Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Pitching Comparison

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	207	128	.618	3.23	460	350	73	188	31	22	2850.0	2559	1185	1024	180	1251	55	1277	57	2	63	12099	4046	119	3.81	1.337	8.1	0.6	4.0	4.0
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. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	2	2	.500	3.94	4	4	0	2	0	0	29.2	32	15	13	1	15	2	17	0	1	1	131	49			1.584	9.7	0.3	4.6	5.2
2	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. Bob Lemon: Value

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	37.5	15.3
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	32.2	16.2

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Totals Against

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	4046	10643	1947	371	61	70	75	48.28	10	315	124	30	.240	.323	.337	.660	84	.097	.258	1170	3592	612	3867	4046
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. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	49	112	27	4	0	1	1	50.00	1	4	3	1	.286	.367	.348	.715		.063	.326	15	39	5	47	49
2	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. Bob Lemon: Starting & Relieving

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Lemon	25-37	1946	1958	215	61	54.8	90	22	24	8	73.3	73	110
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	95	56	53.8	296	107	36	25	65.8	192	366

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	2	50	49.3						0	0
2	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	0	35.0	5	1	20	0	100.0	1	5

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Ratios

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0	10.6	10.3	0.2
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	13.3	8.0	5.3

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	13.0	11.5	1.5
2	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15.7	5.9	9.8

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Pitch Summary

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	460	350	2850.0
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	4	4	29.2	220	110	129	58.64
2	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	150	50	100	66.67

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	6	2	.750	2.56	9	6	1	2	1	0	59.2	62	19	17	3	36	4	23	0	0	0	267	1.642	9.4	0.5	5.4	3.5
2	Bobby Shantz	1	4	.200	4.98	9	6	0	1	0	0	47.0	56	29	26	8	14	1	24	1	1	0	204	1.489	10.7	1.5	2.7	4.6

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Game Logs

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Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	CLE	1957-08-04 (2)	6-9, L	3.2	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	20	9	18	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.44	0	0	2.64
2	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-08-04 (2)	7-8	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-0.07	0	0	1.02
3	Bob Lemon	CLE	1957-05-19	GS-6, L	5.2	11	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	14	28	7	3	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	4	26			-0.3	-3.64			0.84
4	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-05-19	GS-9, W	8.0	9	3	3	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	34	11	32	7	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	2	56			0.1	-0.27			0.83
5	Bob Lemon	CLE	1953-08-02 (1)	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	33	7	32	5	0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	72			0.3	3.62			0.68
6	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1953-08-02 (1)	GS-4, L	4.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	6	17	4	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	45			0.0	0.05			0.92
7	Bob Lemon	CLE	1953-07-17	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	33	8	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	74			0.4	4.36			0.88
8	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1953-07-17	GS-6, L	6.0	10	5	5	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	26	10	26	6	2	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	4	37			-0.1	-2.09			0.82
9	Bob Lemon	CLE	1950-07-18	GS-7, W	7.0	9	2	2	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	34	14	29	8	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	50			0.2	1.91			1.20
10	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1950-07-18	GS-8, L	7.2	10	9	8	1	1	4	1	2	0	1	0	37	15	33	7	2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	3	23			-0.3	-4.88			0.58
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Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (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	1950	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	2	0	0	0	0
2	1953	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
3	1957	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	16	12	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	2	0	0	0	0

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Lemon (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-05-10	PHA	CLE	down 2-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; M. Guerra to 2B
2	1950	1950-05-10	PHA	CLE	down 2-1	b5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1950	1950-05-10	PHA	CLE	tied 2-2	b6	1--	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
4	1950	1950-06-11 (1)	PHA	CLE	down 1-0	b2	---	2		Strikeout
5	1950	1950-06-11 (1)	PHA	CLE	down 3-2	b5	---	0		Strikeout
6	1950	1950-06-11 (1)	PHA	CLE	down 3-2	b7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. Astroth to 2B
7	1950	1950-06-11 (1)	PHA	CLE	tied 3-3	b9	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1950	1950-07-18	PHA	CLE	down 2-0	b2	12-	2		Walk; F. Fain to 3B; B. Hitchcock to 2B
9	1950	1950-07-18	PHA	CLE	down 4-0	b4	12-	2		Groundout: P-1B
10	1950	1950-07-18	PHA	CLE	down 4-1	b6	12-	2		Walk; K. Wahl to 3B; J. Tipton to 2B
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Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Lemon (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	1950	11	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.364	.400	.764	0	0	0	1	0
2	1953	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
3	1957	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	16	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.294	.313	.607	0	0	0	1	1

Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Lemon (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-05-10	CLE	PHA	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	0		Line Drive Double Play: 1B unassisted
2	1950	1950-05-10	CLE	PHA	ahead 1-2	t5	---	0		Foul Popfly: C
3	1950	1950-05-10	CLE	PHA	tied 2-2	t8	---	0		Double to RF
4	1950	1950-06-11 (1)	CLE	PHA	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Groundout: P-1B
5	1950	1950-06-11 (1)	CLE	PHA	ahead 2-3	t4	1--	1		Single to LF; J. Hegan out at 3B/LF-3B
6	1950	1950-06-11 (1)	CLE	PHA	ahead 2-3	t7	---	0		Strikeout
7	1950	1950-06-11 (1)	CLE	PHA	tied 3-3	t9	---	1		Single to RF
8	1950	1950-06-11 (1)	CLE	PHA	ahead 3-6	t10	---	2		Hit By Pitch
9	1950	1950-07-18	CLE	PHA	ahead 0-2	t2	---	2		Flyball: LF
10	1950	1950-07-18	CLE	PHA	ahead 0-4	t4	1--	2		Flyball: 3B
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Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Comparison

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	1183	148	274	54	9	37	147	2	1	93	241	.232	.288	.386	.674	83	457	9	2	49	3	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. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	5	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	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. Bob Lemon: Batting Value

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	10.7	10.3	10.6	0.0	-30	4	0	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. Bob Lemon: Batting Sabermetric

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	100	369	387	971	140	.261	258	-35	-3.6	.155	4.9	66.7	3
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. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	27-33	1948	1954	5	14	0	1	1	13	0	.000	0			.000	13.0		0
2	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	0	1	1	3	0	.250	0			.000			0

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Win Probability

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Lemon	20-37	1941	1958	615	1330	0.2	-1.2	1.4	-16.25	-1.6	-13.42	0.98
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. Bob Lemon: Head-to-Head Batting

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	9	25	23	3	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.348	.400	.435	.835	10	1	1	0	0	0
2	Bobby Shantz	9	17	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	0	0	2	0	0

Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: Game Logs

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Bobby Shantz vs. Bob Lemon: 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 Lemon	CLE	1957-08-04 (2)		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	-0.011	0.01	0.00%	-0.10			P
2	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-08-04 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Lemon	CLE	1957-05-19	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	0.022	4.27	0.06%	0.23			P
4	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1957-05-19	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	0.015	3.00	0.04%	0.64			P
5	Bob Lemon	CLE	1953-08-02 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.39	-0.041	0.60	-0.04%	-0.46			P
6	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1953-08-02 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.46	-0.012	0.00	0.00%	-0.11			P
7	Bob Lemon	CLE	1953-07-17	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	0.65	-0.070	1.09	-0.07%	-0.97			P
8	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1953-07-17	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.95	-0.003	0.00	0.00%	0.03			P
9	Bob Lemon	CLE	1950-07-18	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.34	-0.028	0.86	-0.04%	-0.55			P
10	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1950-07-18	*	8	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0		0	1.70	0.042	0.00	0.00%	0.22			P
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