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Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Pitching Comparison

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Totals

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: 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	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	104	132	.441	4.67	344	263	56	127	7	6	2025.2	2173	1202	1052	130	1049	49	691	24	4	54	9055	3370	95	4.66	1.591	9.7	0.6	4.7	3.1
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	1	1	.500	7.18	18	3	9	1	0	0	57.2	75	49	46	7	25	2	18	0	0	3	268	103	70	5.47	1.734	11.7	1.1	3.9	2.8

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Value

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	344	263	2025.2	10.3	-7.0
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	18	3	57.2	-0.4	-1.1

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Totals Against

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: 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	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	344	263	2025.2	3370	7853	1582	370	91	83	58	58.87	30	186	114	10	.277	.363	.397	.760	104	.120	.290	1138	3115	591	3246	3370
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	18	3	57.2	103	235	50	13	5	3	0	100.00	0	3	8	0	.319	.385	.506	.891	121	.187	.324	46	119	25	100	103

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Starting & Relieving

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	118	45	45.1	57	28	49	6	50.0	56	81
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	1	33	36.3	10	5	50	0		9	15

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Ratios

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	344	263	2025.2	7.6	11.6	-4.0
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	18	3	57.2	6.7	9.3	-2.6

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Pitch Summary

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	344	263	2025.2
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	18	3	57.2

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Totals

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: 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	Ted Olson	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
2	Vern Kennedy	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	36	1.333	8.0	1.0	4.0	2.0

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Game Logs

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Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: 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	Vern Kennedy	DET	1938-09-13	CG, W	9.0	8	3	3	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	36	13	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	57			0.2	2.90			0.66
2	Ted Olson	BOS	1938-09-13	7-GF(8)	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.31	0	0	0.03

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ted Olson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Kennedy (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ted Olson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Kennedy (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	1938	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ted Olson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ted Olson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-09-13	DET	BOS	ahead 3-9	b7	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Batting Comparison

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Batting Totals

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: 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	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	373	809	743	80	181	27	5	4	61	1	1	15	123	.244	.260	.310	.569	47	230	7	1	50		0
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	18	18	18	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.389	.611	47	7		0	0		0

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Batting Value

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	373	809	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.1	-63	3	-3	0
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	18	18	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2	-1	0	0

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Batting Sabermetric

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: 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	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	373	809	36	197	217	620	66	.287	137	-60	-6.2	.066	6.0	50.00	2
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	18	18	2	4	4	14	2	.286	0	-1	-0.1	.167	4.5		0

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Batting Win Probability

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Vern Kennedy	27-38	1934	1945	373	809	-6.0	-4.0	-1.8	-47.62		-49.75	1.03
2	Ted Olson	23-25	1936	1938	18	18	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-3.31		-1.66	0.57

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Head-to-Head Batting

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Totals

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: 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	Ted Olson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Vern Kennedy	1	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2		0	1		0

Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: Game Logs

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Vern Kennedy vs. Ted Olson: 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	Vern Kennedy	DET	1938-09-13	*	9	9	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2		0	1		0	0.49	0.059	0.00	0.00%	0.25			P
2	Ted Olson	BOS	1938-09-13		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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