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Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Pitching Comparison

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Totals

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	35	48	.422	4.60	177	58	87	29	1	5	780.1	921	471	399	43	260		180	20	0	11	3441	1250	90	4.12	1.513	10.6	0.5	3.0	2.1
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	273	225	.548	3.80	624	538	69	335	45	18	4344.0	4284	2115	1833	254	1541	67	1987	58	7	46	18546	6130	109	3.83	1.341	8.9	0.5	3.2	4.1

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	7	2	.778	2.52	10	10	0	8	0	0	85.2	74	32	24	4	27	2	61	0	0	0	352	104			1.179	7.8	0.4	2.8	6.4

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Value

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	177	58	780.1	4.0	-3.2
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	624	538	4344.0	55.3	15.3

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Totals Against

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	177	58	780.1	1250	3036	667	170	41	37	46	44.58	11	60	92	48	.303	.357	.429	.786	106	.125	.307	472	1302	254	1201	1250
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	624	538	4344.0	6130	16564	3067	774	189	205	141	59.25	8	285	281	80	.259	.322	.374	.697	87	.116	.280	2017	6198	1217	5883	6130

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	10	10	85.2	104	320	56	10	4	2	1	66.67	0	7	5	0	.231	.291	.325	.616		.094	.275	32	104	18	101	104

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Starting & Relieving

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	19	33	43.5	108	45	42	7	41.7	87	119
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	266	49	52.1	77	25	32	9	66.7	69	86

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	7	70	62.1						0	0

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Ratios

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	177	58	780.1	5.2	7.6	-2.3
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	624	538	4344.0	10.7	8.3	2.4

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	10	10	85.2	17.3	7.7	9.7

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Pitch Summary

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	177	58	780.1
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	624	538	4344.0

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	10	10	85.2	403	134	260	64.52

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Head-to-Head Pitching

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Totals

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Red Ruffing	1	1	.500	3.44	3	2	1	2	0	1	18.1	16	8	7	1	6	1	5	0	0	0	78	1.200	7.9	0.5	2.9	2.5
2	Benn Karr	1	1	.500	4.87	3	2	0	2	0	0	20.1	25	11	11	0	7	0	4	1	0	1	88	1.574	11.1	0.0	3.1	1.8

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Game Logs

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Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Benn Karr	CLE	1927-06-16	5-8	3.0	5	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	14	7	12	3	2	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	2				-0.4	-2.01	2	2	1.97
2	Red Ruffing	BOS	1927-06-16	9-GF, S	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.2	0.45	2	1	4.27
3	Benn Karr	CLE	1925-06-05	CG, L	8.1	10	5	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	36	13	33	7	2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	40			-0.6	-0.79			1.90
4	Red Ruffing	BOS	1925-06-05	CG, W	9.0	8	4	3	1	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	40	13	35	6	0	1	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	2	56			-0.1	1.20			1.44
5	Benn Karr	CLE	1925-05-14	CG, W	9.0	10	3	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	38	13	34	8	2	0	0	1	0	12	1	1	0	2	56			0.0	2.30			1.35
6	Red Ruffing	BOS	1925-05-14	CG, L	8.2	8	4	4	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	36	10	33	2	4	2	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	6	52			-0.5	0.47			1.77

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Batter vs. Pitcher

Benn Karr (Pitcher) vs. Red Ruffing (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Benn Karr (Pitcher) vs. Red Ruffing (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	1925	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	.429	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	.429	0	0	0	0	0

Benn Karr (Pitcher) vs. Red Ruffing (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Benn Karr (Pitcher) vs. Red Ruffing (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1925	1925-05-14	BOS	CLE	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1925	1925-05-14	BOS	CLE	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1		Strikeout
3	1925	1925-05-14	BOS	CLE	down 2-1	t7	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
4	1925	1925-05-14	BOS	CLE	ahead 2-3	t9	---	1		Double (CF-RF)
5	1925	1925-06-05	BOS	CLE	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Lineout: CF
6	1925	1925-06-05	BOS	CLE	tied 2-2	b5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1925	1925-06-05	BOS	CLE	down 3-2	b7	-2-	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; J. Heving to 3B

Red Ruffing (Pitcher) vs. Benn Karr (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Red Ruffing (Pitcher) vs. Benn Karr (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	1925	8	8	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	8	8	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	1

Red Ruffing (Pitcher) vs. Benn Karr (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Red Ruffing (Pitcher) vs. Benn Karr (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1925	1925-05-14	CLE	BOS	down 1-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1925	1925-05-14	CLE	BOS	tied 1-1	b5	-2-	2		Double to LF; C. Fewster Scores
3	1925	1925-05-14	CLE	BOS	down 3-2	b8	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1925	1925-05-14	CLE	BOS	tied 3-3	b9	123	2		Single to CF (Line Drive); H. Summa Scores; G. Burns to 3B; C. Fewster to 2B
5	1925	1925-06-05	CLE	BOS	tied 1-1	t2	1--	2		Foul Popfly: C
6	1925	1925-06-05	CLE	BOS	tied 2-2	t4	12-	1		Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
7	1925	1925-06-05	CLE	BOS	tied 2-2	t7	1--	0		Single; R. Lutzke to 3B
8	1925	1925-06-05	CLE	BOS	tied 3-3	t9	---	0		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Batting Comparison

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Batting Totals

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	265	436	392	43	96	20	0	2	49	3	0	27	59	.245	.294	.311	.605	57	122		0	15		0
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	882	2084	1937	207	521	98	13	36	273	1	1	97	266	.269	.306	.389	.695	81	753	13	6	44		4

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	14	38	34	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.176	.243	.206	.449	7	1	0	1		1

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Batting Value

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	265	436	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.0	-26	0	2	0
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	882	2084	13.3	12.5	13.3	0.1	-60	-2	1	0

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Batting Sabermetric

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	265	436	22	123	131	311	37	.284	90	-26	-2.5	.066	6.6	100.0	3
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	882	2084	147	624	656	1474	240	.297	444	-60	-6.1	.120	7.3	50.0	2

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	14	38	1	9	10	30	2	.214	5			.029	5.7		0

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Batting Win Probability

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Benn Karr	26-33	1920	1927	265	436	-1.1	-1.3	0.5	-14.52	-1.4	-16.03	1.34
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	882	2084	-3.8	-5.7	2.3	-51.85	-5.1	-66.35	1.13

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Head-to-Head Batting

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Totals

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Red Ruffing	3	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	.429	2		0	0		0
2	Benn Karr	3	9	9	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.889	1.333	8		0	0		0

Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: Game Logs

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Benn Karr vs. Red Ruffing: 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	Benn Karr	CLE	1927-06-16		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	3.20	0.093	1.55	0.03%	0.67			P
2	Red Ruffing	BOS	1927-06-16		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Benn Karr	CLE	1925-06-05	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	5		0	0		0	1.96	0.330	1.87	0.19%	0.70			P
4	Red Ruffing	BOS	1925-06-05	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.58	-0.124	0.28	-0.01%	-0.88			P
5	Benn Karr	CLE	1925-05-14	*	9	9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3		0	0		0	2.75	0.387	8.00	0.68%	1.60			P
6	Red Ruffing	BOS	1925-05-14	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2		0	0		0	0.96	-0.054	0.70	-0.02%	-0.29			P

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