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Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Pitching Comparison

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Totals

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	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. Orval Grove: Value

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	48.5	16.8

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Totals Against

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	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. Orval Grove: Starting & Relieving

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	237	55	49.5	133	61	46	12	66.7	94	149

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Ratios

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	7.8	7.5	0.3

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Pitch Summary

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Totals

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	2	1	.667	2.02	5	4	1	2	0	0	35.2	27	8	8	1	12	0	11	2	0	0	143	1.093	6.8	0.3	3.0	2.8
2	Mel Harder	2	1	.667	2.70	5	4	0	1	0	0	33.1	25	11	10	0	16	1	4	0	0	0	134	1.230	6.8	0.0	4.3	1.1

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Game Logs

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Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	1946-08-18 (1)	GS-9	8.0	8	4	4	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	34	12	30	5	2	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	3	47			-0.2	-0.22			1.16
2	Mel Harder	CLE	1946-08-18 (1)	GS-8	7.1	7	4	4	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	32	10	29	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	46			0.1	0.91			1.56
3	Orval Grove	CHW	1944-06-16	GS- , W	8.2	5	1	1	0	0	4		3	1	0	0	35	10	29									1	0		69
4	Mel Harder	CLE	1944-06-16	GS- , L	7.0	5	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	28	7	26									0	0		53
5	Orval Grove	CHW	1944-04-19	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	35	8	34	5	2	0				9		0	0	2	71
6	Mel Harder	CLE	1944-04-19		2.0	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	11	6	9									0	0
7	Orval Grove	CHW	1943-08-29 (1)	CG, L	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	36	11	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	66			0.0	1.80			1.32
8	Mel Harder	CLE	1943-08-29 (1)	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	32	8	29	5	0	0	1	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	73			0.5	2.80			1.34
9	Orval Grove	CHW	1943-04-27	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.42	0	0	0.17
10	Mel Harder	CLE	1943-04-27	GS-9, W	8.0	4	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	31	11	25	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	1	62			0.2	1.01			1.02

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Orval Grove (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Harder (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	1943	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1946	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Orval Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Orval Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1943	1943-08-29 (1)	CHW	CLE	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1943	1943-08-29 (1)	CHW	CLE	ahead 0-1	b5	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1943	1943-08-29 (1)	CHW	CLE	down 2-1	b8	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1946	1946-08-18 (1)	CHW	CLE	tied 1-1	t2	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
5	1946	1946-08-18 (1)	CHW	CLE	down 2-1	t5	---	0		Single
6	1946	1946-08-18 (1)	CHW	CLE	down 2-1	t7	---	1		Groundout: P-1B

Orval Grove (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Orval Grove (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	1943	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1946	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Orval Grove (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Orval Grove (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1943	1943-08-29 (1)	CLE	CHW	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1943	1943-08-29 (1)	CLE	CHW	down 1-0	t5	---	0		Flyball: RF
3	1943	1943-08-29 (1)	CLE	CHW	tied 1-1	t7	---	0		Strikeout Looking
4	1943	1943-08-29 (1)	CLE	CHW	ahead 1-2	t9	1--	1		Line Drive Double Play: 3B-1B
5	1946	1946-08-18 (1)	CLE	CHW	tied 1-1	b2	-2-	1		Flyball: CF
6	1946	1946-08-18 (1)	CLE	CHW	ahead 1-2	b5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
7	1946	1946-08-18 (1)	CLE	CHW	ahead 1-2	b7	12-	1		Fielder's Choice 3B unassisted; F. Mackiewicz out at 3B/3B; J. Hegan to 2B; M. Harder to 1B

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Batting Comparison

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Batting Totals

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	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. Orval Grove: Batting Value

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	0.0	-180	-3	2	0

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	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. Orval Grove: Batting Win Probability

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	-15.3	-15.3	-0.9	-181.60		-186.66	0.94

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Totals

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	5	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	0	0	0		0
2	Mel Harder	5	13	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.167	.250	2	0	0	1		0

Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: Game Logs

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Mel Harder vs. Orval Grove: 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	1946-08-18 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0		0	1.06	0.009	0.00	0.00%	0.20			P
2	Mel Harder	CLE	1946-08-18 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.19	-0.086	0.00	0.00%	-0.96			P
3	Orval Grove	CHW	1944-06-16	*	1	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0										P
4	Mel Harder	CLE	1944-06-16	*	1	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0										P
5	Orval Grove	CHW	1944-04-19	*	10	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0										P
6	Mel Harder	CLE	1944-04-19		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0										P
7	Orval Grove	CHW	1943-08-29 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.94	-0.066	0.10	0.00%	-0.35			P
8	Mel Harder	CLE	1943-08-29 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.13	-0.122	0.20	-0.01%	-1.06			P
9	Orval Grove	CHW	1943-04-27		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Mel Harder	CLE	1943-04-27	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	1		0	1.09	0.044	3.10	0.07%	-0.16			P

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