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Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Pitching Comparison

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	283	237	.544	3.45	898	625	102	180	31	17	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023	6155	108	3.41	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	81	91	.471	3.78	412	171	132	44	11	23	1548.0	1442	728	650	130	725	55	849	26	0	39	6708	2277	99	3.94	1.400	8.4	0.8	4.2	4.9

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	1	3	.250	4.01	9	5	0	1	0	0	24.2	30	14	11	1	8	2	10	1	0	1	113	39		1.18	1.541	10.9	0.4	2.9	3.6
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	4	2	.667	2.75	10	6	1	1	1	0	36.0	24	16	11	3	19	1	24	2	0	0	153	45			1.194	6.0	0.8	4.8	6.0

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Value

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	45.2	7.8
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.5	0.0

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Totals Against

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	6155	17503	3387	706	132	168	87	65.88	24	462	172	143	.264	.309	.387	.696	97	.123	.286	2121	6775	1233	5825	6155
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	2277	5851	1038	228	46	77	37	67.54	4	111	81	28	.246	.331	.368	.699	98	.121	.268	721	2152	404	2193	2277

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	39	100											.300	.358					.326				39	39
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	45	128											.188	.302					.208				45	45

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Starting & Relieving

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	365	58	53.0	284	97	34	16	51.5	102	273
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	74	43	50.1	191	72	38	8	74.2	132	241

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982									0	4
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962									1	4

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Ratios

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	12.9	5.7	7.2
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.7	10.8	1.8

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	8.8	7.1	1.8
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	15.7	12.4	3.3

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Pitch Summary

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1		69
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0		23

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	0	0		2.08	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	2	0	6	0	7	1	0	1	42	1.962	11.4	0.0	6.2	7.3
2	Jim Kaat	1	0	1.000	1.29	2	2	0	1	1	0	14.0	5	2	2	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	49	0.786	3.2	0.0	3.9	1.9

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Game Logs

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Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	MIN	1965-05-31 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	30	4	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	82			0.3	4.03			0.50
2	Don Larsen	BAL	1965-05-31 (1)	7-GF	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	4	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.34	0	0	0.05
3	Jim Kaat	MIN	1961-04-24	GS-5	5.0	2	2	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	19	7	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	51			0.0	0.55			1.13
4	Don Larsen	KCA	1961-04-24	GS-6	5.2	7	3	1	2	0	6	0	5	1	0	1	30	15	23	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	46			-0.2	-0.72			1.58

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (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	1961	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1965	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1961	1961-04-24	KCA	MIN	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	1		Walk
2	1961	1961-04-24	KCA	MIN	tied 0-0	b5	12-	2		Single to CF; M. Throneberry Scores; J. Pignatano to 3B; D. Larsen to 2B/Adv on throw
3	1965	1965-05-31 (1)	BAL	MIN	down 6-0	b8	1--	2		Groundout: P-1B

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (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	1961	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1965	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1961	1961-04-24	MIN	KCA	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Walk; R. Bertoia to 2B
2	1961	1961-04-24	MIN	KCA	tied 0-0	t4	---	2		Strikeout
3	1965	1965-05-31 (1)	MIN	BAL	ahead 0-6	t8	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Batting Comparison

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Batting Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	596	65	144	25	5	14	72	0	3	43	138	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	221	15	0	11	3	0

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Batting Value

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	5.3	5.0	5.6	-0.4	-101	5	-1	0
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	5.9	5.8	5.9	0.0	-11	1	-2	0

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	65	302	320	1075	83	.247	207	-110	-11.7	.082	3.4	83.33	6
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	44	187	201	484	65	.291	123	-18	-1.8	.129	4.3	0.00	3

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	0	2	2	8		.667	2			.000	1.5		0
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	0	4	4	9		.143	3			.000	4.5		0

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Batting Win Probability

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	-9.4	-8.7	-0.9	-92.31		-90.13	0.97
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	-1.9	0.1	-2.0	-6.20		-1.86	1.03

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Totals

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Kaat	2	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: Game Logs

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Jim Kaat vs. Don Larsen: 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 Kaat	MIN	1965-05-31 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.38	0.011	1.91	0.04%	-0.45			P
2	Don Larsen	BAL	1965-05-31 (1)		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	-0.002	0.21	0.00%	-0.21			P
3	Jim Kaat	MIN	1961-04-24	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	0.007	2.12	0.01%	0.10			P
4	Don Larsen	KCA	1961-04-24	*	6	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.180	3.37	0.20%	1.40			P

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