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Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Pitching Comparison

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Totals

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	103	104	.498	3.63	327	225	47	77	17	10	1669.1	1437	778	674	152	840	40	1393	60	0	45	7204	2421	107	3.61	1.364	7.7	0.8	4.5	7.5
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	148	116	.561	3.68	440	340	46	77	24	10	2265.0	2239	1026	925	242	743	79	1435	28	8	66	9571	3139	105	3.65	1.317	8.9	1.0	3.0	5.7

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	0	1	.000	67.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	6	5	0	2	0	1	0		0	7	6			9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	13.5
2	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	4	1	.800	2.11	6	6	0	2	1	0	38.1	29	14	9	3	13	0	18	2	0	0	157	44			1.096	6.8	0.7	3.1	4.2

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Value

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	225	1669.1	19.8	4.2
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	28.2	6.4

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Totals Against

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	225	1669.1	2421	6091	1009	197	46	72	50	59.02	6	109	67	33	.236	.334	.352	.686	91	.122	.280	702	2144	394	2337	2421
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	3139	8659	1569	370	58	43	46	48.31	22	219	92	47	.259	.318	.399	.716	98	.140	.284	1105	3451	670	3010	3139

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	1	0	0.2	6	0												3.000					-4.000				6	6
2	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	44	141											.206	.282					.217				44	44

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Starting & Relieving

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	122	54	54.4	84	37	44	6	62.5	47	102
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	179	53	52.4	74	22	30	5	66.7	46	100

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947									0	1
2	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963									0	0

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Ratios

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	225	1669.1	19.3	11.7	7.7
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	15.0	7.8	7.2

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	1	0	0.2	14.3	28.6	-14.3
2	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Pitch Summary

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	225	1669.1		103
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0		93

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	1	0	0.2
2	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Head-to-Head Pitching

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Totals

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Johnny Podres	4	2	.667	1.81	7	7	0	3	1	0	49.2	45	15	10	2	16	1	35	0	0	1	200	1.228	8.2	0.4	2.9	6.3
2	Sam Jones	2	4	.333	2.34	7	6	0	1	1	0	34.2	27	17	9	3	23	1	23	1	0	0	152	1.442	7.0	0.8	6.0	6.0

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Game Logs

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Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Sam Jones	SFG	1960-07-17	7-7	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		5	3	-0.1	-1.00	3	1	4.72
2	Johnny Podres	LAD	1960-07-17	GS-2	1.0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	5	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	35	34	22	-0.1	-1.52			1.38
3	Sam Jones	SFG	1960-04-29	GS-5, L	5.0	6	9	1	8	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	26	12	23	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	36	89	58	-0.5	-6.50			1.15
4	Johnny Podres	LAD	1960-04-29	CG, W	9.0	8	2	1	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	37	11	34	6	1	1	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	2	70	131	79	0.0	2.51			0.59
5	Sam Jones	SFG	1959-09-20	GS-4, L	3.1	5	2	2	0	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	20	10	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	38	78	40	-0.2	-1.63			1.11
6	Johnny Podres	LAD	1959-09-20	GS-8, W	7.2	5	2	2	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	1	29	8	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	67	118	71	0.4	3.35			1.02
7	Sam Jones	STL	1958-09-23	GS-9, W	8.0	3	1	1	0	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	33	10	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	69	122	60	0.4	2.09			1.29
8	Johnny Podres	LAD	1958-09-23	GS-8, L	8.0	8	3	0	3	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	34	13	29	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	1	1	60	140	87	0.0	1.09			0.82
9	Sam Jones	STL	1958-05-16	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	33	9	30	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	82	126	75	0.6	4.64			1.16
10	Johnny Podres	LAD	1958-05-16	GS-6, L	6.0	4	2	2	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	24	7	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	0	3	58	74	50	0.0	1.09			1.08
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Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Batter vs. Pitcher

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Sam Jones (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Sam Jones (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	1957	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1958	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
3	1959	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
4	1960	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	2

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Sam Jones (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Sam Jones (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1957	1957-07-23	STL	BRO	down 1-0	b3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	1957	1957-07-23	STL	BRO	down 1-0	b6	---	0	4 (1-2)	Single to LF (Line Drive)
3	1958	1958-05-16	STL	LAD	tied 0-0	b2	12-	2	2 (0-1)	Flyball: CF
4	1958	1958-05-16	STL	LAD	tied 0-0	b5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	1958	1958-09-23	STL	LAD	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
6	1958	1958-09-23	STL	LAD	ahead 0-2	t4	12-	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B
7	1958	1958-09-23	STL	LAD	ahead 0-2	t7	---	1	3 (1-1)	Groundout: SS-1B
8	1959	1959-09-20	SFG	LAD	down 1-0	b3	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt 1B-2B-SS
9	1960	1960-04-29	SFG	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
10	1960	1960-04-29	SFG	LAD	ahead 1-2	t5	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; B. Schmidt to 2B

Sam Jones (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam Jones (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (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	1957	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	1958	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1959	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1960	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.455	.400	.855	1	0	0	0	1

Sam Jones (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam Jones (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1957	1957-07-23	BRO	STL	ahead 0-1	t2	123	1	2 (1-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
2	1957	1957-07-23	BRO	STL	ahead 0-1	t5	---	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1957	1957-07-23	BRO	STL	ahead 0-1	t8	---	1	5 (2-2)	Flyball: 2B
4	1958	1958-04-27	LAD	STL	ahead 1-3	b2	12-	0	5 (2-2)	Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; D. Zimmer to 3B; R. Walker to 2B
5	1958	1958-05-16	LAD	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	1 (0-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive)
6	1958	1958-05-16	LAD	STL	tied 0-0	t5	1--	2	2 (1-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive); D. Zimmer out at Hm/CF-2B-C
7	1958	1958-09-23	LAD	STL	down 2-0	b3	1--	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
8	1958	1958-09-23	LAD	STL	down 2-0	b6	---	0	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 1B-P
9	1959	1959-09-20	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	2	9 (3-2)	Walk; M. Wills to 3B; J. Roseboro to 2B
10	1959	1959-09-20	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-1	t4	1--	1	3 (0-2)	Single to RF (Line Drive); M. Wills to 3B
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Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Batting Comparison

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Batting Totals

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	599	533	19	81	7	0	1	30	0	0	17	167	.152	.178	.171	.349	-5	91	9	1	44	4	0
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	762	61	145	19	1	2	50	1	2	32	108	.190	.224	.226	.449	21	172	14	4	43	11	0

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	7	17	16	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.313	.313	.375	.688	6	0	0	1	0	0

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Batting Value

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	599	-2.0	-2.0	-1.8	-0.2	-82	1	-2	0
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	1.6	1.5	1.7	-0.2	-76	1	-3	0

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Batting Sabermetric

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	599	8	99	105	509	17	.217	48	-80	-8.2	.019	3.2		0
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	22	181	203	687	43	.216	109	-85	-8.8	.035	7.1	33.33	3

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	1	0	0	0	0	0			0
2	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	7	17	1	5	5	12		.333	3			.063	16.0		0

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Batting Win Probability

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	599	-6.0	-7.5	0.7	-77.95		-84.63	0.89
2	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	-4.5	-6.9	1.5	-70.18		-78.02	0.85

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Head-to-Head Batting

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Totals

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Johnny Podres	7	19	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.267	.353	.267	.620	4	1	0	2	0	0
2	Sam Jones	7	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	2	0	1	0	0

Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: Game Logs

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Johnny Podres vs. Sam Jones: 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	Sam Jones	SFG	1960-07-17		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Johnny Podres	LAD	1960-07-17	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Sam Jones	SFG	1960-04-29	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.043	4.72	-0.10%	-0.44			P
4	Johnny Podres	LAD	1960-04-29	*	9	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.80	0.097	2.34	0.17%	0.94			P
5	Sam Jones	SFG	1959-09-20	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.091	57.52	-1.72%	-0.76			P
6	Johnny Podres	LAD	1959-09-20	*	8	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	0.084	21.14	1.37%	0.79			P
7	Sam Jones	STL	1958-09-23	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.109	0.00	0.00%	-1.56			P
8	Johnny Podres	LAD	1958-09-23	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.076	0.00	0.00%	-0.61			P
9	Sam Jones	STL	1958-05-16	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	-0.072	1.07	-0.05%	-0.72			P
10	Johnny Podres	LAD	1958-05-16	*	7	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	-0.004	0.62	0.00%	0.03			P
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