Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Pitching Comparison

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Hal McKain 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	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
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	18	23	.439	4.93	103	24	53	7	1	6	381.1	435	254	209	21	193	6	136	16	1	5	1747	680	88	4.55	1.647	10.3	0.5	4.6	3.2

Hal McKain 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	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

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Value

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	113.3	73.1
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	103	24	381.1	1.6	-1.9

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Totals Against

Hal McKain 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	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
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	103	24	381.1	680	1481	321	74	19	25	18	58.14	4	30	34	19	.294	.377	.412	.789	111	.118	.308	232	610	114	644	680

Hal McKain 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	52	195											.236	.259					.289				52	52

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Starting & Relieving

Hal McKain 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	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	273	60	56.3	121	37	31	20	73.0	123	159
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	10	42	40.4	57	21	37	1	85.7	53	79

Hal McKain 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931								100.0	3	3

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2	13.6	7.1	6.5
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	103	24	381.1	7.8	11.0	-3.3

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	5	51.1	17.6	2.9	14.6

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	616	457	3940.2
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	103	24	381.1

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

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Pitching

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Hal McKain 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	Hal McKain	2	1	.667	3.31	6	1	4	0	0	0	32.2	31	15	12	1	14	1	17	0	0	0	141	1.378	8.5	0.3	3.9	4.7
2	Lefty Grove	1	2	.333	7.29	6	4	2	1	0	0	21.0	32	17	17	3	7	1	16	1	0	0	101	1.857	13.7	1.3	3.0	6.9

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Game Logs

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Hal McKain 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	Lefty Grove	PHA	1931-06-05	7-GF(12), BL	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	25	8	22	3	2	1	0	0	0	14	1	2	0	4				0.1	0.67	0	0	2.18
2	Hal McKain	CHW	1931-06-05	6-GF(12), W	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	24	3	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				0.9	4.28	0	0	1.62
3	Lefty Grove	PHA	1930-07-16	GS-2	2.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	7	12	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	33.0			0.0	-1.82			0.70
4	Hal McKain	CHW	1930-07-16	2-GF	7.2	9	6	5	1	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	32	10	31	5	3	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	4				0.0	-2.89	2	2	0.19
5	Lefty Grove	PHA	1930-06-10	10-GF(11), L	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.72	2	0	4.04
6	Hal McKain	CHW	1930-06-10	11-GF(11), W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.2	0.59	0	0	2.07
7	Lefty Grove	PHA	1930-06-07	GS-2	1.1	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	8	10	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2	24.0			-0.4	-3.82			1.41
8	Hal McKain	CHW	1930-06-07	2-4	2.0	7	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	9	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-1.85	0	0	1.35
9	Lefty Grove	PHA	1929-09-11	GS-1	1.0	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	6	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	28.0			-0.3	-3.41			1.20
10	Hal McKain	CHW	1929-09-11	1-GF(8)	7.2	3	0	0	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	32	10	26	1	1	1	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	2				0.1	3.70	1	1	0.51
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Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Batter vs. Pitcher

Hal McKain (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Hal McKain (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	1929	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1930	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1931	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0

Hal McKain (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Hal McKain (Pitcher) vs. Lefty Grove (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1929	1929-07-08	PHA	CHW	tied 0-0	t3	--3	0		Flyball: C
2	1929	1929-07-08	PHA	CHW	tied 1-1	t5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; C. Perkins to 2B
3	1929	1929-07-08	PHA	CHW	tied 1-1	t7	12-	0		Single to LF (Deep SS-3B Hole); S. Hale Scores; C. Perkins to 2B
4	1930	1930-06-07	PHA	CHW	tied 2-2	t2	1--	1		Single; J. Boley to 2B
5	1930	1930-06-10	PHA	CHW	tied 6-6	t11	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
6	1931	1931-06-05	PHA	CHW	tied 5-5	b8	---	2		Strikeout
7	1931	1931-06-05	PHA	CHW	tied 5-5	b11	1--	1		Strikeout

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Hal McKain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Hal McKain (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	1929	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1930	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
3	1931	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	2	0	0	0	0

Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Hal McKain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lefty Grove (Pitcher) vs. Hal McKain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1929	1929-07-08	CHW	PHA	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1929	1929-07-08	CHW	PHA	tied 1-1	b5	---	1		Lineout: LF (LF Line)
3	1930	1930-06-07	CHW	PHA	down 3-2	b2	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; M. Autry to 2B
4	1930	1930-06-10	CHW	PHA	tied 6-6	b11	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; J. Watwood to 2B
5	1930	1930-07-16	CHW	PHA	down 9-0	b2	12-	1		Strikeout
6	1931	1931-06-05	CHW	PHA	tied 5-5	t8	---	1		Strikeout
7	1931	1931-06-05	CHW	PHA	tied 5-5	t11	---	0		Walk
8	1931	1931-06-05	CHW	PHA	ahead 5-7	t12	-2-	2		Strikeout

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Comparison

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Totals

Hal McKain 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	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
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	109	146	122	19	28	4	5	0	10	0	0	18	28	.230	.333	.344	.678	78	42		1	4		0

Hal McKain 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	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

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Value

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-6.5	-6.5	-6.4	0.1	-232	2	-3	0
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	109	146	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.0	-4	0	0	0

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Sabermetric

Hal McKain 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	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	47	309	320	1272	62	.246	225	-204	-19.9	.060	2.3	50.00	2
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	109	146	9	47	51	98	17	.298	29	-3	-0.4	.115	4.4		0

Hal McKain 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	Lefty Grove	29-31	1929	1931	8	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	1.6		0

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Win Probability

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Lefty Grove	25-41	1925	1941	619	1580	-17.2	-17.8	0.4	-208.27		-216.95	0.98
2	Hal McKain	20-25	1927	1932	109	146	0.1	-0.1	0.2	1.09		-0.88	1.03

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Head-to-Head Batting

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Totals

Hal McKain 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	Hal McKain	6	15	12	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.231	.333	.564	4		0	2		0
2	Lefty Grove	6	9	7	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.429	.500	.429	.929	3		0	1		0

Hal McKain vs. Lefty Grove: Game Logs

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Hal McKain 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	Lefty Grove	PHA	1931-06-05		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	2.07	-0.108	9.50	-0.30%	-0.47			P
2	Hal McKain	CHW	1931-06-05		7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0		0	1.50	0.025	0.62	0.01%	-0.16			P
3	Lefty Grove	PHA	1930-07-16	*	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	0.77	0.022	4.10	0.07%	0.40			P
4	Hal McKain	CHW	1930-07-16		8	9	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.800	1.200	4		0	0		0	0.30	0.044	0.00	0.00%	0.15			P
5	Lefty Grove	PHA	1930-06-10		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.95	-0.051	10.05	-0.16%	-0.19			P
6	Hal McKain	CHW	1930-06-10		1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1		0	3.11	-0.016	2.08	-0.01%	-0.24			P
7	Lefty Grove	PHA	1930-06-07	*	2	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0		0	1.21	0.036	6.07	0.11%	0.40			P
8	Hal McKain	CHW	1930-06-07		3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1		0	1.55	-0.022	1.41	-0.01%	-0.24			P
9	Lefty Grove	PHA	1929-09-11	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Hal McKain	CHW	1929-09-11		9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.18	-0.096	0.00	0.00%	-1.02			P
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