Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Pitching Comparison

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	211	169	.555	3.27	585	433	85	193	38	33	3306.2	2989	1325	1201	284	1178	74	1999	30	10	48	13853	4367	119	3.50	1.260	8.1	0.8	3.2	5.4
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. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	1	1	.500	1.89	5	2	0	1	0	0	19.0	10	5	4	1	4	2	8	0	0	0	72	17			0.737	4.7	0.5	1.9	3.8
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. Billy Pierce: Value

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2	53.2	26.0
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	32.2	16.2

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Totals Against

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2	4367	12442	2166	441	98	53	75	41.41	13	235	176	25	.240	.307	.360	.667	85	.120	.266	1373	4478	823	4197	4367
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. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	2	19.0	17	66	6	3	0	0	0		0	1	2	0	.152	.200	.242	.442		.091	.158	3	16	4	14	17
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. Billy Pierce: Starting & Relieving

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	260	60	55.5	158	46	29	10	76.7	85	152
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	95	56	53.8	296	107	36	25	65.8	192	366

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	2	100	64.0	2	0	0	0		0	3
2	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	0	35.0	5	1	20	0	100.0	1	5

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Ratios

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2	14.4	8.5	5.9
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	13.3	8.0	5.3

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	2	19.0	11.1	5.6	5.6
2	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15.7	5.9	9.8

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Pitch Summary

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	585	433	3306.2		74
2	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	2	19.0	68	64	47	69.12
2	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	150	50	100	66.67

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	5	4	.556	2.67	11	7	2	4	0	0	60.2	48	19	18	5	22	2	32	0	0	1	250	1.154	7.1	0.7	3.3	4.7
2	Bobby Shantz	3	4	.429	3.57	11	5	2	2	0	0	45.1	43	21	18	3	12	1	25	3	0	0	198	1.213	8.5	0.6	2.4	5.0

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Game Logs

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Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	SFG	1964-07-22	6-GF, W	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.83	0	0	1.17
2	Bobby Shantz	CHC	1964-07-22	6-6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.46	0	0	0.47
3	Billy Pierce	SFG	1964-04-17	3-6	3.2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	4	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.1	2.24	2	0	0.54
4	Bobby Shantz	STL	1964-04-17	8-10, L	2.1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	10	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.0	-0.15	0	0	2.24
5	Billy Pierce	SFG	1963-08-17	9-GF(10), L	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				-0.3	-0.53	1	0	2.93
6	Bobby Shantz	STL	1963-08-17	8-9	1.2	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	9	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.76	1	0	2.34
7	Billy Pierce	SFG	1963-06-26	7-9, L	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0				-0.1	-0.40	2	0	2.65
8	Bobby Shantz	STL	1963-06-26	9-GF, W	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				0.1	0.31	1	0	3.63
9	Billy Pierce	CHW	1960-09-08	GS-3	2.2	5	2	2	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	15	8	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	40			-0.1	-1.30			0.86
10	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1960-09-08	7-7,BS	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				-0.4	-1.57	2	2	2.38
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Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (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	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1957	8	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Billy Pierce (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-07-22	PHA	CHW	down 1-0	b3	1--	0		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
2	1950	1950-08-01	PHA	CHW	down 6-0	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1950	1950-08-01	PHA	CHW	down 8-1	t7	---	1		Flyball: 2B
4	1955	1955-08-09	KCA	CHW	down 3-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
5	1957	1957-05-05 (1)	NYY	CHW	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Foul Popfly: 3B
6	1957	1957-05-05 (1)	NYY	CHW	ahead 1-3	t5	---	0		Foul Popfly: LF
7	1957	1957-05-05 (1)	NYY	CHW	ahead 1-4	t7	---	1		Single to RF (Ground Ball)
8	1957	1957-06-23 (1)	NYY	CHW	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Foul Popfly: C
9	1957	1957-06-23 (1)	NYY	CHW	ahead 1-3	b4	-2-	2		Strikeout
10	1957	1957-06-23 (1)	NYY	CHW	ahead 1-4	b6	12-	0		Single to 3B/Bunt; E. Howard to 3B; A. Carey to 2B
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Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Billy Pierce (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	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1957	7	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	0	0
4	1964	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	15	14	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	1	0	0	0	0

Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Billy Pierce (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-07-22	CHW	PHA	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); N. Fox to 2B
2	1950	1950-07-22	CHW	PHA	tied 1-1	t5	---	0		Strikeout
3	1950	1950-08-01	CHW	PHA	ahead 0-6	b3	-2-	1		Fielder's Choice unassisted; N. Fox out at 2B/3B
4	1950	1950-08-01	CHW	PHA	ahead 1-6	b6	---	0		Single to LF
5	1950	1950-08-01	CHW	PHA	ahead 1-8	b8	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1955	1955-08-09	CHW	KCA	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Single to CF; S. Lollar to 2B; J. Busby Scores
7	1955	1955-08-09	CHW	KCA	ahead 0-3	t4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; S. Lollar to 2B
8	1957	1957-05-05 (1)	CHW	NYY	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
9	1957	1957-05-05 (1)	CHW	NYY	down 3-1	b4	-2-	2		Strikeout
10	1957	1957-06-23 (1)	CHW	NYY	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
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Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Comparison

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	1102	94	203	13	4	0	69	1	2	65	232	.184	.232	.203	.435	19	224	24	4	83	1	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. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	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. Billy Pierce: Batting Value

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-131	2	-5	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. Billy Pierce: Batting Sabermetric

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	17	272	291	1009	56	.233	163	-129	-13.0	.019	4.8	33.3	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. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	32-35	1959	1962	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0			.000	5.0		0
2	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	0	1	1	3	0	.250	0			.000			0

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Win Probability

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Billy Pierce	18-37	1945	1964	616	1255	-11.1	-11.4	-0.2	-128.49	-12.8	-128.16	0.96
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. Billy Pierce: Head-to-Head Batting

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Totals

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	11	25	22	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	.227	.227	.227	.455	5	0	0	3	0	0
2	Bobby Shantz	11	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	0	0	0	0	0

Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: Game Logs

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Bobby Shantz vs. Billy Pierce: 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	Billy Pierce	SFG	1964-07-22		4	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	0.001	1.76	0.00%	0.79			P
2	Bobby Shantz	CHC	1964-07-22		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Billy Pierce	SFG	1964-04-17		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.015	1.40	-0.02%	-0.15			P
4	Bobby Shantz	STL	1964-04-17		3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	0.082	5.39	0.12%	0.37			P
5	Billy Pierce	SFG	1963-08-17		2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	-0.080	18.85	-0.26%	-0.35			P
6	Bobby Shantz	STL	1963-08-17		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Billy Pierce	SFG	1963-06-26		3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	-0.022	18.69	-0.07%	-0.19			P
8	Bobby Shantz	STL	1963-06-26		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Billy Pierce	CHW	1960-09-08	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bobby Shantz	NYY	1960-09-08		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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