Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Pitching Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	224	184	.549	3.27	591	519	39	151	40	16	3760.1	3433	1527	1366	372	1000	98	2855	160	8	47	15618	4771	115	3.22	1.179	8.2	0.9	2.4	6.8
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	236	106	.690	2.75	498	438	35	156	45	11	3170.1	2766	1107	967	228	1086	49	1956	28	5	75	13036	4058	133	3.26	1.215	7.9	0.6	3.1	5.6

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	10	8	.556	2.71	22	22	0	7	3	0	146.0	132	51	44	8	34	2	94	3	0	4	594	169			1.137	8.1	0.5	2.1	5.8

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Value

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	60.4	28.5
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	53.6	28.6

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Against

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	4771	14199	2411	555	95	208	118	63.80	4	211	176	79	.242	.298	.373	.670	89	.131	.277	1590	5286	1022	4593	4771
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	4058	11750	2077	377	84	30	54	35.71	51	355	117	49	.235	.300	.340	.640	82	.105	.264	1205	3995	689	3880	4058

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	169	549											.240	.288					.277				169	169

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	322	62	56.9	69	29	42	4	80.0	39	72
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	282	64	57.8	43	15	35	8	57.9	35	60

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964									0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	18.3	6.4	11.9
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	15.0	8.3	6.7

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	15.8	5.7	10.1

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1		91
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1		82

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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 Bunning	0	1	.000	6.55	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	8	8	8	1	3	0	13	2	0	0	46	1.000	6.5	0.8	2.5	10.6
2	Whitey Ford	1	0	1.000	1.59	2	2	0	1	0	0	17.0	12	4	3	1	8	0	7	0	0	1	68	1.176	6.4	0.5	4.2	3.7

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Jim Bunning	DET	1960-08-02 (2)	GS-9	8.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	11	1	0	0	29	5	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	83.0			0.5	3.34			1.09
2	Whitey Ford	NYY	1960-08-02 (2)	GS-8	8.0	5	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	31	12	25	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	1	1	0	67.0			0.2	2.71			1.47
3	Jim Bunning	DET	1959-06-04	GS-3, L	3.0	6	7	7	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	17	8	15	3	2	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	20.0			-0.4	-5.45			0.99
4	Whitey Ford	NYY	1959-06-04	CG, W	9.0	7	3	3	0	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	37	12	33	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	3	63.0			0.1	1.65			0.55

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (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	1959	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1960	2	2	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

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-06-04	NYY	DET	ahead 0-4	t2	---	0		Groundout: 1B-P
2	1960	1960-08-02 (2)	NYY	DET	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1960	1960-08-02 (2)	NYY	DET	tied 0-0	b5	---	1		Flyball: RF

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (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	1959	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1960	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-06-04	DET	NYY	down 4-1	b2	12-	1		Strikeout
2	1960	1960-08-02 (2)	DET	NYY	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; C. Veal to 2B
3	1960	1960-08-02 (2)	DET	NYY	tied 0-0	t6	---	0		Single to LF
4	1960	1960-08-02 (2)	DET	NYY	tied 0-0	t8	1--	0		Reached on E4 (throw) (Ground Ball); C. Veal to 3B; J. Bunning to 2B

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	1275	82	213	21	4	7	75	0	2	34	362	.167	.188	.206	.395	9	263	36	1	85	6	0
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	1023	91	177	19	0	3	69	3	2	113	224	.173	.256	.200	.457	28	205	10	3	65	4	0

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	49	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	14	.082	.196	.082	.278	4	1	0	1	0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	0.0	-158	-1	-5	0
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	3.5	3.5	3.7	-0.3	-100	5	-3	0

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	32	248	265	1191	53	.226	150	-161	-17.1	.039	3.5	0.00	2
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	22	293	305	927	65	.218	157	-100	-10.4	.027	4.6	60.00	5

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	0	11	11	47		.114	7			.000	3.5		0

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	-14.4	-14.6	-1.3	-153.18		-160.07	0.91
2	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	-7.3	-9.3	0.7	-85.88		-96.34	0.84

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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 Bunning	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	2	7	6	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	6	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning vs. Whitey Ford: 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	Jim Bunning	DET	1960-08-02 (2)	*	9	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.85	0.235	0.30	0.02%	1.29			P
2	Whitey Ford	NYY	1960-08-02 (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	0.79	-0.038	4.72	-0.14%	-0.30			P
3	Jim Bunning	DET	1959-06-04	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	-0.046	4.44	-0.06%	-0.48			P
4	Whitey Ford	NYY	1959-06-04	*	9	9	5	4	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	6	0	0	1	0	0	0.13	-0.003	0.23	0.00%	2.21			P

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