Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Pitching Comparison

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Totals

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	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
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	30	26	.536	3.40	112	60	32	23	7	2	516.0	547	226	195	18	192	26	201	4	1	5	2247	792	103	3.47	1.432	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.5

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	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

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Value

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	16.1	3.7
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	112	60	516.0	6.3	2.0

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Totals Against

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	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
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	112	60	516.0	792	2019	436	80	13	18	11	62.07	0	58	32	0	.271	.335	.350	.686	102	.079	.294	238	707	111	743	792

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	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

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Starting & Relieving

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	101	56	51.9	109	38	35	10	61.5	54	93
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	33	55	50.2	51	20	39	1	66.7	32	52

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	0	0	42.0	0	0				0	1

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Ratios

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2	10.7	7.0	3.7
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	112	60	516.0	8.9	8.5	0.4

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	14.0	12.0	2.0

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Pitch Summary

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	179	1453.2
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	112	60	516.0

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	2	11.0	173	74	99	57.23

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Head-to-Head Pitching

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Totals

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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 Olsen	2	1	.667	4.55	6	4	2	1	0	0	27.2	33	16	14	0	11	0	6	1	0	1	125	1.590	10.7	0.0	3.6	2.0
2	Cliff Melton	2	2	.500	1.80	6	3	1	2	1	1	25.0	22	7	5	1	7	1	14	1	0	1	105	1.160	7.9	0.4	2.5	5.0

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Game Logs

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Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-07-27	GS-3, L	2.2	4	5	4	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	15	7	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	2	31			-0.3	-3.85			0.95
2	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-07-27	GS-8, W	8.0	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	31	9	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	62			0.2	1.63			0.78
3	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-07-20 (2)	6-6	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.11	2	2	0.98
4	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-07-20 (2)	CG, W	9.0	10	4	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	38	12	35	9	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	50			0.2	0.35			0.92
5	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-06-24	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	0	1	36	9	32	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	2	74			0.4	3.09			1.49
6	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-06-24	8-GF	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.0	1.19	3	0	0.57
7	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-05-17	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	34	8	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	80			0.3	4.09			0.72
8	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-05-17	GS-5, L	4.1	7	5	3	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	25	13	19	5	1	1	0	0	0	10	1	2	0	2	30			-0.2	-2.59			1.06
9	Cliff Melton	NYG	1940-09-17	8-9, BL	0.2	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.7	-2.42	3	2	3.69
10	Vern Olsen	CHC	1940-09-17	GS-4	4.0	9	5	5	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	23	13	20	7	0	2	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	22			-0.3	-3.03			0.93
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Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Batter vs. Pitcher

Vern Olsen (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vern Olsen (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	1940	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1941	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Vern Olsen (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vern Olsen (Pitcher) vs. Cliff Melton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1940	1940-06-20	NYG	CHC	ahead 3-6	b8	---	1		Flyball: RF
2	1941	1941-05-17	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-1	t2	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1941	1941-05-17	NYG	CHC	ahead 0-1	t4	1--	2		Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); J. Orengo to 2B
4	1941	1941-06-24	NYG	CHC	ahead 1-3	t8	123	2		Strikeout
5	1941	1941-07-27	NYG	CHC	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Vern Olsen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Vern Olsen (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	1941	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0

Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Vern Olsen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Cliff Melton (Pitcher) vs. Vern Olsen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1941	1941-05-17	CHC	NYG	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Flyball: LF
2	1941	1941-07-27	CHC	NYG	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Double to LF

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Comparison

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Totals

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	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
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	113	187	169	16	39	6	0	1	14	2	0	11	22	.231	.278	.284	.562	61	48	1	0	6		0

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	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

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Value

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	-0.1	-64	1	0	0
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	113	187	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	-8	0	0	0

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Sabermetric

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	6	97	105	454	17	.213	60	-61	-6.5	.017	4.3	0.0	1
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	113	187	7	50	54	137	14	.260	29	-8	-1.0	.053	7.7	100.0	2

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	25	1937	1937	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Win Probability

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Cliff Melton	25-32	1937	1944	272	541	-5.6	-6.0	-0.3	-65.57	-7.0	-65.81	0.89
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	113	187	-0.6	-0.8	0.2	-10.15	-1.1	-8.81	0.97

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Head-to-Head Batting

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Totals

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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 Olsen	6	10	10	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.400	.700	4	0	0	0		0
2	Cliff Melton	6	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	1		0

Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: Game Logs

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Vern Olsen vs. Cliff Melton: 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	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-07-27	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.72	-0.018	0.13	0.00%	-0.15			P
2	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-07-27	*	9	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0		0	0.28	0.053	0.00	0.00%	0.60			P
3	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-07-20 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-07-20 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.77	0.031	0.01	0.00%	-0.30			P
5	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-06-24	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	1.33	-0.107	1.10	-0.05%	-1.35			P
6	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-06-24		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Cliff Melton	NYG	1941-05-17	*	9	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0		0	0.53	-0.004	1.17	-0.01%	-0.66			P
8	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-05-17	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.76	-0.019	0.95	-0.01%	-0.15			P
9	Cliff Melton	NYG	1940-09-17		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Vern Olsen	CHC	1940-09-17	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.34	0.011	0.00	0.00%	0.13			P
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