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Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca

Regular Season: 4 PA , .250/.250/.250, 0 HR, 3 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Pitching Comparison

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	88	68	.564	3.79	322	188	74	71	12	19	1484.0	1372	702	625	149	663	55	829	31	6	44	6372	2135	105	4.19	1.371	8.3	0.9	4.0	5.0
2	Bucky Walters	22-41	1931	1950	198	160	.553	3.30	428	398	18	242	42	4	3104.2	2990	1343	1139	155	1121	91	1107	51	6	63	13140	4393	116	3.88	1.324	8.7	0.4	3.2	3.2

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	1	2	.333	6.35	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.0	16	12	12	1	9	0	14	1	0	0	77	26			1.471	8.5	0.5	4.8	7.4
2	Bucky Walters	30-31	1939	1940	2	2	.500	2.79	4	3	1	3	1	0	29.0	21	12	9	1	7	0	12	0	0	0	113	31			0.966	6.5	0.3	2.2	3.7

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Value

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	16.5	1.7
2	Bucky Walters	22-41	1931	1950	428	398	3104.2	46.5	20.4

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Totals Against

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	2135	5614	948	222	53	50	46	52.08	4	106	77	2	.244	.327	.382	.710	95	.138	.264	706	2147	424	2066	2135
2	Bucky Walters	22-41	1931	1950	428	398	3104.2	4393	11803	2224	518	93	99	105	48.53	8	340	167	7	.253	.321	.352	.673	90	.099	.269	1345	4159	766	4162	4393

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	26	67	11	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.338	.343	.681		.104	.289	9	23	5	26	26
2	Bucky Walters	30-31	1939	1940	4	3	29.0	31	104	15	5	0	0	0		0	5	2	0	.202	.252	.279	.531		.077	.220	7	29	6	28	31

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	93	49	52.1	95	38	40	8	70.4	74	134
2	Bucky Walters	25-41	1934	1950	243	61	54.1	36	19	53	6	40.0	18	30

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	0	0	51.0	2	2	100	0		0	2
2	Bucky Walters	30-31	1939	1940	2	67	66.3	0	0		1	0.0	1	1

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	13.0	10.4	2.6
2	Bucky Walters	22-41	1931	1950	428	398	3104.2	8.4	8.5	-0.1

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	18.2	11.7	6.5
2	Bucky Walters	30-31	1939	1940	4	3	29.0	10.6	6.2	4.4

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0		101
2	Bucky Walters	22-41	1931	1950	428	398	3104.2		88

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0
2	Bucky Walters	30-31	1939	1940	4	3	29.0	94	94	66	70.21

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Bucky Walters	1	1	.500	3.86	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.1	13	10	7	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	66	0.980	7.2	1.1	1.7	1.1
2	Ralph Branca	1	1	.500	8.71	2	2	0	1	0	0	10.1	19	10	10	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	54	2.226	16.5	0.0	3.5	5.2

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Game Logs

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Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	BRO	1947-09-16	CG, W	9.0	12	3	3	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	42	15	39	11	0	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	53	132	87	0.3	1.65			0.95
2	Bucky Walters	CIN	1947-09-16	GS-8, L	7.1	5	6	3	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	30	9	27	1	2	0	0	1	0	13	0	1	0	4	49	102	64	-0.2	-2.14			0.54
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1944-07-06	GS-2, L	1.1	7	7	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	12	8	11	4	2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	12			-0.4	-5.44			0.80
4	Bucky Walters	CIN	1944-07-06	CG, W	9.0	8	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	36	10	35	6	1	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	55			0.1	0.10			0.31

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bucky Walters (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bucky Walters (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (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	1944	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1947	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Bucky Walters (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bucky Walters (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1944	1944-07-06	CIN	BRO	ahead 0-2	b2	-2-	1		Single to CF; C. Aleno Scores
2	1947	1947-09-16	CIN	BRO	down 3-0	b3	1--	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	1947	1947-09-16	CIN	BRO	down 3-0	b5	12-	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	1947	1947-09-16	CIN	BRO	down 4-0	b7	--3	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Bucky Walters (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Bucky Walters (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	1947	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Bucky Walters (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ralph Branca (Pitcher) vs. Bucky Walters (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1947	1947-09-16	BRO	CIN	ahead 0-3	t2	---	1	1 (0-0)	Flyball: 2B
2	1947	1947-09-16	BRO	CIN	ahead 0-3	t5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Groundout: P-1B
3	1947	1947-09-16	BRO	CIN	ahead 0-4	t7	---	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Comparison

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Totals

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	2	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	0	37	0	0
2	Bucky Walters	22-41	1931	1950	715	2150	1966	227	477	99	16	23	234	12	8	114	303	.243	.286	.344	.630	69	677	34	5	64		1

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Bucky Walters	30-31	1939	1940	4	10	10	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.600	.800	6	0	0	0		0

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Value

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-1.7	-1.7	-1.7	0.0	-70	-1	-2	0
2	Bucky Walters	22-41	1931	1950	715	2150	7.1	4.2	7.7	-0.1	-89	-4	3	-5

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Sabermetric

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	9	102	106	449	17	.212	64	-69	-6.9	.030	2.9	0.00	2
2	Bucky Walters	22-41	1931	1950	715	2150	138	596	627	1595	193	.277	438	-93	-9.4	.102	6.5	60.00	20

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.8		0
2	Bucky Walters	30-31	1939	1940	4	10	2	2	2	8	2	.125	3			.400	10.0		0

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Win Probability

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-5.9	-6.4	-0.2	-68.05	-7.0	-72.74	0.89
2	Bucky Walters	22-41	1931	1950	715	2150	-4.9	-5.6	0.9	-62.35	-6.2	-70.52	1.04

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Head-to-Head Batting

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Totals

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Bucky Walters	2	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0		0
2	Ralph Branca	2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0		0

Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: Game Logs

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Bucky Walters vs. Ralph Branca: 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	Ralph Branca	BRO	1947-09-16	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0		0	0.23	-0.021	0.01	0.00%	-0.05			P
2	Bucky Walters	CIN	1947-09-16	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.70	-0.139	0.00	0.00%	-1.54			P
3	Ralph Branca	BRO	1944-07-06	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bucky Walters	CIN	1944-07-06	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.28	0.056	0.37	0.04%	0.07			P

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