Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Pitching Comparison

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	300	141	.680	3.06	616	457	123	298	35	54	3940.2	3849	1594	1339	162	1187	24	2266	42	1	51	16622	5366	148	3.24	1.278	8.8	0.4	2.7	5.2
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	100	61	.621	4.00	224	191	24	94	5	4	1429.2	1392	721	635	82	740	30	703	6	1	43	6259	2225	112	4.40	1.491	8.8	0.5	4.7	4.4

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	4	2	.667	1.75	8	5	3	4	0	2	51.1	46	12	10	0	6	0	36	0	0	0	205	52			1.013	8.1	0.0	1.1	6.3
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	0	1.000	1.01	4	4	0	3	1	0	35.2	19	5	4	1	7	0	28	0	0	0	133	26			0.729	4.8	0.3	1.8	7.1

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Value

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	113.3	73.1
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	224	191	1429.2	18.8	5.3

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Totals Against

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	5366	15118	2877	661	149	158	135	53.92	20	296	226	53	.255	.310	.350	.660	71	.096	.289	1651	5294	972	5078	5366
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	224	191	1429.2	2225	5438	993	265	52	46	53	46.46	3	143	72	5	.256	.345	.369	.715	87	.113	.281	698	2007	399	2138	2225

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	52	195											.236	.259					.289				52	52
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	4	35.2	26	126											.151	.195					.186				26	26

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	273	60	56.3	121	37	31	20	73.0	123	159
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	97	51	50.3	16	9	56	5	44.4	24	33

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931								100.0	3	3
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939									0	0

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	13.6	7.1	6.5
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	224	191	1429.2	11.2	11.8	-0.6

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	17.6	2.9	14.6
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	4	35.2	21.1	5.3	15.8

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	224	191	1429.2

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	4	35.2

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Pitching

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	2	1	.667	2.25	6	5	1	2	0	1	40.0	41	11	10	1	12	0	16	0	0	0	171	1.325	9.2	0.2	2.7	3.6
2	Monte Pearson	1	3	.250	3.98	6	4	1	2	1	0	31.2	25	15	14	1	16	0	16	0	0	2	132	1.295	7.1	0.3	4.5	4.5

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Game Logs

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Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	BOS	1939-07-09 (1)	GS-6	6.0	10	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	30	13	27	9	1	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	39			0.0	0.50			1.11
2	Monte Pearson	NYY	1939-07-09 (1)	7-8, BL	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1				-0.3	-0.83	0	0	1.63
3	Lefty Grove	BOS	1937-04-24	GS-6	6.0	7	3	3	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	29	12	23	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	2	0	1	45			0.0	0.74			1.23
4	Monte Pearson	NYY	1937-04-24	GS-8	7.2	9	4	4	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	34	12	30	6	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	3	46			-0.2	0.30			1.61
5	Lefty Grove	BOS	1936-04-25	CG, W	9.0	9	2	1	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	38	12	37	6	2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	3	66			0.3	4.12			0.52
6	Monte Pearson	NYY	1936-04-25	GS-3, L	2.0	4	6	5	1	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	15	10	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	24			-0.2	-3.69			1.09
7	Lefty Grove	BOS	1935-07-17 (2)	CG, W	9.0	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	36	9	35	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	70			0.5	4.44			1.12
8	Monte Pearson	CLE	1935-07-17 (2)	CG(8), L	8.0	5	3	3	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	34	10	28	2	2	1	1	0	0	9	0	2	0	3	61			0.0	1.84			0.81
9	Lefty Grove	BOS	1935-05-08	GS-7, L	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	28	9	25	3	2	1	0	0	1	10	1	0	0	3	55			0.1	2.07			0.84
10	Monte Pearson	CLE	1935-05-08	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	32	7	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	2	79			0.6	5.23			1.17
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Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Batter vs. Pitcher

Monte Pearson (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Monte Pearson (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (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	1935	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0	0
2	1936	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1937	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	0	0	0	0

Monte Pearson (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Monte Pearson (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1935	1935-05-08	BOS	CLE	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	1		Walk
2	1935	1935-05-08	BOS	CLE	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Walk
3	1935	1935-07-17 (2)	BOS	CLE	ahead 0-1	b2	-2-	2		Strikeout
4	1935	1935-07-17 (2)	BOS	CLE	ahead 0-3	b4	1-3	1		Foul Popfly: C
5	1935	1935-07-17 (2)	BOS	CLE	ahead 1-3	b7	---	1		Strikeout
6	1936	1936-04-25	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-2	b2	-23	0		Strikeout
7	1937	1937-04-24	BOS	NYY	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Monte Pearson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Monte Pearson (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	1933	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1935	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	0	0	0	0	1
3	1936	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1937	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	1	0	0	0	1

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Monte Pearson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Monte Pearson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1933	1933-09-09	CLE	PHA	down 5-3	t8	---	2		Flyball: RF
2	1935	1935-05-08	CLE	BOS	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1935	1935-05-08	CLE	BOS	ahead 0-2	b5	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
4	1935	1935-05-08	CLE	BOS	ahead 0-2	b7	12-	1		Groundout: P-1B; B. Berger to 3B; F. Pytlak to 2B
5	1935	1935-07-17 (2)	CLE	BOS	down 1-0	t3	---	0		Foul Popfly: 1B
6	1935	1935-07-17 (2)	CLE	BOS	down 3-0	t5	---	2		Double to LF (LF Line)
7	1935	1935-07-17 (2)	CLE	BOS	down 3-1	t7	---	1		Groundout: C-1B
8	1936	1936-04-25	NYY	BOS	down 2-0	t2	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
9	1937	1937-04-24	NYY	BOS	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Single to CF
10	1937	1937-04-24	NYY	BOS	tied 0-0	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; M. Hoag to 2B
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Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Comparison

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Totals

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	1369	119	202	27	5	15	121	1	1	105	593	.148	.209	.207	.417	6	284	1	2	103		0
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	225	587	513	58	117	24	1	2	62	2	0	39	59	.228	.283	.290	.573	46	149	2	0	35		0

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	15	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.357	.333	.690	4	0	0	1		0

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Value

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-6.5	-6.5	-6.4	0.1	-232	2	-3	0
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	225	587	1.7	1.7	1.8	0.0	-44	0	0	0

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Sabermetric

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	47	309	320	1272	62	.246	225	-204	-19.9	.060	2.3	50.00	2
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	225	587	27	156	167	433	43	.254	118	-43	-3.9	.062	8.7	100.00	2

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	1.6		0
2	Monte Pearson	27-30	1936	1939	4	15	1	5	5	10		.300	1			.083	6.0		0

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Win Probability

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-17.2	-17.8	0.4	-208.27	-19.7	-216.95	0.98
2	Monte Pearson	23-32	1932	1941	225	587	-4.1	-4.0	-0.6	-48.85	-4.6	-50.02	0.89

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Batting

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	6	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0		0
2	Monte Pearson	6	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	3		0	1		0

Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: Game Logs

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Monte Pearson vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Lefty Grove	BOS	1939-07-09 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.09	-0.058	4.32	-0.14%	-0.54			P
2	Monte Pearson	NYY	1939-07-09 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Lefty Grove	BOS	1937-04-24	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.49	-0.014	1.35	-0.02%	-0.13			P
4	Monte Pearson	NYY	1937-04-24	*	8	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	1		0	1.02	-0.022	2.47	-0.03%	-0.33			P
5	Lefty Grove	BOS	1936-04-25	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.32	-0.071	1.02	-0.14%	-3.23			P
6	Monte Pearson	NYY	1936-04-25	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.80	-0.025	2.40	-0.05%	-0.30			P
7	Lefty Grove	BOS	1935-07-17 (2)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.77	-0.076	0.95	-0.06%	-1.28			P
8	Monte Pearson	CLE	1935-07-17 (2)	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	0		0	0.80	-0.034	0.70	-0.02%	-0.24			P
9	Lefty Grove	BOS	1935-05-08	*	8	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0		0	0		0	1.29	0.074	4.43	0.15%	0.65			P
10	Monte Pearson	CLE	1935-05-08	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.87	-0.086	2.96	-0.18%	-1.39			P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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