Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Pitching Comparison

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Totals

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	112	117	.489	4.06	542	209	206	82	11	43	2165.2	2290	1099	977	172	488	57	920	48	3	22	9124	2930	105	3.92	1.283	9.5	0.7	2.0	3.8
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	417	279	.599	2.17	802	666	127	531	110	34	5914.1	4913	1902	1424	97	1363		3509	205	4	154	23415	6737	147	2.38	1.061	7.5	0.1	2.1	5.3

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	0	1	.000	4.50	7	1	3	0	0	0	16.0	18	9	8	3	5	0	11	0	0	0	71	25			1.438	10.1	1.7	2.8	6.2
2	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	3	3	.500	2.52	6	5	1	5	1	0	50.0	56	20	14	4	15	3	35	3	0	1	212	77			1.420	10.1	0.7	2.7	6.3

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Value

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	209	2165.2	29.4	10.8
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	154.2	96.7

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Totals Against

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	209	2165.2	2930	8394	1558	438	122	85	86	49.71	3	108	144	55	.273	.315	.416	.730	93	.143	.288	1106	3488	732	2826	2930
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	6737	16659	2921	607	204	234	194	54.67	18	167	317	84	.295	.361	.306	.666	91	.076	.343	1461	5091	897	6481	6737

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	1	16.0	25	62	10	5	0	0	0		0	1	3	1	.290	.338	.516	.854		.226	.306	12	32	8	23	25
2	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	77	188	38	11	3	6	3	66.67	0	6	4	2	.298	.356	.452	.808		.154	.344	29	85	18	74	77

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Starting & Relieving

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	107	51	50.0	276	130	47	23	65.2	206	333
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	372	56	51.4	84	21	25	15	69.4	127	136

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	0	0	40.0	3	0	0	0		3	6
2	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	2	40	56.8	0	0				1	1

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Ratios

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	209	2165.2	10.1	5.3	4.7
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	15.0	5.8	9.2

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	1	16.0	15.5	7.0	8.5
2	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	16.5	7.1	9.4

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Pitch Summary

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	209	2165.2		94
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1		98

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	1	16.0	254	96	168	66.14
2	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	733	136	463	63.17

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Totals

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	0	1	.000	4.86	5	2	1	0	0	0	16.2	21	10	9	0	6	0	5	0	0	0	75	1.620	11.3	0.0	3.2	2.7
2	Walter Johnson	1	0	1.000	3.81	5	4	1	0	0	1	26.0	36	14	11	0	13	1	14	4	0	1	130	1.885	12.5	0.0	4.5	4.8

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Game Logs

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Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	DET	1924-07-10 (1)		2.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1	7	1	0	0				1		1	0	0
2	Walter Johnson	WSH	1924-07-10 (1)	GS-	4.2	6	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	23	9	20	4	1	1				9		0	0	2	39
3	Syl Johnson	DET	1923-09-13	GS-5, L	5.0	9	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	11	22	7	0	2	0	1	0	13	0	2	0	2	28			-0.3	-2.46			0.73
4	Walter Johnson	WSH	1923-09-13	GS-7, W	7.0	12	3	2	1	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	37	17	33	11	0	1	0	0	0	14	1	1	0	1	45			0.1	0.56			1.08
5	Syl Johnson	DET	1923-08-25	GS-	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	29	11	22	5	1	0				7		2	0	1	54
6	Walter Johnson	WSH	1923-08-25	GS-	6.0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	24	9	19	4	0	1				7		1	0	1	57
7	Syl Johnson	DET	1923-07-14		2.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	5	10	5	0	0				5		0	1	0
8	Walter Johnson	WSH	1923-07-14	GS-	7.0	9	5	5	0	0	4	1	5	2	0	0	36	15	29	6	3	0				12		1	0	3	40
9	Syl Johnson	DET	1923-06-08	8-GF(8)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0				0.0	-0.05	1	1	0.01
10	Walter Johnson	WSH	1923-06-08	8-GF, S	1.1	4	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	6	9	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	-1.99	2	1	2.03

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Syl Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Syl Johnson (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	1923	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	0	0	0	0	0

Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Syl Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Syl Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1923	1923-09-13	WSH	DET	ahead 1-3	b2	-2-	1		Walk
2	1923	1923-09-13	WSH	DET	ahead 1-4	b4	---	1		Triple to LF

Syl Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Syl Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (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	1923	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Syl Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Syl Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1923	1923-06-08	DET	WSH	down 7-2	t9	-23	1		Strikeout
2	1923	1923-09-13	DET	WSH	down 3-1	t2	---	1		Strikeout
3	1923	1923-09-13	DET	WSH	down 4-1	t4	1--	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Comparison

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Totals

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	757	702	51	127	18	5	4	53	1	0	23	214	.181	.209	.238	.447	16	167	11	2	30		0
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	2324	241	547	94	41	24	255	13	4	110	419	.235	.274	.342	.616	76	795		13	70		0

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0
2	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	20	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	2		0	0		0

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Value

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	757	-2.0	-2.0	-1.9	-0.1	-95	-4	1	0
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	12.7	12.2	12.9	-0.1	-83	0	2	0

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Sabermetric

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	757	27	152	160	616	38	.254	100	-90	-8.9	.057	3.3	100.0	1
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	159	670	718	1851	224	.278	472	-83	-9.5	.107	5.5	50.0	8

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	27-30	1928	1931	7	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			.000	1.0		0
2	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	20	0	2	3	18	0	.118	0			.000	6.7		0

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Win Probability

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Syl Johnson	21-39	1922	1940	542	757	-7.0	-7.2	-0.1	-83.68	-8.1	-84.57	0.96
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	-2.5	-1.3	-1.1	-2.58	-0.2	-21.01	1.09

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Head-to-Head Batting

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Totals

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		1	0		0
2	Walter Johnson	5	14	11	4	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.455	.788	5		0	0		0

Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: Game Logs

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Walter Johnson vs. Syl Johnson: 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	Syl Johnson	DET	1924-07-10 (1)		1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0								P
2	Walter Johnson	WSH	1924-07-10 (1)	*	1	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0								P
3	Syl Johnson	DET	1923-09-13	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.08	-0.051	0.00	0.00%	-0.53			P
4	Walter Johnson	WSH	1923-09-13	*	8	9	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	1.333	2.083	4		0	0		0	0.37	0.054	0.00	0.00%	1.07			P
5	Syl Johnson	DET	1923-08-25	*	1	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		1	0		0								P
6	Walter Johnson	WSH	1923-08-25	*	1	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0								P
7	Syl Johnson	DET	1923-07-14		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0		0								P
8	Walter Johnson	WSH	1923-07-14	*	1	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0		0								P
9	Syl Johnson	DET	1923-06-08		2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.46	-0.015	0.50	-0.01%	-0.81			P
10	Walter Johnson	WSH	1923-06-08		2	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.54	0.020	0.32	0.01%	0.39			P

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