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Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Pitching Comparison

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Totals

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	66	57	.537	3.71	182	149	23	73	9	2	1076.1	1040	500	444	76	467	21	450	25	3	14	4641	1595	102	4.00	1.400	8.7	0.6	3.9	3.8
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	153	96	.614	3.57	360	305	37	145	24	7	2251.2	2188	1007	893	255	530	39	1187	35	3	25	9320	2859	114	3.65	1.207	8.7	1.0	2.1	4.7

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	0	1	.000	2.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	18	9			2.700	10.8	0.0	13.5	2.7
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	0	4	.000	8.59	5	5	0	1	0	0	22.0	29	21	21	8	8	0	19	0	0	0	100	37			1.682	11.9	3.3	3.3	7.8

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Value

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	149	1076.1	12.9	2.3
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	360	305	2251.2	30.1	8.5

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Totals Against

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	149	1076.1	1595	4096	758	174	32	38	24	61.29	3	90	59	3	.254	.334	.368	.701	97	.114	.270	505	1506	282	1532	1595
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	360	305	2251.2	2859	8265	1431	372	47	42	45	48.28	7	197	83	25	.265	.312	.402	.715	92	.148	.280	1001	3324	671	2753	2859

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	3.1	9	13											.308	.500					.333				9	9
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	5	5	22.0	37	91											.319	.374					.328				37	37

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Starting & Relieving

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	79	53	51.4	16	7	44	3	40.0	23	33
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	159	52	52.0	32	14	44	5	58.3	37	55

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948									0	0
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956									0	0

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Ratios

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	149	1076.1	9.7	10.1	-0.4
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	360	305	2251.2	12.7	5.7	7.0

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	3.1	5.6	27.8	-22.2
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	5	5	22.0	19.0	8.0	11.0

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Pitch Summary

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	149	1076.1		96
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	360	305	2251.2		95

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	3.1
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	5	5	22.0

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Totals

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	4	0	1.000	2.91	5	5	0	2	0	0	34.0	30	16	11	3	24	0	13	2	0	1	154	1.588	7.9	0.8	6.4	3.4
2	Don Newcombe	0	1	.000	9.88	5	3	2	0	0	0	13.2	23	15	15	4	7	0	12	0	0	0	72	2.195	15.1	2.6	4.6	7.9

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Game Logs

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Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	BSN	1951-04-25	GS-8, W	8.0	10	5	3	2	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	36	15	32	7	2	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	3	46	103	55	-0.3	-0.94			1.40
2	Don Newcombe	BRO	1951-04-25	GS-3	3.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	6	15	3	1	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	38	58	37	-0.2	-1.48			0.94
3	Vern Bickford	BSN	1950-05-27	CG, W	9.0	7	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	38	11	35	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	71	127	76	0.2	3.43			0.76
4	Don Newcombe	BRO	1950-05-27	GS-2, L	1.1	3	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	30	31	16	-0.2	-2.19			1.36
5	Vern Bickford	BSN	1950-05-13	CG, W	9.0	3	2	1	1	0	6	0	2	1	0	0	37	11	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	71	129	74	0.2	2.85			0.54
6	Don Newcombe	BRO	1950-05-13	8-GF	2.0	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	10	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1		28	20	0.0	-1.92	0	0	0.01
7	Vern Bickford	BSN	1949-07-06	GS-9, W	8.0	8	5	4	1	1	8	0	4	1	0	0	38	18	29	6	1	0	1	2	0	12	2	0	0	2	44	142	74	0.0	-1.12			1.23
8	Don Newcombe	BRO	1949-07-06	8-GF(8)	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2		15	10	-0.1	-1.52	0	0	0.45
9	Vern Bickford	BSN	1949-05-28	GS-1	0.0	2	3	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	31	20	8	-0.3	-3.85			1.19
10	Don Newcombe	BRO	1949-05-28	GS-7	6.1	8	3	3	0	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	32	13	28	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	48	120	72	0.0	-0.73			1.04

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Newcombe (Pitcher) vs. Vern Bickford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Newcombe (Pitcher) vs. Vern Bickford (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	1949	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1950	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1951	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0

Don Newcombe (Pitcher) vs. Vern Bickford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Newcombe (Pitcher) vs. Vern Bickford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1949	1949-07-06	BSN	BRO	ahead 4-7	b8	-2-	2	4 (1-2)	Groundout: SS-1B
2	1950	1950-05-13	BSN	BRO	ahead 2-12	t9	1--	1	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; B. Kerr to 2B
3	1950	1950-05-27	BSN	BRO	tied 1-1	b2	1-3	1	1 (0-0)	Single to LF (Ground Ball); G. Mauch Scores; B. Kerr to 3B
4	1951	1951-04-25	BSN	BRO	down 2-1	t2	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Vern Bickford (Pitcher) vs. Don Newcombe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vern Bickford (Pitcher) vs. Don Newcombe (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	1950	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1951	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.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

Vern Bickford (Pitcher) vs. Don Newcombe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vern Bickford (Pitcher) vs. Don Newcombe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-05-27	BRO	BSN	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2	2 (0-1)	Single to RF (Line Drive)
2	1951	1951-04-25	BRO	BSN	ahead 1-2	b2	12-	1	3 (1-1)	Flyball: CF

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Batting Comparison

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Batting Totals

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	412	365	23	57	4	0	0	28	0	0	10	85	.156	.179	.167	.346	-5	61	10	0	37	0	0
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	471	1033	917	99	246	34	3	15	109	2	1	90	147	.268	.336	.361	.697	83	331	17	5	18	3	1

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1		0
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Batting Value

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	412	-1.3	-1.3	-1.2	0.0	-56	-1	0	0
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	471	1033	8.6	8.3	8.9	-0.2	-19	2	-1	0

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Batting Sabermetric

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	412	4	67	68	355	12	.204	51	-55	-5.5	.011	4.3		0
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	471	1033	52	341	356	710	121	.305	193	-22	-2.3	.093	6.2	66.67	3

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	27	1948	1948	1	1	0	0	0	1			0						0
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	5	8	0	0	0	8		.000	0			.000	2.7		0

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Batting Win Probability

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Vern Bickford	27-33	1948	1954	182	412	-4.4	-4.8	0.4	-58.77		-57.06	1.00
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	471	1033	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	12.23		3.42	0.96

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Totals

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	5	16	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	0	2		0
2	Don Newcombe	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0		0

Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: Game Logs

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Don Newcombe vs. Vern Bickford: 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	Vern Bickford	BSN	1951-04-25	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	1.36	0.061	3.94	0.11%	0.41			P
2	Don Newcombe	BRO	1951-04-25	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.69	-0.039	5.21	-0.07%	-0.48			P
3	Vern Bickford	BSN	1950-05-27	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.63	0.082	1.85	0.15%	0.30			P
4	Don Newcombe	BRO	1950-05-27	*	2	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.39	0.011	1.91	0.03%	0.13			P
5	Vern Bickford	BSN	1950-05-13	*	9	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1		0	0.20	-0.024	0.61	-0.05%	-0.83			P
6	Don Newcombe	BRO	1950-05-13		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Vern Bickford	BSN	1949-07-06	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.66	-0.049	2.26	-0.10%	-1.00			P
8	Don Newcombe	BRO	1949-07-06		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Vern Bickford	BSN	1949-05-28	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Don Newcombe	BRO	1949-05-28	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	0.63	-0.041	2.63	-0.10%	-0.91			P

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