Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Pitching Comparison

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Totals

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	122	99	.552	3.67	345	273	28	101	25	5	2017.1	1988	909	822	198	495	52	880	45	6	18	8407	2630	104	3.70	1.231	8.9	0.9	2.2	3.9
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. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	1	0	0	1	8.1	4	5	5	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	7			0.840	4.3	1.1	3.2	5.4
2	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. Dick Donovan: Value

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	20.8	5.0
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.5	0.0

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Totals Against

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	2630	7713	1463	284	43	114	28	80.28	2	189	106	44	.258	.305	.383	.687	92	.125	.268	909	2952	525	2528	2630
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. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	7	28											.143	.226					.136				7	7
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	45	128											.188	.302					.208				45	45

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Starting & Relieving

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	149	55	53.2	56	13	23	4	55.6	28	72
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	74	43	50.1	191	72	38	8	74.2	132	241

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959								100.0	1	2
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962									1	4

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Ratios

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	10.5	5.9	4.6
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.7	10.8	1.8

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	16.1	9.7	6.5
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	15.7	12.4	3.3

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Pitch Summary

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1		106
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0		23

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Totals

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: 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	1	.500	4.73	5	2	1	0	0	0	13.1	13	7	7	2	9	1	6	0	0	1	59	1.650	8.8	1.4	6.1	4.1
2	Dick Donovan	2	1	.667	3.71	5	4	1	0	0	0	34.0	27	14	14	4	8	1	16	0	0	0	135	1.029	7.1	1.1	2.1	4.2

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Game Logs

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Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	CLE	1965-05-11	11-GF(11)	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.3	-1.00	2	1	4.33
2	Don Larsen	BAL	1965-05-11	9-9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.45	0	0	0.44
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-06-28 (2)	GS-9, W	8.1	5	2	2	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	32	8	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	65.0			0.1	1.46			0.64
4	Don Larsen	NYY	1959-06-28 (2)	GS-1, L	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	4	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	34.0	23	11	-0.3	-2.74			1.13
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1957-06-23 (2)	GS-9, W	8.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	7	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	60.0			0.2	0.70			0.76
6	Don Larsen	NYY	1957-06-23 (2)	7-GF	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	14	6	11	2	0	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.39	0	0	0.14
7	Dick Donovan	CHW	1956-06-22	GS-11	11.0	6	4	4	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	42	9	39	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	71.0			0.0	1.81			1.80
8	Don Larsen	NYY	1956-06-22	8-10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.67	0	0	1.31
9	Dick Donovan	CHW	1955-09-09	GS-7, L	6.2	9	5	5	0	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	30	10	28	5	2	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	4	40.0			-0.2	-1.91			0.76
10	Don Larsen	NYY	1955-09-09	GS-7, W	6.2	7	3	3	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	29	11	25	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	46.0			0.1	0.23			0.98

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (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	1955	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1956	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1957	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-09-09	CHW	NYY	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
2	1955	1955-09-09	CHW	NYY	down 3-0	t5	---	0		Single to RF; D. Donovan out at 2B/RF-SS
3	1955	1955-09-09	CHW	NYY	down 4-0	t7	1--	2		Single to LF; S. Lollar to 3B
4	1956	1956-06-22	CHW	NYY	tied 2-2	b9	---	2		Strikeout
5	1957	1957-06-23 (2)	CHW	NYY	ahead 0-4	t8	1--	1		Strikeout

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Donovan (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	1955	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1956	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1957	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Don Larsen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-09-09	NYY	CHW	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1955	1955-09-09	NYY	CHW	ahead 0-3	b4	1--	2		Single to SS; B. Martin to 2B
3	1955	1955-09-09	NYY	CHW	ahead 0-4	b6	-2-	2		Flyball: CF
4	1956	1956-06-22	NYY	CHW	tied 2-2	t10	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1957	1957-06-23 (2)	NYY	CHW	down 4-0	b8	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Comparison

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Totals

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	694	67	113	14	0	15	64	0	0	78	292	.163	.257	.248	.505	39	172	13	10	18	1	1
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. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	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. Dick Donovan: Batting Value

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	2.4	2.4	2.6	-0.2	-60	-1	-1	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. Dick Donovan: Batting Sabermetric

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	29	201	206	613	51	.253	116	-61	-6.3	.085	2.4		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. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	0	1	1	2		.500	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	0	4	4	9		.143	3			.000	4.5		0

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Win Probability

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	-5.3	-5.6	0.1	-57.01		-59.33	0.96
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	-1.9	0.1	-2.0	-6.20		-1.86	1.03

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Totals

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: 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	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Dick Donovan	5	14	13	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.308	.357	.462	.819	6	0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: Game Logs

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Don Larsen vs. Dick Donovan: 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	Dick Donovan	CLE	1965-05-11		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Don Larsen	BAL	1965-05-11		1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1959-06-28 (2)	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	0.021	1.38	0.06%	0.11			P
4	Don Larsen	NYY	1959-06-28 (2)	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1957-06-23 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	-0.019	2.68	-0.08%	-0.61			P
6	Don Larsen	NYY	1957-06-23 (2)		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	-0.010	2.64	-0.05%	-0.22			P
7	Dick Donovan	CHW	1956-06-22	*	11	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.020	7.79	-0.08%	-0.22			P
8	Don Larsen	NYY	1956-06-22		3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	-0.061	17.74	-0.28%	-0.25			P
9	Dick Donovan	CHW	1955-09-09	*	7	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.031	5.31	-0.14%	-0.19			P
10	Don Larsen	NYY	1955-09-09	*	7	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.54	-0.023	7.47	-0.19%	-0.35			P

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