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Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Pitching Comparison

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Totals

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	54	64	.458	3.37	241	97	112	46	3	35	999.2	931	441	374	38	399	23	424	27	2	11	4247	1423	106	3.50	1.330	8.4	0.3	3.6	3.8
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	40	32	.556	4.30	179	50	71	13	3	17	546.1	556	302	261	25	272	14	250	14	3	11	2411	870	96	3.97	1.516	9.2	0.4	4.5	4.1

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Russ Christopher	30	1948	1948	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
2	Earl Johnson	27	1946	1946	1	0	1.000	2.70	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	14	3			0.900	2.7	0.0	5.4	2.7

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Value

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	241	97	999.2	11.2	3.6
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	179	50	546.1	1.9	-2.1

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Totals Against

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	241	97	999.2	1423	3769	736	112	45	51	40	56.04	3	67	68	0	.247	.323	.331	.654	92	.084	.270	405	1247	195	1357	1423
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	179	50	546.1	870	2097	459	61	11	13	12	52.00	5	64	26	0	.265	.353	.340	.694	88	.075	.291	254	714	97	842	870

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Russ Christopher	30	1948	1948	1	0	0.0	2	2											1.000	1.000					1.000				2	2
2	Earl Johnson	27	1946	1946	3	0	3.1	3	11											.091	.231					.100				3	3

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Starting & Relieving

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	52	54	52.1	117	47	40	11	76.1	112	144
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	17	34	46.9	111	28	25	5	77.3	71	129

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Russ Christopher	30	1948	1948									0	1
2	Earl Johnson	27	1946	1946									3	3

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Ratios

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	241	97	999.2	10.0	9.4	0.6
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	179	50	546.1	10.4	11.3	-0.9

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Russ Christopher	30	1948	1948	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Earl Johnson	27	1946	1946	3	0	3.1	7.1	14.3	-7.1

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Pitch Summary

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	241	97	999.2
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	179	50	546.1

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Russ Christopher	30	1948	1948	1	0	0.0
2	Earl Johnson	27	1946	1946	3	0	3.1

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Head-to-Head Pitching

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Totals

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Earl Johnson	1	1	.500	8.38	5	0	1	0	0	0	9.2	15	11	9	2	9	1	6	0	0	2	53	2.483	14.0	1.9	8.4	5.6
2	Russ Christopher	1	1	.500	6.32	5	1	2	0	0	0	15.2	22	11	11	3	2	0	12	0	0	0	69	1.532	12.6	1.7	1.1	6.9

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Game Logs

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Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Russ Christopher	CLE	1948-08-24	9-GF, BL	0.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.8	-1.72	1	1	4.83
2	Earl Johnson	BOS	1948-08-24	8-9	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	8	5	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.4	-1.79	0	0	1.51
3	Russ Christopher	CLE	1948-07-31	8-9,BS	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2				-0.4	-1.97	2	2	1.56
4	Earl Johnson	BOS	1948-07-31	7-8,BS	1.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2				-0.5	-2.51	0	0	1.74
5	Russ Christopher	CLE	1948-06-17	7-8	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	4	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.1	0.03	0	0	0.75
6	Earl Johnson	BOS	1948-06-17	4-GF, W	6.0	4	1	1	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	25	7	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2				0.4	2.10	0	0	1.39
7	Russ Christopher	PHA	1947-07-04 (1)	, W	6.0	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	22	5	19									2	0
8	Earl Johnson	BOS	1947-07-04 (1)	, L	0.1	1	2	0	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	5	3	3									0	0
9	Russ Christopher	PHA	1946-07-04 (2)	GS-6	5.2	10	6	6	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	27	11	26	8	1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	32			-0.3	-2.05			1.26
10	Earl Johnson	BOS	1946-07-04 (2)	6-7, H	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1				-0.2	-1.16	0	0	2.29

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Batter vs. Pitcher

Russ Christopher (Pitcher) vs. Earl Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Russ Christopher (Pitcher) vs. Earl Johnson (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	1948	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Russ Christopher (Pitcher) vs. Earl Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Russ Christopher (Pitcher) vs. Earl Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1948	1948-06-17	BOS	CLE	ahead 6-8	t8	---	1		Strikeout

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Batting Comparison

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Batting Totals

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	242	349	316	17	50	8	3	2	22	0	0	17	95	.158	.201	.222	.423	21	70	2	0	16		0
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	181	188	171	15	32	3	0	0	13	0	0	9	53	.187	.228	.205	.432	15	35	8	0	7		0

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Earl Johnson	27	1946	1946	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Batting Value

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	242	349	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-33	0	0	0
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	181	188	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-22	-1	0	0

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Batting Sabermetric

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	242	349	13	67	70	284	16	.219	37	-34	-3.6	.063	3.3		0
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	181	188	3	41	42	154	9	.271	28	-23	-2.2	.018	3.2		0

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Russ Christopher	30	1948	1948	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Earl Johnson	27	1946	1946	3	1	0	0	0	1		.000	0			.000			0

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Batting Win Probability

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Russ Christopher	24-30	1942	1948	242	349	-2.3	-2.0	-0.1	-20.72		-21.38	1.10
2	Earl Johnson	21-32	1940	1951	181	188	-1.5	-1.8	0.0	-17.88		-21.21	0.87

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Head-to-Head Batting

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Totals

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Earl Johnson	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Russ Christopher	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0		0

Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: Game Logs

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Earl Johnson vs. Russ Christopher: 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	Russ Christopher	CLE	1948-08-24		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Earl Johnson	BOS	1948-08-24		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.83	-0.053	19.38	-0.34%	-0.25			P
3	Russ Christopher	CLE	1948-07-31		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Earl Johnson	BOS	1948-07-31		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Russ Christopher	CLE	1948-06-17		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										PR P
6	Earl Johnson	BOS	1948-06-17		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.70	-0.034	1.02	-0.03%	-0.33			P
7	Russ Christopher	PHA	1947-07-04 (1)		13	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0										P
8	Earl Johnson	BOS	1947-07-04 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0										P
9	Russ Christopher	PHA	1946-07-04 (2)	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.78	-0.037	0.00	0.00%	-0.29			P
10	Earl Johnson	BOS	1946-07-04 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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