Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Pitching Comparison

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Totals

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	58	33	.637	2.36	138	103	27	60	15	3	842.1	726	302	221	6	305		294	29	1	19	3365	1105	116	2.97	1.224	7.8	0.1	3.3	3.1
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	64	71	.474	3.21	203	146	28	68	9	4	1178.2	1110	559	420	16	578		408	48	2	31	4951	1791	88	3.47	1.432	8.5	0.1	4.4	3.1

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	27-28	1915	1916	2	0	1.000	1.71	3	2	1	2	0	0	21.0	15	5	4	1	2	0	14	2	0	1	77	19			0.810	6.4	0.4	0.9	6.0
2	Bill James	32	1919	1919	0	0		5.79	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	8	4	3	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	23	12			2.357	15.4	0.0	5.8	3.9

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Value

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	138	103	842.1	11.2	3.5
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2	5.8	-5.0

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Totals Against

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	138	103	842.1	1105	3008	604	76	40	36	51	41.38	4	12	93	14	.241	.316	.299	.615	88	.058	.265	287	900	122	1060	1105
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2	1791	4076	865	121	51	77	71	52.03	5	31	151	25	.272	.370	.324	.694	111	.066	.296	467	1320	187	1736	1791

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	27-28	1915	1916	3	2	21.0	19	73	10	3	1	1	3	25.00	0	1	0	0	.205	.247	.315	.562		.110	.241	5	23	5	19	19
2	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	0	4.2	12	19	6	1	1	2	1	66.67	0	0	0	0	.421	.522	.579	1.101		.158	.471	6	11	2	12	12

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Starting & Relieving

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	68	66	58.0	9	0	0	0	100.0	27	35
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	88	60	50.5	36	14	39	2	66.7	28	57

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rube Foster	27-28	1915	1916	2	100	71.5	0	0				1	1
2	Bill James	32	1919	1919	0			1	1	100	0		0	1

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Ratios

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	138	103	842.1	8.7	9.1	-0.3
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2	8.2	11.7	-3.4

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rube Foster	27-28	1915	1916	3	2	21.0	18.2	2.6	15.6
2	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	0	4.2	8.7	13.0	-4.3

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Pitch Summary

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	138	103	842.1
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rube Foster	27-28	1915	1916	3	2	21.0	266	115	177	66.54
2	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	0	4.2	84		46	54.76

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Totals

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Bill James	0	2	.000	7.11	3	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	16	12	10	1	5	0	1	1	0	1	54	1.658	11.4	0.7	3.6	0.7
2	Rube Foster	2	0	1.000	1.37	3	3	0	2	0	0	19.2	21	4	3	0	4	0	4	3	0	1	81	1.271	9.6	0.0	1.8	1.8

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Game Logs

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Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	BOS	1915-07-22	GS-	1.2	5	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	11	7	9										0		35
2	Bill James	SLB	1915-07-22		0.2	1	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	5	3	3									0	0
3	Rube Foster	BOS	1914-09-24	CG, W	9.0	10	1	0	1	0	2		2	3	0	0	37	15	32	8	2	0				12		0	0	2	65
4	Bill James	SLB	1914-09-24	GS- , L	5.0	9	5	4	1	1	2		1	1	0	0	23	12	20									0	0		30
5	Rube Foster	BOS	1914-08-31 (1)	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	33	6	33	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	73			0.3	2.69			0.67
6	Bill James	SLB	1914-08-31 (1)	GS-7, L	7.0	6	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	7	24	4	1	1	0	1	0	9	0	1	0	2	50			-0.2	-1.13			0.63

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Rube Foster (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Rube Foster (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	1914	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Rube Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Rube Foster (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1914	1914-08-31 (1)	SLB	BOS	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted; S. Agnew to 2B
2	1914	1914-08-31 (1)	SLB	BOS	down 4-0	t6	---	1		Lineout: CF

Rube Foster (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rube Foster (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (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	1914	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0

Rube Foster (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rube Foster (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1914	1914-08-31 (1)	BOS	SLB	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Single/Bunt; P. Thomas to 2B
2	1914	1914-08-31 (1)	BOS	SLB	ahead 0-3	b5	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; P. Thomas to 3B

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Batting Comparison

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Batting Totals

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	150	306	270	19	58	13	0	1	19	1	0	16	59	.215	.259	.274	.533	60	74		0	19
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	358	25	51	6	1	0	13	1	2	27	138	.142	.209	.165	.374	12	59		3	25

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	27-28	1915	1916	3	9	9	0	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.444	.444	.556	1.000	5		0	0		0
2	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Batting Value

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	150	306	1.1	1.1	1.2	-0.1	-14	0	1	0
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	-1.3	-1.3	-1.2	0.0	-42	0	0	0

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Batting Sabermetric

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	150	306	14	74	77	231	21	.271	37	-14	-1.6	.059	4.6	100.0	1
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	7	81	85	334	13	.232	38	-38	-4.5	.022	2.6	33.3	3

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	27-28	1915	1916	3	9	1	4	4	5	3	.667	1			.111	3.0
2	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Batting Win Probability

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rube Foster	25-29	1913	1917	150	306	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-4.22	-0.5	-4.92	1.00
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	-1.7	-2.0	0.2	-18.01	-2.1	-19.26	0.99

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Head-to-Head Batting

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Totals

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Bill James	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0		0
2	Rube Foster	3	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2		0	1		0

Bill James vs. Rube Foster: Game Logs

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Bill James vs. Rube Foster: 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	Rube Foster	BOS	1915-07-22	*	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0										P
2	Bill James	SLB	1915-07-22		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Rube Foster	BOS	1914-09-24	*	10	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0										P
4	Bill James	SLB	1914-09-24	*	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0		1.000			0		0	0										P
5	Rube Foster	BOS	1914-08-31 (1)	*	9	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	1		0	0.60	0.038	0.07	0.00%	0.03			P
6	Bill James	SLB	1914-08-31 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.84	-0.026	0.00	0.00%	-0.29			P

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