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Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Merrill May vs. Max Lanier

Regular Season: 7 PA , .200/.429/.200, 0 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Batter vs. Pitcher

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Year-by-Year Totals

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: 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	1941	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
2	1943	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	0	0	0	0	0

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Plate Appearances

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Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1941	1941-06-18	PHI	STL	tied 0-0	t1	---	0		Flyball: LF
2	1941	1941-06-18	PHI	STL	down 2-0	t3	-2-	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
3	1941	1941-06-18	PHI	STL	down 7-0	t6	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1941	1941-06-18	PHI	STL	down 7-0	t8	1--	1		Walk; H. Marnie to 2B
5	1943	1943-08-19	PHI	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Walk
6	1943	1943-08-19	PHI	STL	down 1-0	b5	12-	1		Flyball: 1B
7	1943	1943-08-19	PHI	STL	ahead 1-4	b6	1--	2		Single; G. Stewart to 2B

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Batting Comparison

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Totals

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: 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	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	328	599	535	46	99	4	1	0	27	0	0	23	45	.185	.219	.196	.415	14	105	17	0	41		0
2	Merrill May	28-32	1939	1943	665	2548	2215	210	610	102	11	4	215	13	23	261	121	.275	.354	.337	.691	99	746	69	9	61		8

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: 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	Max Lanier	26-28	1942	1944	7	10	9	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.444	.889	4	0	0	1		0

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Value

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	328	599	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-62	0	0	0
2	Merrill May	28-32	1939	1943	665	2548	11.3	2.4	9.0	2.8	13	-8	-7	23

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Sabermetric

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	328	599	5	122	134	494	22	.202	73	-67	-6.8	.011	11.9		0
2	Merrill May	28-32	1939	1943	665	2548	117	880	908	1758	258	.290	421	9	0.9	.061	18.3	36.1	36

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Max Lanier	26-28	1942	1944	7	10	0	4	5	6	2	.444	3			.000			0

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Win Probability

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	328	599	-4.0	-5.3	1.1	-54.28	-5.4	-58.55	0.96
2	Merrill May	28-32	1939	1943	665	2548	0.2	-1.0	1.2	-7.79	-0.9	-13.24	1.09

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Pitching Comparison

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Totals

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: 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	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	108	82	.568	3.01	327	204	62	91	21	17	1619.1	1490	630	541	65	611	56	821	18	8	13	6772	2218	126	3.26	1.297	8.3	0.4	3.4	4.6

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: 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	Max Lanier	26-28	1942	1944	2	1	.667	1.71	7	4	2	0	0	0	31.2	24	10	6	1	12	1	25	0	0	2	132	40			1.137	6.8	0.3	3.4	7.1

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Value

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	327	204	1619.1	30.4	15.4

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Totals Against

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: 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	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	327	204	1619.1	2218	6044	1184	214	27	21	42	33.33	20	160	101	0	.247	.318	.323	.641	80	.077	.276	625	1953	306	2119	2218

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: 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	Max Lanier	26-28	1942	1944	7	4	31.2	40	118	17	5	1	1	0	100.00	0	2	2	0	.203	.277	.288	.565		.085	.250	10	34	7	36	40

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Starting & Relieving

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	126	62	54.8	107	34	32	7	70.8	62	123

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Max Lanier	26-28	1942	1944	3	75	61.8	0	0		0		2	3

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Ratios

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	327	204	1619.1	12.1	9.0	3.1
2	Merrill May	28-32	1939	1943

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Max Lanier	26-28	1942	1944	7	4	31.2	18.9	9.1	9.8

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Pitch Summary

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Max Lanier	22-37	1938	1953	327	204	1619.1		91

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Max Lanier	26-28	1942	1944	7	4	31.2	106	106	72	67.92

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Head-to-Head Batting

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Totals

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: 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	Merrill May	3	12	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.222	.364	.222	.586	2	0	0	1		0
2	Max Lanier	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1		0

Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: Game Logs

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Merrill May vs. Max Lanier: 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	Max Lanier	STL	1943-08-19	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.04	-0.055	0.62	-0.02%	-0.48			P
2	Merrill May	PHI	1943-08-19	*	9	8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1		0	1.29	-0.027	0.00	0.00%	-0.04			3B
3	Max Lanier	STL	1941-06-18	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1		0	0.25	-0.024	1.22	-0.07%	-0.62			P
4	Merrill May	PHI	1941-06-18	*	9	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0		0	0.58	-0.056	0.01	0.00%	-0.41			3B
5	Max Lanier	STL	1940-06-02 (1)	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0										P
6	Merrill May	PHI	1940-06-02 (1)	*	10	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0										3B

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