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Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Pitching Comparison

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	165	87	.655	2.76	397	314	44	137	40	9	2324.1	1754	806	713	204	817	48	2396	18	7	87	9497	2706	131	2.69	1.106	6.8	0.8	3.2	9.3
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	81	91	.471	3.78	412	171	132	44	11	23	1548.0	1442	728	650	130	725	55	849	26	0	39	6708	2277	99	3.94	1.400	8.4	0.8	4.2	4.9

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	4	3	.571	0.95	8	7	0	4	2	0	57.0	36	10	6	2	11	1	61	0	0	0	213	47			0.825	5.7	0.3	1.7	9.6
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	4	2	.667	2.75	10	6	1	1	1	0	36.0	24	16	11	3	19	1	24	2	0	0	153	45			1.194	6.0	0.8	4.8	6.0

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Value

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1	53.1	30.6
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.5	0.0

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Totals Against

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1	2706	8546	1233	270	47	73	37	66.36	5	104	83	32	.205	.275	.319	.594	70	.114	.259	766	2730	521	2589	2706
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	2277	5851	1038	228	46	77	37	67.54	4	111	81	28	.246	.331	.368	.699	98	.121	.268	721	2152	404	2193	2277

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	7	57.0	47	200											.180	.223					.248				47	47
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	45	128											.188	.302					.208				45	45

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Starting & Relieving

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	205	65	62.8	44	13	30	3	75.0	44	83
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	74	43	50.1	191	72	38	8	74.2	132	241

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966									0	1
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962									1	4

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Ratios

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1	25.2	8.6	16.6
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0	12.7	10.8	1.8

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	7	57.0	28.6	5.2	23.5
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0	15.7	12.4	3.3

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Pitch Summary

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1		105
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	412	171	1548.0		23

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	7	57.0
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	6	36.0

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Head-to-Head Pitching

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	3	0	1.000	1.04	3	3	0	2	1	0	26.0	18	3	3	2	3	0	30	0	0	0	98	0.808	6.2	0.7	1.0	10.4
2	Don Larsen	0	0		10.80	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	7	6	6	0	5	2	3	0	0	0	26	2.400	12.6	0.0	9.0	5.4

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Game Logs

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Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1964-07-22	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	31	4	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	91	113	83	0.7	3.76			1.09
2	Don Larsen	HOU	1964-07-22	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	7	0.0	0.42	0	0	0.34
3	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1963-09-06	GS-8, W	8.0	9	2	2	0	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	34	11	32	5	3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	4	62	136	90	0.3	1.36			1.04
4	Don Larsen	SFG	1963-09-06	8-GF	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	11	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		44	19	0.0	-0.16	0	0	0.27
5	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1962-05-21	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	33	7	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	82	127	89	0.4	3.25			0.91
6	Don Larsen	SFG	1962-05-21	7-GF(8)	2.0	6	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	7	11	5	1	0	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	1		48	29	0.0	-3.08	2	0	0.24

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Sandy Koufax (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Sandy Koufax (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	1962	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1963	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Sandy Koufax (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Larsen (Pitcher) vs. Sandy Koufax (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1962	1962-05-21	LAD	SFG	ahead 1-3	b7	--3	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	1962	1962-05-21	LAD	SFG	ahead 1-7	b8	12-	2	4 (1-2)	Single to RF (Line Drive); R. Fairly Scores; L. Burright to 3B
3	1963	1963-09-06	LAD	SFG	ahead 1-4	t8	12-	2	3 (0-2)	Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Batting Comparison

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Batting Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	776	26	75	9	0	2	28	0	1	43	386	.097	.145	.116	.261	-26	90	10	1	35	3	0
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	596	65	144	25	5	14	72	0	3	43	138	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	221	15	0	11	3	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.053	.100	.053	.153	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	0	0	1	0	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Batting Value

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	0.0	-133	0	-3	0
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	5.9	5.8	5.9	0.0	-11	1	-2	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Batting Sabermetric

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	11	119	126	750	16	.187	52	-135	-14.0	.019	2.0	0.00	1
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	44	187	201	484	65	.291	123	-18	-1.8	.129	4.3	0.00	3

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	20	0	2	2	18		.091	1			.000	2.4		0
2	Don Larsen	25-32	1955	1962	10	13	0	4	4	9		.143	3			.000	4.5		0

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Batting Win Probability

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	-12.1	-13.2	-0.5	-140.55		-140.13	0.88
2	Don Larsen	23-37	1953	1967	480	653	-1.9	0.1	-2.0	-6.20		-1.86	1.03

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Head-to-Head Batting

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	3	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Don Larsen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: Game Logs

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Sandy Koufax vs. Don Larsen: 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	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1964-07-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.111	0.74	-0.03%	-1.11			P
2	Don Larsen	HOU	1964-07-22		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1963-09-06	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.76	-0.072	3.28	-0.19%	-1.22			P
4	Don Larsen	SFG	1963-09-06		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1962-05-21	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.54	-0.021	2.21	-0.05%	0.46			P
6	Don Larsen	SFG	1962-05-21		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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