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Brooks Lawrence

8.6

275

127

1040.2

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4.25

96

481

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Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Pitching Comparison

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Totals

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	69	62	.527	4.25	275	127	76	42	5	22	1040.2	1034	539	491	110	385	40	481	33	1	13	4448	1509	96	4.09	1.364	8.9	1.0	3.3	4.2
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	148	116	.561	3.68	440	340	46	77	24	10	2265.0	2239	1026	925	242	743	79	1435	28	8	66	9571	3139	105	3.65	1.317	8.9	1.0	3.0	5.7

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	4	1	.800	2.11	6	6	0	2	1	0	38.1	29	14	9	3	13	0	18	2	0	0	157	44			1.096	6.8	0.7	3.1	4.2

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Value

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	275	127	1040.2	9.2	-1.2
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	28.2	6.4

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Totals Against

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	275	127	1040.2	1509	3956	722	177	25	23	33	41.07	3	112	44	27	.261	.330	.402	.732	97	.141	.272	529	1591	312	1452	1509
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	3139	8659	1569	370	58	43	46	48.31	22	219	92	47	.259	.318	.399	.716	98	.140	.284	1105	3451	670	3010	3139

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	44	141											.206	.282					.217				44	44

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Starting & Relieving

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	60	47	49.7	95	25	26	5	81.5	76	148
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	179	53	52.4	74	22	30	5	66.7	46	100

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963									0	0

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Ratios

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	275	127	1040.2	10.8	8.7	2.2
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	15.0	7.8	7.2

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Pitch Summary

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	275	127	1040.2		90
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0		93

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Head-to-Head Pitching

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Totals

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	3	2	.600	4.46	8	6	1	2	0	1	42.1	47	21	21	7	9	0	25	0	0	1	178	1.323	10.0	1.5	1.9	5.3
2	Brooks Lawrence	2	2	.500	4.58	8	5	1	1	0	0	37.1	39	22	19	6	14	0	20	1	0	1	158	1.420	9.4	1.4	3.4	4.8

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Game Logs

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Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	1958-09-16 (1)	1-9, W	7.2	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	30	9	30	7	1	1	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	2		91	64	0.2	2.58	2	0	0.94
2	Johnny Podres	LAD	1958-09-16 (1)	GS-5, L	4.2	6	5	5	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	8	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	4	32	85	52	-0.3	-2.91			0.49
3	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	1958-06-23	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	33	8	31	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	2	73	104	72	0.3	3.69			1.01
4	Johnny Podres	LAD	1958-06-23	GS-6, L	6.0	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	25	8	23	5	2	0	1	0	0	9	1	1	0	2	46	104	68	-0.1	-0.87			1.04
5	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	1957-07-28	GS-5, L	5.0	5	5	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	21	8	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	1	0	1	38	58	39	-0.3	-2.44			1.11
6	Johnny Podres	BRO	1957-07-28	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	35	9	35	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	64	103	73	0.2	2.61			0.68
7	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	1957-07-11	GS-4	3.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	7	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	35	46	33	-0.2	-2.42			1.07
8	Johnny Podres	BRO	1957-07-11	8-GF, S	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		28	18	0.3	1.05	0	0	1.97
9	Brooks Lawrence	STL	1955-07-30	8-GF	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11	4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1		50	26	0.0	-1.00	0	0	0.09
10	Johnny Podres	BRO	1955-07-30	GS-7, W	6.2	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	26	8	24	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	64	88	59	0.3	3.08			0.93
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Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Batter vs. Pitcher

Brooks Lawrence (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Brooks Lawrence (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (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	1954	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1957	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	1
4	1958	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	0	0	0	1

Brooks Lawrence (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Brooks Lawrence (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-08-05	BRO	STL	down 11-4	b7	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1954	1954-08-27	BRO	STL	down 4-2	t7	---	2	2 (1-0)	Single to SS
3	1955	1955-05-04	BRO	STL	ahead 0-2	b2	1--	2	2 (0-1)	Lineout: 2B
4	1955	1955-06-03	BRO	STL	ahead 1-4	b1	12-	2	4 (2-1)	Groundout: P-1B
5	1957	1957-07-28	BRO	CIN	down 1-0	t3	12-	0	2 (1-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; R. Campanella to 3B; P. Reese to 2B
6	1957	1957-07-28	BRO	CIN	ahead 1-5	t4	1--	1	2 (1-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
7	1958	1958-06-23	LAD	CIN	down 1-0	t2	123	0	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
8	1958	1958-06-23	LAD	CIN	tied 1-1	t5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Single to RF (Line Drive)
9	1958	1958-09-16 (1)	LAD	CIN	down 3-1	t2	1--	1	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging, J. Pignatano Steals 2B
10	1958	1958-09-16 (1)	LAD	CIN	down 4-1	t5	---	0	2 (0-1)	Flyball: LF

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Brooks Lawrence (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Brooks Lawrence (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1957	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1958	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Brooks Lawrence (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Brooks Lawrence (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-05-04	STL	BRO	down 2-0	t3	---	1	4 (1-2)	Lineout: CF
2	1957	1957-07-28	CIN	BRO	ahead 0-1	b2	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
3	1958	1958-06-23	CIN	LAD	tied 1-1	b3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1958	1958-06-23	CIN	LAD	tied 1-1	b5	12-	0	4 (1-2)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; G. Bell to 3B; R. McMillan to 2B
5	1958	1958-09-16 (1)	CIN	LAD	ahead 1-3	b2	---	1	5 (2-2)	Flyball: CF
6	1958	1958-09-16 (1)	CIN	LAD	ahead 1-4	b5	---	0	2 (0-1)	Groundout: SS-1B

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Comparison

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Totals

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	275	360	319	17	49	5	1	0	23	1	1	17	95	.154	.199	.176	.374	0	56	8	2	18	4	0
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	762	61	145	19	1	2	50	1	2	32	108	.190	.224	.226	.449	21	172	14	4	43	11	0

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	7	17	16	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.313	.313	.375	.688	6	0	0	1	0	0

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Value

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	275	360	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	-45	1	0	0
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	1.6	1.5	1.7	-0.2	-76	1	-3	0

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Sabermetric

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	275	360	6	68	74	301	12	.215	40	-49	-4.9	.022	3.4	50.00	2
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	22	181	203	687	43	.216	109	-85	-8.8	.035	7.1	33.33	3

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	7	17	1	5	5	12		.333	3			.063	16.0		0

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Win Probability

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Brooks Lawrence	29-35	1954	1960	275	360	-3.4	-4.0	0.2	-43.30		-44.38	0.91
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	-4.5	-6.9	1.5	-70.18		-78.02	0.85

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Head-to-Head Batting

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Totals

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	8	18	17	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.235	.235	.235	.471	4	1	0	1	0	0
2	Brooks Lawrence	8	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: Game Logs

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Brooks Lawrence vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	1958-09-16 (1)		9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	-0.030	0.00	0.00%	-0.90			P
2	Johnny Podres	LAD	1958-09-16 (1)	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-0.55			P
3	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	1958-06-23	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.031	3.66	-0.06%	-0.51			P
4	Johnny Podres	LAD	1958-06-23	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.026	1.53	-0.01%	-0.38			P
5	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	1957-07-28	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.025	5.70	-0.08%	-0.30			P
6	Johnny Podres	BRO	1957-07-28	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.73	-0.031	3.53	-0.09%	-0.41			P
7	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	1957-07-11	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.103	7.27	-0.26%	-1.15			P
8	Johnny Podres	BRO	1957-07-11		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	-0.008	0.90	-0.02%	-0.11			P
9	Brooks Lawrence	STL	1955-07-30		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Johnny Podres	BRO	1955-07-30	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.040	0.31	-0.01%	-0.50			P
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