Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Pitching Comparison

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	96	92	.511	3.14	824	39	541	5	1	180	1514.2	1318	597	528	108	582	128	1109	22	4	63	6313	1998	117	3.26	1.254	7.8	0.6	3.5	6.6

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	51			0.825	5.7	0.3	1.7	9.6
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	3	3	.500	2.24	26	0	19	0	0	8	52.1	38	15	13	1	33	9	48	1	0	3	223	76		1.81	1.357	6.5	0.2	5.7	8.3

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Value

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	21.0	5.7

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Totals Against

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	1998	5561	956	213	41	57	42	57.58	1	135	102	46	.237	.309	.348	.658	88	.111	.276	610	1937	362	1922	1998

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	51	200	29	4	1	0	1	0.00	1	5	2	0	.180	.223	.240	.463		.060	.248	10	48	7	47	51
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	76	184	29	6	2	4	4	50.00	1	4	2	3	.207	.326	.277	.603		.071	.268	19	51	9	72	76

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Starting & Relieving

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	13	33	47.4	464	149	32	50	78.3	541	785

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	7	100	73.4	0	0				0	1
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	0			13	3	23	2	80.0	19	26

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Ratios

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	17.6	9.2	8.3

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	21.5	14.8	6.7

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Pitch Summary

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	582	114	393	67.53
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	407		242	59.46

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Pitching

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	2	2	.500	3.33	4	4	0	2	1	0	27.0	20	12	10	1	8	1	28	0	0	0	112	1.037	6.7	0.3	2.7	9.3
2	Tug McGraw	1	0	1.000	3.00	4	2	2	0	0	0	12.0	13	4	4	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	47	1.333	9.8	0.8	2.3	5.3

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Game Logs

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Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	1966-08-30	GS-3, L	2.0	4	6	5	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	15	8	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	24			-0.5	-4.45			1.84
2	Tug McGraw	NYM	1966-08-30	GS-2	1.1	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	36			-0.2	-1.96			0.98
3	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1965-08-26	GS-7, L	7.0	4	3	2	1	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	28	7	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	2	62			-0.1	-0.02			0.82
4	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-08-26	GS-8, W	7.2	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	29	9	26	6	1	1	0	1	0	11	1	2	0	2	59			0.2	1.08			1.27
5	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1965-08-10	CG, W	9.0	7	3	3	0	1	2	0	14	0	0	0	36	9	33	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	3	73			0.3	0.75			0.87
6	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-08-10	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				0.0	0.42	0	0	0.13
7	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1965-06-12	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	33	6	32	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	84			0.3	3.83			0.64
8	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-06-12	8-GF	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.85	0	0	0.04

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sandy Koufax (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sandy Koufax (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (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	1965	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sandy Koufax (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sandy Koufax (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-06-12	LAD	NYM	ahead 0-5	t8	---	0		Single to LF
2	1965	1965-08-26	LAD	NYM	down 2-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
3	1965	1965-08-26	LAD	NYM	down 2-1	t5	---	2		Flyball: CF
4	1966	1966-08-30	LAD	NYM	ahead 0-2	t2	12-	0		Single to RF; J. Roseboro out at Hm/RF-C; J. Kennedy to 2B

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Sandy Koufax (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tug McGraw (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	1965	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

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Sandy Koufax (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Sandy Koufax (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-08-26	NYM	LAD	ahead 1-2	b2	---	2		Strikeout
2	1965	1965-08-26	NYM	LAD	ahead 1-2	b5	---	1		Flyball: 3B
3	1965	1965-08-26	NYM	LAD	ahead 1-2	b7	1-3	2		Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball); E. Kranepool Scores/No RBI/unER; B. Klaus to 2B

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Comparison

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	214	14	39	7	0	1	18	0	0	10	57	.182	.221	.229	.450	26	49	2	1	21	1	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Value

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.1	-20	0	0	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Sabermetric

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	0.0	1
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	8	50	55	199	13	.242	31	-22	-2.2	.047	3.8		0

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	0	.091	1			.000	2.4		0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	0	1	2	5	0	.333	1			.000	2.5		0

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Win Probability

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	-14.8	-140.13	0.88
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	-2.5	-2.2	-0.1	-20.79	-2.1	-21.82	1.07

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Batting

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	4	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Tug McGraw	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: Game Logs

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Sandy Koufax vs. Tug McGraw: 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	1966-08-30	*	3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.038	9.47	-0.16%	-0.56			P
2	Tug McGraw	NYM	1966-08-30	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1965-08-26	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.039	6.22	-0.18%	-0.29			P
4	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-08-26	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.79	0.071	0.00	0.00%	0.72			P
5	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1965-08-10	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.040	3.66	-0.16%	-0.84			P
6	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-08-10		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1965-06-12	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	0.004	3.52	0.01%	0.40			P
8	Tug McGraw	NYM	1965-06-12		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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