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Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Pitching Comparison

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Totals

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	223	186	.545	3.80	582	433	94	181	25	24	3426.1	3706	1714	1447	161	1118	107	1161	59	2	33	14861	5143	113	3.87	1.408	9.7	0.4	2.9	3.0
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	8	27	.229	5.04	63	39	12	11	0	0	287.1	330	185	161	20	149	5	104	2	1	8	1322	496	69	4.40	1.667	10.3	0.6	4.7	3.3

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Value

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	48.5	16.8
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	63	39	287.1	-2.6	-5.0

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Totals Against

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	5143	13429	2833	587	125	81	114	41.54	20	291	228	25	.276	.334	.374	.708	90	.098	.292	1688	5026	873	4883	5143
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	63	39	287.1	496	1137	242	53	15	12	7	63.16	1	20	33	0	.290	.373	.416	.789	130	.126	.306	178	473	88	481	496

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Starting & Relieving

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	237	55	49.5	133	61	46	12	66.7	94	149
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	16	41	44.4	15	5	33	1	0.0	12	24

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Ratios

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1	7.8	7.5	0.3
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	63	39	287.1	7.9	11.3	-3.4

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Pitch Summary

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	582	433	3426.1
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	63	39	287.1

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Head-to-Head Pitching

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Totals

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: 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	Mel Harder	0	0		14.73	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	2.455	17.2	0.0	4.9	0.0
2	Lou Knerr	0	0		11.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	8	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	3.857	30.9	0.0	3.9	3.9

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Game Logs

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Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: 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	Mel Harder	CLE	1946-07-25	GS-4	3.2	7	6	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	9	14	5	1	1	0	1	0	10	0	2	0	2	21			-0.3	-2.70			1.03
2	Lou Knerr	PHA	1946-07-25	GS-3	2.1	8	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	9	15	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	29			-0.4	-3.21			1.34

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Batter vs. Pitcher

Lou Knerr (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lou Knerr (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (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	1946	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

Lou Knerr (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lou Knerr (Pitcher) vs. Mel Harder (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1946	1946-07-25	CLE	PHA	down 3-1	b2	1--	1		Flyball: 3B

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Lou Knerr (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Lou Knerr (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	1946	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

Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Lou Knerr (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mel Harder (Pitcher) vs. Lou Knerr (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1946	1946-07-25	PHA	CLE	ahead 0-3	t2	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Batting Comparison

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Batting Totals

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	1203	89	199	38	5	4	93	2	0	39	369	.165	.194	.215	.409	7	259	11	3	69		0
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	64	102	98	4	19	3	0	0	10	0	0	1	13	.194	.210	.224	.434	25	22	4	1	2		0

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Batting Value

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	0.0	-180	-3	2	0
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	64	102	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-9	0	-1	0

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Batting Sabermetric

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: 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	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	47	241	252	1084	52	.235	178	-169	-16.4	.050	3.3	100.00	2
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	64	102	3	21	21	85	5	.224	14	-10	-1.1	.031	7.5		0

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Batting Win Probability

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mel Harder	18-37	1928	1947	584	1315	-15.3	-15.3	-0.9	-181.60		-186.66	0.94
2	Lou Knerr	23-25	1945	1947	64	102	-0.2	-0.6	0.4	-2.47		-6.34	1.03

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Head-to-Head Batting

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Totals

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: 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	Mel Harder	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Lou Knerr	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: Game Logs

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Lou Knerr vs. Mel Harder: 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	Mel Harder	CLE	1946-07-25	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.34	-0.111	0.01	0.00%	-0.98			P
2	Lou Knerr	PHA	1946-07-25	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.33	-0.008	0.00	0.00%	-0.13			P

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