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Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Pitching Comparison

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	129	115	.529	3.79	386	276	53	92	13	8	2114.2	2170	998	891	195	510	46	793	71	6	36	8899	2867	103	3.80	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	53	44	.546	3.67	416	16	245	2	1	82	799.1	747	377	326	78	374	55	606	32	2	45	3480	1207	102	3.82	1.402	8.4	0.9	4.2	6.8

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	31	1961	1961	0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43	10			0.818	4.9	1.6	2.5	4.1
2	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	2	0	1.000	0.71	4	0	4	0	0	2	12.2	8	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	47	11			0.789	5.7	0.0	1.4	3.6

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Value

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	24.9	4.8
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	16	799.1	5.6	-1.5

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Totals Against

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	2867	8158	1561	368	46	73	35	67.59	7	168	106	52	.266	.313	.394	.707	94	.128	.274	1012	3215	609	2751	2867
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	16	799.1	1207	2997	537	107	25	21	28	42.86	3	58	48	29	.249	.336	.380	.716	103	.130	.286	388	1138	210	1153	1207

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	10	38	3	1	0	1	0	100.00	0	0	1	1	.158	.214	.342	.556		.184	.125	3	13	3	9	10
2	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	4	0	12.2	11	44	5	3	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.182	.234	.250	.484		.068	.205	3	11	3	11	11

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Starting & Relieving

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	148	54	50.8	68	10	15	5	61.5	53	110
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	6	38	48.9	323	112	35	30	73.2	245	400

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	1	100	67.0	0	0				0	1
2	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	0			3	1	33	0	100.0	4	4

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Ratios

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	8.9	5.7	3.2
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	16	799.1	17.4	10.7	6.7

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	11.6	7.0	4.7
2	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	4	0	12.2	10.6	4.3	6.4

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Pitch Summary

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2		91
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	16	799.1		100

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0
2	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	4	0	12.2	27		17	62.96

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	7	2	.778	2.43	11	10	1	4	1	0	74.0	61	28	20	8	12	1	39	2	0	1	291	0.986	7.4	1.0	1.5	4.7
2	Larry Sherry	1	3	.250	5.96	11	2	7	0	0	2	22.2	23	16	15	6	11	1	14	2	0	1	104	1.500	9.1	2.4	4.4	5.6

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Game Logs

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Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	CIN	1962-08-20	CG(10), W	10.0	11	3	3	0	2	1	1	6	0	0	0	41	12	38	7	2	0	3	0	0	19	1	2	0	4	63	126	78	0.2	2.22			1.19
2	Larry Sherry	LAD	1962-08-20	10-GF(10), L	0.1	2	4	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1		19	11	-0.4	-3.76	0	0	3.87
3	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-07-17	GS-4	3.0	6	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	7	15	3	2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	27	44	27	-0.2	-3.36			1.02
4	Larry Sherry	LAD	1962-07-17	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		15	9	0.0	0.52	0	0	0.25
5	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-06-22	GS-7, W	7.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	26	6	23	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	70	88	53	0.4	3.30			1.13
6	Larry Sherry	LAD	1962-06-22	9-GF	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		7	7	0.0	0.16	2	1	0.17
7	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-04-10	GS-8, W	7.1	6	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	9	27	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	56	105	62	-0.1	0.24			1.25
8	Larry Sherry	LAD	1962-04-10	8-8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	5	0.0	0.88	2	0	0.48
9	Bob Purkey	CIN	1961-08-16 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	31	4	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	86	114	79	0.2	4.89			0.32
10	Larry Sherry	LAD	1961-08-16 (1)	GS-3, L	2.0	6	6	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	13	7	12	3	1	1	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	21	44	29	-0.4	-4.91			0.74
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Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Larry Sherry (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Larry Sherry (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	1959	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250	0	0	0	0	0
2	1960	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1961	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Larry Sherry (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Larry Sherry (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-07-12	CIN	LAD	ahead 0-2	b3	---	0	5 (3-1)	Walk
2	1959	1959-07-12	CIN	LAD	tied 2-2	b5	---	1	5 (3-1)	Walk
3	1959	1959-07-12	CIN	LAD	down 3-2	b7	---	1	3 (1-1)	Single to LF (Line Drive)
4	1959	1959-07-12	CIN	LAD	tied 3-3	b9	---	1	5 (2-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B
5	1960	1960-07-26	CIN	LAD	ahead 1-3	t6	1-3	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	1961	1961-08-16 (1)	CIN	LAD	ahead 0-4	t2	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Larry Sherry (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Larry Sherry (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (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	1959	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Larry Sherry (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Larry Sherry (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-07-12	LAD	CIN	down 2-0	t3	---	2	3 (1-1)	Flyball: RF
2	1959	1959-07-12	LAD	CIN	tied 2-2	t5	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	1959	1959-07-12	LAD	CIN	ahead 2-3	t8	---	0	2 (1-0)	Flyball: RF

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Comparison

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	325	.110	.163	.161	.325	-12	104	5	4	56	5	0
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	164	148	7	25	1	3	3	9	0	0	7	37	.169	.212	.277	.489	32	41	3	1	8	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	5	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Value

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-2.1	-2.1	-2.1	0.0	-105	1	0	0
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	164	0.2	0.2	0.2	-0.1	-15	-1	-1	0

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	18	113	124	640	24	.204	89	-105	-10.7	.051	2.0		0
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	164	7	33	33	134	11	.204	13	-15	-1.5	.108	4.0		0

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		0			.000	1.0		0
2	Larry Sherry	23	1959	1959	5	5	0	2	2	3	1	.667	0			.000	4.0		0

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Win Probability

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-7.9	-8.8	0.3	-94.42	-9.3	-96.94	0.92
2	Larry Sherry	22-32	1958	1968	416	164	-1.8	-1.3	-0.3	-18.07	-1.8	-15.15	1.17

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	11	29	27	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.148	.207	.222	.429	6	0	0	0	0	0
2	Larry Sherry	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: Game Logs

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Bob Purkey vs. Larry Sherry: 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 Purkey	CIN	1962-08-20	*	10	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.041	4.00	-0.07%	0.13			P
2	Larry Sherry	LAD	1962-08-20		1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-07-17	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	-0.020	0.65	-0.01%	-0.31			P
4	Larry Sherry	LAD	1962-07-17		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-06-22	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.046	2.32	0.06%	0.09			P
6	Larry Sherry	LAD	1962-06-22		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-04-10	*	8	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.168	3.88	-0.21%	-1.01			P
8	Larry Sherry	LAD	1962-04-10		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Bob Purkey	CIN	1961-08-16 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	-0.015	1.98	-0.12%	-0.71			P
10	Larry Sherry	LAD	1961-08-16 (1)	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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