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Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Willard Schmidt

4.2

108

2

211.0

14-7

12

3.33

123

118

13.3

88

9.9

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GS

IP

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6.8

194

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586.1

31-29

2

3.93

101

323

12.7

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Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Pitching Comparison

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Totals

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	14	7	.667	3.33	108	2	45	1	0	12	211.0	196	84	78	20	88	11	118	1	0	6	890	292	123	3.78	1.346	8.4	0.9	3.8	5.0
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	31	29	.517	3.93	194	55	50	11	1	2	586.1	563	281	256	57	278	33	323	11	0	20	2534	884	101	4.07	1.434	8.6	0.9	4.3	5.0

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	1	0	1.000	1.35	5	0	1	0	0	0	13.1	11	2	2	0	4	1	6	0	0	1	53	16			1.125	7.4	0.0	2.7	4.1

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Value

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	2	211.0	4.7	2.1
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	194	55	586.1	6.9	1.2

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Totals Against

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	2	211.0	292	783	128	37	11	6	6	50.00	0	23	11	7	.250	.324	.402	.727	93	.152	.270	105	315	68	285	292
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	194	55	586.1	884	2188	391	93	22	13	15	46.43	1	68	40	20	.257	.341	.398	.739	102	.141	.277	305	871	172	852	884

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	0	13.1	16	46	10	1	0	1	1	50.00	0	2	2	1	.239	.294	.261	.555		.022	.268	4	12	1	15	16

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Starting & Relieving

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	1	50	58.0	94	31	33	2	85.7	45	106
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	30	55	51.4	106	51	48	4	33.3	50	139

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	0			5	1	20	0		1	5

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Ratios

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	2	211.0	13.3	9.9	3.4
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	194	55	586.1	12.7	11.0	1.8

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	0	13.1	11.3	7.5	3.8

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Pitch Summary

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	2	211.0		119
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	194	55	586.1		82

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	0	13.1	37		26	70.27

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Head-to-Head Pitching

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Totals

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	0	0		0.00	4	0	3	0	0	2	5.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	16	0.400	3.6	0.0	0.0	9.0
2	Willard Schmidt	2	1	.667	3.27	4	3	0	1	0	0	22.0	18	10	8	0	16	1	15	0	0	1	98	1.545	7.4	0.0	6.5	6.1

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Game Logs

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Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	BRO	1957-06-16 (2)	8-GF	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		36	21	0.0	1.05	0	0	0.08
2	Willard Schmidt	STL	1957-06-16 (2)	GS-6, W	5.0	5	4	4	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	22	8	19	2	1	2	0	1	0	10	0	0	1	3	42	83	51	0.0	-1.76			1.01
3	Don Bessent	BRO	1956-09-19	8-GF, S	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		19	12	0.0	1.04	0	0	0.00
4	Willard Schmidt	STL	1956-09-19	5-5	0.0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		17	4	0.0	-2.46	1	1	0.01
5	Don Bessent	BRO	1956-07-22 (2)	9-GF, S	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	0.1	0.31	1	0	4.97
6	Willard Schmidt	STL	1956-07-22 (2)	GS-8, L	8.0	6	3	2	1	0	7	1	4	0	0	0	36	14	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	1	57	124	67	0.0	0.78			1.05
7	Don Bessent	BRO	1955-09-13	4-4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		8	5	0.0	0.19	2	1	0.93
8	Willard Schmidt	STL	1955-09-13	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	1	36	10	32	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	71	134	88	0.2	2.52			0.63

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Batter vs. Pitcher

Willard Schmidt (Pitcher) vs. Don Bessent (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Willard Schmidt (Pitcher) vs. Don Bessent (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	1955	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Willard Schmidt (Pitcher) vs. Don Bessent (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Willard Schmidt (Pitcher) vs. Don Bessent (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-09-13	STL	BRO	ahead 1-4	b4	-2-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Batting Comparison

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Batting Totals

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	50	44	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	.114	.111	.114	.225	-41	5	2	0	5	1	0
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	194	172	153	10	25	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	52	.163	.205	.176	.381	3	27	1	4	11	0	0

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	1	0	0

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Batting Value

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	50	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.1	-9	0	0	0
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	194	172	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-20	1	0	0

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Batting Sabermetric

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	50	0	5	6	47	0	.161	4	-9	-0.9	.000	3.1		0
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	194	172	2	33	37	140	7	.248	17	-21	-2.2	.013	2.9		0

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	24-25	1955	1956	5	5	0	2	2	3	1	1.000	1			.000	1.5		0

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Batting Win Probability

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Don Bessent	24-27	1955	1958	108	50	-0.7	-0.8	0.1	-10.04	-1.0	-8.85	1.07
2	Willard Schmidt	24-31	1952	1959	194	172	-1.9	-1.9	-0.1	-18.87	-1.8	-19.92	0.96

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Head-to-Head Batting

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Totals

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Willard Schmidt	4	9	8	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	.625	1.125	5	0	0	1	0	0

Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: Game Logs

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Willard Schmidt vs. Don Bessent: 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	Don Bessent	BRO	1957-06-16 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Willard Schmidt	STL	1957-06-16 (2)	*	6	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.054	4.46	0.14%	0.97			P
3	Don Bessent	BRO	1956-09-19		2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Willard Schmidt	STL	1956-09-19		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Don Bessent	BRO	1956-07-22 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Willard Schmidt	STL	1956-07-22 (2)	*	8	9	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	0.056	0.30	0.02%	0.46			P
7	Don Bessent	BRO	1955-09-13		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Willard Schmidt	STL	1955-09-13	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	-0.023	0.00	0.00%	0.28			P

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