Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Pitching Comparison

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Totals

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	2	3	.400	3.10	43	5	13	0	0	0	95.2	81	38	33	6	56	2	85	3	0	9	420	144	115	3.46	1.432	7.6	0.6	5.3	8.0
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	81	91	.471	3.78	412	171	132	44	11	23	1548.0	1442	728	650	130	725	55	849	26	0	39	6708	2277	99	3.94	1.400	8.4	0.8	4.2	4.9

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	4	2	.667	2.75	10	6	1	1	1	0	36.0	24	16	11	3	19	1	24	2	0	0	153	45			1.194	6.0	0.8	4.8	6.0

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Value

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	43	5	95.2	1.5	0.5
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.5	0.0

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Totals Against

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	43	5	95.2	144	348	61	11	3	14	4	77.78	0	5	5	6	.233	.339	.333	.672	97	.101	.285	39	116	20	140	144
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	2277	5851	1038	228	46	77	37	67.54	4	111	81	28	.246	.331	.368	.699	98	.121	.268	721	2152	404	2193	2277

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	45	128											.188	.302					.208				45	45

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Starting & Relieving

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	2	40	54.2	31	4	13	1	0.0	13	38
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	74	43	50.1	191	72	38	8	74.2	132	241

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962									1	4

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Ratios

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	43	5	95.2	20.2	13.3	6.9
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.7	10.8	1.8

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	15.7	12.4	3.3

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Pitch Summary

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	43	5	95.2
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0		23

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Totals

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Don Larsen	1	0	1.000	1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	30	0.750	6.8	1.1	0.0	5.6
2	Tom Butters	0	1	.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	1.3

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Game Logs

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Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Tom Butters	PIT	1964-09-12	GS-7, L	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	9	26	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	2	55.0			0.1	0.95			0.89
2	Don Larsen	HOU	1964-09-12	GS-9, W	8.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	30	7	30	3	2	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	71.0			0.2	1.77			1.55

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Tom Butters (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Tom Butters (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	1964	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Tom Butters (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Tom Butters (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-09-12	PIT	HOU	down 2-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
2	1964	1964-09-12	PIT	HOU	down 2-1	t5	-2-	2		Flyball: LF

Tom Butters (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tom Butters (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (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	1964	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Tom Butters (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tom Butters (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-09-12	HOU	PIT	ahead 1-2	b2	---	2		Flyball: CF
2	1964	1964-09-12	HOU	PIT	ahead 1-2	b4	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1964	1964-09-12	HOU	PIT	ahead 1-2	b7	---	2		Single to RF; D. Larsen to 2B/Adv on E9

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Batting Comparison

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Batting Totals

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	43	18	15	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400	14	3	0	0	2	0	0
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	596	65	144	25	5	14	72	0	3	43	138	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	221	15	0	11	3	0

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	0	0	1	0	0

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Batting Value

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	43	18	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2	0	0	0
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	5.9	5.8	5.9	0.0	-11	1	-2	0

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Batting Sabermetric

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	43	18	0	3	3	14	0	.375	4	-1	-0.2	.000	2.1		0
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	44	187	201	484	65	.291	123	-18	-1.8	.129	4.3	0.00	3

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	0	4	4	9		.143	3			.000	4.5		0

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Batting Win Probability

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Tom Butters	24-27	1962	1965	43	18	0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.32		-1.60	1.12
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	-1.9	0.1	-2.0	-6.20		-1.86	1.03

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Totals

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Don Larsen	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Tom Butters	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: Game Logs

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Don Larsen vs. Tom Butters: 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	Tom Butters	PIT	1964-09-12	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.072	0.00	0.00%	-0.49			P
2	Don Larsen	HOU	1964-09-12	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.020	0.00	0.00%	-0.17			P

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