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Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Pitching Comparison

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Totals

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: 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	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	35	33	.515	3.81	271	7	173	1	0	44	495.2	426	247	210	67	181	20	277	30	2	9	2093	669	107	4.39	1.225	7.7	1.2	3.3	5.0
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	2	2	.500	3.39	27	4	10	2	0	0	66.1	59	25	25	2	35	0	20	6	0	2	292	101	130	4.17	1.417	8.0	0.3	4.7	2.7

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Value

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2	8.1	2.4
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	27	4	66.1	1.9	1.6

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Totals Against

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: 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	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2	669	1820	284	66	9	29	17	63.04	0	31	52	11	.234	.312	.391	.703	90	.157	.241	223	711	142	637	669
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	27	4	66.1	101	248	47	5	5	6	2	75.00	0	6	3	0	.238	.346	.323	.669	80	.085	.252	28	80	12	100	101

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Starting & Relieving

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	0	0	40.3	215	85	40	22	66.7	173	264
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	2	50	54.3	20	7	35	0		10	23

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Ratios

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2	13.2	8.6	4.6
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	27	4	66.1	6.8	12.0	-5.1

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Pitch Summary

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	7	495.2		90
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	27	4	66.1

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Totals

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: 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	Jim Willis	1	0	1.000	1.93	2	1	0	1	0	0	9.1	8	2	2	0	8	0	4	0	0	0	44	1.714	7.7	0.0	7.7	3.9
2	Frank Smith	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	4.5

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Game Logs

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Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: 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	Frank Smith	CIN	1954-04-24	9-GF, W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.52	0	0	0.25
2	Jim Willis	CHC	1954-04-24	6-6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.17	1	0	1.52
3	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-09-06 (2)	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.0	-1.45	0	0	0.12
4	Jim Willis	CHC	1953-09-06 (2)	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	41	14	35	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	61			0.4	2.95			1.03

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Willis (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Willis (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (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
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Willis (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Willis (Pitcher) vs. Frank Smith (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1953	1953-09-06 (2)	CHC	CIN	ahead 2-5	b8	12-	1		Groundout: P-1B; J. Garagiola to 2B; D. Fondy to 3B

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Batting Comparison

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Batting Totals

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: 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	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	87	5	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	39	.115	.154	.149	.303	-18	13	2	1	7	0	0
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	27	16	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.000	.067	.000	.067	-81	0	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Batting Value

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	-15	0	0	0
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	27	16	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-3	0	0	0

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: 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	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	3	14	16	86	2	.208	8	-15	-1.6	.034	2.2		0
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	27	16	0	1	2	15	0	.000	2	-3	-0.3	.000	2.3		0

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Batting Win Probability

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Frank Smith	22-28	1950	1956	271	98	-1.5	-1.3	-0.1	-14.37		-14.58	1.05
2	Jim Willis	26-27	1953	1954	27	16	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	-2.39		-2.19	0.68

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Totals

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: 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	Jim Willis	2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0
2	Frank Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: Game Logs

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Jim Willis vs. Frank Smith: 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	Frank Smith	CIN	1954-04-24		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Jim Willis	CHC	1954-04-24		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Frank Smith	CIN	1953-09-06 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Jim Willis	CHC	1953-09-06 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.67	0.019	0.00	0.00%	-0.29			P

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