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Bob Porterfield

17.7

318

193

1567.2

87-97

8

3.79

103

572

8.6

552

8.3

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G

GS

IP

W-L

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0.3

76

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168.1

3-7

3

4.49

90

86

11.7

54

7.3

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Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Pitching Comparison

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Totals

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: 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	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	3	7	.300	4.49	76	13	31	1	1	3	168.1	190	93	84	18	54	4	86	2	0	4	735	257	90	3.84	1.450	10.2	1.0	2.9	4.6
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	87	97	.473	3.79	318	193	45	92	23	8	1567.2	1571	732	660	113	552	43	572	14	3	21	6646	2212	103	3.76	1.354	9.0	0.6	3.2	3.3

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Value

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	76	13	168.1	0.5	-1.1
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	318	193	1567.2	17.1	4.7

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Totals Against

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: 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	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	76	13	168.1	257	656	137	25	10	5	4	55.56	1	20	17	6	.290	.343	.441	.783	112	.151	.308	102	289	53	246	257
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	318	193	1567.2	2212	5973	1177	245	36	21	35	37.50	3	154	88	18	.263	.326	.373	.699	95	.110	.275	731	2227	394	2137	2212

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Starting & Relieving

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	6	46	46.0	47	14	30	1	75.0	31	63
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	103	53	51.5	109	48	44	9	47.1	45	125

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Ratios

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	76	13	168.1	11.7	7.3	4.4
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	318	193	1567.2	8.6	8.3	0.3

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Pitch Summary

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	76	13	168.1		64
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	318	193	1567.2

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Totals

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: 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	Ben Flowers	0	2	.000	3.94	3	2	0	0	0	0	16.0	18	9	7	0	6	1	3	1	0	0	72	1.500	10.1	0.0	3.4	1.7
2	Bob Porterfield	2	1	.667	3.10	3	3	0	2	1	0	20.1	13	7	7	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	75	0.836	5.8	0.0	1.8	3.5

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Game Logs

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Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: 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	Ben Flowers	DET	1955-04-30	3-4	1.1	2	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1				0.0	-0.93	2	0	1.06
2	Bob Porterfield	WSH	1955-04-30	GS-3, L	2.1	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	6	13	2	4	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	4	26			-0.3	-3.21			1.08
3	Ben Flowers	BOS	1953-08-15 (2)	GS-8, L	7.1	9	4	2	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	37	14	32	6	3	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	3	45			-0.2	-1.27			1.50
4	Bob Porterfield	WSH	1953-08-15 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	34	9	31	4	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	68			0.4	2.67			1.43
5	Ben Flowers	BOS	1953-08-10	GS-8, L	7.1	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	29	9	26	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	2	1	0	1	57			0.2	2.21			0.84
6	Bob Porterfield	WSH	1953-08-10	SHO, W	9.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	28	2	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	87			0.6	4.36			1.13

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Porterfield (Pitcher) vs. Ben Flowers (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Porterfield (Pitcher) vs. Ben Flowers (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	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Porterfield (Pitcher) vs. Ben Flowers (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Porterfield (Pitcher) vs. Ben Flowers (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-08-10	BOS	WSH	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Flyball: RF
2	1953	1953-08-10	BOS	WSH	down 1-0	t6	---	2		Strikeout
3	1953	1953-08-15 (2)	BOS	WSH	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout
4	1953	1953-08-15 (2)	BOS	WSH	tied 1-1	b5	1--	2		Double to RF (Pop Fly); T. Umphlett out at Hm/RF-C

Ben Flowers (Pitcher) vs. Bob Porterfield (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ben Flowers (Pitcher) vs. Bob Porterfield (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	7	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	0	0

Ben Flowers (Pitcher) vs. Bob Porterfield (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ben Flowers (Pitcher) vs. Bob Porterfield (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-08-10	WSH	BOS	ahead 0-1	b2	12-	0		Fielder's Choice P; W. Terwilliger out at 3B/P-3B; F. Sacka to 2B; B. Porterfield to 1B
2	1953	1953-08-10	WSH	BOS	ahead 0-1	b4	---	2		Strikeout
3	1953	1953-08-10	WSH	BOS	ahead 0-1	b7	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1953	1953-08-15 (2)	WSH	BOS	tied 1-1	t2	1--	2		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1953	1953-08-15 (2)	WSH	BOS	tied 1-1	t4	123	2		Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
6	1953	1953-08-15 (2)	WSH	BOS	ahead 1-2	t6	12-	1		Groundout: SS-1B; J. Busby to 3B; P. Davalillo to 2B
7	1953	1953-08-15 (2)	WSH	BOS	tied 2-2	t8	12-	1		Single to SS; J. Busby Scores; F. Sacka to 2B

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Batting Comparison

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Batting Totals

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: 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	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	76	38	36	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.111	.135	.167	.302	-20	6	2	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	322	570	516	34	95	15	1	6	43	1	0	20	123	.184	.218	.252	.470	28	130	14	4	25	5	0

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Batting Value

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	76	38	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-6	0	0	0
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	322	570	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	-54	1	-2	0

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: 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	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	76	38	2	5	6	35	1	.190	1	-5	-0.6	.056	2.4		0
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	322	570	22	119	125	465	32	.227	71	-53	-5.6	.068	4.2	100.00	1

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Batting Win Probability

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ben Flowers	24-29	1951	1956	76	38	-0.7	-0.7	-0.3	-8.50		-8.30	0.78
2	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	322	570	-4.6	-4.7	0.1	-50.64		-54.09	1.00

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Totals

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: 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	Ben Flowers	3	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0		0
2	Bob Porterfield	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: Game Logs

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Bob Porterfield vs. Ben Flowers: 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	Ben Flowers	DET	1955-04-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bob Porterfield	WSH	1955-04-30	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.035	2.77	-0.04%	-0.36			P
3	Ben Flowers	BOS	1953-08-15 (2)	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0		0	1.05	-0.057	0.03	0.00%	-0.48			P
4	Bob Porterfield	WSH	1953-08-15 (2)	*	9	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0		0	2.19	0.042	0.00	0.00%	-1.15			P
5	Ben Flowers	BOS	1953-08-10	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.57	-0.029	0.05	0.00%	-0.20			P
6	Bob Porterfield	WSH	1953-08-10	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.79	-0.065	0.00	0.00%	-0.78			P

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