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Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Pitching Comparison

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Totals

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	33	42	.440	5.25	166	60	77	29	2	6	676.2	777	446	395	86	262	10	255	16	0	12	3046	1096	88	5.03	1.535	10.3	1.1	3.5	3.4
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	273	225	.548	3.80	624	538	69	335	45	18	4344.0	4284	2115	1833	254	1541	67	1987	58	7	46	18546	6130	109	3.83	1.341	8.9	0.5	3.2	4.1

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	7	2	.778	2.52	10	10	0	8	0	0	85.2	74	32	24	4	27	2	61	0	0	0	352	104			1.179	7.8	0.4	2.8	6.4

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Value

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	166	60	676.2	4.3	-1.8
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	624	538	4344.0	55.3	15.3

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Totals Against

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	166	60	676.2	1096	2711	544	118	29	53	24	68.83	5	40	48	9	.287	.352	.447	.799	109	.160	.291	432	1211	233	1055	1096
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	624	538	4344.0	6130	16564	3067	774	189	205	141	59.25	8	285	281	80	.259	.322	.374	.697	87	.116	.280	2017	6198	1217	5883	6130

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	10	10	85.2	104	320	56	10	4	2	1	66.67	0	7	5	0	.231	.291	.325	.616		.094	.275	32	104	18	101	104

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Starting & Relieving

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	19	32	42.1	72	30	42	6	50.0	77	106
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	266	49	52.1	77	25	32	9	66.7	69	86

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	7	70	62.1						0	0

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Ratios

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	166	60	676.2	8.4	8.6	-0.2
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	624	538	4344.0	10.7	8.3	2.4

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	10	10	85.2	17.3	7.7	9.7

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Pitch Summary

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	166	60	676.2
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	624	538	4344.0

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	10	10	85.2	403	134	260	64.52

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Totals

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	0	0		6.57	3	1	2	0	0	0	12.1	15	10	9	5	6	0	6	0	0	0	55	1.703	10.9	3.6	4.4	4.4
2	Red Ruffing	2	1	.667	5.03	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.2	19	12	11	3	7	0	9	1	0	1	86	1.322	8.7	1.4	3.2	4.1

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Game Logs

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Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	DET	1940-06-21	9-GF	1.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3				-0.1	-2.39	0	0	0.19
2	Red Ruffing	NYY	1940-06-21	GS-6, W	5.2	8	5	5	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	30	13	25	5	2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	31			0.0	-1.83			0.75
3	Lynn Nelson	PHA	1939-04-25	5-GF(8)	4.0	6	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	7	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0				0.0	-0.67	0	0	0.39
4	Red Ruffing	NYY	1939-04-25	GS-5, W	5.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	21	7	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	49			0.0	0.92			1.18
5	Lynn Nelson	PHA	1938-08-12 (1)	GS-8	7.1	5	4	4	0	3	5	0	5	0	0	0	32	10	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	52			-0.1	0.13			1.14
6	Red Ruffing	NYY	1938-08-12 (1)	CG, L	9.0	6	5	4	1	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	35	8	34	2	0	1	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	4	61			-0.2	0.51			1.09

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Red Ruffing (Pitcher) vs. Lynn Nelson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Red Ruffing (Pitcher) vs. Lynn Nelson (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	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1940	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Red Ruffing (Pitcher) vs. Lynn Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Red Ruffing (Pitcher) vs. Lynn Nelson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-04-27	PHA	NYY	down 9-2	b9	---	0		Popfly: 2B
2	1938	1938-06-30	PHA	NYY	down 6-1	t8	12-	1		Strikeout
3	1938	1938-08-12 (1)	PHA	NYY	down 2-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
4	1938	1938-08-12 (1)	PHA	NYY	ahead 2-3	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1938	1938-08-12 (1)	PHA	NYY	tied 4-4	t7	---	1		Foul Popfly: C
6	1940	1940-05-06	DET	NYY	down 4-1	t7	---	0		Strikeout Looking

Lynn Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Red Ruffing (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lynn Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Red Ruffing (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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Lynn Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Red Ruffing (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lynn Nelson (Pitcher) vs. Red Ruffing (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1938	1938-08-12 (1)	NYY	PHA	ahead 1-2	b2	1--	2		Walk; J. Gordon to 2B
2	1938	1938-08-12 (1)	NYY	PHA	down 3-2	b5	---	0		Flyball: CF
3	1938	1938-08-12 (1)	NYY	PHA	tied 4-4	b7	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Batting Comparison

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Batting Totals

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	268	387	367	42	103	10	4	5	55	1	1	16	48	.281	.313	.371	.683	74	136	1	1	3		1
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	882	2084	1937	207	521	98	13	36	273	1	1	97	266	.269	.306	.389	.695	81	753	13	6	44		4

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	14	38	34	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.176	.243	.206	.449	7	1	0	1		1

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Batting Value

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	268	387	2.1	1.9	2.0	0.1	-15	1	-2	1
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	882	2084	13.3	12.5	13.3	0.1	-60	-2	1	0

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Batting Sabermetric

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	268	387	19	120	125	269	45	.312	92	-17	-1.5	.090	7.6	50.0	2
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	882	2084	147	624	656	1474	240	.297	444	-60	-6.1	.120	7.3	50.0	2

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Red Ruffing	27-37	1932	1942	14	38	1	9	10	30	2	.214	5			.029	5.7		0

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Batting Win Probability

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Lynn Nelson	25-35	1930	1940	268	387	-1.2	-0.9	0.0	-9.76	-1.0	-11.52	1.28
2	Red Ruffing	19-42	1924	1947	882	2084	-3.8	-5.7	2.3	-51.85	-5.1	-66.35	1.13

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Head-to-Head Batting

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Totals

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.800	1.000	4	0	0	0		0
2	Red Ruffing	3	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	0		0

Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: Game Logs

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Red Ruffing vs. Lynn Nelson: 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	Lynn Nelson	DET	1940-06-21		2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	4	0	0	0		0	1.35	0.106	5.97	0.28%	1.59			PH P
2	Red Ruffing	NYY	1940-06-21	*	6	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.69	-0.031	1.10	-0.03%	-0.80			P
3	Lynn Nelson	PHA	1939-04-25		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.40	-0.037	3.71	-0.06%	-0.27			P
4	Red Ruffing	NYY	1939-04-25	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.54	-0.016	1.84	-0.03%	-0.13			P
5	Lynn Nelson	PHA	1938-08-12 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.99	-0.080	0.00	0.00%	-0.68			P
6	Red Ruffing	NYY	1938-08-12 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0		0	1.65	-0.139	6.26	-0.32%	-0.54			P

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