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Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Pitching Comparison

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Totals

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	85	69	.552	4.11	281	170	72	65	12	12	1362.0	1138	688	622	98	1037	17	766	85	4	28	6181	2327	97	4.78	1.597	7.5	0.6	6.9	5.1
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	56	46	.549	3.80	195	118	50	48	12	5	943.2	849	453	398	66	497	9	361	19	2	15	4076	1416	100	4.34	1.426	8.1	0.6	4.7	3.4

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	29-37	1949	1957	1	1	.500	2.53	6	3	1	1	0	0	21.1	12	8	6	3	12	1	11	2	0	0	85	26			1.125	5.1	1.3	5.1	4.6
2	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	2	0	1.000	2.35	3	3	0	1	0	0	15.1	10	4	4	0	8	1	10	0	1	0	61	18			1.174	5.9	0.0	4.7	5.9

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Value

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	281	170	1362.0	6.3	-4.1
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	118	943.2	5.8	-1.3

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Totals Against

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	281	170	1362.0	2327	4968	857	149	34	54	41	56.84	0	135	79	10	.229	.370	.332	.702	94	.103	.253	612	1649	281	2260	2327
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	118	943.2	1416	3500	618	135	30	35	32	52.24	10	90	54	5	.243	.339	.355	.694	96	.112	.254	430	1242	231	1365	1416

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	29-37	1949	1957	6	3	21.1	26	69											.174	.313					.164				26	26
2	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	3	15.1	18	52											.192	.300					.238				18	18

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Starting & Relieving

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	78	46	49.6	87	27	31	7	63.2	72	111
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	60	51	51.5	46	19	41	1	83.3	50	77

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tommy Byrne	29-37	1949	1957									1	3
2	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947									0	0

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Ratios

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	281	170	1362.0	12.4	16.8	-4.4
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	118	943.2	8.9	12.2	-3.3

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tommy Byrne	29-37	1949	1957	6	3	21.1	12.9	14.1	-1.2
2	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	3	15.1	16.4	13.1	3.3

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Pitch Summary

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	281	170	1362.0
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	118	943.2

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tommy Byrne	29-37	1949	1957	6	3	21.1
2	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	3	15.1

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Head-to-Head Pitching

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Totals

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Spec Shea	1	0	1.000	3.38	2	1	0	1	0	0	10.2	8	4	4	1	10	0	5	0	0	1	48	1.688	6.8	0.8	8.4	4.2
2	Tommy Byrne	1	1	.500	0.56	2	2	0	1	1	0	16.0	10	3	1	0	4	0	8	2	1	0	60	0.875	5.6	0.0	2.3	4.5

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Game Logs

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Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	NYY	1955-07-02	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	2	0	0	31	7	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	85			0.2	4.44			0.39
2	Spec Shea	WSH	1955-07-02	1-2	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	3				0.0	-0.60	2	0	0.58
3	Tommy Byrne	SLB	1952-08-21 (1)	GS-7, L	7.0	7	3	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	29	10	26	3	4	0	1	0	0	11	2	1	0	4	55			-0.1	0.15			0.99
4	Spec Shea	WSH	1952-08-21 (1)	CG, W	9.0	5	2	2	0	0	9	0	5	0	0	1	40	15	31	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	65			0.4	2.05			1.80

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Batter vs. Pitcher

Spec Shea (Pitcher) vs. Tommy Byrne (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Spec Shea (Pitcher) vs. Tommy Byrne (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	1952	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	0	0	0	0	0

Spec Shea (Pitcher) vs. Tommy Byrne (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Spec Shea (Pitcher) vs. Tommy Byrne (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1952	1952-08-21 (1)	SLB	WSH	ahead 0-1	t2	---	1		Flyball: RF
2	1952	1952-08-21 (1)	SLB	WSH	down 2-1	t4	12-	1		Strikeout
3	1952	1952-08-21 (1)	SLB	WSH	down 2-1	t6	1--	1		Flyball: LF
4	1955	1955-07-02	NYY	WSH	ahead 0-3	b2	---	0		Home Run (Deep RF)

Tommy Byrne (Pitcher) vs. Spec Shea (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tommy Byrne (Pitcher) vs. Spec Shea (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	1952	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tommy Byrne (Pitcher) vs. Spec Shea (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tommy Byrne (Pitcher) vs. Spec Shea (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1952	1952-08-21 (1)	WSH	SLB	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
2	1952	1952-08-21 (1)	WSH	SLB	ahead 1-2	b4	-2-	2		Lineout: 1B
3	1952	1952-08-21 (1)	WSH	SLB	ahead 1-3	b7	---	0		Strikeout

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Batting Comparison

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Batting Totals

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	377	655	601	73	143	26	8	14	98	1	0	38	126	.238	.286	.378	.663	77	227	11	3	11	2	3
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	338	298	29	58	8	4	1	33	0	0	19	63	.195	.245	.258	.504	39	77	7	1	19	0	0

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	29-37	1949	1957	8	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.300	.600	3	1	0	0	0	0
2	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	0		0

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Batting Value

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	377	655	4.7	4.5	4.6	0.0	-23	3	1	0
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	338	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	-25	0	0	0

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Batting Sabermetric

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	377	655	48	184	189	482	66	.279	157	-23	-2.6	.140	4.8	100.00	1
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	338	13	78	85	266	19	.244	61	-26	-2.8	.064	4.7		0

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	29-37	1949	1957	8	10	0	3	3	8		.429	2			.000	3.3		0
2	Spec Shea	26	1947	1947	3	5	1	2	2	3		.667	1			.200	2.5		0

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Batting Win Probability

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tommy Byrne	23-37	1943	1957	377	655	-1.1	-1.0	0.0	-1.26		-8.78	1.04
2	Spec Shea	26-34	1947	1955	195	338	-1.0	-2.2	1.1	-15.90		-23.29	0.90

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Head-to-Head Batting

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Totals

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Spec Shea	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Tommy Byrne	2	8	8	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.750	1.125	6	0	0	0	0	0

Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: Game Logs

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Spec Shea vs. Tommy Byrne: 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	Tommy Byrne	NYY	1955-07-02	*	9	9	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0.053	0.65	0.15%	0.56			P
2	Spec Shea	WSH	1955-07-02		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Tommy Byrne	SLB	1952-08-21 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.72	-0.118	0.00	0.00%	-0.86			P
4	Spec Shea	WSH	1952-08-21 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.86	0.005	0.82	0.00%	-0.15			P

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