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Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Pitching Comparison

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Totals

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	207	128	.618	3.23	460	350	73	188	31	22	2850.0	2559	1185	1024	180	1251	55	1277	57	2	63	12099	4046	119	3.81	1.337	8.1	0.6	4.0	4.0
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	124	82	.602	2.73	403	198	114	96	22	44	1751.2	1466	661	531	44	463	33	1501	27	5	24	5353	1977	150	1.84	1.101	7.5	0.2	2.4	7.7

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	2	2	.500	3.94	4	4	0	2	0	0	29.2	32	15	13	1	15	2	17	0	1	1	131	49			1.584	9.7	0.3	4.6	5.2
2	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	3	1	.750	3.38	10	3	4	0	0	1	37.1	35	19	14	2	7	0	38	0	1	0	154	42		0.83	1.125	8.4	0.5	1.7	9.2

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Value

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	37.5	15.3
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2	46.9	33.2

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Totals Against

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	4046	10643	1947	371	61	70	75	48.28	10	315	124	30	.240	.323	.337	.660	84	.097	.258	1170	3592	612	3867	4046
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2	1977	1780	315	69	16	26	7	78.79	2	31	35	0	.824	.994	.347	1.341	278	.106	.712	194	617	114	1956	1977

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	49	112	27	4	0	1	1	50.00	1	4	3	1	.286	.367	.348	.715		.063	.326	15	39	5	47	49
2	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	3	37.1	42	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6.000					-.825	0	0	0	42	42

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Starting & Relieving

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Lemon	25-37	1946	1958	215	61	54.8	90	22	24	8	73.3	73	110
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	11	6	6.8	144	52	36	14	75.9	114	205

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	2	50	49.3						0	0
2	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	0	0	0.0	2	1	50		100.0	4	7

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Ratios

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	10.6	10.3	0.2
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2			19.4

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	13.0	11.5	1.5
2	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	3	37.1	24.7	4.5	20.1

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Pitch Summary

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	220	110	129	58.64
2	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	3	37.1	11		8	72.73

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Totals

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	1	0	1.000	1.59	4	1	2	1	0	2	11.1	8	2	2	0	6	0	9	0	0	0	46	1.235	6.4	0.0	4.8	7.1
2	Bob Lemon	1	3	.250	3.97	4	3	1	2	0	0	22.2	24	13	10	3	12	0	15	1	0	1	103	1.588	9.5	1.2	4.8	6.0

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Game Logs

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Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	CLE	1953-08-14	7-GF, W	2.1	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	6	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1				0.1	-1.37	2	2	2.63
2	Satchel Paige	SLB	1953-08-14	8-9	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	11	6	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0				0.0	-0.76	0	0	1.14
3	Bob Lemon	CLE	1953-05-27	CG(8), L	8.0	8	5	2	3	0	5	0	2	0	0	1	37	15	31	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	49			-0.3	-0.93			0.77
4	Satchel Paige	SLB	1953-05-27	6-GF, S	3.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.1	2.45	2	0	0.72
5	Bob Lemon	CLE	1952-09-01 (2)	CG(5), L	5.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	3	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	59			0.0	0.37			0.72
6	Satchel Paige	SLB	1952-09-01 (2)	CG(5), W	5.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	19	5	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	59			0.2	1.37			1.09
7	Bob Lemon	CLE	1951-08-31	GS-8, L	7.1	9	5	5	0	2	5	0	7	1	0	0	36	15	29	6	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	1	0	3	42			-0.2	-1.63			0.73
8	Satchel Paige	SLB	1951-08-31	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.47	2	1	2.31

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Satchel Paige (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Satchel Paige (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	1952	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1953	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Satchel Paige (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Satchel Paige (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1952	1952-09-01 (2)	SLB	CLE	ahead 1-2	b3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1952	1952-09-01 (2)	SLB	CLE	ahead 1-2	b5	-2-	2		Lineout: P
3	1953	1953-05-27	SLB	CLE	ahead 1-5	b8	---	1		Groundout: P-1B

Satchel Paige (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Satchel Paige (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (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	1952	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1953	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Satchel Paige (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Satchel Paige (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1952	1952-09-01 (2)	CLE	SLB	down 2-0	t3	1--	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; G. Strickland to 2B
2	1952	1952-09-01 (2)	CLE	SLB	down 2-1	t5	---	1		Strikeout
3	1953	1953-05-27	CLE	SLB	down 5-1	t6	12-	1		Single to 3B; B. Glynn to 3B; J. Hegan to 2B
4	1953	1953-08-14	CLE	SLB	ahead 6-7	t8	-2-	1		Flyball: CF

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Comparison

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Totals

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	1183	148	274	54	9	37	147	2	1	93	241	.232	.288	.386	.674	83	457	9	2	49	3	0
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	672	51	137	6	8	1	49	7	0	14	32	.204	.221	.241	.462	28	162	5	1	21	0	0

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	5	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	15	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	0	1

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Value

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	10.7	10.3	10.6	0.0	-30	4	0	0
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-69	0	0	0

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	100	369	387	971	140	.261	258	-35	-3.6	.155	4.9	66.7	3
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	15	152	153	561	41	.213	99	-69	-7.0	.037	21.0		0

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	5	14	0	1	1	13	0	.000	0			.000	13.0		0
2	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	15	0	2	2	13		.143	2			.000			0

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Win Probability

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	0.2	-1.2	1.4	-16.25	-1.6	-13.42	0.98
2	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	-1.9	-2.0	0.3	-20.84	-2.0	-22.90	1.07

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Totals

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Bob Lemon	4	10	10	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.500	.700	5	0	0	0		0

Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: Game Logs

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Bob Lemon vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Bob Lemon	CLE	1953-08-14		3	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.10	-0.059	0.31	-0.01%	-1.14			P
2	Satchel Paige	SLB	1953-08-14		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Lemon	CLE	1953-05-27	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	2.00	-0.059	6.07	-0.11%	-0.42			P
4	Satchel Paige	SLB	1953-05-27		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.04	-0.001	0.02	0.00%	-0.16			P
5	Bob Lemon	CLE	1952-09-01 (2)	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.10	-0.043	10.86	-0.26%	-0.34			P
6	Satchel Paige	SLB	1952-09-01 (2)	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.99	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-0.54			P
7	Bob Lemon	CLE	1951-08-31	*	8	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0		0	1.18	0.025	9.87	0.12%	1.09			P
8	Satchel Paige	SLB	1951-08-31		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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