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Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Boots Poffenberger

2.5

57

32

267.1

16-12

4

4.75

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1186.1

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Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Pitching Comparison

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Totals

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: 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	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	16	12	.571	4.75	57	32	17	13	1	4	267.1	301	160	141	17	149	4	65	6	0	4	1220	473	103	5.20	1.683	10.1	0.6	5.0	2.2
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	63	64	.496	3.59	197	132	45	66	10	4	1186.1	1101	550	473	90	450	40	605	14	1	27	5054	1656	122	3.95	1.307	8.4	0.7	3.4	4.6

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Value

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	32	267.1	2.7	0.3
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	197	132	1186.1	21.0	10.6

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Totals Against

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: 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	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	32	267.1	473	1045	238	41	5	7	4	63.64	1	34	17	0	.288	.380	.386	.766	95	.098	.295	153	403	63	456	473
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	197	132	1186.1	1656	4509	781	180	50	58	43	57.43	3	77	63	11	.244	.314	.366	.680	82	.122	.264	522	1651	320	1565	1656

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Starting & Relieving

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	8	25	41.4	26	7	27	0	100.0	17	25
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	75	57	54.0	50	21	42	4	50.0	45	65

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Ratios

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	32	267.1	5.3	12.2	-6.9
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	197	132	1186.1	12.0	8.9	3.1

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Pitch Summary

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	32	267.1
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	197	132	1186.1

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Head-to-Head Pitching

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Totals

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: 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	Johnny Rigney	1	1	.500	4.32	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.1	9	4	4	1	7	1	4	0	0	1	40	1.920	9.7	1.1	7.6	4.3
2	Boots Poffenberger	1	0	1.000	1.50	2	2	0	1	0	0	18.0	17	3	3	0	8	0	6	1	0	0	76	1.389	8.5	0.0	4.0	3.0

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Game Logs

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Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: 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	Boots Poffenberger	DET	1938-07-08 (2)	GS-	9.0	10	2	2	0	0	5		4	1	0	0	42	16	36									0	0		58
2	Johnny Rigney	CHW	1938-07-08 (2)	, W	2.1	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	10	4	9									0	0
3	Boots Poffenberger	DET	1938-04-29	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	34	11	31	4	3	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	3	68			0.4	4.90			1.04
4	Johnny Rigney	CHW	1938-04-29	GS-7, L	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	6	1	2	0	0	1	30	12	24	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	44			0.0	1.52			1.31

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Batter vs. Pitcher

Johnny Rigney (Pitcher) vs. Boots Poffenberger (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Rigney (Pitcher) vs. Boots Poffenberger (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	1938	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

Johnny Rigney (Pitcher) vs. Boots Poffenberger (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Rigney (Pitcher) vs. Boots Poffenberger (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-04-29	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	b2	12-	1		Groundout: SS-1B; B. Rogell to 3B; M. Christman to 2B
2	1938	1938-04-29	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	b4	1--	2		Flyball: CF
3	1938	1938-04-29	DET	CHW	down 1-0	b6	1--	2		Groundout: P-1B

Boots Poffenberger (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Rigney (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Boots Poffenberger (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Rigney (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	1938	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

Boots Poffenberger (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Rigney (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Boots Poffenberger (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Rigney (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-04-29	CHW	DET	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1938	1938-04-29	CHW	DET	tied 0-0	t5	1--	1		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
3	1938	1938-04-29	CHW	DET	ahead 0-1	t7	1--	1		Strikeout

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Batting Comparison

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Batting Totals

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: 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	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	101	96	5	19	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	18	.198	.214	.229	.443	10	22	0	0	3		0
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	198	449	401	25	71	11	1	0	27	1	1	17	113	.177	.211	.209	.420	10	84	13	0	31		0

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Batting Value

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	101	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-14	1	0	0
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	198	449	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	0.1	-58	1	1	0

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Batting Sabermetric

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: 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	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	101	3	21	22	80	5	.244	10	-13	-1.3	.031	5.3		0
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	198	449	12	88	97	375	18	.247	52	-56	-5.4	.032	3.5	50.00	2

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Batting Win Probability

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	101	-0.9	-1.1	0.1	-12.78		-12.74	0.93
2	Johnny Rigney	22-32	1937	1947	198	449	-4.4	-4.1	0.0	-51.92		-51.17	1.08

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Head-to-Head Batting

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Totals

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: 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	Johnny Rigney	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1		0
2	Boots Poffenberger	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	0		0

Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: Game Logs

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Johnny Rigney vs. Boots Poffenberger: 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	Boots Poffenberger	DET	1938-07-08 (2)	*	1	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0										P
2	Johnny Rigney	CHW	1938-07-08 (2)		12	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1										P
3	Boots Poffenberger	DET	1938-04-29	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.24	-0.125	2.41	-0.15%	-1.64			P
4	Johnny Rigney	CHW	1938-04-29	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.26	-0.099	3.02	-0.14%	-0.95			P

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