Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Pitching Comparison

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	129	115	.529	3.79	386	276	53	92	13	8	2114.2	2170	998	891	195	510	46	793	71	6	36	8899	2867	103	3.80	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	193	183	.513	3.54	569	462	54	163	36	5	3348.1	3313	1551	1318	255	1063	86	1697	53	4	39	14144	4654	111	3.49	1.307	8.9	0.7	2.9	4.6

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43	9			0.818	4.9	1.6	2.5	4.1
2	Curt Simmons	35	1964	1964	0	1	.000	2.51	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	11	4	4	2	3	1	8	0	0	0	56	14			0.977	6.9	1.3	1.9	5.0

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Value

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	24.9	4.8
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	569	462	3348.1	42.7	10.2

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Totals Against

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	2867	8158	1561	368	46	73	35	67.59	7	168	106	52	.266	.313	.394	.707	94	.128	.274	1012	3215	609	2751	2867
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	569	462	3348.1	4654	12841	2400	546	112	123	80	60.59	8	268	169	76	.258	.316	.378	.693	91	.120	.279	1552	4848	913	4429	4654

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	9	38											.158	.220					.129				9	9
2	Curt Simmons	35	1964	1964	2	2	14.1	14	53											.208	.250					.209				14	14

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	148	54	50.8	68	10	15	5	61.5	53	110
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	266	58	52.8	69	28	41	4	55.6	54	107

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961									0	1
2	Curt Simmons	35	1964	1964									0	0

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	8.9	5.7	3.2
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	569	462	3348.1	12.0	7.5	4.5

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	11.6	7.0	4.7
2	Curt Simmons	35	1964	1964	2	2	14.1	14.3	5.4	8.9

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2		91
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	569	462	3348.1		105

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0
2	Curt Simmons	35	1964	1964	2	2	14.1

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Head-to-Head Pitching

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	3	0	1.000	2.93	7	5	1	2	0	0	43.0	42	21	14	3	9	0	18	2	0	0	179	1.186	8.8	0.6	1.9	3.8
2	Curt Simmons	2	3	.400	2.81	7	5	1	1	1	0	32.0	32	11	10	0	11	1	16	1	0	0	141	1.344	9.0	0.0	3.1	4.5

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Game Logs

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Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-09-07	GS-7	7.0	9	4	1	3	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	30	12	26	8	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	2	0	1	52.0			-0.1	-0.34			0.90
2	Curt Simmons	STL	1962-09-07	11-GF(11), L	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1				-0.4	-1.18	0	0	2.87
3	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-06-05	GS-7	6.0	7	7	4	3	1	4	0	4	1	0	0	30	13	24	3	3	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	1	4	36.0			-0.1	-3.65			0.84
4	Curt Simmons	STL	1962-06-05	GS-3	2.2	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	15	8	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	31.0			-0.3	-2.86			1.44
5	Bob Purkey	CIN	1960-08-05	GS-8, W	8.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	5	28	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	76.0			0.5	4.08			1.42
6	Curt Simmons	STL	1960-08-05	GS-8, L	8.0	5	2	1	1	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	33	11	30	3	2	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	2	68.0			0.1	2.08			1.19
7	Bob Purkey	CIN	1959-05-27	CG, W	9.0	10	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	37	11	36	7	3	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	51.0			0.0	0.58			0.48
8	Curt Simmons	PHI	1959-05-27	4-4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1				0.0	-0.11	1	1	0.83
9	Bob Purkey	CIN	1958-09-06	CG, W	9.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	34	7	33	4	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	73.0			0.2	2.38			0.62
10	Curt Simmons	PHI	1958-09-06	GS-3, L	2.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	4	8	1	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	1	2	43.0			-0.2	-1.71			0.94
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Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Batter vs. Pitcher

Curt Simmons (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Curt Simmons (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (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	1958	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	1959	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
3	1960	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1962	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0

Curt Simmons (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Curt Simmons (Pitcher) vs. Bob Purkey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1958	1958-09-06	CIN	PHI	ahead 0-1	t3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; R. McMillan to 2B
2	1959	1959-05-27	CIN	PHI	ahead 3-5	b4	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; R. McMillan to 2B
3	1960	1960-08-05	CIN	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout Looking
4	1960	1960-08-05	CIN	STL	tied 0-0	t5	-2-	2		Flyball: LF
5	1960	1960-08-05	CIN	STL	ahead 0-1	t7	---	1		Lineout: SS
6	1962	1962-06-05	CIN	STL	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Single to LF

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Curt Simmons (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Curt Simmons (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	1954	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1957	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1960	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1962	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

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Curt Simmons (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Curt Simmons (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1954	1954-04-14	PHI	PIT	ahead 0-5	t7	---	0		Strikeout
2	1957	1957-05-12 (1)	PHI	PIT	ahead 0-4	t8	1--	0		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
3	1960	1960-08-05	STL	CIN	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	0		Flyball: LF
4	1960	1960-08-05	STL	CIN	down 1-0	b6	---	0		Single to RF
5	1962	1962-06-05	STL	CIN	ahead 0-1	b2	--3	2		Lineout: LF

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Comparison

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Totals

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	325	.110	.163	.161	.325	-12	104	5	4	56	5	0
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	609	1257	1135	93	194	19	3	1	76	2	1	59	283	.171	.213	.196	.408	11	222	16	2	57	3	0

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Curt Simmons	35	1964	1964	2	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Value

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-2.1	-2.1	-2.1	0.0	-105	1	0	0
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	609	1257	0.6	0.5	0.8	-0.1	-137	7	0	0

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Sabermetric

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	18	113	124	640	24	.204	89	-105	-10.7	.051	2.0		0
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	609	1257	23	255	280	1018	56	.226	168	-147	-15.0	.025	4.0	66.67	3

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	0	0	0	3			0			.000	1.0		0
2	Curt Simmons	35	1964	1964	2	5	0	2	2	3		.667	1			.000	4.0		0

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Win Probability

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-7.9	-8.8	0.3	-94.42		-96.94	0.92
2	Curt Simmons	18-38	1947	1967	609	1257	-10.5	-11.7	0.1	-113.36		-126.81	0.91

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Head-to-Head Batting

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Totals

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	7	18	14	3	4	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	6	.286	.333	.643	.976	9	0	0	3	0	0
2	Curt Simmons	7	11	10	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	5	0	0	1	0	0

Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: Game Logs

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Curt Simmons vs. Bob Purkey: 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	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-09-07	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.033	1.34	-0.04%	-0.28			P
2	Curt Simmons	STL	1962-09-07		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Purkey	CIN	1962-06-05	*	7	9	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	5	0	0	1	0	0	0.54	0.074	1.25	0.10%	0.87			P
4	Curt Simmons	STL	1962-06-05	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.035	0.64	-0.01%	-0.39			P
5	Bob Purkey	CIN	1960-08-05	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.089	0.01	0.00%	-0.73			P
6	Curt Simmons	STL	1960-08-05	*	8	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.016	5.91	0.04%	-0.06			P
7	Bob Purkey	CIN	1959-05-27	*	9	9	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	4	0	0	1	0	0	0.60	0.050	1.14	0.06%	2.27			P
8	Curt Simmons	PHI	1959-05-27		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Bob Purkey	CIN	1958-09-06	*	9	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.54	-0.023	0.00	0.00%	-0.83			P
10	Curt Simmons	PHI	1958-09-06	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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