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Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Pitching Comparison

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	75	82	.478	3.39	602	69	314	11	3	111	1246.2	1130	546	469	105	527	71	834	27	2	44	5331	1770	110	3.58	1.329	8.2	0.8	3.8	6.0

Al Worthington 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	10			0.818	4.9	1.6	2.5	4.1
2	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	0	0		1.69	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	23	8		0.25	1.313	8.4	0.0	3.4	5.1

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Value

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	69	1246.2	17.2	4.5

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Totals Against

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	69	1246.2	1770	4655	836	168	21	37	53	41.11	2	77	77	44	.243	.321	.356	.676	90	.113	.273	538	1656	294	1684	1770

Al Worthington 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	10	38	3	1	0	1	0	100.00	0	0	1	1	.158	.214	.342	.556		.184	.125	3	13	3	9	10
2	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	3	0	5.1	8	20	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.348	.300	.648		.050	.294	3	6	1	8	8

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	33	48	49.1	430	139	32	39	74.0	314	533

Al Worthington 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	1	100	67.0	0	0				0	1
2	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	0			3	2	67	0		0	3

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	69	1246.2	15.6	9.9	5.8

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	3	0	5.1	13.0	8.7	4.3

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	69	1246.2		88

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	3	0	5.1	35		18	51.43

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Head-to-Head Pitching

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Al Worthington 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	Bob Purkey	2	1	.667	2.22	3	2	1	1	1	0	24.1	21	6	6	2	3	0	9	0	0	0	95	0.986	7.8	0.7	1.1	3.3
2	Al Worthington	0	2	.000	10.13	3	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	13	6	6	2	5	0	4	0	0	0	34	3.375	21.9	3.4	8.4	6.8

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Game Logs

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Al Worthington 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	CIN	1959-05-04	GS-9, L	8.2	10	6	6	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	37	11	36	7	1	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	3	46			-0.4	-0.79			2.00
2	Al Worthington	SFG	1959-05-04	9-9, H	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2				-0.1	-1.82	0	0	1.37
3	Bob Purkey	CIN	1958-07-10	SHO, W	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	33	8	32	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	74			0.4	4.33			0.75
4	Al Worthington	SFG	1958-07-10	GS-3, L	2.0	6	3	3	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	14	9	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	31			-0.2	-2.02			1.08
5	Bob Purkey	PIT	1957-09-21 (1)	3-GF, W	6.2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	25	6	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1				0.6	3.47	1	0	1.55
6	Al Worthington	NYG	1957-09-21 (1)	3-6, L	2.2	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	7	12	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.13	1	0	1.50

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Worthington (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Worthington (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	1957	2	2	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

Al Worthington (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Worthington (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1957	1957-09-21 (1)	NYG	PIT	tied 4-4	t4	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
2	1957	1957-09-21 (1)	NYG	PIT	tied 4-4	t6	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Al Worthington (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Al Worthington (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	1957	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1958	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Al Worthington (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Al Worthington (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1957	1957-09-21 (1)	PIT	NYG	tied 4-4	b4	1--	1		Strikeout
2	1957	1957-09-21 (1)	PIT	NYG	tied 4-4	b6	---	0		Walk
3	1958	1958-07-10	CIN	SFG	ahead 0-1	t2	---	1		Walk

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Comparison

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Totals

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	293	255	22	35	7	0	1	15	0	0	8	85	.137	.165	.176	.341	-7	45	3	1	25	3	0

Al Worthington 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

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Value

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	293	-1.0	-1.0	-0.9	-0.4	-41	2	-2	0

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Sabermetric

Al Worthington 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	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	293	8	44	47	251	12	.198	36	-39	-3.9	.039	3.0		0

Al Worthington 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		0			.000	1.0		0
2	Al Worthington	36-40	1965	1969	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Win Probability

Al Worthington 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	-9.3	-96.94	0.92
2	Al Worthington	24-40	1953	1969	602	293	-4.2	-3.8	-0.1	-39.88	-4.0	-41.35	1.08

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Head-to-Head Batting

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Al Worthington 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	Bob Purkey	3	11	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.273	.000	.273	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	Al Worthington	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Al Worthington vs. Bob Purkey: Game Logs

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Al Worthington 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	CIN	1959-05-04	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	-0.129	4.08	-0.26%	-1.13			P
2	Al Worthington	SFG	1959-05-04		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Purkey	CIN	1958-07-10	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	-0.006	1.17	-0.01%	-0.87			P
4	Al Worthington	SFG	1958-07-10	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bob Purkey	PIT	1957-09-21 (1)		7	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.009	0.00	0.00%	-0.05			P
6	Al Worthington	NYG	1957-09-21 (1)		4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.035	0.00	0.00%	-0.25			P

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