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Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Pitching Comparison

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Totals

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	122	99	.552	3.67	345	273	28	101	25	5	2017.1	1988	909	822	198	495	52	880	45	6	18	8407	2630	104	3.70	1.231	8.9	0.9	2.2	3.9
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	128	116	.525	3.49	350	292	30	126	21	11	2162.1	2123	960	838	197	616	35	1099	97	7	47	9107	2964	114	3.64	1.267	8.8	0.8	2.6	4.6

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	1	0	0	1	8.1	4	5	5	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	7			0.840	4.3	1.1	3.2	5.4

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Value

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	20.8	5.0
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	350	292	2162.1	29.3	12.2

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Totals Against

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	2630	7713	1463	284	43	114	28	80.28	2	189	106	44	.258	.305	.383	.687	92	.125	.268	909	2952	525	2528	2630
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	350	292	2162.1	2964	8260	1579	296	51	64	58	52.46	11	212	84	49	.257	.314	.377	.691	91	.120	.275	983	3112	544	2836	2964

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	7	28											.143	.226					.136				7	7

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Starting & Relieving

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	149	55	53.2	56	13	23	4	55.6	28	72
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	169	58	53.2	36	13	36	5	68.8	30	58

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959								100.0	1	2

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Ratios

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	10.5	5.9	4.6
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	350	292	2162.1	12.1	6.8	5.3

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	16.1	9.7	6.5

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Pitch Summary

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1		106
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	350	292	2162.1		60

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Head-to-Head Pitching

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Totals

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	4	2	.667	3.16	8	8	0	2	2	0	57.0	57	20	20	7	20	4	23	0	0	0	243	1.351	9.0	1.1	3.2	3.6
2	Frank Lary	2	4	.333	3.29	8	7	1	3	0	0	52.0	44	21	19	2	17	1	24	6	1	1	220	1.173	7.6	0.3	2.9	4.2

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Game Logs

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Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-09-02 (1)	GS-8, W	8.0	4	2	2	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	33	9	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	62			0.2	1.87			0.48
2	Frank Lary	DET	1959-09-02 (1)	GS-4, L	4.0	6	6	4	2	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	24	12	19	3	2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	29			-0.3	-4.07			0.70
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-04-17	GS-6	5.2	9	4	4	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	27	12	24	7	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	2	35			-0.3	-1.53			1.11
4	Frank Lary	DET	1959-04-17	GS-6	5.2	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	25	9	22	3	2	0	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	3	41			-0.3	-1.59			1.31
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-04-12	GS-7, W	6.1	7	3	3	0	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	30	10	25	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	2	0	2	47			-0.2	-0.98			1.38
6	Frank Lary	DET	1959-04-12	GS-7, L	7.0	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	9	27	6	0	1	1	0	0	13	1	1	0	2	48			-0.1	-0.38			0.94
7	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-09-03	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	34	8	31	2	3	0	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	3	80			0.8	4.50			1.55
8	Frank Lary	DET	1958-09-03	CG, L	9.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	30	4	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	82			0.3	3.50			1.00
9	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-04-21	GS-9, L	8.0	8	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	33	11	30	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	57			0.1	2.38			1.73
10	Frank Lary	DET	1958-04-21	GS-8	8.0	3	1	1	0	0	6	0	4	2	0	0	35	11	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	70			0.3	3.00			1.43
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Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Batter vs. Pitcher

Frank Lary (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Frank Lary (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (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	1955	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1957	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1958	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0
4	1959	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.400	.733	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	13	2	1	0	0	0	3	6	.154	.313	.231	.543	1	0	0	0	0

Frank Lary (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Frank Lary (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-05-08 (2)	CHW	DET	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Walk; C. Courtney to 2B
2	1955	1955-05-08 (2)	CHW	DET	tied 0-0	b5	---	1		Strikeout
3	1955	1955-05-08 (2)	CHW	DET	tied 0-0	b7	---	2		Strikeout
4	1957	1957-09-02 (2)	CHW	DET	down 4-0	t3	---	1		Single to CF
5	1958	1958-04-21	CHW	DET	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1958	1958-04-21	CHW	DET	tied 0-0	t5	1--	1		Groundout: P-1B; J. Landis to 2B
7	1958	1958-04-21	CHW	DET	ahead 0-1	t7	---	0		Walk
8	1958	1958-09-03	CHW	DET	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout
9	1958	1958-09-03	CHW	DET	tied 0-0	t6	1--	1		Flyball: LF
10	1958	1958-09-03	CHW	DET	ahead 0-1	t8	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
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Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Frank Lary (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Frank Lary (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	1955	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1957	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1958	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1959	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	16	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.188	.375	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Frank Lary (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Frank Lary (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-05-08 (2)	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Single to LF
2	1955	1955-05-08 (2)	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	t5	1--	2		Strikeout
3	1955	1955-05-08 (2)	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	t7	-2-	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
4	1957	1957-09-02 (2)	DET	CHW	ahead 0-4	b2	---	1		Strikeout
5	1957	1957-09-02 (2)	DET	CHW	ahead 0-5	b4	---	1		Strikeout
6	1958	1958-04-21	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Lineout: CF
7	1958	1958-04-21	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	b5	---	0		Flyball: CF
8	1958	1958-09-03	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
9	1958	1958-09-03	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	b5	--3	1		Strikeout
10	1958	1958-09-03	DET	CHW	down 1-0	b7	-2-	1		Flyball: CF (Deep CF); B. Martin to 3B
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Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Comparison

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Totals

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	694	67	113	14	0	15	64	0	0	78	292	.163	.257	.248	.505	39	172	13	10	18	1	1
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	362	830	734	68	130	12	6	6	54	0	2	39	211	.177	.219	.234	.453	22	172	16	1	52	2	0

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Value

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	2.4	2.4	2.6	-0.2	-60	-1	-1	0
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	362	830	1.0	1.0	1.1	-0.1	-77	1	-3	0

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Sabermetric

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	29	201	206	613	51	.253	116	-61	-6.3	.085	2.4		0
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	362	830	24	170	187	676	42	.239	116	-86	-8.6	.057	3.5	0.00	2

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	0	1	1	2		.500	0			.000	3.0		0

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Win Probability

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	-5.3	-5.6	0.1	-57.01		-59.33	0.96
2	Frank Lary	24-35	1954	1965	362	830	-5.7	-7.0	0.9	-79.47		-82.02	0.93

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Head-to-Head Batting

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Totals

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	8	22	17	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.118	.286	.176	.462	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Frank Lary	8	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.176	.176	.176	.353	3	0	0	0	0	0

Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: Game Logs

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Frank Lary vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-09-02 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	-0.032	1.25	-0.07%	-0.63			P
2	Frank Lary	DET	1959-09-02 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.024	0.00	0.00%	-0.23			P
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-04-17	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	0.006	1.83	0.01%	0.06			P
4	Frank Lary	DET	1959-04-17	*	6	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.069	2.34	-0.06%	-0.64			P
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-04-12	*	7	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.88	0.000	2.55	0.00%	-0.11			P
6	Frank Lary	DET	1959-04-12	*	7	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	-0.085	4.67	-0.11%	-0.66			P
7	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-09-03	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	-0.067	0.03	0.00%	-0.50			P
8	Frank Lary	DET	1958-09-03	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	-0.173	0.00	0.00%	-1.13			P
9	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-04-21	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.071	3.32	-0.10%	-0.29			P
10	Frank Lary	DET	1958-04-21	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.055	2.74	-0.08%	-0.47			P
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