Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Pitching Comparison

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Totals

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	81	91	.471	3.78	412	171	132	44	11	23	1548.0	1442	728	650	130	725	55	849	26	0	39	6708	2277	99	3.94	1.400	8.4	0.8	4.2	4.9
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	24	27	.471	4.27	136	55	30	15	3	1	468.0	489	262	222	24	231	8	158	8	0	7	2064	761	90	4.00	1.538	9.4	0.5	4.4	3.0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	4	2	.667	2.75	10	6	1	1	1	0	36.0	24	16	11	3	19	1	24	2	0	0	153	46			1.194	6.0	0.8	4.8	6.0
2	Jim McDonald	26	1953	1953	1	0	1.000	5.87	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	12	6	5	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	35	13			1.565	14.1	1.2	0.0	3.5

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Value

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.5	0.0
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	136	55	468.0	-0.9	-5.0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Totals Against

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	2277	5851	1038	228	46	77	37	67.54	4	111	81	28	.246	.331	.368	.699	98	.121	.268	721	2152	404	2193	2277
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	136	55	468.0	761	1790	395	56	14	10	17	37.04	7	55	27	8	.273	.357	.360	.718	102	.087	.288	237	645	94	728	761

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	46	128	19	2	0	1	0	100.00	0	1	2	2	.188	.298	.273	.571		.086	.204	14	35	5	45	46
2	Jim McDonald	26	1953	1953	1	1	7.2	13	34	11	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.353	.371	.441	.813		.088	.367	5	15	1	13	13

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Starting & Relieving

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	74	43	50.1	191	72	38	8	74.2	132	241
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	24	44	47.5	54	31	57	2	33.3	30	81

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	2	33	54.0	8	2	25	0		1	4
2	Jim McDonald	26	1953	1953	0	0	36.0						0	0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Ratios

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.7	10.8	1.8
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	136	55	468.0	7.7	11.2	-3.5

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	15.7	12.4	3.3
2	Jim McDonald	26	1953	1953	1	1	7.2	8.6	0.0	8.6

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Pitch Summary

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0		23
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	136	55	468.0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	288	68	181	62.85
2	Jim McDonald	26	1953	1953	1	1	7.2

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Totals

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	2	1	.667	3.05	3	3	0	2	0	0	20.2	14	11	7	2	7	0	12	0	0	0	85	1.016	6.1	0.9	3.0	5.2
2	Jim McDonald	1	1	.500	5.63	3	2	1	1	0	0	16.0	20	10	10	2	5	0	5	0	0	0	71	1.563	11.3	1.1	2.8	2.8

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Game Logs

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Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	BAL	1954-05-16 (2)	CG, W	9.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	32	5	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	77			0.3	1.88			0.48
2	Jim McDonald	NYY	1954-05-16 (2)	6-GF(8)	3.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	7	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.71	0	0	0.15
3	Don Larsen	SLB	1953-09-17	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	35	8	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	75			0.2	3.31			0.70
4	Jim McDonald	NYY	1953-09-17	GS-4, L	4.0	7	5	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	22	10	19	6	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	25			-0.3	-3.09			1.26
5	Don Larsen	SLB	1953-07-18	GS-3, L	2.2	7	8	4	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	18	10	15	6	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	21			-0.4	-6.71			0.88
6	Jim McDonald	NYY	1953-07-18	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	34	8	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	68			0.1	2.58			0.20

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim McDonald (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim McDonald (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1954	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Jim McDonald (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim McDonald (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-09-17	SLB	NYY	ahead 0-1	t2	123	1		Groundout: 3B-C/Forceout at Hm; L. Moss to 3B; B. Young to 2B
2	1953	1953-09-17	SLB	NYY	ahead 1-2	t4	12-	0		Single; B. Young to 3B; L. Moss Scores
3	1954	1954-05-16 (2)	BAL	NYY	ahead 0-5	b6	-23	1		Foul Popfly: 3B
4	1954	1954-05-16 (2)	BAL	NYY	ahead 0-6	b8	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Jim McDonald (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Jim McDonald (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	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Jim McDonald (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Jim McDonald (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-07-18	NYY	SLB	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	2		Strikeout
2	1953	1953-07-18	NYY	SLB	ahead 0-6	t3	12-	2		Single; B. Renna Scores/unER; P. Rizzuto Scores/unER
3	1953	1953-09-17	NYY	SLB	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Flyball: CF

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Batting Comparison

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Batting Totals

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	596	65	144	25	5	14	72	0	3	43	138	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	221	15	0	11	3	0
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	139	153	128	14	23	5	1	0	10	0	0	18	48	.180	.281	.234	.515	42	30	0	0	7	0	0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Jim McDonald	26	1953	1953	1	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0	1		0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Batting Value

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	5.9	5.8	5.9	0.0	-11	1	-2	0
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	139	153	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	-10	1	0	0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Batting Sabermetric

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	44	187	201	484	65	.291	123	-18	-1.8	.129	4.3	0.0	3
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	139	153	6	41	43	112	12	.288	24	-10	-1.1	.055	2.7		0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	0	4	4	9	0	.143	3			.000	4.5		0
2	Jim McDonald	26	1953	1953	1	4	1	2	2	2	1	1.000	1			.500	2.0		0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Batting Win Probability

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	-1.9	0.1	-2.0	-6.20	-0.7	-1.86	1.03
2	Jim McDonald	23-31	1950	1958	139	153	-0.7	-0.7	-0.1	-7.04	-0.7	-9.45	0.86

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Totals

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	3	8	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim McDonald	3	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	1		0

Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: Game Logs

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Jim McDonald vs. Don Larsen: 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	Don Larsen	BAL	1954-05-16 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.39	-0.039	0.63	-0.04%	-1.36			P
2	Jim McDonald	NYY	1954-05-16 (2)		4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Don Larsen	SLB	1953-09-17	*	9	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0		0	1.11	0.047	0.00	0.00%	0.67			P
4	Jim McDonald	NYY	1953-09-17	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.99	-0.025	0.00	0.00%	-0.23			P
5	Don Larsen	SLB	1953-07-18	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Jim McDonald	NYY	1953-07-18	*	9	9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1		0	0.26	0.012	1.28	0.04%	1.60			P

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