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Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Pitching Comparison

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	11	16	.407	4.32	66	38	8	5	3	0	229.0	225	127	110	24	127	5	156	4	1	5	1006	368	90	4.24	1.537	8.8	0.9	5.0	6.1

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	28	1960	1960	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	15	7			2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	3.4

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Value

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	66	38	229.0	1.3	-1.1

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Totals Against

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	66	38	229.0	368	852	164	33	4	29	13	69.05	0	25	15	7	.264	.360	.397	.756	110	.133	.296	127	338	61	356	368

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	28	1960	1960	3	0	2.2	7	13	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.467	.462	.928		.077	.417	3	6	1	7	7

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Starting & Relieving

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	15	39	50.0	13	10	77	0		8	28

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	28	1960	1960	0			4	4	100			1	3

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Ratios

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	66	38	229.0	15.5	12.6	2.9

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	28	1960	1960	3	0	2.2	6.7	13.3	-6.7

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Pitch Summary

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	66	38	229.0		81

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	28	1960	1960	3	0	2.2	35		21	60.00

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	2	0	1.000	3.10	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.1	22	7	7	1	6	0	7	0	0	1	84	1.377	9.7	0.4	2.7	3.1
2	Red Witt	0	1	.000	3.24	3	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	6	3	3	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	32	0.960	6.5	2.2	2.2	7.6

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Game Logs

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Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	1961-05-12	GS-3	3.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	7	16	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	30			-0.3	-2.49			1.54
2	Red Witt	PIT	1961-05-12	5-5	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.68	1	1	1.37
3	Bob Purkey	CIN	1959-04-14	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	33	8	32	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	2	69			0.5	2.58			1.36
4	Red Witt	PIT	1959-04-14	GS-6, L	6.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	23	6	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	54			-0.1	0.05			0.79
5	Bob Purkey	CIN	1958-04-18	GS-9, W	8.1	8	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	35	13	30	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	59			0.1	1.78			1.03
6	Red Witt	PIT	1958-04-18	4-5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.96	0	0	0.24

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Red Witt (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Red Witt (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	1958	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1959	2	2	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	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Red Witt (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Red Witt (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1958	1958-04-18	CIN	PIT	ahead 0-4	t5	---	0		Strikeout Looking
2	1959	1959-04-14	CIN	PIT	ahead 0-1	b3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1959	1959-04-14	CIN	PIT	ahead 2-3	b5	---	0		Strikeout

Red Witt (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Red Witt (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Red Witt (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Red Witt (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-04-14	PIT	CIN	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
2	1959	1959-04-14	PIT	CIN	down 3-2	t5	---	1		Strikeout

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Batting Comparison

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Batting Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	66	75	69	6	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	27	.130	.143	.145	.288	-22	10	0	0	4	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Batting Value

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	66	75	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-12	1	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	66	75	1	10	11	64	2	.214	7	-11	-1.2	.014	2.6		0

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	28	1960	1960	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Batting Win Probability

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	Red Witt	25-30	1957	1962	66	75	-1.3	-1.2	-0.2	-11.76	-1.1	-12.19	0.98

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	3	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Red Witt	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: Game Logs

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Bob Purkey vs. Red Witt: 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	1961-05-12	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	-0.015	2.03	-0.03%	-0.16			P
2	Red Witt	PIT	1961-05-12		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Purkey	CIN	1959-04-14	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.068	2.10	-0.10%	-0.73			P
4	Red Witt	PIT	1959-04-14	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.82	-0.041	1.64	-0.05%	-0.33			P
5	Bob Purkey	CIN	1958-04-18	*	9	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	0.077	1.23	0.11%	0.07			P
6	Red Witt	PIT	1958-04-18		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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