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Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Pitching Comparison

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	88	68	.564	3.79	322	188	74	71	12	19	1484.0	1372	702	625	149	663	55	829	31	6	44	6372	2135	105	4.19	1.371	8.3	0.9	4.0	5.0
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	109	89	.551	3.81	396	229	73	63	10	8	1703.2	1661	847	721	158	655	55	669	25	1	34	7294	2467	105	4.11	1.359	8.8	0.8	3.5	3.5

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	1	2	.333	6.35	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.0	16	12	12	1	9	0	14	1	0	0	77	26			1.471	8.5	0.5	4.8	7.4
2	Jim Hearn	30	1951	1951	1	0	1.000	1.04	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	5	1	1	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	38	15			1.500	5.2	0.0	8.3	1.0

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Value

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	16.5	1.7
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	396	229	1703.2	17.1	0.4

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Totals Against

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	2135	5614	948	222	53	50	46	52.08	4	106	77	2	.244	.327	.382	.710	95	.138	.264	706	2147	424	2066	2135
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	396	229	1703.2	2467	6505	1221	224	58	51	52	49.51	9	161	94	18	.255	.325	.380	.705	92	.125	.264	810	2472	440	2341	2467

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	26	67	11	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.338	.343	.681		.104	.289	9	23	5	26	26
2	Jim Hearn	30	1951	1951	2	1	8.2	15	29	5	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	0	.172	.368	.172	.541		.000	.179	2	5	0	14	15

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	93	49	52.1	95	38	40	8	70.4	74	134
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	116	51	50.2	138	62	45	5	61.5	73	167

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	0	0	51.0	2	2	100	0		0	2
2	Jim Hearn	30	1951	1951	1	100	60.0	0	0				0	1

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	13.0	10.4	2.6
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	396	229	1703.2	9.2	9.0	0.2

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	18.2	11.7	6.5
2	Jim Hearn	30	1951	1951	2	1	8.2	2.6	21.1	-18.4

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0		101
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	396	229	1703.2		84

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0
2	Jim Hearn	30	1951	1951	2	1	8.2

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	0	2	.000	4.74	4	4	0	1	0	0	24.2	22	13	13	4	11	1	13	1	0	0	106	1.338	8.0	1.5	4.0	4.7
2	Jim Hearn	2	2	.500	2.45	4	3	1	2	0	0	22.0	17	7	6	1	4	1	12	0	1	1	81	0.955	7.0	0.4	1.6	4.9

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Game Logs

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Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-10-01	GS-8, L	8.0	5	3	3	0	2	5	1	5	1	0	0	36	12	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	2	0	2	60	135	71	0.0	1.06			0.99
2	Jim Hearn	NYG	1951-10-01	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	30	8	28	4	0	0	0	2	0	8	3	0	0	1	76	112	66	0.6	3.57			1.28
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-08-15	CG(8), L	8.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	29	6	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	64	101	64	-0.1	1.02			0.87
4	Jim Hearn	NYG	1951-08-15	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	31	6	31	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	76	112	72	0.4	3.52			1.41
5	Ralph Branca	BRO	1949-05-21	GS-2	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	34	33	21	-0.2	-1.94			1.24
6	Jim Hearn	STL	1949-05-21	GS-4, L	3.0	4	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	5	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	36	47	28	-0.3	-2.80			1.06
7	Ralph Branca	BRO	1947-07-30	GS-7	6.2	8	4	4	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	29	11	26	4	3	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	4	42	102	63	0.1	-0.69			0.32
8	Jim Hearn	STL	1947-07-30	10-GF(10), L	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	6	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		23	14	-0.3	-0.46	0	0	2.26

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Hearn (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Hearn (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (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	1949	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1951	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Jim Hearn (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Hearn (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1949	1949-05-21	STL	BRO	ahead 1-3	b1	123	2	3 (0-2)	Flyball: SS
2	1951	1951-08-15	NYG	BRO	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1951	1951-08-15	NYG	BRO	ahead 0-1	b6	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	1951	1951-08-15	NYG	BRO	ahead 1-3	b8	---	1	3 (1-1)	Flyball: CF
5	1951	1951-10-01	NYG	BRO	down 1-0	t3	1--	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)
6	1951	1951-10-01	NYG	BRO	ahead 1-2	t5	---	1	2 (0-1)	Foul Popfly: C
7	1951	1951-10-01	NYG	BRO	ahead 1-2	t7	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; W. Westrum to 2B
8	1951	1951-10-01	NYG	BRO	ahead 1-3	t8	1-3	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Jim Hearn (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Jim Hearn (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	1951	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Jim Hearn (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Jim Hearn (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-08-15	BRO	NYG	down 1-0	t3	---	1	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1951	1951-08-15	BRO	NYG	down 1-0	t6	---	1	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	1951	1951-08-15	BRO	NYG	tied 1-1	t8	-2-	1	3 (0-2)	Single to RF (Line Drive); B. Cox to 3B
4	1951	1951-10-01	BRO	NYG	ahead 0-1	b3	---	1	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B
5	1951	1951-10-01	BRO	NYG	down 2-1	b5	1--	2	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Looking

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Comparison

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Totals

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	2	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	0	37	0	0
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	403	618	548	44	77	7	2	9	36	1	0	33	214	.141	.190	.210	.400	6	115	7	1	35	1	0

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Jim Hearn	30	1951	1951	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Value

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-1.7	-1.7	-1.7	0.0	-70	-1	-2	0
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	403	618	-1.3	-1.4	-1.2	-0.2	-78	0	1	0

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	9	102	106	449	17	.212	64	-69	-6.9	.030	2.9	0.00	2
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	403	618	18	111	116	514	25	.209	71	-78	-7.8	.069	2.6	100.00	1

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.8		0
2	Jim Hearn	30	1951	1951	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Win Probability

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-5.9	-6.4	-0.2	-68.05	-7.0	-72.74	0.89
2	Jim Hearn	26-38	1947	1959	403	618	-6.3	-6.4	-0.7	-76.17	-7.5	-72.12	0.89

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0		0
2	Jim Hearn	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0

Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: Game Logs

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Jim Hearn vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-10-01	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.93	-0.050	38.40	-1.26%	-0.40			P
2	Jim Hearn	NYG	1951-10-01	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	1.17	-0.095	48.37	-2.36%	-1.17			P
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-08-15	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	1.45	0.055	1.61	0.04%	0.19			P
4	Jim Hearn	NYG	1951-08-15	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.60	-0.046	0.65	-0.03%	-0.64			P
5	Ralph Branca	BRO	1949-05-21	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Jim Hearn	STL	1949-05-21	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.96	-0.050	3.46	-0.05%	-0.79			P
7	Ralph Branca	BRO	1947-07-30	*	7	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.30	-0.033	1.59	-0.11%	-1.33			P
8	Jim Hearn	STL	1947-07-30		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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