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Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Pitching Comparison

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Totals

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	148	116	.561	3.68	440	340	46	77	24	10	2265.0	2239	1026	925	242	743	79	1435	28	8	66	9571	3139	105	3.65	1.317	8.9	1.0	3.0	5.7
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	1	6	.143	4.21	32	6	9	0	0	1	68.1	82	42	32	8	17	4	34	1	0	1	295	108	95	3.90	1.449	10.8	1.1	2.2	4.5

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	4	1	.800	2.11	6	6	0	2	1	0	38.1	29	14	9	3	13	0	18	2	0	0	157	46			1.096	6.8	0.7	3.1	4.2

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Value

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	28.2	6.4
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1	0.1	-0.6

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Totals Against

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	3139	8659	1569	370	58	43	46	48.31	22	219	92	47	.259	.318	.399	.716	98	.140	.284	1105	3451	670	3010	3139
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1	108	270	62	12	0	1	1	50.00	2	11	5	2	.304	.345	.437	.782	115	.133	.322	41	118	20	100	108

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	46	141	18	7	1	0	0		0	2	1	0	.206	.282	.333	.615		.128	.217	14	47	11	44	46

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Starting & Relieving

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	179	53	52.4	74	22	30	5	66.7	46	100
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	1	17	43.7	31	11	35	2	33.3	9	26

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	4	67	58.0						0	0

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Ratios

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0	15.0	7.8	7.2
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1	11.5	5.8	5.8

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	11.5	8.3	3.2

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Pitch Summary

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	440	340	2265.0		93
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	6	68.1		91

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	6	6	38.1	98	98	65	66.33

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Totals

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	33	0.889	6.0	0.0	2.0	7.0
2	Bill Smith	0	1	.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	22	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	7.2

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Game Logs

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Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	LAD	1962-07-15 (1)	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	33	8	30	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	2	76	99	65	0.3	3.38			0.84
2	Bill Smith	PHI	1962-07-15 (1)	GS-5, L	5.0	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	22	7	21	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	2	47	79	54	-0.2	-1.57			0.99

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (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	1962	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

Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Smith (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Podres (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1962	1962-07-15 (1)	PHI	LAD	down 3-1	b3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Bill 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	1962	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Podres (Pitcher) vs. Bill Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1962	1962-07-15 (1)	LAD	PHI	tied 1-1	t3	---	0	5 (1-2)	Reached on E4 (Ground Ball)
2	1962	1962-07-15 (1)	LAD	PHI	ahead 1-3	t5	---	0	6 (2-2)	Flyball: RF

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Comparison

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Totals

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	762	61	145	19	1	2	50	1	2	32	108	.190	.224	.226	.449	21	172	14	4	43	11	0
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	14	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.143	.250	.214	.464	27	3	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	7	17	16	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.313	.313	.375	.688	6	0	0	1	0	0

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Value

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	1.6	1.5	1.7	-0.2	-76	1	-3	0
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-1	0	0	0

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Sabermetric

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	22	181	203	687	43	.216	109	-85	-8.8	.035	7.1	33.33	3
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	1	4	5	12	1	.250	2	-2	-0.2	.071	2.3		0

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	20-30	1953	1963	7	17	1	5	5	12	3	.333	3			.063	16.0		0

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Win Probability

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Johnny Podres	20-36	1953	1969	462	852	-4.5	-6.9	1.5	-70.18	-6.9	-78.02	0.85
2	Bill Smith	24-28	1958	1962	32	16	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.48	0.1	0.12	0.78

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Head-to-Head Batting

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Totals

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bill Smith	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: Game Logs

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Bill Smith vs. Johnny Podres: 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	Johnny Podres	LAD	1962-07-15 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.48	0.017	2.89	0.06%	-0.24			P
2	Bill Smith	PHI	1962-07-15 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.026	0.00	0.00%	-0.23			P

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