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Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Pitching Comparison

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	24-37	1942	1955	139	116	.545	3.49	412	245	125	140	16	53	2125.2	2145	947	824	179	619	51	910	30	6	20	8998	2915	107	3.71	1.300	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.9
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. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	30-35	1948	1953	2	2	.500	2.64	6	2	2	2	1	0	30.2	27	9	9	2	6	2	15	1	0	0	127	37			1.076	7.9	0.6	1.8	4.4
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. Johnny Sain: Value

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2	24.8	5.5
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	42.3	21.0

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Totals Against

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2	2915	8244	1596	306	64	91	50	64.54	18	129	115	3	.260	.314	.378	.692	95	.118	.275	984	3116	549	2794	2915
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. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	30-35	1948	1953	6	2	30.2	37	117	21	4	0	2	0	100.00	0	1	3	0	.231	.274	.316	.590		.085	.250	11	37	6	34	37
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. Johnny Sain: Starting & Relieving

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	144	59	52.6	147	42	29	13	80.3	125	167
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	193	59	54.7	177	65	37	16	65.2	114	189

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	2	100	76.0	2	0	0	2	0.0	2	4
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	1	50	52.0						0	0

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Ratios

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2	10.1	6.9	3.2
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	13.5	9.6	3.9

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	6	2	30.2	11.8	4.7	7.1
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1	12.1	8.6	3.4

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Pitch Summary

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	412	245	2125.2		102
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Johnny Sain	30-35	1948	1953	6	2	30.2	175	88	123	70.29
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: 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	1	1	.500	3.64	6	4	2	1	0	1	29.2	35	13	12	5	14	1	10	0	0	0	133	1.652	10.6	1.5	4.2	3.0
2	Johnny Sain	1	1	.500	3.95	6	0	4	0	0	2	13.2	14	6	6	3	5	1	4	0	0	0	57	1.390	9.2	2.0	3.3	2.6

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Game Logs

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Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	KCA	1955-05-22 (2)	3-5, L	2.2	5	3	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	13	7	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	2				-0.1	-0.40	3	0	1.19
2	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-05-22 (2)	5-GF, W	5.0	6	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	22	8	20	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2				0.2	1.54	0	0	1.11
3	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-05-21	7-GF(8)	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0				0.0	0.02	0	0	0.18
4	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-05-21	9-GF, S	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.78	3	0	3.05
5	Johnny Sain	NYY	1955-04-27	1-4	3.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	4	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	1	0	2				-0.1	-1.15	1	1	0.49
6	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
7	Johnny Sain	NYY	1954-06-18	9-GF, S	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.1	-0.33	1	1	4.34
8	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1954-06-18	GS-5	5.0	8	3	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	23	11	19	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	2	1	0	2	39			-0.1	-0.56			1.22
9	Johnny Sain	NYY	1954-05-18	8-GF, W	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.3	0.98	0	0	3.28
10	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
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Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	1	1	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

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Sain (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	down 3-2	b7	12-	2		Foul Popfly: 3B
2	1955	1955-04-27	CHW	NYY	ahead 2-5	b2	---	0		Strikeout

Johnny Sain (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Sain (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1955	1	1	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 Sain (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Sain (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	NYY	CHW	ahead 2-3	t9	---	0		Flyball: RF
2	1955	1955-04-27	NYY	CHW	down 5-2	t2	1--	0		Groundout: 2B-1B; B. Hunter to 2B

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Comparison

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	774	69	190	28	4	3	101	0	0	24	20	.245	.270	.304	.574	58	235	25	2	56	0	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. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	30-35	1948	1953	7	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	0	0	1		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. Johnny Sain: Batting Value

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	4.6	4.5	4.6	0.0	-43	0	-2	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. Johnny Sain: Batting Sabermetric

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	35	216	235	665	68	.249	167	-48	-5.0	.058	38.7		0
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. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	30-35	1948	1953	7	12	1	2	2	10	1	.200	3			.091	11.0		0
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	5	0	1	1	4	0	.000	0			.000	4.0		0

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Win Probability

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Johnny Sain	24-37	1942	1955	433	857	-2.3	-3.0	0.8	-23.18	-2.1	-32.09	1.03
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. Johnny Sain: Head-to-Head Batting

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: 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	6	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	Johnny Sain	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: Game Logs

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Virgil Trucks vs. Johnny Sain: 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 Sain	KCA	1955-05-22 (2)		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.028	1.12	-0.02%	-0.24			P
2	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-05-22 (2)		5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0.012	0.58	0.02%	0.89			P
3	Johnny Sain	KCA	1955-05-21		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-05-21		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Johnny Sain	NYY	1955-04-27		5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.038	3.82	-0.08%	-0.37			P
6	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
7	Johnny Sain	NYY	1954-06-18		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1954-06-18	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	-0.008	1.67	-0.03%	-0.10			P
9	Johnny Sain	NYY	1954-05-18		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	-0.058	10.15	-0.15%	-0.23			P
10	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
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