Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Porterfield

17.7

318

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1567.2

87-97

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3.79

103

572

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552

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IP

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34.7

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1935.2

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48

3.38

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1072

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Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitching Comparison

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	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
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	119	99	.546	3.38	537	171	192	78	15	48	1935.2	1795	817	726	151	643	75	1072	41	6	29	8045	2584	119	3.46	1.260	8.3	0.7	3.0	5.0

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	1	.000	4.15	6	1	1	0	0	1	13.0	12	8	6	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	51	15			1.154	8.3	0.7	2.1	5.5

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Value

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	318	193	1567.2	17.1	4.7
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	32.2	16.2

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals Against

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	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
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	2584	7249	1288	291	65	46	39	54.12	14	191	91	30	.248	.311	.368	.680	88	.121	.272	842	2670	507	2479	2584

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15	48	10	0	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	.250	.294	.354	.648		.104	.282	5	17	2	15	15

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Starting & Relieving

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	103	53	51.5	109	48	44	9	47.1	45	125
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	95	56	53.8	296	107	36	25	65.8	192	366

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	0	35.0	5	1	20	0	100.0	1	5

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Ratios

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	318	193	1567.2	8.6	8.3	0.3
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	13.3	8.0	5.3

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15.7	5.9	9.8

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitch Summary

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	318	193	1567.2
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	150	50	100	66.67

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bob Porterfield	2	3	.400	3.12	8	6	1	3	1	0	52.0	50	20	18	2	11	0	14	0	0	1	214	1.173	8.7	0.3	1.9	2.4
2	Bobby Shantz	3	1	.750	3.03	8	3	2	3	0	1	35.2	34	12	12	2	10	2	17	1	0	0	145	1.234	8.6	0.5	2.5	4.3

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Game Logs

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Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bob Porterfield	BOS	1957-09-28	8-GF	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.99	0	0	0.47
2	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-09-28	8-GF, S	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.2	0.99	0	0	1.51
3	Bob Porterfield	BOS	1957-04-20	2-7	5.0	5	3	3	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	24	9	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3				0.0	-0.31	1	0	0.92
4	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-04-20	8-GF(12), W	5.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	18	4	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.5	2.48	0	0	1.56
5	Bob Porterfield	BOS	1956-07-25	GS-6	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	3	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	66			0.3	3.13			0.85
6	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1956-07-25	6-7	1.1	3	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	9	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-2.03	2	0	0.72
7	Bob Porterfield	BOS	1956-07-17 (2)	SHO, W	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	32	8	31	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	77			0.8	5.26			1.52
8	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1956-07-17 (2)	7-7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.48	2	0	1.99
9	Bob Porterfield	WSH	1955-06-17	GS-8, L	8.0	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	33	10	31	7	1	1	0	0	0	12	1	1	1	2	52			-0.2	-0.18			0.96
10	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1955-06-17	8-9, H	1.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2				-0.1	-0.90	0	0	1.66
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Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Porterfield (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Porterfield (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (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	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1952	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
3	1956	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Porterfield (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Porterfield (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-09-30 (1)	WSH	PHA	tied 0-0	b3	--3	1		Single to LF; C. Kluttz Scores
2	1951	1951-09-30 (1)	WSH	PHA	tied 2-2	b5	1--	0		Single to 2B/Bunt; G. Verble to 2B
3	1951	1951-09-30 (1)	WSH	PHA	ahead 2-4	b6	1--	2		Flyball: 2B
4	1952	1952-05-09	WSH	PHA	down 2-0	t3	1--	1		Flyball: CF
5	1952	1952-07-02	WSH	PHA	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
6	1952	1952-07-02	WSH	PHA	down 2-0	t5	---	1		Lineout: CF
7	1952	1952-07-02	WSH	PHA	down 2-1	t8	---	0		Single to LF
8	1956	1956-07-25	BOS	KCA	ahead 0-3	t7	123	2		Single; J. Jensen Scores; J. Piersall Scores; P. Daley to 2B

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Porterfield (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bobby Shantz (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	1951	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1952	6	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0	0	0

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Porterfield (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Porterfield (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-09-30 (1)	PHA	WSH	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1951	1951-09-30 (1)	PHA	WSH	tied 2-2	t5	1--	1		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
3	1951	1951-09-30 (1)	PHA	WSH	down 4-2	t8	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1952	1952-05-09	PHA	WSH	ahead 0-2	b2	12-	1		Flyball: RF
5	1952	1952-05-09	PHA	WSH	ahead 0-3	b4	-2-	1		Fielder's Choice 3B unassisted; J. Astroth out at 3B/3B; B. Shantz to 1B
6	1952	1952-05-09	PHA	WSH	ahead 1-6	b5	--3	2		Single to LF; S. Kell Scores
7	1952	1952-07-02	PHA	WSH	ahead 0-2	b2	1--	1		Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
8	1952	1952-07-02	PHA	WSH	ahead 0-2	b5	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
9	1952	1952-07-02	PHA	WSH	ahead 1-2	b7	1--	2		Foul Popfly: C

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Comparison

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Totals

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	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
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	3	2	47	96	.195	.265	.245	.509	38	134	4	5	44	1	0

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Value

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	322	570	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	-54	1	-2	0
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	2.5	2.5	2.5	0.0	-49	3	0	0

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	322	570	22	119	125	465	32	.227	71	-53	-5.6	.068	4.2	100.0	1
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	23	159	169	492	39	.235	105	-48	-5.0	.049	5.7	60.0	5

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	0	1	1	3	0	.250	0			.000			0

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Win Probability

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Porterfield	24-35	1948	1959	322	570	-4.6	-4.7	0.1	-50.64	-5.4	-54.09	1.00
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	-3.5	-3.7	-0.1	-40.07	-4.1	-41.87	0.90

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bob Porterfield	8	19	18	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	.278	.263	.278	.541	5	0	0	0	1	0
2	Bobby Shantz	8	13	13	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.231	.385	3	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: Game Logs

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Bob Porterfield vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bob Porterfield	BOS	1957-09-28		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-09-28		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Porterfield	BOS	1957-04-20		6	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.81	-0.050	2.13	-0.08%	-0.57			P
4	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-04-20		5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	-0.136	7.92	-0.26%	-0.52			P
5	Bob Porterfield	BOS	1956-07-25	*	7	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	0.015	0.96	0.01%	0.94			P
6	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1956-07-25		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Bob Porterfield	BOS	1956-07-17 (2)	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.011	0.72	-0.01%	-0.18			P
8	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1956-07-17 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Bob Porterfield	WSH	1955-06-17	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.078	0.11	0.00%	-0.58			P
10	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1955-06-17		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	-0.002	0.00	0.00%	-0.10			P
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