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Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Pitching Comparison

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Totals

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: 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	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	4	6	.400	3.20	38	10	14	2	0	0	104.0	114	47	37	2	41	3	24	0	1	2	452	163	105	3.12	1.490	9.9	0.2	3.5	2.1
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	37	35	.514	3.53	138	88	23	35	9	4	699.0	670	302	274	33	279	22	189	13	1	4	2974	996	97	3.78	1.358	8.6	0.4	3.6	2.4

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Value

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	38	10	104.0	1.2	0.3
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	138	88	699.0	5.6	-0.1

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Totals Against

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: 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	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	38	10	104.0	163	398	92	18	2	9	3	75.00	8	9	13	0	.286	.353	.357	.710	114	.070	.301	50	142	22	155	163
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	138	88	699.0	996	2629	513	103	21	25	28	47.17	7	52	54	0	.255	.329	.348	.677	99	.093	.265	307	914	157	962	996

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Starting & Relieving

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	4	40	43.5	30	14	47	2	0.0	14	28
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	48	55	52.4	26	7	27	3	57.1	23	50

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Ratios

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	38	10	104.0	5.3	9.1	-3.8
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	138	88	699.0	6.4	9.4	-3.0

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Pitch Summary

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	38	10	104.0
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	138	88	699.0

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Totals

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: 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	Bill Donovan	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	18	0.800	3.6	0.0	3.6	1.8
2	Ray Starr	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	30	0.222	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Game Logs

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Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: 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	Bill Donovan	BSN	1942-09-10 (2)	5-GF	5.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	18	5	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0				0.7	3.91	3	0	2.38
2	Ray Starr	CIN	1942-09-10 (2)	SHO	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	30	3	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	83			0.6	3.79			1.25

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ray Starr (Pitcher) vs. Bill Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ray Starr (Pitcher) vs. Bill Donovan (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	1942	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Ray Starr (Pitcher) vs. Bill Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ray Starr (Pitcher) vs. Bill Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-09-10 (2)	BSN	CIN	tied 0-0	b6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; S. Sisti to 2B
2	1942	1942-09-10 (2)	BSN	CIN	tied 0-0	b8	---	2		Lineout: 1B

Bill Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Ray Starr (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Ray Starr (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	1942	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Ray Starr (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Ray Starr (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-09-10 (2)	CIN	BSN	tied 0-0	t7	1--	2		Flyball: CF
2	1942	1942-09-10 (2)	CIN	BSN	tied 0-0	t9	123	2		Strikeout

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Batting Comparison

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Batting Totals

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: 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	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	38	32	28	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.250	.300	.250	.550	64	7	1	0	2		0
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	138	251	212	12	26	4	0	0	12	0	0	13	81	.123	.173	.142	.315	-9	30	3	0	25		0

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Batting Value

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	38	32	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-1	0	0	0
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	138	251	-1.2	-1.2	-1.2	0.0	-32	0	-2	0

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Batting Sabermetric

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: 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	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	38	32	0	9	9	24	2	.318	2	-1	-0.1	.000	4.7		0
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	138	251	4	39	40	214	6	.198	24	-30	-3.4	.019	2.6		0

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Batting Win Probability

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Donovan	25-26	1942	1943	38	32	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.10	-0.1	-1.10	0.89
2	Ray Starr	26-39	1932	1945	138	251	-3.7	-3.3	-0.3	-32.70	-3.6	-33.15	1.03

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Head-to-Head Batting

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Totals

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: 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	Bill Donovan	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0
2	Ray Starr	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0		0

Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: Game Logs

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Ray Starr vs. Bill Donovan: 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	Bill Donovan	BSN	1942-09-10 (2)		5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	1.57	-0.041	0.00	0.00%	-0.26			P
2	Ray Starr	CIN	1942-09-10 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0		0	2.98	-0.197	0.00	0.00%	-0.77			P

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