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Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Pitching Comparison

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Totals

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	131	116	.530	3.51	403	277	54	116	25	18	2107.1	2096	957	821	146	745	70	934	23	1	34	8981	3002	113	3.64	1.348	9.0	0.6	3.2	4.0
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	35	33	.515	3.81	271	7	173	1	0	44	495.2	426	247	210	67	181	20	277	30	2	9	2093	669	107	4.39	1.225	7.7	1.2	3.3	5.0

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	0	1	.000	3.38	3	2	0	1	0	0	10.2	12	4	4	1	4	0	3	1	0	0	48	17			1.500	10.1	0.8	3.4	2.5

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Value

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	403	277	2107.1	33.8	13.5
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2	8.1	2.4

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Totals Against

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	403	277	2107.1	3002	8077	1543	348	59	44	50	46.81	19	172	134	10	.260	.323	.371	.695	91	.112	.278	984	3000	553	2864	3002
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2	669	1820	284	66	9	29	17	63.04	0	31	52	11	.234	.312	.391	.703	90	.157	.241	223	711	142	637	669

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	2	10.2	17	42	11	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.362	.357	.719		.071	.290	6	15	1	17	17

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Starting & Relieving

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	141	51	51.6	112	30	27	10	64.3	54	126
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	0	0	40.3	215	85	40	22	66.7	173	264

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	1	50	51.0	1	0	0			0	1

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Ratios

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	403	277	2107.1	10.4	8.3	2.1
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2	13.2	8.6	4.6

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	2	10.2	6.3	8.3	-2.1

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Pitch Summary

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	403	277	2107.1		109
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2		90

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	2	10.2

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Head-to-Head Pitching

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Totals

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	4	0	1.000	2.36	8	6	1	3	1	0	45.2	39	14	12	2	12	0	24	1	0	1	184	1.117	7.7	0.4	2.4	4.7
2	Frank Smith	1	1	.500	0.45	8	0	4	0	0	0	20.0	14	5	1	1	8	3	14	2	0	0	82	1.100	6.3	0.5	3.6	6.3

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Game Logs

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Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	CHC	1955-05-30 (2)	9-GF(11), BW	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	3	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.2	0.89	1	1	3.14
2	Frank Smith	STL	1955-05-30 (2)	8-9	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.1	1.00	0	0	1.08
3	Howie Pollet	CHC	1955-05-26	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	34	9	31	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	77			0.4	4.57			0.98
4	Frank Smith	STL	1955-05-26	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.51	0	0	0.11
5	Howie Pollet	CHC	1955-04-16		2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	1	9									0	0
6	Frank Smith	STL	1955-04-16		0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1									0	0
7	Howie Pollet	CHC	1953-09-23	GS-4	3.0	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	10	16	7	2	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	29			-0.1	-1.39			1.17
8	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-09-23	7-8,BS	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.1	0.76	2	1	3.02
9	Howie Pollet	PIT	1952-05-27	GS-8	7.0	10	4	4	0	0	3	0	7	1	0	0	34	14	30	6	4	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	4	45			-0.2	-1.04			1.31
10	Frank Smith	CIN	1952-05-27	7-GF(14), W	7.2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	2	0	0	27	6	23	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0				1.1	4.50	2	0	2.26
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Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Batter vs. Pitcher

Frank Smith (Pitcher) vs. Howie Pollet (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Frank Smith (Pitcher) vs. Howie Pollet (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Frank Smith (Pitcher) vs. Howie Pollet (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Frank Smith (Pitcher) vs. Howie Pollet (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-04-26	STL	CIN	ahead 2-3	t6	-2-	2		Popfly: 3B

Howie Pollet (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Howie Pollet (Pitcher) vs. Frank 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	1950	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Howie Pollet (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Howie Pollet (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1950	1950-04-26	CIN	STL	down 3-2	b5	---	2		Strikeout

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Comparison

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Totals

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	407	790	698	54	129	17	2	0	48	0	0	55	159	.185	.244	.215	.459	24	150	14	0	37	0	0
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	87	5	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	39	.115	.154	.149	.303	-18	13	2	1	7	0	0

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Value

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	407	790	0.6	0.6	0.7	-0.1	-75	1	-2	0
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	-15	0	0	0

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Sabermetric

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	407	790	19	184	187	620	38	.239	102	-75	-7.8	.030	4.4		0
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	3	14	16	86	2	.208	8	-15	-1.6	.034	2.2		0

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	4	0	0	0	4	0	.000	0			.000	4.0		0

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Win Probability

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	407	790	-5.9	-6.7	0.6	-75.64	-7.7	-77.00	0.96
2	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	-1.5	-1.3	-0.1	-14.37	-1.4	-14.58	1.05

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Head-to-Head Batting

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Totals

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	8	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.188	.235	.188	.423	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Frank Smith	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: Game Logs

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Frank Smith vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	CHC	1955-05-30 (2)		3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	-0.059	7.79	-0.12%	-0.24			P
2	Frank Smith	STL	1955-05-30 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Howie Pollet	CHC	1955-05-26	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.39	-0.030	1.18	-0.06%	-0.56			P
4	Frank Smith	STL	1955-05-26		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Howie Pollet	CHC	1955-04-16		1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0								P
6	Frank Smith	STL	1955-04-16		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0								P
7	Howie Pollet	CHC	1953-09-23	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.03	-0.027	0.00	0.00%	-0.25			P
8	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-09-23		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Howie Pollet	PIT	1952-05-27	*	8	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0		0	1.67	0.078	0.04	0.00%	0.71			P
10	Frank Smith	CIN	1952-05-27		8	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.88	-0.206	2.31	-0.15%	-0.89			P
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