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Babe Ruth vs. Walter Johnson

Regular Season: 152 PA , .350/.467/.740, 10 HR, 22 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Pitching Comparison

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Walter Johnson 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	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
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

Walter Johnson 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	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
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	31			0.935	5.5	0.3	2.9	2.3

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	154.2	96.7
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	20.4	9.1

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against

Walter Johnson 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	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
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

Walter Johnson 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	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
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	31	102	17	1	0	0	2	0.00	1	3	3	0	.186	.265	.225	.491		.039	.194	5	23	2	30	31

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	372	56	51.4	84	21	25	15	69.4	127	136
2	Babe Ruth	19-38	1914	1933	104	71	60.5	7	2	29	0	100.0	12	16

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	2	40	56.8	0	0				1	1
2	Babe Ruth	21-23	1916	1918	3	100	76.3						0	0

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	15.0	5.8	9.2
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	10.0	9.0	1.0

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	16.5	7.1	9.4
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	6.9	8.6	-1.7

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1		98
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	733	136	463	63.17
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	395	132	243	61.52

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Pitching

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Walter Johnson 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	6	3	.667	1.68	12	11	1	8	3	0	96.2	65	22	18	0	31	1	50	4	1	3	372	0.993	6.1	0.0	2.9	4.7
2	Walter Johnson	4	7	.364	1.80	12	9	3	8	1	1	85.0	66	20	17	0	14	2	51	3	0	1	334	0.941	7.0	0.0	1.5	5.4

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs

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Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	WSH	1918-05-09	10-GF(10), W	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.1	0.40	0	0	2.04
2	Babe Ruth	BOS	1918-05-09	CG(10), L	9.2	11	4	3	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	43	17	36	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	2	0	49			-0.7	-0.43			2.12
3	Walter Johnson	WSH	1917-10-03	SHO, W	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	34	10	31	6	1	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	1	78			0.3	3.60			0.63
4	Babe Ruth	BOS	1917-10-03	CG, L	9.0	11	6	6	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	2	40	16	36	9	2	0	0	2	0	13	0	0	0	2	42			-0.2	-2.40			0.59
5	Walter Johnson	WSH	1917-05-07	CG, L	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	32	5	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	81			0.2	2.60			1.30
6	Babe Ruth	BOS	1917-05-07	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	5	28	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	85			0.7	3.60			1.31
7	Walter Johnson	WSH	1916-09-12	CG, W	10.0	7	3	1	2	0	0		5	0	0	0	37	7	36	7	0	0				7		1	0	0	75
8	Babe Ruth	BOS	1916-09-12	GS-	8.2	6	2	2	0	0	3		7	0	0	1	35	9	31									1	0		68
9	Walter Johnson	WSH	1916-09-09 (1)	CG, L	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	0		6	0	0	1	32	8	32	5	3	0				11		0	0	3	69
10	Babe Ruth	BOS	1916-09-09 (1)	CG, W	9.0	5	1	0	1	0	3		3	0	0	0	34	8	29	4	1	0				6		2	0	1	75
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Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Walter Johnson (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	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1916	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733	0	0	0	0	0
3	1917	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.167	.200	.367	0	1	0	0	0
4	1918	10	8	3	1	0	2	4	2	2	.375	.500	1.250	1.750	0	0	0	0	0
5	1919	12	10	4	2	1	0	0	2	1	.400	.500	.800	1.300	0	0	1	0	1
6	1920	17	15	4	2	0	1	5	2	3	.267	.353	.600	.953	0	0	0	0	0
7	1921	23	18	7	1	0	3	4	5	3	.389	.522	.944	1.466	0	0	0	0	0
8	1922	22	22	4	1	0	1	2	0	5	.182	.182	.364	.545	0	0	0	0	0
9	1923	12	7	3	1	0	1	2	5	1	.429	.667	1.000	1.667	0	0	0	0	0
10	1924	18	12	7	2	1	1	1	5	1	.583	.722	1.167	1.889	0	0	0	1	0
11	1925	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
12	1926	17	13	6	3	0	1	6	4	1	.462	.588	.923	1.511	0	0	0	0	0
13	1927	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	152	123	43	14	2	10	27	27	22	.350	.467	.740	1.207	0	1	1	1	1

Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Walter Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1915	1915-08-14	BOS	WSH	down 3-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1915	1915-08-14	BOS	WSH	down 3-1	b5	--3	2		Single to CF; L. Gardner Scores
3	1915	1915-08-14	BOS	WSH	down 3-2	b8	1--	0		Single to RF; O. Henriksen to 3B
4	1915	1915-10-02 (1)	BOS	WSH	down 3-1	t9	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
5	1916	1916-04-17	BOS	WSH	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Double to RF
6	1916	1916-04-17	BOS	WSH	ahead 0-1	b5	---	1		Groundout: 1B-P
7	1916	1916-04-17	BOS	WSH	ahead 0-5	b6	-2-	1		Flyball: RF
8	1916	1916-06-01	BOS	WSH	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
9	1916	1916-06-01	BOS	WSH	tied 0-0	b5	1--	1		Walk; P. Thomas to 2B
10	1916	1916-06-01	BOS	WSH	tied 0-0	b7	1--	2		Strikeout
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Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Babe Ruth (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	1915	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1916	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
3	1917	7	7	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	0	0	0	0	0
4	1918	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000			0	1	0	0	0
	Totals	17	16	2	1	0	0	4	0	3	.125	.118	.188	.305	0	1	0	0	0

Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Walter Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1915	1915-08-14	WSH	BOS	down 1-0	t3	1--	1		Popfly: SS
2	1915	1915-08-14	WSH	BOS	ahead 1-3	t5	-2-	1		Groundout: P-1B
3	1915	1915-08-14	WSH	BOS	ahead 2-3	t8	---	1		Flyball: LF
4	1916	1916-04-17	WSH	BOS	down 1-0	t3	1--	1		Single; G. McBride to 2B
5	1916	1916-04-17	WSH	BOS	down 1-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout
6	1916	1916-06-01	WSH	BOS	tied 0-0	t2	---	1		Strikeout
7	1916	1916-06-01	WSH	BOS	tied 0-0	t4	---	2		Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
8	1916	1916-06-01	WSH	BOS	tied 0-0	t6	12-	2		Strikeout
9	1916	1916-06-01	WSH	BOS	down 1-0	t9	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
10	1917	1917-05-07	WSH	BOS	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Popfly: P
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Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Comparison

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Totals

Walter Johnson 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	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
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	8399	2174	2873	506	136	714	2214	123	116	2062	1330	.342	.474	.690	1.164	206	5793	2	43	114		79

Walter Johnson 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	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
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

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Value

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	12.7	12.2	12.9	-0.1	-83	0	2	0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	162.2	124.7	154.4	-2.3	1327	0	-9	79

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Sabermetric

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	159	670	718	1851	224	.278	472	-83	-9.5	.107	5.5	50.0	8
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	1356	4978	5100	5758	2718	.340	3674	1383	130.3	.348	6.3	48.7	226

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	20	0	2	3	18	0	.118	0			.000	6.7		0
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	22	77	78	92	51	.321	55			.419	4.3	57.1	7

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Win Probability

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	-2.5	-1.3	-1.1	-2.58	-0.2	-21.01	1.09
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	122.7	131.1	-7.0	1467.80	138.3	1536.71	0.99

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Batting

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Walter Johnson 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	12	36	32	2	10	4	1	0	3	0		2	8	.313	.353	.500	.853	16		0	1		0
2	Walter Johnson	12	33	31	0	5	1	0	0	4	0		1	4	.161	.188	.194	.381	6		0	0		0

Walter Johnson vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs

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Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	WSH	1918-05-09		2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0					0		0	0		0	6.01	-0.025	17.38	-0.04%	-0.39			PH P
2	Babe Ruth	BOS	1918-05-09	*	10	4	5	5	1	5	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	10		0	0		0	1.26	0.123	5.72	0.34%	1.06			P
3	Walter Johnson	WSH	1917-10-03	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0		0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2		0	0		0	0.59	0.002	0.00	0.00%	2.02			P
4	Babe Ruth	BOS	1917-10-03	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0		0	0.77	-0.048	0.00	0.00%	-0.29			P
5	Walter Johnson	WSH	1917-05-07	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	2.08	-0.144	3.87	-0.16%	-0.71			P
6	Babe Ruth	BOS	1917-05-07	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.63	-0.051	6.43	-0.12%	-0.68			P
7	Walter Johnson	WSH	1916-09-12	*	11	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2		0	0										P
8	Babe Ruth	BOS	1916-09-12	*	1	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0										P
9	Walter Johnson	WSH	1916-09-09 (1)	*	10	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0										P
10	Babe Ruth	BOS	1916-09-09 (1)	*	10	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0										P
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