Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Pitching Comparison

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	166	166	.500	3.75	427	338	68	199	20	15	2820.2	2873	1424	1174	103	1042	1	1030	137	8	28	12081	4247	104	3.75	1.388	9.2	0.3	3.3	3.3
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	300	141	.680	3.06	616	457	123	298	35	54	3940.2	3849	1594	1339	162	1187	24	2266	42	1	51	16622	5366	148	3.24	1.278	8.8	0.4	2.7	5.2

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	1	0	1.000	1.42	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.2	14	3	2	0	3	0	13	0	0	0	53	17			1.342	9.9	0.0	2.1	9.2
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	4	2	.667	1.75	8	5	3	4	0	2	51.1	46	12	10	0	6	0	36	0	0	0	205	52			1.013	8.1	0.0	1.1	6.3

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Value

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	427	338	2820.2	39.8	13.0
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	113.3	73.1

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Totals Against

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	427	338	2820.2	4247	10669	2090	531	149	210	148	58.66	19	116	315	115	.269	.339	.376	.715	93	.107	.287	1380	4011	783	4052	4247
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	5366	15118	2877	661	149	158	135	53.92	20	296	226	53	.255	.310	.350	.660	71	.096	.289	1651	5294	972	5078	5366

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	2	12.2	17	49											.286	.327					.389				17	17
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	52	195											.236	.259					.289				52	52

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	180	53	50.8	60	27	45	7	68.2	68	89
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	273	60	56.3	121	37	31	20	73.0	123	159

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929									0	0
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931								100.0	3	3

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	427	338	2820.2	8.5	8.6	-0.1
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	13.6	7.1	6.5

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	2	12.2	24.5	5.7	18.9
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	17.6	2.9	14.6

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	427	338	2820.2
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	2	12.2
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Pitching

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	2	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	0	2	1	0	18.0	15	2	2	0	8	0	5	0	0	0	72	1.278	7.5	0.0	4.0	2.5
2	Lefty Grove	0	1	.000	2.70	2	1	0	1	0	0	10.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	40	1.200	6.3	0.0	4.5	5.4

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Game Logs

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Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	BOS	1926-05-31 (1)	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	36	11	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	74.0			0.6	4.61			1.46
2	Lefty Grove	PHA	1926-05-31 (1)	CG(8), L	8.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	30	7	27	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	1	1	67.0			0.1	2.10			1.15
3	Howard Ehmke	BOS	1925-06-03	CG, W	9.0	9	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	36	12	33	7	2	0	0	1	1	11	1	0	0	2	59.0			0.4	3.20			1.10
4	Lefty Grove	PHA	1925-06-03	5-6	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1				0.0	0.16	0	0	0.45

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Batter vs. Pitcher

Howard Ehmke (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Howard Ehmke (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (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	1926	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Howard Ehmke (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Howard Ehmke (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1926	1926-05-31 (1)	PHA	BOS	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
2	1926	1926-05-31 (1)	PHA	BOS	tied 0-0	t5	1--	1		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
3	1926	1926-05-31 (1)	PHA	BOS	tied 0-0	t8	---	0		Strikeout

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Howard Ehmke (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Howard Ehmke (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	1925	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000			0	1	0	0	0
2	1926	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.250	.667	.917	0	1	0	0	0

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Howard Ehmke (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Howard Ehmke (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1925	1925-06-03	BOS	PHA	ahead 0-3	b6	-23	1		Lineout: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Short LF); B. Wambsganss Scores
2	1926	1926-05-31 (1)	BOS	PHA	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
3	1926	1926-05-31 (1)	BOS	PHA	tied 0-0	b6	---	1		Foul Popfly: C
4	1926	1926-05-31 (1)	BOS	PHA	tied 0-0	b8	-2-	1		Double to LF; F. Haney Scores

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Comparison

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Totals

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	429	1089	1009	71	210	38	6	0	73	5	1	26	111	.208	.228	.258	.486	29	260		0	53		0
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	1369	119	202	27	5	15	121	1	1	105	593	.148	.209	.207	.417	6	284	1	2	103		0

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0		0
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Value

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	429	1089	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-109	0	3	0
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-6.5	-6.5	-6.4	0.1	-232	2	-3	0

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Sabermetric

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	429	1089	44	236	255	853	64	.234	144	-107	-10.7	.050	9.1	83.33	6
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	47	309	320	1272	62	.246	225	-204	-19.9	.060	2.3	50.00	2

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	35	1929	1929	2	5	0	1	1	4		.200	0			.000			0
2	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	1.6		0

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Win Probability

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Howard Ehmke	21-36	1915	1930	429	1089	-9.6	-8.3	-1.3	-98.67		-100.49	1.00
2	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-17.2	-17.8	0.4	-208.27		-216.95	0.98

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Batting

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	2	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	2		0	0		0
2	Lefty Grove	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: Game Logs

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Howard Ehmke vs. Lefty Grove: 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	Howard Ehmke	BOS	1926-05-31 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	0		0	1.33	0.190	0.08	0.01%	0.73			P
2	Lefty Grove	PHA	1926-05-31 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.48	-0.111	4.12	-0.19%	-0.78			P
3	Howard Ehmke	BOS	1925-06-03	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.71	-0.063	0.20	-0.01%	-1.33			P
4	Lefty Grove	PHA	1925-06-03		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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