Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Pitching Comparison

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Totals

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: 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	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	33	41	.446	5.60	207	76	66	17	3	6	712.1	838	498	443	39	368	26	339	10	2	16	3291	1258	83	4.47	1.693	10.6	0.5	4.6	4.3
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	49	54	.476	4.60	172	119	30	52	9	4	944.0	1074	537	482	70	372	35	254	18	0	22	4190	1540	105	4.78	1.532	10.2	0.7	3.5	2.4

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Value

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	207	76	712.1	2.0	-5.1
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	172	119	944.0	12.2	3.3

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Totals Against

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: 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	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	207	76	712.1	1258	2865	605	144	50	28	29	49.12	5	44	56	0	.292	.375	.418	.793	109	.126	.321	451	1199	233	1216	1258
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	172	119	944.0	1540	3738	799	161	44	31	27	53.45	2	104	56	5	.287	.354	.410	.764	96	.123	.294	548	1533	275	1464	1540

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Starting & Relieving

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	24	32	42.3	82	34	41	0	100.0	66	131
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	51	43	46.6	49	26	53	4	50.0	30	53

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Ratios

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	207	76	712.1	10.3	11.2	-0.9
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	172	119	944.0	6.1	8.9	-2.8

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Pitch Summary

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	207	76	712.1
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	172	119	944.0

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Head-to-Head Pitching

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Totals

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: 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	Russ Van Atta	0	0		5.14	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	8	4	4	0	6	3	2	0	0	0	35	2.000	10.3	0.0	7.7	2.6
2	John Whitehead	2	0	1.000	6.41	3	2	1	1	0	0	19.2	18	16	14	1	16	0	8	1	0	0	92	1.729	8.2	0.5	7.3	3.7

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Game Logs

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Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: 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	Russ Van Atta	SLB	1938-06-28	8-8	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	6	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.40	0	0	1.52
2	John Whitehead	CHW	1938-06-28	8-GF, BW	1.2	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	6	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2				0.1	-1.88	2	1	2.47
3	Russ Van Atta	SLB	1936-05-11	7-8	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1				0.0	-0.69	0	0	0.14
4	John Whitehead	CHW	1936-05-11	CG, W	9.0	5	6	5	1	0	10	0	4	0	0	0	41	15	31	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	49.0			-0.1	-0.11			0.66
5	Russ Van Atta	SLB	1935-08-03	7-GF(10)	4.0	4	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	18	7	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0				0.1	1.73	1	0	3.41
6	John Whitehead	CHW	1935-08-03	GS-9	9.0	9	7	6	1	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	41	15	36	6	2	0	2	0	0	14	1	0	0	3	42.0			-0.5	-1.77			1.48

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Batter vs. Pitcher

Russ Van Atta (Pitcher) vs. John Whitehead (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Russ Van Atta (Pitcher) vs. John Whitehead (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	1935	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1936	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Russ Van Atta (Pitcher) vs. John Whitehead (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Russ Van Atta (Pitcher) vs. John Whitehead (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1935	1935-08-03	CHW	SLB	tied 6-6	b8	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1936	1936-05-11	CHW	SLB	ahead 5-11	t8	-2-	0		Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; L. Sewell to 3B

John Whitehead (Pitcher) vs. Russ Van Atta (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Whitehead (Pitcher) vs. Russ Van Atta (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	1935	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Whitehead (Pitcher) vs. Russ Van Atta (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Whitehead (Pitcher) vs. Russ Van Atta (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1935	1935-08-03	SLB	CHW	tied 6-6	t9	---	1		Double to RF (Line Drive)

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Batting Comparison

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Batting Totals

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: 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	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	208	227	206	24	47	8	1	2	17	1	0	5	34	.228	.246	.306	.552	42	63	0	0	15		0
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	172	366	325	24	55	2	0	0	30	0	0	20	54	.169	.220	.175	.395	0	57	2	1	20		0

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Batting Value

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	208	227	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	-20	1	1	0
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	172	366	-1.5	-1.5	-1.5	0.0	-53	-1	-1	0

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Batting Sabermetric

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: 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	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	208	227	11	52	56	174	18	.265	39	-20	-1.8	.078	6.1	100.00	1
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	172	366	2	76	79	292	13	.203	54	-52	-5.0	.006	6.0		0

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Batting Win Probability

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Russ Van Atta	27-33	1933	1939	208	227	-1.2	-1.7	0.3	-16.42		-17.73	0.89
2	John Whitehead	26-33	1935	1942	172	366	-4.4	-4.3	-0.1	-44.34		-52.29	1.00

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Head-to-Head Batting

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Totals

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: 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	Russ Van Atta	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2		0	0		0
2	John Whitehead	3	11	9	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.444	.500	.444	.944	4		0	1		0

Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: Game Logs

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Russ Van Atta vs. John Whitehead: 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	Russ Van Atta	SLB	1938-06-28		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	John Whitehead	CHW	1938-06-28		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.22	-0.006	0.03	0.00%	-0.67			P
3	Russ Van Atta	SLB	1936-05-11		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	John Whitehead	CHW	1936-05-11	*	9	9	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	2		0	1		0	0.49	0.001	0.96	0.00%	2.04			P
5	Russ Van Atta	SLB	1935-08-03		4	9	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2		0	0		0	1.94	0.118	0.00	0.00%	0.43			P
6	John Whitehead	CHW	1935-08-03	*	9	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2		0	0		0	0.92	0.012	2.74	0.02%	0.31			P

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