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Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Pitching Comparison

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Totals

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	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
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	35	33	.515	3.81	271	7	173	1	0	44	495.2	426	247	210	67	181	20	277	30	2	9	2093	669	107	4.39	1.225	7.7	1.2	3.3	5.0

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	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	46			1.096	6.8	0.7	3.1	4.2

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Value

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	28.2	6.4
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2	8.1	2.4

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Totals Against

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	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
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2	669	1820	284	66	9	29	17	63.04	0	31	52	11	.234	.312	.391	.703	90	.157	.241	223	711	142	637	669

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	46	141	18	7	1	0	0		0	2	1	0	.206	.282	.333	.615		.128	.217	14	47	11	44	46

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Starting & Relieving

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	179	53	52.4	74	22	30	5	66.7	46	100
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	0	0	40.3	215	85	40	22	66.7	173	264

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	4	67	58.0						0	0

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Ratios

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	15.0	7.8	7.2
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2	13.2	8.6	4.6

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Pitch Summary

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0		93
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2		90

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	98	98	65	66.33

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Head-to-Head Pitching

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Totals

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	Frank Smith	2	0	1.000	3.43	8	0	3	0	0	0	21.0	12	8	8	3	5	0	13	3	0	1	78	0.810	5.1	1.3	2.1	5.6
2	Johnny Podres	2	0	1.000	3.98	8	5	0	0	0	0	31.2	38	16	14	5	13	0	27	0	0	1	141	1.611	10.8	1.4	3.7	7.7

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Game Logs

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Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	Johnny Podres	BRO	1955-07-30	GS-7, W	6.2	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	26	8	24	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	64	88	59	0.3	3.08			0.93
2	Frank Smith	STL	1955-07-30	7-7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	6	0.0	0.50	0	0	0.16
3	Johnny Podres	BRO	1955-06-03	GS-5	4.2	7	5	5	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	23	9	21	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	33	87	60	-0.1	-2.81			0.74
4	Frank Smith	STL	1955-06-03	6-7	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		16	9	0.0	0.32	3	0	0.39
5	Johnny Podres	BRO	1953-09-09	GS-1	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	49	18	11	0.0	0.08			0.91
6	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-09-09	6-8	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		46	26	0.0	1.62	0	0	0.05
7	Johnny Podres	BRO	1953-08-29	GS-4	3.0	6	2	2	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	19	10	15	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	37	67	41	-0.1	-0.83			1.20
8	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-08-29	3-3	1.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		23	12	-0.1	-1.81	1	1	0.59
9	Johnny Podres	BRO	1953-08-07	GS-9, W	8.2	8	4	4	0	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	36	12	32	6	1	0	0	0	1	12	1	0	0	2	57	137	85	0.2	1.05			0.80
10	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-08-07	8-8	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		8	4	0.0	-1.78	2	2	0.22
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Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Batter vs. Pitcher

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (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	1953	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-06-08	BRO	CIN	down 7-4	b6	---	0	3 (1-1)	Flyball: LF
2	1955	1955-07-30	BRO	STL	ahead 0-4	t7	---	1	2 (0-1)	Lineout: LF

Frank Smith (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Frank Smith (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	1953	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Frank Smith (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Frank Smith (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-05-17 (1)	CIN	BRO	ahead 4-9	b5	1--	2	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1953	1953-06-08	CIN	BRO	ahead 4-7	t6	---	1	1 (0-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive)

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Batting Comparison

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Batting Totals

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	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
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	87	5	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	39	.115	.154	.149	.303	-18	13	2	1	7	0	0

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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. Frank Smith: Batting Value

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	1.6	1.5	1.7	-0.2	-76	1	-3	0
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	-15	0	0	0

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Batting Sabermetric

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	22	181	203	687	43	.216	109	-85	-8.8	.035	7.1	33.3	3
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	3	14	16	86	2	.208	8	-15	-1.6	.034	2.2		0

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	7	17	1	5	5	12	3	.333	3			.063	16.0		0

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Batting Win Probability

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	-4.5	-6.9	1.5	-70.18	-6.9	-78.02	0.85
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	-1.5	-1.3	-0.1	-14.37	-1.4	-14.58	1.05

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Head-to-Head Batting

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Totals

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	Frank Smith	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0		0
2	Johnny Podres	8	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	3	0	0	0	0	0

Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: Game Logs

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Johnny Podres vs. Frank Smith: 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	Johnny Podres	BRO	1955-07-30	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.040	0.31	-0.01%	-0.50			P
2	Frank Smith	STL	1955-07-30		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Johnny Podres	BRO	1955-06-03	*	5	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	0.004	3.50	0.01%	0.13			P
4	Frank Smith	STL	1955-06-03		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Johnny Podres	BRO	1953-09-09	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-09-09		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Johnny Podres	BRO	1953-08-29	*	4	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0	1.07	0.043	0.55	0.01%	0.40			P
8	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-08-29		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Johnny Podres	BRO	1953-08-07	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.65	-0.050	2.09	-0.10%	-0.63			P
10	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-08-07		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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