Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Pitching Comparison

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	15	28	.349	4.73	172	45	61	6	0	11	464.2	497	284	244	34	289	14	256	12	0	13	2145	825	93	4.36	1.692	9.6	0.7	5.6	5.0
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	119	99	.546	3.38	537	171	192	78	15	48	1935.2	1795	817	726	151	643	75	1072	41	6	29	8045	2584	119	3.46	1.260	8.3	0.7	3.0	5.0

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	1	.000	4.15	6	1	1	0	0	1	13.0	12	8	6	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	51	15			1.154	8.3	0.7	2.1	5.5

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Value

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	45	464.2	2.9	-0.7
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	32.2	16.2

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Totals Against

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	45	464.2	825	1808	352	90	21	21	12	63.64	7	28	34	2	.275	.378	.404	.782	112	.129	.305	280	731	145	798	825
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	2584	7249	1288	291	65	46	39	54.12	14	191	91	30	.248	.311	.368	.680	88	.121	.272	842	2670	507	2479	2584

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15	48	10	0	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	.250	.294	.354	.648		.104	.282	5	17	2	15	15

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Starting & Relieving

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	14	31	41.2	125	49	39	3	78.6	61	127
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	95	56	53.8	296	107	36	25	65.8	192	366

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	0	35.0	5	1	20	0	100.0	1	5

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Ratios

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	45	464.2	11.9	13.5	-1.5
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	13.3	8.0	5.3

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15.7	5.9	9.8

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Pitch Summary

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	45	464.2
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	150	50	100	66.67

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bill Kennedy	0	2	.000	6.52	5	1	0	0	0	0	9.2	16	9	7	2	12	1	7	0	0	0	57	2.897	14.9	1.9	11.2	6.5
2	Bobby Shantz	5	0	1.000	1.56	5	3	2	3	1	0	40.1	24	7	7	0	10	0	18	1	0	0	148	0.843	5.4	0.0	2.2	4.0

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Game Logs

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Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bill Kennedy	CHW	1952-07-27 (1)	8-8	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.22	1	0	1.22
2	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1952-07-27 (1)	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	33	7	30	2	3	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	3	75			0.6	3.22			1.51
3	Bill Kennedy	CHW	1952-07-13 (1)	7-7	0.1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-3.40	2	2	0.71
4	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1952-07-13 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	33	9	31	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	2	75			0.4	4.43			1.15
5	Bill Kennedy	SLB	1951-06-24 (2)	GS- , L	3.1	6	5	5	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	20	10	16									0	0		27
6	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1951-06-24 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	33	10	29									0	0		70
7	Bill Kennedy	SLB	1951-06-04	7-8, L	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1				-0.2	-1.48	0	0	1.89
8	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1951-06-04	5-GF, W	5.0	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	19	5	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2				0.4	1.51	3	0	2.13
9	Bill Kennedy	SLB	1951-05-17	3-7	5.0	6	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	26	11	21	6	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0				0.1	1.00	1	1	1.59
10	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1951-05-17	1-GF, W	8.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	30	6	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0				0.4	2.63	2	0	1.53

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bill Kennedy (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bill Kennedy (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	1951	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.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

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bill Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bill Kennedy (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-05-17	SLB	PHA	down 5-4	t4	---	2		Strikeout
2	1951	1951-05-17	SLB	PHA	tied 6-6	t6	---	1		Strikeout
3	1951	1951-06-04	SLB	PHA	down 7-6	b7	---	2		Lineout: 1B

Bill Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (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	1951	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	0	0	0	0

Bill Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Kennedy (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-05-17	PHA	SLB	ahead 4-5	b3	-23	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1951	1951-05-17	PHA	SLB	tied 6-6	b5	---	2		Single to LF
3	1951	1951-05-17	PHA	SLB	tied 6-6	b7	---	1		Single to LF
4	1951	1951-06-04	PHA	SLB	tied 6-6	t7	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. Tipton to 2B; P. Suder to 3B

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Comparison

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	137	120	9	25	1	0	0	6	0	0	8	31	.208	.258	.217	.474	26	26	4	0	8	0	0
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	3	2	47	96	.195	.265	.245	.509	38	134	4	5	44	1	0

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Value

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	137	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-13	0	-2	0
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	2.5	2.5	2.5	0.0	-49	3	0	0

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Sabermetric

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	137	1	33	33	107	9	.281	15	-12	-1.2	.008	3.9		0
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	23	159	169	492	39	.235	105	-48	-5.0	.049	5.7	60.0	5

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	0	1	1	3	0	.250	0			.000			0

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Win Probability

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Kennedy	27-36	1948	1957	172	137	-0.9	-1.0	0.0	-7.03	-0.7	-10.90	0.83
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	-3.5	-3.7	-0.1	-40.07	-4.1	-41.87	0.90

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Head-to-Head Batting

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bill Kennedy	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Bobby Shantz	5	19	15	3	7	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	1	.467	.529	.467	.996	7	0	0	2		0

Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: Game Logs

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Bobby Shantz vs. Bill Kennedy: 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	Bill Kennedy	CHW	1952-07-27 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1952-07-27 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.96	-0.032	0.46	-0.01%	-0.53			P
3	Bill Kennedy	CHW	1952-07-13 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1952-07-13 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.64	-0.063	0.18	-0.01%	-1.24			P
5	Bill Kennedy	SLB	1951-06-24 (2)	*	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0								P
6	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1951-06-24 (2)	*	10	9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2	0	0	0		0								P
7	Bill Kennedy	SLB	1951-06-04		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.95	-0.025	0.03	0.00%	-0.11			P
8	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1951-06-04		5	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1		0	1.74	0.026	0.20	0.00%	0.29			P
9	Bill Kennedy	SLB	1951-05-17		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.75	-0.038	0.32	-0.01%	-0.28			P
10	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1951-05-17		9	9	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2	0	0	1		0	1.81	0.074	0.79	0.02%	0.23			P

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