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Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Pitching Comparison

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Totals

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	24	45	.348	4.42	253	51	94	10	2	13	616.1	645	353	303	71	272	21	277	4	3	33	2724	959	95	4.40	1.488	9.4	1.0	4.0	4.0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	39	38	.506	3.79	314	48	98	4	1	11	782.2	709	392	330	94	351	26	406	36	1	18	3368	1148	101	4.49	1.354	8.2	1.1	4.0	4.7

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Value

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	253	51	616.1	5.0	-1.4
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2	4.7	-1.5

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Totals Against

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	253	51	616.1	959	2388	483	71	20	25	13	65.79	2	54	42	13	.270	.344	.406	.750	103	.136	.280	337	969	162	921	959
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2	1148	2919	475	123	17	29	22	56.86	3	69	40	21	.243	.329	.393	.723	102	.150	.252	380	1148	234	1096	1148

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Starting & Relieving

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	15	29	44.0	175	59	34	10	56.5	94	202
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	19	40	48.3	233	92	39	14	44.0	98	266

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Ratios

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	253	51	616.1	10.2	10.0	0.2
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2	12.1	10.4	1.6

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Pitch Summary

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	253	51	616.1		92
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	314	48	782.2		75

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Head-to-Head Pitching

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Totals

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Paul LaPalme	0	3	.000	4.80	6	3	2	0	0	1	15.0	17	9	8	1	8	0	10	0	0	2	69	1.667	10.2	0.6	4.8	6.0
2	Steve Ridzik	2	2	.500	1.96	6	3	1	0	0	0	18.1	15	10	4	2	10	0	7	1	0	1	79	1.364	7.4	1.0	4.9	3.4

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Game Logs

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Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Paul LaPalme	CIN	1956-05-09	5-6	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	1.00	0	0	0.53
2	Steve Ridzik	NYG	1956-05-09	7-7, BL	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				-0.2	-1.03	1	1	2.60
3	Paul LaPalme	PIT	1954-08-15 (2)	GS-1	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	38			-0.2	-2.27			0.69
4	Steve Ridzik	PHI	1954-08-15 (2)	8-8,BS	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.39	2	1	4.05
5	Paul LaPalme	PIT	1953-08-18	GS-7, L	7.0	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	29	10	25	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	61			0.2	2.77			1.05
6	Steve Ridzik	PHI	1953-08-18	GS-7, W	6.2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	24	6	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	69			0.4	3.32			1.34
7	Paul LaPalme	PIT	1953-07-12 (2)	GS-2, L	2.0	6	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	7	13	4	1	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	27			-0.3	-3.92			0.91
8	Steve Ridzik	PHI	1953-07-12 (2)	4-GF, W	5.1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	20	5	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0				0.6	3.04	1	0	1.91
9	Paul LaPalme	PIT	1953-07-05 (2)	9-GF, S	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.39	3	2	1.58
10	Steve Ridzik	PHI	1953-07-05 (2)	GS-1, L	0.2	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	28			-0.3	-3.92			1.27
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Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Batter vs. Pitcher

Paul LaPalme (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Paul LaPalme (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (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	1953	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Paul LaPalme (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Paul LaPalme (Pitcher) vs. Steve Ridzik (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-08-18	PHI	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1953	1953-08-18	PHI	PIT	ahead 0-1	b5	---	2		Single to CF

Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Paul LaPalme (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Paul LaPalme (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	1953	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Paul LaPalme (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Ridzik (Pitcher) vs. Paul LaPalme (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-08-18	PIT	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1953	1953-08-18	PIT	PHI	down 1-0	t6	1--	0		Reached on E4 (catch)/Sacrifice Bunt (Bunt to P); D. Cole to 2B

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Comparison

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Totals

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	254	166	147	13	20	4	1	0	6	0	0	5	29	.136	.175	.177	.352	-6	26	2	2	11	0	0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	198	16	38	10	0	1	7	0	0	7	52	.192	.220	.258	.477	29	51	3	0	9	0	0

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Value

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	254	166	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-20	0	0	0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	0.3	0.3	0.4	-0.2	-19	0	0	0

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Sabermetric

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	254	166	5	27	32	140	7	.169	19	-23	-2.3	.041	5.1		0
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	11	45	47	172	11	.255	22	-20	-2.0	.066	3.8		0

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Win Probability

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Paul LaPalme	27-33	1951	1957	254	166	-1.1	-1.6	0.4	-19.68		-19.29	0.89
2	Steve Ridzik	21-37	1950	1966	318	214	-2.2	-1.9	-0.6	-20.92		-19.29	0.90

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Head-to-Head Batting

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Totals

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Paul LaPalme	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0
2	Steve Ridzik	6	6	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.600	.667	.600	1.267	3	0	0	0		0

Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: Game Logs

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Paul LaPalme vs. Steve Ridzik: 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	Paul LaPalme	CIN	1956-05-09		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Steve Ridzik	NYG	1956-05-09		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Paul LaPalme	PIT	1954-08-15 (2)	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Steve Ridzik	PHI	1954-08-15 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Paul LaPalme	PIT	1953-08-18	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	1.53	0.069	0.00	0.00%	0.44			P
6	Steve Ridzik	PHI	1953-08-18	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.72	-0.014	0.02	0.00%	-0.12			P
7	Paul LaPalme	PIT	1953-07-12 (2)	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Steve Ridzik	PHI	1953-07-12 (2)		6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	1.11	-0.050	2.62	-0.07%	-0.50			P
9	Paul LaPalme	PIT	1953-07-05 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Steve Ridzik	PHI	1953-07-05 (2)	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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