Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Pitching Comparison

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Don Lee 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	21-38	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
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	40	44	.476	3.61	244	97	58	13	4	11	828.1	827	387	332	81	281	14	467	31	0	21	3553	1185	105	3.83	1.338	9.0	0.9	3.1	5.1

Don Lee 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

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Value

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	53.6	28.6
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	244	97	828.1	7.7	1.4

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Against

Don Lee 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	21-38	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
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	244	97	828.1	1185	3190	606	115	25	17	22	43.59	0	60	34	24	.259	.323	.387	.710	101	.128	.280	405	1235	221	1139	1185

Don Lee 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

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving

Don Lee 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	21-38	1950	1967	282	64	57.8	43	15	35	8	57.9	35	60
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	52	54	50.9	121	52	43	7	61.1	58	147

Don Lee 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

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	15.0	8.3	6.7
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	244	97	828.1	13.1	7.9	5.2

Don Lee 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

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1		82
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	244	97	828.1

Don Lee 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

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Don Lee 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	Don Lee	1	2	.333	4.46	7	6	1	0	0	0	38.1	39	20	19	1	16	0	20	4	0	1	172	1.435	9.2	0.2	3.8	4.7
2	Whitey Ford	3	1	.750	3.35	7	7	0	1	1	0	48.1	44	19	18	5	15	0	38	1	0	0	199	1.221	8.2	0.9	2.8	7.1

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Don Lee 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1964-06-07	GS-7, W	7.0	7	3	3	0	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	30	10	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	53.0			0.1	-0.15			1.17
2	Don Lee	LAA	1964-06-07	8-GF	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	10	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				0.0	-1.15	1	1	0.07
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1963-07-24	GS-7, W	7.0	6	3	3	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	29	8	27	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	59.0			0.0	0.14			1.00
4	Don Lee	LAA	1963-07-24	GS-3, L	2.2	7	5	5	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	18	10	15	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	25.0			-0.5	-4.06			1.01
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1962-09-04	GS-7	6.1	6	5	4	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	29	10	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	45.0			0.0	-0.50			0.89
6	Don Lee	LAA	1962-09-04	GS-6	6.0	6	4	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	26	8	23	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	3	43.0			-0.2	-1.09			0.65
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1962-08-22	GS-6	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	26	9	24	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	50.0			-0.1	-0.12			0.93
8	Don Lee	LAA	1962-08-22	GS-7	6.1	5	2	2	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	28	10	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	2	54.0			0.1	0.70			1.30
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1962-05-18	GS-8, L	8.0	11	4	4	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	35	12	34	7	3	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	4	49.0			-0.3	-0.13			1.12
10	Don Lee	MIN	1962-05-18	GS-9, W	8.2	7	3	3	0	0	4	0	4	2	0	1	39	13	33	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	58.0			0.1	1.04			1.75
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Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Lee (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Lee (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	1960	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1962	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	.429	0	0	0	0	0
3	1963	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	0	0	0	0	0

Don Lee (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Lee (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1960	1960-08-13	NYY	WSH	tied 0-0	b3	---	0	2 (1-0)	Groundout: P-1B
2	1960	1960-08-13	NYY	WSH	tied 0-0	b5	---	2	4 (1-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1960	1960-08-21	NYY	WSH	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2	6 (3-2)	Lineout: CF (LF-CF)
4	1960	1960-08-21	NYY	WSH	ahead 1-2	t5	---	0	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	1962	1962-05-18	NYY	MIN	down 1-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
6	1962	1962-05-18	NYY	MIN	down 2-1	b5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
7	1962	1962-05-18	NYY	MIN	ahead 2-3	b6	123	1		Strikeout
8	1962	1962-08-22	NYY	LAA	down 3-1	t2	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
9	1962	1962-08-22	NYY	LAA	down 3-2	t4	-23	2		Flyball: CF
10	1962	1962-09-04	NYY	LAA	ahead 0-2	b2	-2-	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Don Lee (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Don Lee (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	1960	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0
2	1962	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	.429	.429	.429	.857	0	0	0	0	0
3	1963	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	12	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.400	.455	.400	.855	1	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Don Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Don Lee (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1960	1960-08-13	WSH	NYY	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	3 (1-1)	Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
2	1960	1960-08-13	WSH	NYY	tied 0-0	t6	---	2	5 (3-1)	Walk
3	1960	1960-08-21	WSH	NYY	down 2-0	b3	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Valdivielso to 2B
4	1960	1960-08-21	WSH	NYY	down 2-1	b5	---	2	3 (2-0)	Flyball: LF
5	1962	1962-05-18	MIN	NYY	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1962	1962-05-18	MIN	NYY	tied 1-1	t5	---	1		Strikeout
7	1962	1962-05-18	MIN	NYY	ahead 1-2	t6	12-	2		Strikeout
8	1962	1962-08-22	LAA	NYY	ahead 1-3	b2	1--	1		Single to CF (Ground Ball); G. Thomas to 3B
9	1962	1962-08-22	LAA	NYY	ahead 2-3	b4	1--	2		Single (LF-CF); G. Thomas to 2B
10	1962	1962-09-04	LAA	NYY	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Single to RF (Ground Ball)
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Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Comparison

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Totals

Don Lee 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	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
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	244	247	226	12	37	6	0	1	13	0	0	6	80	.164	.185	.204	.388	7	46	2	0	14	1	0

Don Lee 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

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	3.5	3.5	3.7	-0.3	-100	5	-3	0
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	244	247	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	-29	1	-1	0

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Sabermetric

Don Lee 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	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	22	293	305	927	65	.218	157	-100	-10.4	.027	4.6	60.00	5
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	244	247	7	43	47	206	10	.247	24	-30	-2.9	.040	2.8		0

Don Lee 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

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	-7.3	-9.3	0.7	-85.88		-96.34	0.84
2	Don Lee	23-32	1957	1966	244	247	-2.6	-2.7	0.0	-27.48		-30.15	0.94

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Don Lee 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	Don Lee	7	13	11	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.364	.417	.364	.780	4	0	0	1	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	7	18	14	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.294	.214	.508	3	0	1	1	0	0

Don Lee vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Don Lee 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	Whitey Ford	NYY	1964-06-07	*	8	9	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.72	0.084	1.59	0.11%	0.67			P
2	Don Lee	LAA	1964-06-07		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1963-07-24	*	7	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	0.072	2.38	0.18%	0.96			P
4	Don Lee	LAA	1963-07-24	*	3	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.043	0.06	0.00%	0.38			P
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1962-09-04	*	7	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	0.039	9.08	0.25%	0.79			P
6	Don Lee	LAA	1962-09-04	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.010	5.66	-0.03%	-0.06			P
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1962-08-22	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.086	12.23	-0.42%	-0.69			P
8	Don Lee	LAA	1962-08-22	*	7	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	0.064	4.65	0.22%	0.86			P
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1962-05-18	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.141	7.25	-0.34%	-1.38			P
10	Don Lee	MIN	1962-05-18	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.105	3.71	-0.22%	-1.04			P
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