Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Pitching Comparison

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Totals

Mel Harder vs. Eddie 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	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
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	73	113	.392	3.82	282	197	60	91	8	12	1595.2	1554	816	678	108	739	46	694	33	1	34	6973	2446	108	4.20	1.437	8.8	0.6	4.2	3.9

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Value

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	48.5	16.8
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	282	197	1595.2	16.7	3.1

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Totals Against

Mel Harder vs. Eddie 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	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
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	282	197	1595.2	2446	6073	1116	268	62	56	50	52.83	5	126	123	5	.256	.340	.374	.713	96	.118	.274	775	2270	438	2326	2446

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Starting & Relieving

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	237	55	49.5	133	61	46	12	66.7	94	149
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	106	54	50.6	65	29	45	5	70.6	60	85

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Ratios

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	7.8	7.5	0.3
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	282	197	1595.2	10.0	10.6	-0.6

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Pitch Summary

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	282	197	1595.2

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Totals

Mel Harder vs. Eddie 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	Eddie Smith	1	5	.167	5.89	8	6	2	1	0	1	36.2	39	26	24	1	33	2	16	1	0	1	180	1.964	9.6	0.2	8.1	3.9
2	Mel Harder	4	2	.667	3.75	8	6	2	4	0	2	48.0	47	20	20	1	21	1	18	0	0	1	210	1.417	8.8	0.2	3.9	3.4

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Game Logs

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Mel Harder vs. Eddie 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	Mel Harder	CLE	1947-07-05	GS-5, L	4.2	9	5	5	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	26	12	23	5	3	1	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	4	25			-0.3	-3.35			0.96
2	Eddie Smith	CHW	1947-07-05	GS-7, W	6.0	3	3	3	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	1	25	8	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	2	52			0.1	0.69			1.03
3	Mel Harder	CLE	1942-05-26	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	35	10	31	7	0	0	1	1	0	7	1	1	0	0	70			0.2	3.03			1.40
4	Eddie Smith	CHW	1942-05-26	CG, L	8.1	6	2	2	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	33	10	29	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	62			-0.3	1.55			1.78
5	Mel Harder	CLE	1940-08-05	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	36	10	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	72			0.2	4.10			0.63
6	Eddie Smith	CHW	1940-08-05	GS-6, L	5.0	8	6	5	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	29	14	24	6	2	0	3	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	25			-0.3	-3.19			1.05
7	Mel Harder	CLE	1939-09-27 (2)	8-GF, S	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1				0.1	-0.79	0	0	1.60
8	Eddie Smith	CHW	1939-09-27 (2)	GS-7, L	7.0	6	4	4	0	1	8	0	6	0	0	0	35	14	27	3	2	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	47			0.0	0.25			0.82
9	Mel Harder	CLE	1937-08-26	CG, W	9.0	11	5	5	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	43	16	38	9	2	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	42			0.1	0.23			0.85
10	Eddie Smith	PHA	1937-08-26	GS-5, L	4.1	9	8	8	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	28	15	21	5	4	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	4	9			-0.5	-6.59			1.06
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Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Eddie Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Eddie 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	1937	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0
2	1940	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1942	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
4	1947	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.300	.222	.522	0	0	0	0	0

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Eddie Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Eddie Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1937	1937-05-25	PHA	CLE	down 1-0	b2	-2-	2		Walk
2	1937	1937-08-26	PHA	CLE	down 2-1	t2	1--	2		Single to LF; S. Newsome to 2B
3	1937	1937-08-26	PHA	CLE	down 4-3	t4	-2-	0		Fielder's Choice P; W. Huston out at 3B/P-3B
4	1940	1940-08-05	CHW	CLE	down 3-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1940	1940-08-05	CHW	CLE	down 5-1	b5	---	0		Strikeout Looking
6	1942	1942-05-26	CHW	CLE	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
7	1942	1942-05-26	CHW	CLE	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Single to LF
8	1942	1942-05-26	CHW	CLE	tied 0-0	t7	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
9	1947	1947-07-05	CHW	CLE	ahead 0-2	b2	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
10	1947	1947-07-05	CHW	CLE	ahead 1-2	b4	12-	1		Strikeout

Eddie Smith (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Eddie Smith (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	1937	5	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0
2	1940	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1942	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1947	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	11	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	.182	.182	.273	.455	2	0	0	0	0

Eddie Smith (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Eddie Smith (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1937	1937-05-25	CLE	PHA	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	1		Popfly: SS
2	1937	1937-05-25	CLE	PHA	ahead 0-1	t4	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; R. Hughes to 2B
3	1937	1937-08-26	CLE	PHA	ahead 1-2	b2	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; F. Pytlak to 2B
4	1937	1937-08-26	CLE	PHA	ahead 1-4	b3	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1937	1937-08-26	CLE	PHA	ahead 3-5	b5	123	1		Single to LF; B. Campbell Scores; O. Hale Scores; F. Pytlak to 2B
6	1940	1940-08-05	CLE	CHW	tied 0-0	t2	1-3	0		Strikeout Looking
7	1940	1940-08-05	CLE	CHW	ahead 0-3	t3	---	2		Flyball: 1B
8	1940	1940-08-05	CLE	CHW	ahead 1-5	t5	---	2		Foul Popfly: C
9	1942	1942-05-26	CLE	CHW	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: RF
10	1942	1942-05-26	CLE	CHW	tied 0-0	b6	---	0		Strikeout
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Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Batting Comparison

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Batting Totals

Mel Harder vs. Eddie 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	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
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	284	598	531	36	100	18	2	1	29	2	0	37	105	.188	.241	.235	.477	28	125	8	0	28		0

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Batting Value

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	0.0	-180	-3	2	0
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	284	598	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	-56	1	0	0

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Batting Sabermetric

Mel Harder vs. Eddie 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	47	241	252	1084	52	.235	178	-169	-16.4	.050	3.3	100.0	2
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	284	598	21	137	144	467	32	.233	64	-57	-5.7	.047	5.1	100.0	2

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Batting Win Probability

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	-15.3	-15.3	-0.9	-181.60	-17.6	-186.66	0.94
2	Eddie Smith	22-33	1936	1947	284	598	-4.7	-4.9	0.6	-50.76	-4.9	-53.11	1.09

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Head-to-Head Batting

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Totals

Mel Harder vs. Eddie 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	Eddie Smith	8	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	0		0
2	Mel Harder	8	22	19	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.158	.263	3	0	0	3		0

Mel Harder vs. Eddie Smith: Game Logs

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Mel Harder vs. Eddie 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	Mel Harder	CLE	1947-07-05	*	5	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0		0	1.04	0.040	1.53	0.04%	0.40			P
2	Eddie Smith	CHW	1947-07-05	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.87	-0.061	0.50	-0.02%	-1.15			P
3	Mel Harder	CLE	1942-05-26	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.26	-0.093	4.13	-0.18%	-0.57			P
4	Eddie Smith	CHW	1942-05-26	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	0.95	-0.046	0.57	-0.02%	-0.30			P
5	Mel Harder	CLE	1940-08-05	*	9	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.42	-0.075	2.85	-0.30%	-1.35			P
6	Eddie Smith	CHW	1940-08-05	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.89	-0.047	1.09	-0.04%	-0.53			P
7	Mel Harder	CLE	1939-09-27 (2)		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.23	-0.006	0.00	0.00%	-0.13			P
8	Eddie Smith	CHW	1939-09-27 (2)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.97	-0.052	0.00	0.00%	-0.41			P
9	Mel Harder	CLE	1937-08-26	*	9	9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	2		0	0.69	0.034	0.00	0.00%	-0.15			P
10	Eddie Smith	PHA	1937-08-26	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0		0	1.17	-0.049	0.00	0.00%	-0.41			P
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