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Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Pitching Comparison

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	129	115	.529	3.79	386	276	53	92	13	8	2114.2	2170	998	891	195	510	46	793	71	6	36	8899	2867	103	3.80	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	19	17	.528	4.34	118	25	44	5	1	10	371.1	364	198	179	49	181	15	235	9	1	4	1624	574	91	4.43	1.468	8.8	1.2	4.4	5.7

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43	9			0.818	4.9	1.6	2.5	4.1
2	Ben Wade	30	1953	1953	0	0		15.43	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	5			2.143	15.4	0.0	3.9	7.7

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Value

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	24.9	4.8
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	118	25	371.1	1.3	-2.2

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Totals Against

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	2867	8158	1561	368	46	73	35	67.59	7	168	106	52	.266	.313	.394	.707	94	.128	.274	1012	3215	609	2751	2867
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	118	25	371.1	574	1408	241	60	14	8	15	34.78	1	29	15	12	.259	.344	.425	.770	111	.167	.277	210	599	123	554	574

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	9	38											.158	.220					.129				9	9
2	Ben Wade	30	1953	1953	2	0	2.1	5	10											.400	.455					.500				5	5

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	148	54	50.8	68	10	15	5	61.5	53	110
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	11	44	51.3	75	16	21	2	83.3	44	93

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961									0	1
2	Ben Wade	30	1953	1953									1	2

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	8.9	5.7	3.2
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	118	25	371.1	14.5	11.1	3.3

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	11.6	7.0	4.7
2	Ben Wade	30	1953	1953	2	0	2.1	16.7	8.3	8.3

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2		91
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	118	25	371.1		104

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0
2	Ben Wade	30	1953	1953	2	0	2.1

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Ben Wade	1	0	1.000	6.14	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	7	5	5	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	32	1.364	8.6	0.0	3.7	3.7
2	Bob Purkey	0	1	.000	1.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	9.2	7	2	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	38	1.034	6.5	0.0	2.8	0.9

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Game Logs

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Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	PIT	1954-07-05 (1)	1-6	5.2	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	22	7	19	4	1	0	3	0	0	6	1	0	1	1		72	43	0.2	2.69	2	0	0.87
2	Ben Wade	BRO	1954-07-05 (1)	3-9, W	5.2	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	24	7	22	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0		86	56	0.4	1.23	3	0	1.71
3	Bob Purkey	PIT	1954-04-23	10-GF(13), L	4.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	16	4	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1		56	31	0.1	1.00	0	0	2.53
4	Ben Wade	BRO	1954-04-23	8-9,BS	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		30	16	0.1	1.40	3	0	4.63

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ben Wade (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ben Wade (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (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	1954	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

Ben Wade (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ben Wade (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-07-05 (1)	PIT	BRO	down 3-1	b4	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Ben Wade (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Ben Wade (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	1954	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Ben Wade (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Ben Wade (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-07-05 (1)	BRO	PIT	ahead 1-2	t4	1-3	1	1 (0-0)	Lineout: LF/Sacrifice Fly; C. Furillo Scores
2	1954	1954-07-05 (1)	BRO	PIT	ahead 1-3	t6	12-	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Comparison

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Totals

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	325	.110	.163	.161	.325	-12	104	5	4	56	5	0
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	118	107	98	8	11	3	0	4	9	0	0	2	37	.112	.129	.265	.394	3	26	4	0	6	1	0

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Value

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-2.1	-2.1	-2.1	0.0	-105	1	0	0
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	118	107	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	-14	-1	0	0

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Sabermetric

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	18	113	124	640	24	.204	89	-105	-10.7	.051	2.0		0
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	118	107	7	13	14	98	3	.121	13	-15	-1.5	.153	2.6		0

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	0	0	0	3			0			.000	1.0		0
2	Ben Wade	30	1953	1953	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Win Probability

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-7.9	-8.8	0.3	-94.42		-96.94	0.92
2	Ben Wade	25-32	1948	1955	118	107	-1.7	-1.2	-0.9	-16.81		-13.04	0.83

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Head-to-Head Batting

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Ben Wade	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	Bob Purkey	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: Game Logs

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Ben Wade vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	PIT	1954-07-05 (1)		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.060	0.00	0.00%	-0.53			P
2	Ben Wade	BRO	1954-07-05 (1)		7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	-0.030	5.90	-0.08%	-0.63			P
3	Bob Purkey	PIT	1954-04-23		4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	-0.058	5.38	-0.08%	-0.24			P
4	Ben Wade	BRO	1954-04-23		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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