Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Pitching Comparison

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Totals

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	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
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	1	6	.143	4.21	32	6	9	0	0	1	68.1	82	42	32	8	17	4	34	1	0	1	295	108	95	3.90	1.449	10.8	1.1	2.2	4.5

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	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

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Value

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.5	0.0
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1	0.1	-0.6

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Totals Against

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	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
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1	108	270	62	12	0	1	1	50.00	2	11	5	2	.304	.345	.437	.782	115	.133	.322	41	118	20	100	108

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	45	128											.188	.302					.208				45	45

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Starting & Relieving

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	74	43	50.1	191	72	38	8	74.2	132	241
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	1	17	43.7	31	11	35	2	33.3	9	26

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962									1	4

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Ratios

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.7	10.8	1.8
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1	11.5	5.8	5.8

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	15.7	12.4	3.3

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Pitch Summary

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0		23
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1		91

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Totals

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	Bill Smith	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	27	0.913	7.0	0.0	1.2	3.5
2	Don Larsen	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	2.500	13.5	4.5	9.0	4.5

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Game Logs

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Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	Don Larsen	SFG	1962-06-28	8-GF	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1				0.0	-1.01	0	0	0.12
2	Bill Smith	PHI	1962-06-28	2-GF, W	7.2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	27	7	26	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1				0.5	5.05	3	0	0.94

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (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	1962	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1962	1962-06-28	PHI	SFG	ahead 2-7	t9	---	1		Walk

Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Smith (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	1962	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

Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1962	1962-06-28	SFG	PHI	down 7-2	b9	1--	2		Groundout: C-1B

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Batting Comparison

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Batting Totals

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	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
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.143	.250	.214	.464	27	3	0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	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

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Batting Value

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	5.9	5.8	5.9	0.0	-11	1	-2	0
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-1	0	0	0

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Batting Sabermetric

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	44	187	201	484	65	.291	123	-18	-1.8	.129	4.3	0.00	3
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	1	4	5	12	1	.250	2	-2	-0.2	.071	2.3		0

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	0	4	4	9		.143	3			.000	4.5		0

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Batting Win Probability

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	-1.9	0.1	-2.0	-6.20		-1.86	1.03
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.48		0.12	0.78

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Totals

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	Bill Smith	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Larsen	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: Game Logs

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Don Larsen vs. Bill Smith: 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	Don Larsen	SFG	1962-06-28		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	-0.002	0.37	-0.01%	-0.23			P
2	Bill Smith	PHI	1962-06-28		8	9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	0.030	0.08	0.00%	0.87			P

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