Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Pitching Comparison

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	236	106	.690	2.75	498	438	35	156	45	11	3170.1	2766	1107	967	228	1086	49	1956	28	5	75	13036	4058	133	3.26	1.215	7.9	0.6	3.1	5.6
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	177	135	.567	3.39	517	328	114	124	33	30	2682.1	2416	1124	1009	188	1088	63	1534	47	6	63	11378	3679	117	3.54	1.306	8.1	0.6	3.7	5.1

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	10	8	.556	2.71	22	22	0	7	3	0	146.0	132	51	44	8	34	2	94	3	0	4	594	180			1.137	8.1	0.5	2.1	5.8
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	1	0	1.000	3.38	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.1	14	5	5	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	58	19			1.425	9.5	0.0	3.4	4.7

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Value

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	53.6	28.6
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	42.3	21.0

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Against

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	4058	11750	2077	377	84	30	54	35.71	51	355	117	49	.235	.300	.340	.640	82	.105	.264	1205	3995	689	3880	4058
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	3679	10073	1803	352	73	90	66	57.69	4	163	156	17	.240	.316	.345	.662	83	.105	.266	1103	3478	613	3551	3679

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	180	549	100	20	4	2	2	50.00	0	17	3	5	.240	.286	.335	.621		.095	.274	54	184	32	169	180
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1	19	51	12	2	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	.275	.339	.314	.653		.039	.318	6	16	2	19	19

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	282	64	57.8	43	15	35	8	57.9	35	60
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	193	59	54.7	177	65	37	16	65.2	114	189

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	15	68	57.7						0	0
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	1	50	52.0						0	0

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	15.0	8.3	6.7
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	13.5	9.6	3.9

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	15.8	5.7	10.1
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1	12.1	8.6	3.4

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1		82
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	604	86	404	66.89
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Pitching

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Virgil Trucks	0	2	.000	5.70	7	5	0	2	0	0	30.0	34	19	19	5	19	1	11	0	0	1	141	1.767	10.2	1.5	5.7	3.3
2	Whitey Ford	3	1	.750	5.28	7	6	0	1	0	0	29.0	37	17	17	1	18	0	8	0	0	0	135	1.897	11.5	0.3	5.6	2.5

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-07-21	GS-2	1.1	4	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	28			-0.2	-2.18			1.11
2	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-07-21	GS-1	0.2	3	4	4	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	28			-0.3	-4.00			1.25
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-04-27	GS-1, L	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	4	26			-0.3	-2.82			1.06
4	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-04-27	GS-3	2.1	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	7	13	2	1	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	33			-0.2	-2.43			0.84
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1954-08-29	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	37	11	31	4	2	0	0	1	0	8	1	1	0	2	69			0.4	3.09			1.22
6	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1954-08-29	CG(8), L	8.0	8	4	4	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	1	37	13	31	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	3	47			-0.1	-0.37			0.67
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1954-05-18	5-6	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.98	0	0	0.72
8	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1954-05-18	GS-8	8.0	6	3	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	35	11	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	58			0.0	0.90			1.29
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1953-09-01	GS-7, W	6.0	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	8	21	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	1	53			0.0	0.59			1.29
10	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1953-09-01	CG, L	9.0	9	3	3	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	38	14	32	7	1	0	0	0	1	13	0	1	0	2	55			0.1	1.62			1.03
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Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Batter vs. Pitcher

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (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	1953	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1954	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	.500	1.071	0	0	0	0	0

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-09-01	NYY	CHW	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Single to CF
2	1953	1953-09-01	NYY	CHW	ahead 0-2	t4	---	2		Walk
3	1953	1953-09-01	NYY	CHW	ahead 1-2	t6	---	2		Single to CF
4	1954	1954-08-29	NYY	CHW	ahead 0-2	b2	---	2		Single to CF
5	1954	1954-08-29	NYY	CHW	ahead 0-2	b4	---	2		Popfly: SS
6	1954	1954-08-29	NYY	CHW	ahead 1-2	b6	1--	2		Groundout: P-2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
7	1954	1954-08-29	NYY	CHW	ahead 1-4	b8	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (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	1953	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
2	1954	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	1

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-09-01	CHW	NYY	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1953	1953-09-01	CHW	NYY	down 2-1	b5	12-	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
3	1954	1954-05-18	CHW	NYY	ahead 1-3	b5	---	0		Flyball: CF
4	1954	1954-05-18	CHW	NYY	ahead 1-3	b6	1--	2		Single to LF; J. Groth to 2B
5	1954	1954-08-29	CHW	NYY	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1954	1954-08-29	CHW	NYY	down 2-0	t5	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; F. Marsh to 3B
7	1954	1954-08-29	CHW	NYY	down 2-1	t7	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Comparison

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	1023	91	177	19	0	3	69	3	2	113	224	.173	.256	.200	.457	28	205	10	3	65	4	0
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	1012	949	63	171	23	1	2	70	1	1	9	153	.180	.189	.213	.402	8	202	31	2	46	3	0

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	49	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	14	.082	.196	.082	.278	4	1	0	1	0	0
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0		0

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	3.5	3.5	3.7	-0.3	-100	5	-3	0
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	1012	-1.9	-1.9	-1.9	0.0	-122	-1	0	0

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Sabermetric

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	22	293	305	927	65	.218	157	-100	-10.4	.027	4.6	60.0	5
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	1012	26	182	201	859	42	.212	131	-126	-13.0	.033	6.2	50.0	2

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	0	11	11	47	3	.114	7			.000	3.5		0
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	5	0	1	1	4	0	.000	0			.000	4.0		0

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	-7.3	-9.3	0.7	-85.88	-8.9	-96.34	0.84
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	1012	-9.4	-9.7	0.1	-109.35	-11.2	-109.93	0.98

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Batting

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Virgil Trucks	7	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	1	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	7	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	3	0	0	0	0	0

Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Virgil Trucks vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-07-21	*	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.024	7.77	-0.13%	-0.50			P
2	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-07-21	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1955-04-27	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-04-27	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	-0.012	1.39	-0.02%	-0.24			P
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1954-08-29	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	-0.021	2.06	-0.08%	-0.33			P
6	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1954-08-29	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.091	1.45	-0.05%	-0.59			P
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1954-05-18		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1954-05-18	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	-0.027	3.02	-0.08%	-0.38			P
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1953-09-01	*	7	9	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0		0	0.61	0.064	0.25	0.02%	0.64			P
10	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1953-09-01	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	2.43	-0.245	0.88	-0.05%	-1.54			P
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