Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitching Comparison

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	119	99	.546	3.38	537	171	192	78	15	48	1935.2	1795	817	726	151	643	75	1072	41	6	29	8045	2584	119	3.46	1.260	8.3	0.7	3.0	5.0
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. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	1	.000	4.15	6	1	1	0	0	1	13.0	12	8	6	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	51	15			1.154	8.3	0.7	2.1	5.5
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. Bobby Shantz: Value

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	32.2	16.2
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	42.3	21.0

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals Against

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	2584	7249	1288	291	65	46	39	54.12	14	191	91	30	.248	.311	.368	.680	88	.121	.272	842	2670	507	2479	2584
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. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15	48	10	0	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	.250	.294	.354	.648		.104	.282	5	17	2	15	15
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. Bobby Shantz: Starting & Relieving

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	95	56	53.8	296	107	36	25	65.8	192	366
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	193	59	54.7	177	65	37	16	65.2	114	189

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	0	0	35.0	5	1	20	0	100.0	1	5
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	1	50	52.0						0	0

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Ratios

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2	13.3	8.0	5.3
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1	13.5	9.6	3.9

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	15.7	5.9	9.8
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1	12.1	8.6	3.4

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitch Summary

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	537	171	1935.2
2	Virgil Trucks	24-41	1941	1958	517	328	2682.1

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	1	13.0	150	50	100	66.67
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	2	13.1

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Pitching

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	2	2	.500	3.32	5	3	2	1	1	1	21.2	13	10	8	1	8	0	7	1	0	1	83	0.969	5.4	0.4	3.3	2.9
2	Bobby Shantz	2	2	.500	5.27	5	3	1	1	0	0	27.1	33	17	16	1	11	3	14	0	0	1	118	1.610	10.9	0.3	3.6	4.6

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Game Logs

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Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1955-05-21	GS-6, L	5.1	8	6	6	0	0	4	2	4	0	0	0	27	12	21	3	5	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	1	5	28			-0.3	-2.54			0.98
2	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
3	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1952-05-04 (1)	CG, W	9.0	12	6	6	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	37	14	35	5	7	0	0	1	0	19	2	0	0	7	42			0.1	-1.57			0.48
4	Virgil Trucks	DET	1952-05-04 (1)	GS-2, L	1.1	5	6	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	10	7	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	18			-0.4	-5.28			0.92
5	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1951-06-20 (2)	GS-9, W	8.0	8	4	3	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	32	9	31	4	3	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	4	54			0.1	0.55			0.88
6	Virgil Trucks	DET	1951-06-20 (2)	GS-7, L	7.0	3	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	27	6	24	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	60			-0.2	-0.34			0.68
7	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1949-07-30	5-5	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	-1.08	2	2	0.65
8	Virgil Trucks	DET	1949-07-30	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	30	7	28	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	3	0	0	1	77			0.3	4.61			0.56
9	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1949-07-17 (2)	7-GF(11), BL	4.1	3	1	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	1	18	7	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	1				0.2	0.53	2	1	2.76
10	Virgil Trucks	DET	1949-07-17 (2)	8-GF(11), W	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.5	2.11	0	0	2.05

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Batter vs. Pitcher

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (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	1949	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1951	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Virgil Trucks (Pitcher) vs. Bobby Shantz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1949	1949-07-17 (2)	DET	PHA	tied 4-4	b9	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; E. Lake to 2B
2	1949	1949-07-30	DET	PHA	ahead 0-5	t5	12-	2		Flyball: 1B
3	1951	1951-06-20 (2)	DET	PHA	down 4-1	t3	---	0		Foul Popfly: 3B
4	1951	1951-06-20 (2)	DET	PHA	down 4-1	t5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bobby Shantz (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	1949	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1951	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1952	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bobby Shantz (Pitcher) vs. Virgil Trucks (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1949	1949-07-17 (2)	PHA	DET	tied 4-4	t9	---	1		Flyball: LF
2	1949	1949-07-17 (2)	PHA	DET	tied 4-4	t11	1--	2		Groundout: P-1B
3	1951	1951-06-20 (2)	PHA	DET	ahead 1-2	b2	12-	1		Reached on E1/Sacrifice Bunt; L. Klein Scores/No RBI/unER; J. Astroth to 3B
4	1951	1951-06-20 (2)	PHA	DET	ahead 1-4	b4	-2-	2		Lineout: CF
5	1951	1951-06-20 (2)	PHA	DET	ahead 1-4	b7	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1952	1952-05-04 (1)	PHA	DET	ahead 0-5	b2	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Comparison

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	548	60	107	20	2	1	46	3	2	47	96	.195	.265	.245	.509	38	134	4	5	44	1	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. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	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. Bobby Shantz: Batting Value

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	2.5	2.5	2.5	0.0	-49	3	0	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. Bobby Shantz: Batting Sabermetric

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	23	159	169	492	39	.235	105	-48	-5.0	.049	5.7	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. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	31-34	1957	1960	6	4	0	1	1	3	0	.250	0			.000			0
2	Virgil Trucks	28	1945	1945	2	5	0	1	1	4	0	.000	0			.000	4.0		0

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Win Probability

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bobby Shantz	23-38	1949	1964	578	646	-3.5	-3.7	-0.1	-40.07	-4.1	-41.87	0.90
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. Bobby Shantz: Head-to-Head Batting

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Totals

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1		0
2	Bobby Shantz	5	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0

Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: Game Logs

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Virgil Trucks vs. Bobby Shantz: 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	Bobby Shantz	KCA	1955-05-21	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	-0.051	0.93	-0.03%	-0.47			P
2	Virgil Trucks	CHW	1955-05-21		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1952-05-04 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.11	-0.012	0.15	-0.01%	-0.89			P
4	Virgil Trucks	DET	1952-05-04 (1)	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1951-06-20 (2)	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.80	0.085	0.01	0.00%	0.83			P
6	Virgil Trucks	DET	1951-06-20 (2)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.74	-0.038	0.56	-0.02%	-0.41			P
7	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1949-07-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Virgil Trucks	DET	1949-07-30	*	9	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0		0	0.74	-0.098	0.37	-0.03%	-2.27			P
9	Bobby Shantz	PHA	1949-07-17 (2)		5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.11	-0.114	3.73	-0.12%	-0.41			P
10	Virgil Trucks	DET	1949-07-17 (2)		4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1		0	3.17	-0.014	1.99	-0.01%	-0.22			P

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