Player Pitching Comparison: Clayton Kershaw vs. Sandy Koufax

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Rk	Name	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	197	87	.694	2.48	401	398	1	25	15	0	2581.0	1955	777	711	206	629	27	2807	39	22	95	10160	157	2.76	1.001	6.8	0.7	2.2	9.8	4.46
2	Sandy Koufax	1955	1966	19-30	165	87	.655	2.76	397	314	44	137	40	9	2324.1	1754	806	713	204	817	48	2396	18	7	87	9497	131	2.69	1.106	6.8	0.8	3.2	9.3	2.93

Value

Value
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	RA9extras	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	2581.0	401	398	777	2.71	4.36	0.13	0.18	0.00	96.2	4.24	446	52.4	.70	-1.9	73.1	660	.631	.523	$274,701,142
2	Sandy Koufax	1955	1966	19-30	2324.1	397	314	806	3.12	4.19	0.02	0.05		97.6	4.12	249	30.6	1.14	-1.2	53.1	483	.577	.518	$431,000

Win Probability

Win Probability
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PtchR	PtchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	cWPA	cWPA+	cWPA-	acLI	cClutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	416.6	45.7	10454	48.5	190.8	-142.3	.98	50.5	-1.1	28.8%	116.8%	-88.0%	1.01	0.6%	461.8	52.4	0.89	530.5	1	0	2
2	Sandy Koufax	1955	1966	19-30	240.8	27.3	9705	34.0	183.4	-149.4	1.06	31.3	0.8	85.8%	436.2%	-350.4%	4.13	2.5%	267.5	32.9	0.90	311.8	25	10	48

Ratio

Ratio
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	SO-BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	Opp	DP	%	PAu
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	21%	2.0%	27.6%	6.2%	21.4%	6.0%	31%	0.90	1.20	63%	21%	7.2%	16%	1588	177	11%	0
2	Sandy Koufax	1955	1966	19-30	21%	2.2%	25.2%	8.6%	16.6%	5.5%	30%		0.70	63%				1622	104	6%	2

Batting Against

Batting Against
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PAu	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34		401	10160	9364	777	1955	374	31	206	79	71	629	2807	.209	.261	.321	.582	.274	3009	177	39	90	29	27	95
2	Sandy Koufax	1955	1966	19-30	2	397	9497	8546	806	1754	270	47	204	73	37	817	2396	.205	.275	.319	.594	.259	2730	104	18	83	32	48	117

Pitches

Pitches
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	S/SO	L/SO%	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	10197	38916	3.82	25723	66.3%	26.2%	20.2%	27.6%	26.0%	73.8%	0.7%	48.9%	72.6%	65.0%	3.2%	322	198	28.3%	2887	1563	129	720	2079	25.7%	567	100	0	0	0
2	Sandy Koufax	1955	1966	19-30

Base Situation

Base Situation
						Hits			Home Runs							Advances								Batting Stats
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	10160	1955	265	24	206	1	129	158	48	111	95	354	154	92	44%	95	95	14	3196	79	71	53%	71	64	8	5	0	2	70	48	189	0
2	Sandy Koufax	1955	1966	19-30	9495	1754			204	6	146	168	36	104	100	327	130	85	40%	117	87	13	3247	73	37	66%	67	32	6	3	0	2	5	1	170	2

Starter

Starter
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	401	398	197	87	114	20	37	265	133	.666	38	40	25	15	283	71%	63	102	12	142	50	1	208	4.7	4.2	6.5	98	36	157	198	7	132
2	Sandy Koufax	1955	1966	19-30	397	314	159	85	70	7	33	206	108	.656	13	42	137	40	205	65%	63	101	20	231	76	204	41	4.3	4.0	7.0

Reliever

Reliever
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	401	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0			.983	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	4.0	23
2	Sandy Koufax	1955	1966	19-30	397	83	44	6	2	12	9	3	75%	19	3	44	13	30%		1.060	25	10	48	20	10	53	25	58	36	24	39	11	4.4

Postseason

Postseason
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	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	SO/W
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	13	12	.520	4.22	38	31	2	0	0	1	194.0	159	96	91	29	50	5	213	4	0	11	780	1.077	7.4	1.3	2.3	9.9	4.26
2	Sandy Koufax	1959	1966	23-30	4	3	.571	0.95	8	7	0	4	2	0	57.0	36	10	6	2	11	1	61	0	0	0	213	0.825	5.7	0.3	1.7	9.6	5.55

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