Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Pitching Comparison

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	185	139	.571	2.69	378	327	49	289	35	8	2964.2	2631	1212	886	30	1059		1552	90	0	69	12175	3783	106	2.77	1.245	8.0	0.1	3.2	4.7
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	94	46	.671	2.28	163	147	12	107	17	4	1221.1	974	400	309	10	441	0	488	29	4	25	4896	1530	122	2.81	1.159	7.2	0.1	3.2	3.6

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	30-32	1907	1909	1	4	.200	2.70	6	6	0	5	0	0	50.0	41	21	15	1	17	0	33	4	0	1	204	62			1.160	7.4	0.2	3.1	5.9
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	0	1.000	0.87	3	3	0	2	1	0	31.0	19	3	3	1	10	0	8	1	0	1	116	30			0.935	5.5	0.3	2.9	2.3

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	378	327	2964.2	44.6	19.0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	20.4	9.1

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	378	327	2964.2	3783	186	30	10	4	6	2	75.00	1	3	2	6	14.145	18.173	.355	18.528	5550	.113	15.575	21	66	15	3780	3783
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	1530	4377	788	145	31	77	66	53.85	12	48	99	26	.223	.296	.277	.573	75	.054	.247	369	1211	186	1444	1530

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	30-32	1907	1909	6	6	50.0	62	170											.241	.325					.294				62	62
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	30	102											.186	.265					.194				30	30

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	97	30	32.8	5	3	60	1	88.9	49	51
2	Babe Ruth	19-38	1914	1933	104	71	60.5	7	2	29	0	100.0	12	16

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Donovan	30-32	1907	1909									0	0
2	Babe Ruth	21-23	1916	1918									0	0

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	378	327	2964.2	12.7	8.7	4.0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	10.0	9.0	1.0

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Donovan	30-32	1907	1909	6	6	50.0	16.2	8.3	7.8
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	6.9	8.6	-1.7

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	378	327	2964.2
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Donovan	30-32	1907	1909	6	6	50.0
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	1	0	1.000	5.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	5	5	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	39	1.667	11.0	0.0	4.0	3.0
2	Bill Donovan	0	0		1.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	0.0

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs

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Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	NYY	1915-06-25	4-GF(8)	5.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	5	15	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	1	1	0				0.0	1.11	2	1	0.08
2	Babe Ruth	BOS	1915-06-25	CG, W	9.0	11	5	5	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	39	15	35	9	1	1	1	2	0	14	1	0	0	2	44			0.0	-1.13			0.50

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bill Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (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	1915	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1915	1915-06-25	BOS	NYY	ahead 3-8	b6	---	1		Flyball: RF
2	1915	1915-06-25	BOS	NYY	ahead 4-9	b8	---	1		Single

Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Bill Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Bill Donovan (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	1915	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Bill Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Bill Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1915	1915-06-25	NYY	BOS	down 8-2	t5	1--	1		Flyball: CF
2	1915	1915-06-25	NYY	BOS	down 8-3	t7	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
3	1915	1915-06-25	NYY	BOS	down 9-4	t9	---	1		Strikeout

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Comparison

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Totals

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	459	1449	1302	142	251	30	11	7	94	36	0	77	342	.193	.241	.249	.490	49	324		6	55
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10627	8399	2174	2873	506	136	714	2214	123	116	2062	1330	.342	.474	.690	1.164	206	5793	2	43	114		79

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	30-32	1907	1909	6	18	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	5	.000	.059	.000	.059	0		0	1		0
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	129	37	42	5	2	15	33	4	3	33	30	.326	.470	.744	1.214	96		2	2		2

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Value

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	459	1449	0.2	-0.8	0.5	-0.6	-88	0	2	-2
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10627	162.2	124.7	154.4	-2.3	1327	0	-9	79

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Sabermetric

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	459	1449	48	334	335	1106	82	.256	229	-82	-9.7	.056	3.8		0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10627	1356	4978	5100	5758	2718	.340	3674	1383	130.3	.348	6.3	48.67	226

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	30-32	1907	1909	6	18	0	1	1	17		.000	0			.000	3.2
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	22	77	77	92		.321	55			.419	4.3	57.14	7

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Win Probability

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Donovan	21-41	1898	1918	459	1449	-0.2	-0.4	0.1	-3.38		-4.14	0.74
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10627	122.7	131.1	-7.0	1467.80		1536.71	0.99

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Batting

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	1	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	0		1	0	.667	.750	1.667	2.417	5		0	0		0
2	Bill Donovan	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs

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Bill Donovan vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Bill Donovan	NYY	1915-06-25		6	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.32	-0.034	0.69	-0.04%	-1.11			P
2	Babe Ruth	BOS	1915-06-25	*	9	9	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	0		1	0	.667	.750	1.667	2.417	5		0	0		0	0.45	0.222	1.51	0.45%	3.10			P

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