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Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Dick Littlefield

14.8

322

188

1484.0

88-68

19

3.79

105

829

13.0

663

10.4

WAR

G

GS

IP

W-L

SV

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BB%

1.9

243

83

761.2

33-54

9

4.71

86

495

14.6

413

12.2

3

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Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Pitching Comparison

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	88	68	.564	3.79	322	188	74	71	12	19	1484.0	1372	702	625	149	663	55	829	31	6	44	6372	2135	105	4.19	1.371	8.3	0.9	4.0	5.0
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	33	54	.379	4.71	243	83	61	16	2	9	761.2	750	461	399	92	413	26	495	12	1	20	3395	1218	86	4.38	1.527	8.9	1.1	4.9	5.8

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	1	2	.333	6.35	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.0	16	12	12	1	9	0	14	1	0	0	77	26			1.471	8.5	0.5	4.8	7.4

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Value

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	16.5	1.7
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	243	83	761.2	2.1	-4.3

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Totals Against

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	2135	5614	948	222	53	50	46	52.08	4	106	77	2	.244	.327	.382	.710	95	.138	.264	706	2147	424	2066	2135
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	243	83	761.2	1218	2890	491	138	29	19	27	41.30	5	38	61	21	.260	.352	.423	.775	112	.163	.283	436	1222	259	1175	1218

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	26	67	11	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.338	.343	.681		.104	.289	9	23	5	26	26

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	93	49	52.1	95	38	40	8	70.4	74	134
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	34	41	46.6	154	53	34	3	75.0	61	160

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	0	0	51.0	2	2	100	0		0	2

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	13.0	10.4	2.6
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	243	83	761.2	14.6	12.2	2.4

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	18.2	11.7	6.5

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0		101
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	243	83	761.2

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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 Littlefield	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	33	0.667	5.0	0.0	1.0	10.0
2	Ralph Branca	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	1.000	7.2	3.6	1.8	3.6

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Game Logs

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Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	DET	1953-07-12 (2)	GS-5, L	5.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	5	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	2	48			-0.1	-0.56			0.78
2	Dick Littlefield	SLB	1953-07-12 (2)	CG, W	9.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	33	6	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	78			0.6	2.40			1.44

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dick Littlefield (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Littlefield (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Dick Littlefield (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Littlefield (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-07-12 (2)	SLB	DET	ahead 0-3	t2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1953	1953-07-12 (2)	SLB	DET	ahead 2-3	t5	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Dick Littlefield (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Dick Littlefield (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Dick Littlefield (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Dick Littlefield (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-07-12 (2)	DET	SLB	down 3-2	b2	1--	2		Strikeout

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Comparison

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Totals

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	2	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	0	37	0	0
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	245	216	193	11	28	3	1	0	10	0	0	12	71	.145	.195	.171	.366	-1	33	2	0	11	0	0

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Value

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-1.7	-1.7	-1.7	0.0	-70	-1	-2	0
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	245	216	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-26	1	0	0

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Sabermetric

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	9	102	106	449	17	.212	64	-69	-6.9	.030	2.9	0.00	2
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	245	216	4	40	44	178	7	.230	21	-28	-2.8	.026	2.7		0

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.8		0

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Win Probability

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-5.9	-6.4	-0.2	-68.05	-7.0	-72.74	0.89
2	Dick Littlefield	24-32	1950	1958	245	216	-2.1	-1.9	0.0	-20.08	-2.1	-21.34	1.06

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Head-to-Head Batting

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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 Littlefield	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	0	0		0
2	Ralph Branca	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: Game Logs

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Dick Littlefield vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	DET	1953-07-12 (2)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.90	-0.025	0.00	0.00%	-0.23			P
2	Dick Littlefield	SLB	1953-07-12 (2)	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	0	0		0	0.79	-0.083	0.00	0.00%	-0.85			P

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