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Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Pitching Comparison

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	236	106	.690	2.75	498	438	35	156	45	11	3170.1	2766	1107	967	228	1086	49	1956	28	5	75	13036	4058	133	3.26	1.215	7.9	0.6	3.1	5.6
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	41	55	.427	4.22	246	80	76	20	3	12	839.1	806	432	394	72	399	33	423	11	0	24	3640	1258	95	4.08	1.436	8.6	0.8	4.3	4.5

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	10	8	.556	2.71	22	22	0	7	3	0	146.0	132	51	44	8	34	2	94	3	0	4	594	180			1.137	8.1	0.5	2.1	5.8
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	2			1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Value

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	53.6	28.6
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	246	80	839.1	6.8	-1.0

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Against

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	4058	11750	2077	377	84	30	54	35.71	51	355	117	49	.235	.300	.340	.640	82	.105	.264	1205	3995	689	3880	4058
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	246	80	839.1	1258	3174	555	137	42	33	27	55.00	3	67	47	22	.254	.337	.392	.729	100	.138	.272	422	1243	251	1216	1258

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	180	549	100	20	4	2	2	50.00	0	17	3	5	.240	.286	.335	.621		.095	.274	54	184	32	169	180
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	1	0	2.0	2	7	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393		.000	.167	0	1	0	2	2

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	282	64	57.8	43	15	35	8	57.9	35	60
2	Erv Palica	19-28	1947	1956	34	43	49.4	156	54	35	7	63.2	76	166

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	15	68	57.7						0	0
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	0			0	0				0	1

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	15.0	8.3	6.7
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	246	80	839.1	11.6	11.0	0.7

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	15.8	5.7	10.1
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	1	0	2.0	12.5	12.5	0.0

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1		82
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	246	80	839.1		93

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	361	90	241	66.76
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	1	0	2.0

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Pitching

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Erv Palica	0	3	.000	4.74	4	3	1	2	0	0	24.2	23	13	13	2	8	3	14	0	0	1	105	1.257	8.4	0.7	2.9	5.1
2	Whitey Ford	4	0	1.000	1.00	4	4	0	4	1	0	36.0	25	6	4	1	20	1	20	0	0	0	149	1.250	6.3	0.3	5.0	5.0

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-05-11	CG, W	9.0	12	2	2	0	0	5	1	5	0	0	0	41	17	33	8	3	1	0	0	0	17	1	3	0	4	55			0.4	2.56			1.65
2	Erv Palica	BAL	1956-05-11	CG, L	8.1	5	3	3	0	0	4	2	4	0	0	0	35	10	30	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	2	61			-0.1	-0.02			1.64
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-04-25	CG, W	9.0	6	2	0	2	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	36	11	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	77			0.3	2.28			1.79
4	Erv Palica	BAL	1956-04-25	GS-7, L	7.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	1	29	9	27	5	0	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	49			-0.3	-0.67			1.09
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-08-19	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	0	0	0	34	9	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	79			0.3	4.44			0.90
6	Erv Palica	BAL	1955-08-19	8-GF(8)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.77	3	0	0.00
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-05-27	CG, W	9.0	5	2	2	0	1	6	0	4	0	0	0	38	12	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	67			0.2	2.12			1.07
8	Erv Palica	BAL	1955-05-27	CG, L	9.0	11	6	6	0	1	2	1	6	0	0	0	40	13	37	7	2	1	0	0	0	18	0	0	1	4	45			-0.3	-1.88			0.53

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Batter vs. Pitcher

Erv Palica (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Erv Palica (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (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	1955	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1956	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0	0	0

Erv Palica (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Erv Palica (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-05-27	BAL	NYY	down 4-2	b2	1--	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; J. Pyburn to 2B
2	1955	1955-05-27	BAL	NYY	down 4-2	b4	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1955	1955-05-27	BAL	NYY	down 5-2	b6	1--	2		Groundout: P-1B
4	1956	1956-04-25	BAL	NYY	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Strikeout Looking
5	1956	1956-04-25	BAL	NYY	down 2-0	b6	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
6	1956	1956-05-11	BAL	NYY	ahead 0-1	t2	123	0		Groundout: 1B-C/Forceout at Hm; J. Pyburn to 3B; F. Marsh to 2B
7	1956	1956-05-11	BAL	NYY	ahead 0-2	t4	--3	2		Strikeout
8	1956	1956-05-11	BAL	NYY	tied 2-2	t6	1--	2		Single to RF; F. Marsh to 2B
9	1956	1956-05-11	BAL	NYY	tied 2-2	t8	12-	2		Groundout: P-1B

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Erv Palica (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Erv Palica (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	1955	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1956	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.222	.333	1	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Erv Palica (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Erv Palica (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-05-27	NYY	BAL	ahead 1-4	t2	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
2	1955	1955-05-27	NYY	BAL	ahead 2-4	t4	-2-	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1955	1955-05-27	NYY	BAL	ahead 2-5	t7	---	0		Strikeout
4	1955	1955-05-27	NYY	BAL	ahead 2-6	t9	---	0		Strikeout
5	1956	1956-04-25	NYY	BAL	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1956	1956-04-25	NYY	BAL	ahead 0-2	t5	-2-	0		Flyball: LF
7	1956	1956-04-25	NYY	BAL	tied 2-2	t7	12-	1		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; J. Lumpe Scores/Adv on E6 (throw); W. Ford to 2B
8	1956	1956-05-11	NYY	BAL	down 2-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; B. Richardson to 2B
9	1956	1956-05-11	NYY	BAL	down 2-0	b5	1--	1		Double to RF; A. Carey to 3B
10	1956	1956-05-11	NYY	BAL	tied 2-2	b7	---	2		Flyball: LF

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Comparison

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Totals

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	1023	91	177	19	0	3	69	3	2	113	224	.173	.256	.200	.457	28	205	10	3	65	4	0
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	262	267	243	22	48	8	1	1	17	2	0	13	63	.198	.238	.251	.489	31	61	3	0	11	0	0

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	49	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	14	.082	.196	.082	.278	4	1	0	1	0	0

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	3.5	3.5	3.7	-0.3	-100	5	-3	0
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	262	267	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	-24	2	0	0

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Sabermetric

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	22	293	305	927	65	.218	157	-100	-10.4	.027	4.6	60.00	5
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	262	267	10	61	67	209	17	.263	38	-25	-2.5	.053	3.9	100.00	2

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	0	11	11	47	3	.114	7			.000	3.5		0
2	Erv Palica	21	1949	1949	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	-7.3	-9.3	0.7	-85.88	-8.9	-96.34	0.84
2	Erv Palica	17-28	1945	1956	262	267	-1.8	-2.1	0.2	-18.06	-2.0	-22.94	0.93

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Batting

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Erv Palica	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	4	15	13	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.154	.231	2	0	0	2	0	0

Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Erv Palica vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-05-11	*	9	9	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.075	5.74	0.18%	0.57			P
2	Erv Palica	BAL	1956-05-11	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.151	4.21	-0.20%	-1.36			P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-04-25	*	9	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.078	4.18	0.16%	-0.20			P
4	Erv Palica	BAL	1956-04-25	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.065	2.62	-0.08%	-0.51			P
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-08-19	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.20	-0.017	1.56	-0.08%	-0.71			P
6	Erv Palica	BAL	1955-08-19		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-05-27	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	-0.043	1.87	-0.12%	-0.89			P
8	Erv Palica	BAL	1955-05-27	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.071	0.26	-0.01%	-0.61			P

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