	3	32		0
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	1203	89	199	38	5	4	93	2	0	39	369	.165	.194	.215	.409	7	259	11	3	69		0

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	29	1946	1946	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Batting Value

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	322	663	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.1	-52	-1	0	0
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	0.0	-180	-3	2	0

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	322	663	21	151	157	526	40	.250	112	-55	-5.4	.047	9.1	100.00	1
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	47	241	252	1084	52	.235	178	-169	-16.4	.050	3.3	100.00	2

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	29	1946	1946	1	1	0	0	0	1		.000	0			.000			0

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Batting Win Probability

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Bagby	21-30	1938	1947	322	663	-3.7	-4.4	0.6	-43.85		-50.34	0.99
2	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	-15.3	-15.3	-0.9	-181.60		-186.66	0.94

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Totals

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	6	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	1	0	0		0
2	Mel Harder	6	14	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.273	.385	.273	.657	3	0	0	1		0

Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: Game Logs

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Mel Harder vs. Jim Bagby: 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	Jim Bagby	BOS	1940-06-22	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.83	-0.100	10.50	-0.35%	-1.13			P
2	Mel Harder	CLE	1940-06-22	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	1.14	0.040	7.98	0.17%	0.28			P
3	Jim Bagby	BOS	1940-06-12		4	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	2.37	-0.020	12.88	-0.07%	0.50			P
4	Mel Harder	CLE	1940-06-12		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Jim Bagby	BOS	1940-05-22		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	1.22	-0.055	7.41	-0.20%	-0.57			P
6	Mel Harder	CLE	1940-05-22	*	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	1		0	1.05	-0.001	5.53	0.00%	0.17			P
7	Jim Bagby	BOS	1939-09-16		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Mel Harder	CLE	1939-09-16	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	0.70	-0.013	0.00	0.00%	-0.18			P
9	Jim Bagby	BOS	1938-09-15 (1)		9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.87	-0.071	0.00	0.00%	-0.68			P
10	Mel Harder	CLE	1938-09-15 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0		0	0.51	-0.010	0.00	0.00%	-0.02			P
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