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Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Pitching Comparison

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	88	68	.564	3.79	322	188	74	71	12	19	1484.0	1372	702	625	149	663	55	829	31	6	44	6372	2135	105	4.19	1.371	8.3	0.9	4.0	5.0
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	31	52	.373	3.93	159	104	30	30	5	1	753.2	791	381	329	90	192	26	316	13	1	16	3184	1036	100	3.95	1.304	9.4	1.1	2.3	3.8

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	1	2	.333	6.35	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.0	16	12	12	1	9	0	14	1	0	0	77	26			1.471	8.5	0.5	4.8	7.4

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Value

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	16.5	1.7
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	159	104	753.2	6.8	-0.6

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Totals Against

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	2135	5614	948	222	53	50	46	52.08	4	106	77	2	.244	.327	.382	.710	95	.138	.264	706	2147	424	2066	2135
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	159	104	753.2	1036	2928	584	97	20	31	10	75.61	3	58	32	16	.270	.316	.409	.725	98	.139	.276	382	1198	207	996	1036

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	26	67											.239	.338					.289				26	26

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	93	49	52.1	95	38	40	8	70.4	74	134
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	49	47	50.0	29	9	31	2	33.3	30	55

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949									0	2

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	13.0	10.4	2.6
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	159	104	753.2	9.9	6.0	3.9

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	18.2	11.7	6.5

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0		101
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	159	104	753.2		83

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	0	2	.000	7.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	10	5	1	4	2	4	0	0	0	35	2.667	18.0	1.5	6.0	6.0
2	Tom Poholsky	1	0	1.000	3.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	12	5	5	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	58	1.067	7.2	0.6	2.4	4.2

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Game Logs

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Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-09-18	GS-6, L	5.2	10	7	3	4	1	3	2	4	0	0	0	31	14	27	6	3	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	4	30			-0.2	-3.51			0.94
2	Tom Poholsky	STL	1951-09-18	CG, W	9.0	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	32	9	31	7	1	0	0	1	0	9	2	0	0	1	71			0.2	3.48			0.83
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-05-06	8-8, HL	0.1	2	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		18	10	-0.3	-1.69	0	0	1.99
4	Tom Poholsky	STL	1951-05-06	GS-7	6.0	4	4	4	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	26	8	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	47	89	54	0.1	-0.34			0.82

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tom Poholsky (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Poholsky (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (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	1951	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Poholsky (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Poholsky (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-09-18	BRO	STL	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
2	1951	1951-09-18	BRO	STL	down 2-0	t5	1--	2		Strikeout Looking

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Tom Poholsky (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Tom Poholsky (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	1951	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Tom Poholsky (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Tom Poholsky (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-09-18	STL	BRO	ahead 0-1	b2	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: C-SS/Forceout at 2B
2	1951	1951-09-18	STL	BRO	ahead 0-2	b4	---	1		Flyball: CF
3	1951	1951-09-18	STL	BRO	ahead 1-3	b6	-2-	1		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Comparison

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Totals

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	2	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	0	37	0	0
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	159	255	228	20	39	7	0	0	14	1	0	5	41	.171	.188	.202	.390	5	46	5	0	21	1	0

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Value

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-1.7	-1.7	-1.7	0.0	-70	-1	-2	0
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	159	255	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	-31	0	0	0

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Sabermetric

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	9	102	106	449	17	.212	64	-69	-6.9	.030	2.9	0.00	2
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	159	255	7	44	48	216	9	.207	34	-32	-3.1	.031	5.6	100.00	1

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	0	0	0	7		.000	0			.000	1.8		0

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Win Probability

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-5.9	-6.4	-0.2	-68.05		-72.74	0.89
2	Tom Poholsky	20-27	1950	1957	159	255	-2.7	-2.9	-0.2	-28.09		-30.84	0.88

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Head-to-Head Batting

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Tom Poholsky	2	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: Game Logs

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Tom Poholsky vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-09-18	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.98	-0.053	4.80	-0.16%	-0.46			P
2	Tom Poholsky	STL	1951-09-18	*	9	9	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.61	-0.033	0.00	0.00%	-0.52			P
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1951-05-06		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Tom Poholsky	STL	1951-05-06	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.26	-0.021	1.00	-0.05%	-0.32			P

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