Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Pitching Comparison

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Totals

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	122	99	.552	3.67	345	273	28	101	25	5	2017.1	1988	909	822	198	495	52	880	45	6	18	8407	2630	104	3.70	1.231	8.9	0.9	2.2	3.9
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. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	1	0	0	1	8.1	4	5	5	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	7			0.840	4.3	1.1	3.2	5.4
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. Dick Donovan: Value

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	20.8	5.0
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	360	305	2251.2	30.1	8.5

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Totals Against

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	2630	7713	1463	284	43	114	28	80.28	2	189	106	44	.258	.305	.383	.687	92	.125	.268	909	2952	525	2528	2630
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. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	7	28	2	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.143	.226	.286	.512		.143	.136	2	8	2	7	7
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	5	5	22.0	37	91	15	5	1	1	1	50.00	0	1	1	0	.319	.374	.659	1.033		.341	.328	23	60	14	37	37

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Starting & Relieving

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	149	55	53.2	56	13	23	4	55.6	28	72
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	159	52	52.0	32	14	44	5	58.3	37	55

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	1	100	65.0	4	1	25	0	100.0	1	2
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	1	20	39.0						0	0

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Ratios

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	10.5	5.9	4.6
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	360	305	2251.2	12.7	5.7	7.0

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	16.1	9.7	6.5
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	5	5	22.0	19.0	8.0	11.0

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Pitch Summary

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1		106
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	360	305	2251.2		95

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	21		15	71.43
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	5	5	22.0	238	79	152	63.87

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Totals

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	7	6	5	1	8	0	4	0	0	0	34	2.250	9.5	1.4	10.8	5.4
2	Don Newcombe	1	0	1.000	4.32	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	9	4	4	0	6	0	8	0	0	0	38	1.800	9.7	0.0	6.5	8.6

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Game Logs

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Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	BSN	1950-04-24	GS-7, L	6.2	7	6	5	1	1	8	0	4	0	0	0	34	16	26	6	0	0	3	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	34	131	69	-0.5	-2.99			1.26
2	Don Newcombe	BRO	1950-04-24	GS-9, W	8.1	9	4	4	0	0	6	0	8	0	0	0	38	15	32	7	2	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	2	51	126	75	-0.2	-0.97			1.33

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Newcombe (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Newcombe (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (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	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0

Don Newcombe (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Newcombe (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-04-24	BRO	BSN	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1950	1950-04-24	BRO	BSN	down 3-1	t5	---	0	2 (1-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive)
3	1950	1950-04-24	BRO	BSN	tied 4-4	t6	---	2	6 (3-2)	Walk

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Don Newcombe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Donovan (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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Don Newcombe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Don Newcombe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-04-24	BSN	BRO	down 1-0	b3	---	1	6 (3-2)	Walk
2	1950	1950-04-24	BSN	BRO	ahead 1-3	b4	1--	2	6 (3-2)	Walk; D. Crandall to 2B
3	1950	1950-04-24	BSN	BRO	tied 4-4	b6	---	2	4 (3-0)	Walk

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Comparison

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Totals

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	694	67	113	14	0	15	64	0	0	78	292	.163	.257	.248	.505	39	172	13	10	18	1	1
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. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	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. Dick Donovan: Batting Value

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	2.4	2.4	2.6	-0.2	-60	-1	-1	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. Dick Donovan: Batting Sabermetric

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	29	201	206	613	51	.253	116	-61	-6.3	.085	2.4		0
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	471	1033	52	341	356	710	121	.305	193	-22	-2.3	.093	6.2	66.7	3

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	.500	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Don Newcombe	23-30	1949	1956	5	8	0	0	0	8	0	.000	0			.000	2.7		0

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Win Probability

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	-5.3	-5.6	0.1	-57.01	-5.7	-59.33	0.96
2	Don Newcombe	18-34	1944	1960	471	1033	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	12.23	1.1	3.42	0.96

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Totals

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		1.000			0	0	0	0		0
2	Don Newcombe	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0		0

Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: Game Logs

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Don Newcombe vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	BSN	1950-04-24	*	7	9	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		1.000			0	0	0	0		0	0.67	0.062	2.19	0.12%	0.59			P
2	Don Newcombe	BRO	1950-04-24	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0		0	0.67	0.045	1.95	0.08%	0.17			P

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