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Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Pitching Comparison

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Totals

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	194	140	.581	2.76	482	354	90	205	44	16	2995.1	2841	1133	917	67	430		1036	47	2	26	11947	3501	118	2.70	1.092	8.5	0.2	1.3	3.1
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	37	21	.638	2.28	84	60	20	44	5	3	541.2	469	196	137	14	199		253	22	2	17	2217	721	129	3.09	1.233	7.8	0.2	3.3	4.2

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	27-43	1909	1925	3	0	1.000	1.29	4	3	1	3	1	0	28.0	20	5	4	2	6	0	11	1	0	0	111	27			0.929	6.4	0.6	1.9	3.5
2	Bill James	22	1914	1914	2	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	1	1	1	0	11.0	2	0	0	0	6	1	9	0	0	0	37	8			0.727	1.6	0.0	4.9	7.4

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Value

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	482	354	2995.1	50.2	27.4
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	84	60	541.2	8.3	4.1

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Totals Against

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	482	354	2995.1	3501	8674	1679	356	142	169	140	54.69	39	106	155	90	.328	.365	.351	.716	107	.093	.348	881	3045	555	3318	3501
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	84	60	541.2	721	1941	370	75	10	40	43	48.19	5	19	46	9	.242	.318	.312	.630	88	.071	.270	195	606	99	690	721

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	27-43	1909	1925	4	3	28.0	27	102											.196	.248					.202				27	27
2	Bill James	22	1914	1914	2	1	11.0	8	31											.065	.216					.091				8	8

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Starting & Relieving

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	179	51	48.0	85	35	41	9	64.0	90	128
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	42	70	59.2	5	1	20	0	100.0	20	24

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Babe Adams	27-43	1909	1925									1	1
2	Bill James	22	1914	1914									1	1

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Ratios

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	482	354	2995.1	8.7	3.6	5.1
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	84	60	541.2	11.4	9.0	2.4

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Babe Adams	27-43	1909	1925	4	3	28.0	9.9	5.4	4.5
2	Bill James	22	1914	1914	2	1	11.0	24.3	16.2	8.1

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Pitch Summary

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	482	354	2995.1
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	84	60	541.2

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Babe Adams	27-43	1909	1925	4	3	28.0
2	Bill James	22	1914	1914	2	1	11.0

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Totals

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	2	0	1.000	1.20	2	1	1	1	0	0	15.0	10	2	2	1	1	0	8	1	0	1	57	0.733	6.0	0.6	0.6	4.8
2	Babe Adams	0	2	.000	3.21	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	17	5	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	54	1.286	10.9	0.0	0.6	2.6

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Game Logs

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Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	PIT	1914-06-11	GS-6, L	6.0	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	9	22	7	2	0	0	2	0	11	0	1	0	2	44			-0.1	-0.32			0.74
2	Bill James	BSN	1914-06-11	4-GF, W	6.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	26	8	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2				0.4	1.68	0	0	2.00
3	Babe Adams	PIT	1914-05-18	GS-8, L	8.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	31	9	30	7	1	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	1	59			-0.1	1.27			1.48
4	Bill James	BSN	1914-05-18	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	31	7	31	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	76			0.3	2.68			1.25

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Babe Adams (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Babe Adams (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	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Babe Adams (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Babe Adams (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1914	1914-05-18	PIT	BSN	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1914	1914-05-18	PIT	BSN	tied 0-0	b6	---	1		Strikeout
3	1914	1914-06-11	PIT	BSN	down 3-1	t5	-2-	1		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); M. Mitchell stays at 2B; B. Adams to 1B

Babe Adams (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Babe Adams (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	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Babe Adams (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Babe Adams (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1914	1914-05-18	BSN	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Popfly: SS
2	1914	1914-05-18	BSN	PIT	tied 0-0	t5	-23	2		Strikeout
3	1914	1914-05-18	BSN	PIT	down 1-0	t8	---	1		Single to 1B/Bunt
4	1914	1914-06-11	BSN	PIT	ahead 1-3	b5	---	2		Flyball: RF

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Batting Comparison

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Batting Totals

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	482	1111	1019	79	216	31	15	3	75	1	1	53	194	.212	.252	.281	.532	50	286		1	35		0
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	88	210	199	18	46	5	0	0	9	2	0	2	44	.231	.243	.256	.499	46	51		1	8

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	27-43	1909	1925	4	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	2		0
2	Bill James	22	1914	1914	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Batting Value

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	482	1111	2.5	2.5	2.6	-0.1	-68	0	2	0
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	88	210	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.0	-14	0	1	0

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Batting Sabermetric

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	482	1111	49	270	285	839	76	.259	151	-68	-7.8	.069	5.3	50.00	2
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	88	210	5	49	50	161	13	.297	27	-13	-1.7	.025	4.5	100.00	2

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	27-43	1909	1925	4	12	0	1	1	11		.000	0			.000	9.0		0
2	Bill James	22	1914	1914	2	4	0	0	0	4			0			.000	1.0

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Batting Win Probability

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Babe Adams	24-44	1906	1926	482	1111	-4.3	-4.7	0.1	-57.26		-52.51	0.95
2	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	88	210	-1.2	-1.1	-0.2	-11.89		-11.18	0.95

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Head-to-Head Batting

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Totals

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	2	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0		0
2	Babe Adams	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0		0

Bill James vs. Babe Adams: Game Logs

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Bill James vs. Babe Adams: 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	Babe Adams	PIT	1914-06-11	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0		0	1.70	0.101	4.12	0.15%	0.81			P
2	Bill James	BSN	1914-06-11		6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.93	-0.062	0.30	-0.01%	-0.76			P
3	Babe Adams	PIT	1914-05-18	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.81	-0.038	3.03	-0.09%	-0.26			P
4	Bill James	BSN	1914-05-18	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0		0	1.33	-0.017	0.70	-0.01%	-0.30			P

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