Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Pitching Comparison

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	20-35	1951	1966	197	230	.461	3.58	602	497	56	163	36	10	3611.0	3772	1652	1438	286	894	128	1734	46	13	50	15214	4974	107	3.35	1.292	9.4	0.7	2.2	4.3
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	96	92	.511	3.14	824	39	541	5	1	180	1514.2	1318	597	528	108	582	128	1109	22	4	63	6313	1998	117	3.26	1.254	7.8	0.6	3.5	6.6

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	29	1960	1960	0	2	.000	13.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	10	9	0	3	0	7	2	0	0	35	18			2.667	19.5	0.0	4.5	10.5
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	3	3	.500	2.24	26	0	19	0	0	8	52.1	38	15	13	1	33	9	48	1	0	3	223	76		1.81	1.357	6.5	0.2	5.7	8.3

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Value

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	46.8	11.8
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	21.0	5.7

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Totals Against

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	4974	14023	2879	483	124	148	71	67.58	9	365	181	71	.269	.313	.382	.696	94	.113	.289	1689	5339	893	4712	4974
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	1998	5561	956	213	41	57	42	57.58	1	135	102	46	.237	.309	.348	.658	88	.111	.276	610	1937	362	1922	1998

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	18	29	11	2	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	1	0	.448	.529	.517	1.047		.069	.591	8	15	2	18	18
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	76	184	29	6	2	4	4	50.00	1	4	2	3	.207	.326	.277	.603		.071	.268	19	51	9	72	76

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	296	60	51.8	67	21	31	5	66.7	56	105
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	13	33	47.4	464	149	32	50	78.3	541	785

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	0	0	35.0	0	0		0		0	1
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	0			13	3	23	2	80.0	19	26

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Ratios

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	11.4	5.9	5.5
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	17.6	9.2	8.3

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	20.0	8.6	11.4
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	21.5	14.8	6.7

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0		92
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	136	66	89	65.44
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	407		242	59.46

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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	Tug McGraw	0	1	.000	7.94	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.2	9	9	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	29	2.294	14.3	0.0	6.4	1.6
2	Bob Friend	2	0	1.000	1.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	12	3	3	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	66	0.667	6.0	0.5	0.0	4.0

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	PIT	1965-09-22	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	34	8	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	68			0.2	2.03			0.56
2	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-09-22	GS-5, L	4.2	5	6	2	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	22	9	19	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	36			-0.3	-3.86			1.23
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1965-05-30 (1)	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	32	6	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	78			0.3	2.83			0.89
4	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-05-30 (1)	9-GF	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	2				0.0	-2.58	0	0	0.02

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (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	1965	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	1
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	1

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-05-30 (1)	PIT	NYM	ahead 1-6	t9	1-3	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; D. Crandall to 2B
2	1965	1965-09-22	PIT	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt P-SS-1B
3	1965	1965-09-22	PIT	NYM	ahead 1-2	b5	---	1		Reached on E3 (Ground Ball)

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (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	1965	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-09-22	NYM	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1965	1965-09-22	NYM	PIT	down 2-1	t5	---	2		Single to LF

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Batting Comparison

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Batting Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	1137	56	138	16	2	2	60	0	0	38	375	.121	.150	.144	.294	-19	164	14	0	120	2	0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	214	14	39	7	0	1	18	0	0	10	57	.182	.221	.229	.450	26	49	2	1	21	1	0

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-5.9	-5.9	-5.7	-0.2	-196	3	-3	0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.1	-20	0	0	0

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Batting Sabermetric

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	20	176	191	1135	33	.178	114	-189	-19.6	.023	3.0		0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	8	50	55	199	13	.242	31	-22	-2.2	.047	3.8		0

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	0	1	2	5	0	.333	1			.000	2.5		0

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-15.9	-17.7	1.0	-172.08	-17.8	-187.43	0.95
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	-2.5	-2.2	-0.1	-20.79	-2.1	-21.82	1.07

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Batting

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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	Tug McGraw	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Friend	2	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0

Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Tug McGraw vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	PIT	1965-09-22	*	9	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.019	0.00	0.00%	-0.41			P
2	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-09-22	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	0.007	0.00	0.00%	0.03			P
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1965-05-30 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.63	-0.060	0.46	-0.03%	-1.05			P
4	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-05-30 (1)		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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