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Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Pitching Comparison

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	122	78	.610	4.00	335	216	61	71	14	13	1718.2	1637	830	763	199	646	38	981	16	1	38	7270	2381	101	3.99	1.328	8.6	1.0	3.4	5.1
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	197	230	.461	3.58	602	497	56	163	36	10	3611.0	3772	1652	1438	286	894	128	1734	46	13	50	15214	4974	107	3.35	1.292	9.4	0.7	2.2	4.3

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	2	2	.500	5.83	11	7	2	2	0	0	41.2	36	28	27	2	24	2	31	2	0	2	182	62			1.440	7.8	0.4	5.2	6.7
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	0	2	.000	13.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	10	9	0	3	0	7	2	0	0	35	18			2.667	19.5	0.0	4.5	10.5

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Value

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	335	216	1718.2	16.4	-0.4
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	46.8	11.8

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Totals Against

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	335	216	1718.2	2381	6505	1087	296	55	34	43	44.16	15	138	93	18	.252	.320	.406	.726	94	.154	.269	851	2640	550	2299	2381
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	4974	14023	2879	483	124	148	71	67.58	9	365	181	71	.269	.313	.382	.696	94	.113	.289	1689	5339	893	4712	4974

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	7	41.2	62	153											.235	.346					.283				62	62
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	18	29											.448	.529					.591				18	18

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	103	48	52.1	99	42	42	4	76.5	61	119
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	296	60	51.8	67	21	31	5	66.7	56	105

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956									2	4
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960									0	1

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Ratios

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	335	216	1718.2	13.5	8.9	4.6
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	11.4	5.9	5.5

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	7	41.2	17.0	13.2	3.8
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	20.0	8.6	11.4

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	335	216	1718.2		97
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0		92

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	7	41.2
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Pitching

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	3	4	.429	5.37	13	9	2	1	0	1	65.1	77	42	39	8	24	0	34	0	0	0	285	1.546	10.6	1.1	3.3	4.7
2	Bob Friend	5	5	.500	4.97	13	11	2	3	0	1	70.2	81	46	39	9	32	1	37	0	0	1	312	1.599	10.3	1.1	4.1	4.7

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	LAD	1958-07-23 (2)	8-GF(8)	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		13	9	0.0	-0.52	0	0	0.09
2	Bob Friend	PIT	1958-07-23 (2)	GS-9, W	8.2	8	3	3	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	34	9	33	5	2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	65.0	128	86	0.1	0.90			0.79
3	Carl Erskine	LAD	1958-07-16	7-8	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	3	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	1		28	19	0.0	0.02	0	0	0.03
4	Bob Friend	PIT	1958-07-16	GS-8, W	7.2	9	4	3	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	32	10	31	5	3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	4	49.0	106	71	0.2	-0.24			0.58
5	Carl Erskine	LAD	1958-04-29	GS-8, L	7.1	10	7	6	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	34	12	30	7	2	0	1	0	0	15	1	1	1	3	32.0	120	78	-0.2	-2.86			1.00
6	Bob Friend	PIT	1958-04-29	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	32	6	30	3	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	78.0	99	65	0.3	3.60			0.78
7	Carl Erskine	BRO	1957-07-04 (1)	GS-5, L	4.2	6	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	21	8	19	4	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	2	40.0	69	40	-0.1	-0.61			1.02
8	Bob Friend	PIT	1957-07-04 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	35	9	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	73.0	100	75	0.3	3.74			0.97
9	Carl Erskine	BRO	1956-09-22	GS-2, L	1.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	8	4	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	31.0	21	16	-0.3	-2.91			0.92
10	Bob Friend	PIT	1956-09-22	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	8	0.1	1.44	2	0	0.95
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Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Batter vs. Pitcher

Carl Erskine (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Carl Erskine (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (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	1951	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1952	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1956	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
4	1957	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1958	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	0	0	0	0

Carl Erskine (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Carl Erskine (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-05-22	PIT	BRO	down 4-3	b2	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1951	1951-05-22	PIT	BRO	tied 4-4	b5	---	1	7 (2-2)	Flyball: RF
3	1951	1951-08-02	PIT	BRO	down 4-0	b3	1--	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
4	1952	1952-05-16	PIT	BRO	ahead 0-2	t2	--3	0	2 (0-1)	Foul Popfly: 1B
5	1952	1952-06-04	PIT	BRO	tied 2-2	b2	1--	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	1956	1956-05-28	PIT	BRO	down 2-1	b3	---	0	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B
7	1956	1956-05-28	PIT	BRO	ahead 2-3	b5	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Fielder's Choice 1B/Sacrifice Bunt; B. Skinner to 2B; B. Friend to 1B
8	1956	1956-05-28	PIT	BRO	ahead 2-3	b7	---	1	1 (0-0)	Flyball: SS
9	1957	1957-07-04 (1)	PIT	BRO	ahead 1-2	t2	-2-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
10	1957	1957-07-04 (1)	PIT	BRO	ahead 1-2	t5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Foul Popfly: C
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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Carl Erskine (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Carl Erskine (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	1951	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
2	1952	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1956	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1957	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1958	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Carl Erskine (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Carl Erskine (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1951	1951-05-22	BRO	PIT	ahead 3-4	t3	-2-	2	3 (0-2)	Groundout: C-1B
2	1951	1951-05-22	BRO	PIT	ahead 4-5	t6	---	1	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1951	1951-05-22	BRO	PIT	ahead 4-7	t7	1--	2	1 (0-0)	Single to P/Bunt; B. Cox to 2B
4	1951	1951-08-02	BRO	PIT	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
5	1951	1951-08-02	BRO	PIT	ahead 2-4	t4	---	0	3 (0-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1952	1952-06-04	BRO	PIT	tied 2-2	t2	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
7	1952	1952-06-04	BRO	PIT	ahead 2-4	t4	---	1	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1952	1952-06-04	BRO	PIT	ahead 2-5	t5	12-	2	4 (0-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B
9	1956	1956-05-28	BRO	PIT	ahead 1-2	t3	---	0	2 (0-1)	Groundout: SS-1B
10	1956	1956-05-28	BRO	PIT	tied 2-2	t5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Flyball: CF
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Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Batting Comparison

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Batting Totals

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	360	636	588	51	92	11	0	1	31	0	0	12	120	.156	.175	.180	.355	-7	106	8	2	31	3	0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	1137	56	138	16	2	2	60	0	0	38	375	.121	.150	.144	.294	-19	164	14	0	120	2	0

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	360	636	-2.6	-2.6	-2.4	-0.2	-92	2	-1	0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-5.9	-5.9	-5.7	-0.2	-196	3	-3	0

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Batting Sabermetric

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	360	636	12	106	112	538	19	.194	81	-92	-9.4	.024	4.9		0
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	20	176	191	1135	33	.178	114	-189	-19.6	.023	3.0		0

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	13	0	1	1	12		.111	1			.000	4.0		0
2	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	0	0	0	1		.000	0			.000			0

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	360	636	-7.1	-8.4	-0.1	-90.42		-95.16	0.84
2	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-15.9	-17.7	1.0	-172.08		-187.43	0.95

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Batting

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	13	24	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Friend	13	26	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	1	0	4	0	0

Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Carl Erskine vs. Bob Friend: 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	Carl Erskine	LAD	1958-07-23 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bob Friend	PIT	1958-07-23 (2)	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.45	-0.030	0.42	-0.02%	-0.74			P
3	Carl Erskine	LAD	1958-07-16		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Friend	PIT	1958-07-16	*	8	9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.32	0.023	0.62	0.03%	0.19			P
5	Carl Erskine	LAD	1958-04-29	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	-0.033	1.22	-0.04%	-0.27			P
6	Bob Friend	PIT	1958-04-29	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.92	-0.002	2.25	0.00%	-0.37			P
7	Carl Erskine	BRO	1957-07-04 (1)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.028	3.37	-0.05%	-0.25			P
8	Bob Friend	PIT	1957-07-04 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.043	0.00	0.00%	-0.48			P
9	Carl Erskine	BRO	1956-09-22	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bob Friend	PIT	1956-09-22		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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