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Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Pitching Comparison

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Totals

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	53	84	.387	4.27	188	160	18	62	4	1	1165.0	1188	647	553	55	694	20	582	15	3	53	5283	1984	96	4.23	1.615	9.2	0.4	5.4	4.5
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	99	101	.495	3.72	356	201	96	75	16	17	1662.1	1707	827	688	94	587	65	587	32	3	27	7112	2430	99	3.99	1.380	9.2	0.5	3.2	3.2

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Al Smith	28-29	1936	1937	0	0		10.80	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	16	6			1.500	10.8	2.7	2.7	2.7

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Value

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	188	160	1165.0	7.1	-3.0
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	356	201	1662.1	6.0	-6.9

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Totals Against

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	188	160	1165.0	1984	4491	899	178	56	51	40	56.04	2	102	83	4	.265	.365	.366	.730	102	.101	.294	599	1643	289	1897	1984
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	356	201	1662.1	2430	6422	1291	263	59	43	51	45.74	10	142	103	0	.266	.330	.369	.699	100	.103	.281	785	2370	416	2326	2430

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Al Smith	28-29	1936	1937	3	0	3.1	6	14											.286	.375					.250				6	6

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Starting & Relieving

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	79	49	48.1	7	1	14	0	100.0	18	28
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	103	51	49.8	118	45	38	9	65.4	96	155

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Smith	28-29	1936	1937									1	3

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Ratios

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	188	160	1165.0	11.0	13.1	-2.1
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	356	201	1662.1	8.3	8.3	0.0

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Smith	28-29	1936	1937	3	0	3.1	6.3	6.3	0.0

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Pitch Summary

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	188	160	1165.0
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	356	201	1662.1

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Smith	28-29	1936	1937	3	0	3.1

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Head-to-Head Pitching

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Totals

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Al Smith	2	0	1.000	3.04	3	3	0	2	0	0	26.2	28	10	9	0	4	0	6	0	0	2	110	1.200	9.5	0.0	1.4	2.0
2	Ken Chase	0	2	.000	7.64	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.2	26	15	15	1	9	0	4	1	0	0	87	1.981	13.2	0.5	4.6	2.0

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Game Logs

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Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Ken Chase	WSH	1941-07-29	GS-3, L	2.2	7	5	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	9	15	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	22			-0.4	-3.92			1.12
2	Al Smith	CLE	1941-07-29	CG, W	9.0	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	37	11	36	7	1	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	66			0.2	3.55			0.75
3	Ken Chase	WSH	1941-06-11	GS-6, L	6.0	8	5	5	0	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	30	13	26	3	4	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	5	34			-0.3	-1.97			0.96
4	Al Smith	CLE	1941-06-11	CG, W	9.0	8	4	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	38	11	35	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	53			0.2	0.55			1.08
5	Ken Chase	WSH	1940-07-14	GS-9	9.0	11	5	5	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	40	15	33	10	1	0	0	0	0	12	1	3	0	1	44			-0.1	-0.30			0.98
6	Al Smith	CLE	1940-07-14	GS-9	8.2	11	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	35	11	35	10	0	1	0	0	1	13	1	0	0	1	47			0.2	0.19			1.65

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Smith (Pitcher) vs. Ken Chase (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Smith (Pitcher) vs. Ken Chase (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	1940	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1941	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Al Smith (Pitcher) vs. Ken Chase (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Smith (Pitcher) vs. Ken Chase (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1940	1940-07-14	WSH	CLE	down 3-2	b2	12-	1		Strikeout Looking
2	1940	1940-07-14	WSH	CLE	down 4-2	b5	1--	0		Strikeout
3	1940	1940-07-14	WSH	CLE	down 4-3	b7	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1941	1941-06-11	WSH	CLE	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
5	1941	1941-06-11	WSH	CLE	ahead 0-1	t4	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B

Ken Chase (Pitcher) vs. Al Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ken Chase (Pitcher) vs. Al Smith (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	1940	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1941	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.333	.619	1	0	0	0	0

Ken Chase (Pitcher) vs. Al Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ken Chase (Pitcher) vs. Al Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1940	1940-07-14	CLE	WSH	ahead 0-3	t2	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
2	1940	1940-07-14	CLE	WSH	ahead 2-4	t5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1940	1940-07-14	CLE	WSH	ahead 3-4	t7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; R. Hemsley to 2B
4	1940	1940-07-14	CLE	WSH	ahead 3-4	t9	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 2B
5	1941	1941-06-11	CLE	WSH	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
6	1941	1941-06-11	CLE	WSH	ahead 1-3	b4	1--	2		Walk; R. Hemsley to 2B
7	1941	1941-06-11	CLE	WSH	ahead 2-4	b6	---	1		Double to RF
8	1941	1941-07-29	CLE	WSH	ahead 0-2	t2	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Batting Comparison

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Batting Totals

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	190	449	419	28	69	9	2	1	27	0	0	12	97	.165	.190	.203	.393	5	85	7	1	17		0
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	359	609	535	48	102	12	1	2	38	0	0	51	106	.191	.266	.228	.494	39	122	18	4	19		1

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Batting Value

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	190	449	-1.3	-1.3	-1.3	0.1	-58	-1	-1	0
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	359	609	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.0	-43	0	-2	0

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Batting Sabermetric

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	190	449	12	82	92	374	17	.212	54	-57	-5.8	.038	4.3		0
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	359	609	15	157	168	470	33	.234	84	-46	-4.7	.037	5.0		0

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Al Smith	28-29	1936	1937	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Batting Win Probability

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ken Chase	22-29	1936	1943	190	449	-4.8	-4.6	-0.2	-52.00		-55.24	0.99
2	Al Smith	26-37	1934	1945	359	609	-3.0	-3.4	0.1	-35.83		-36.39	0.93

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Head-to-Head Batting

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Totals

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Al Smith	3	12	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.222	.495	2	0	0	1		0
2	Ken Chase	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: Game Logs

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Al Smith vs. Ken Chase: 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	Ken Chase	WSH	1941-07-29	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Al Smith	CLE	1941-07-29	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.42	-0.043	0.26	-0.02%	-1.20			P
3	Ken Chase	WSH	1941-06-11	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.62	-0.034	0.05	0.00%	-0.34			P
4	Al Smith	CLE	1941-06-11	*	9	9	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.750	1.000	1.750	2	0	0	0		0	0.53	0.005	2.67	0.01%	0.15			P
5	Ken Chase	WSH	1940-07-14	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.74	-0.123	0.02	0.00%	-0.96			P
6	Al Smith	CLE	1940-07-14	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.89	-0.066	4.86	-0.22%	-0.94			P

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