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Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Pitching Comparison

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Totals

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	169	157	.518	3.54	462	379	46	182	29	13	2864.0	2953	1304	1127	137	893	84	998	24	5	54	12186	4061	106	3.76	1.343	9.3	0.4	2.8	3.1
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	86	80	.518	3.42	272	179	54	65	13	16	1453.2	1446	672	552	79	431	56	660	22	1	17	6159	1999	109	3.54	1.291	9.0	0.5	2.7	4.1

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	0	2	.000	3.38	4	3	1	0	0	1	21.1	26	11	8	0	6	0	13	1	0	0	93	36			1.500	11.0	0.0	2.5	5.5
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	0	2	.000	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	6	6	2	6	1	7	0	0	1	50	19			1.636	9.8	1.6	4.9	5.7

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Value

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	462	379	2864.0	32.5	8.7
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	16.1	3.7

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Totals Against

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	462	379	2864.0	4061	11092	2279	461	76	99	92	51.83	1	237	178	12	.266	.322	.359	.680	92	.092	.283	1284	3977	674	3870	4061
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	1999	5592	1157	167	43	41	40	50.62	10	99	111	7	.259	.314	.346	.660	87	.088	.281	611	1936	289	1899	1999

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	3	21.1	36	85	21	3	2	2	1	66.67	0	3	1	0	.306	.359	.388	.747		.082	.361	12	33	5	33	36
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	19	44	7	2	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	.273	.360	.500	.860		.227	.286	7	22	5	18	19

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Starting & Relieving

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	206	54	51.7	61	23	38	5	72.2	46	83
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	101	56	51.9	109	38	35	10	61.5	54	93

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	1	33	49.3	0	0		0	100.0	1	1
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	0	0	42.0	0	0				0	1

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Ratios

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	462	379	2864.0	8.2	7.3	0.9
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	10.7	7.0	3.7

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	3	21.1	14.0	6.5	7.5
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	14.0	12.0	2.0

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Pitch Summary

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	462	379	2864.0
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	3	21.1	150	98	92	61.33
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Head-to-Head Pitching

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Totals

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	3	1	.750	3.92	8	6	1	3	1	1	41.1	40	18	18	6	10	0	11	0	0	1	169	1.210	8.7	1.3	2.2	2.4
2	Cliff Melton	2	3	.400	2.72	8	4	2	1	1	1	39.2	41	12	12	4	13	2	18	1	0	1	169	1.361	9.3	0.9	2.9	4.1

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Game Logs

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Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	PHI	1944-09-17 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	31	5	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	84			0.4	4.10			0.77
2	Cliff Melton	NYG	1944-09-17 (1)	GS-6, L	5.2	10	4	4	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	30	14	25	8	1	1	0	0	0	13	1	2	0	2	33			-0.1	-1.57			1.04
3	Bill Lee	PHI	1943-09-08	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	36	12	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	1	0	3	58			0.5	1.95			2.09
4	Cliff Melton	NYG	1943-09-08	GS-7, L	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	28	10	25	5	0	1	0	0	0	12	2	1	0	2	50			-0.1	0.07			0.86
5	Bill Lee	CHC	1942-06-21 (1)	GS-4, L	4.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	8	19	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	32			-0.2	-2.25			0.54
6	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-06-21 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	32	5	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	84			0.3	3.95			0.53
7	Bill Lee	CHC	1940-08-25 (2)	GS-6	5.0	7	6	6	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	23	8	22	3	3	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	4	32			-0.4	-3.63			1.11
8	Cliff Melton	NYG	1940-08-25 (2)	7-GF, W	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.83	2	0	0.75
9	Bill Lee	CHC	1938-06-24	GS-1	0.2	5	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	29			-0.3	-3.10			1.58
10	Cliff Melton	NYG	1938-06-24	3-8	5.1	8	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	24	10	21	6	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0	2				0.1	1.63	3	1	1.93
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Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Batter vs. Pitcher

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (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	1938	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1942	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1943	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1944	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	1	0	0	0	0

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Bill Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-06-07	NYG	CHC	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Single to LF; A. Kampouris out at 3B/LF-3B-C
2	1938	1938-06-07	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	0		Flyball: CF
3	1942	1942-06-21 (1)	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-2	b2	1--	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted; M. Witek to 2B
4	1942	1942-06-21 (1)	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-3	b4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: Unknown out on play/Sacrifice; M. Witek to 2B
5	1943	1943-09-08	NYG	PHI	down 2-1	b3	---	0		Walk
6	1943	1943-09-08	NYG	PHI	down 2-1	b5	---	1		Single
7	1944	1944-09-17 (1)	NYG	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Reached on E1 (catch)/Bunt (Bunt to 1B); B. Kerr to 2B
8	1944	1944-09-17 (1)	NYG	PHI	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout

Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (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	1938	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1942	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1943	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
4	1944	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	2	0	0	0	0

Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Lee (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-06-07	CHC	NYG	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Groundout: C-1B
2	1938	1938-06-07	CHC	NYG	down 1-0	b5	1--	0		Single to P; B. Jurges to 2B
3	1938	1938-06-07	CHC	NYG	tied 1-1	b6	12-	2		Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B
4	1942	1942-06-21 (1)	CHC	NYG	down 3-0	t3	---	1		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
5	1943	1943-09-08	PHI	NYG	ahead 0-2	t2	---	2		Foul Popfly: 3B
6	1943	1943-09-08	PHI	NYG	ahead 1-2	t5	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1943	1943-09-08	PHI	NYG	ahead 2-3	t7	1--	2		Single; B. Culp to 3B
8	1944	1944-09-17 (1)	PHI	NYG	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Single to CF; B. Finley to 2B
9	1944	1944-09-17 (1)	PHI	NYG	ahead 0-1	b4	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; G. Hamner to 2B
10	1944	1944-09-17 (1)	PHI	NYG	ahead 0-2	b6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; G. Hamner to 2B

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Batting Comparison

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Batting Totals

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	467	1099	980	59	165	15	2	5	71	1	0	42	177	.168	.204	.203	.407	13	199	20	2	74		0
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	469	28	77	4	2	0	32	0	1	20	108	.164	.198	.181	.380	6	85	10	0	51		0

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3		0
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0		0

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Batting Value

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	467	1099	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	-0.1	-119	-1	-3	0
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	-0.1	-64	1	0	0

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Batting Sabermetric

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	467	1099	22	209	224	909	42	.201	125	-119	-12.3	.035	5.5	100.00	1
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	6	97	105	454	17	.213	60	-61	-6.5	.017	4.3	0.00	1

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	25-28	1935	1938	4	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	1			.000	4.0		0
2	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Batting Win Probability

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Lee	24-37	1934	1947	467	1099	-10.7	-10.6	-0.3	-115.32	-11.8	-118.10	0.98
2	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	-5.6	-6.0	-0.3	-65.57	-7.0	-65.81	0.89

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Head-to-Head Batting

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Totals

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	8	16	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.357	.357	.357	.714	5	0	0	2		0
2	Cliff Melton	8	14	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.273	.385	.273	.657	3	0	0	1		0

Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: Game Logs

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Cliff Melton vs. Bill Lee: 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	Bill Lee	PHI	1944-09-17 (1)	*	9	9	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	2		0	0.74	0.002	0.00	0.00%	0.21			P
2	Cliff Melton	NYG	1944-09-17 (1)	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.27	0.011	0.00	0.00%	0.16			P
3	Bill Lee	PHI	1943-09-08	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.54	-0.005	0.00	0.00%	-0.13			P
4	Cliff Melton	NYG	1943-09-08	*	7	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0	1.03	0.084	0.00	0.00%	0.61			P
5	Bill Lee	CHC	1942-06-21 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.54	-0.013	0.11	0.00%	-0.14			P
6	Cliff Melton	NYG	1942-06-21 (1)	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1		0	0.39	-0.017	0.36	-0.01%	-0.12			P
7	Bill Lee	CHC	1940-08-25 (2)	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.44	-0.022	0.02	0.00%	-0.25			P
8	Cliff Melton	NYG	1940-08-25 (2)		3	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.24	-0.011	0.05	0.00%	-0.10			P
9	Bill Lee	CHC	1938-06-24	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Cliff Melton	NYG	1938-06-24		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.59	-0.029	3.64	-0.11%	-0.32			P
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