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Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Pitching Comparison

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Totals

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	64	71	.474	3.21	203	146	28	68	9	4	1178.2	1110	559	420	16	578		408	48	2	31	4951	1791	88	3.47	1.432	8.5	0.1	4.4	3.1
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	195	150	.565	3.09	488	333	115	197	33	29	2937.0	2722	1200	1008	111	1018		1360	48	1	42	12012	3953	114	3.32	1.273	8.3	0.3	3.1	4.2

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	32	1919	1919	0	0		5.79	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	8	4	3	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	23	12			2.357	15.4	0.0	5.8	3.9
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	1	3	.250	4.75	8	5	0	1	0	0	41.2	45	25	22	1	16	0	18	1	0	2	179	65			1.464	9.7	0.2	3.5	3.9

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Value

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2	5.8	-5.0
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	333	2937.0	46.6	18.2

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Totals Against

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2	1791	4076	865	121	51	77	71	52.03	5	31	151	25	.272	.370	.324	.694	111	.066	.296	467	1320	187	1736	1791
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	333	2937.0	3953	10775	2035	429	147	153	199	43.47	40	149	240	101	.253	.317	.351	.668	86	.098	.278	1221	3778	687	3788	3953

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	0	4.2	12	19	6	1	1	2	1	66.67	0	0	0	0	.421	.522	.579	1.101		.158	.471	6	11	2	12	12
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	8	5	41.2	65	158	40	4	0	2	4	33.33	1	2	4	0	.285	.354	.329	.683		.044	.317	20	52	5	62	65

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Starting & Relieving

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	88	60	50.5	36	14	39	2	66.7	28	57
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	206	62	55.4	127	33	26	10	74.4	115	155

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	0			1	1	100	0		0	1
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	2	40	42.4	3	0	0	0		0	3

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Ratios

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2	8.2	11.7	-3.4
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	333	2937.0	11.3	8.5	2.8

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	0	4.2	8.7	13.0	-4.3
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	8	5	41.2	10.1	8.9	1.1

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Pitch Summary

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	333	2937.0

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	0	4.2	84		46	54.76
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	8	5	41.2	508	92	330	64.96

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Totals

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	3	2	.600	3.40	6	5	0	4	0	0	39.2	47	20	15	0	8	0	8	3	0	0	168	1.387	10.7	0.0	1.8	1.8
2	Bob Shawkey	2	2	.500	4.28	6	4	1	3	0	0	48.1	56	25	23	2	15	2	28	2	0	0	211	1.469	10.4	0.4	2.8	5.2

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Game Logs

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Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	CHW	1919-09-17 (2)	CG, W	9.0	9	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	38	13	35	8	1	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	62			0.2	2.11			0.40
2	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1919-09-17 (2)	1-6	5.1	9	7	6	1	1	3	0	4	1	0	0	28	13	24	8	0	0	3	1	0	12	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-4.41	1	0	0.43
3	Bill James	BOS	1919-06-30 (1)	CG(8), L	8.0	14	7	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	37	18	34	14	0	0	1	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	29			-0.6	-3.35			1.44
4	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1919-06-30 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	4	4	0	1	5	0	6	0	0	0	38	12	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	58			-0.1	0.11			1.01
5	Bill James	DET	1917-05-19	8-9	1.1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-1.06	0	0	1.45
6	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1917-05-19	5-GF(11),BS	7.0	7	4	4	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	35	13	26	6	0	1	1	0	0	9	0	3	0	1				-0.4	-0.56	1	0	3.16
7	Bill James	DET	1916-08-30	GS-3, L	2.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	7	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	24			-0.4	-3.86			1.43
8	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1916-08-30	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	34	7	33	7	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	69			0.2	1.74			0.75
9	Bill James	SLB	1915-06-07	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	35	8	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	70			0.4	2.83			0.86
10	Bob Shawkey	PHA	1915-06-07	GS-8, L	8.0	12	4	4	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	34	14	31	12	0	0	2	4	0	12	0	0	1	0	44			-0.1	-0.60			0.79
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Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Shawkey (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Shawkey (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	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	1	0	0	0	0
2	1915	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
3	1916	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1919	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	14	13	4	0	1	0	1	0	4	.308	.308	.462	.769	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Shawkey (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Shawkey (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1914	1914-08-22 (1)	SLB	PHA	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; S. Agnew to 2B
2	1914	1914-08-22 (1)	SLB	PHA	down 3-1	t5	1--	1		Triple to RF; S. Agnew Scores
3	1914	1914-08-22 (1)	SLB	PHA	tied 3-3	t7	---	1		Strikeout
4	1914	1914-08-22 (1)	SLB	PHA	tied 3-3	t9	1--	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
5	1915	1915-06-07	SLB	PHA	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Strikeout
6	1915	1915-06-07	SLB	PHA	ahead 0-1	t5	-2-	2		Single (Ground Ball); D. Lavan to 3B
7	1915	1915-06-07	SLB	PHA	ahead 0-2	t7	1--	2		Groundout: P-1B
8	1916	1916-08-30	DET	NYY	down 1-0	t3	---	0		Single to SS; B. James to 2B/Adv on E6 (throw)
9	1919	1919-06-30 (1)	BOS	NYY	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
10	1919	1919-06-30 (1)	BOS	NYY	down 3-0	t5	---	1		Strikeout
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Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shawkey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shawkey (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
2	1915	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1916	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1917	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1919	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	0	0	0	0	0

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shawkey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shawkey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1914	1914-08-22 (1)	PHA	SLB	down 1-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
2	1914	1914-08-22 (1)	PHA	SLB	tied 3-3	b5	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
3	1914	1914-08-22 (1)	PHA	SLB	tied 3-3	b8	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1915	1915-06-07	PHA	SLB	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
5	1915	1915-06-07	PHA	SLB	down 2-0	b6	---	0		Flyball: LF
6	1916	1916-08-30	NYY	DET	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Single to RF
7	1917	1917-05-19	NYY	DET	ahead 5-6	t8	---	1		Strikeout
8	1919	1919-06-30 (1)	NYY	BOS	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Foul Popfly: 3B
9	1919	1919-06-30 (1)	NYY	BOS	ahead 0-3	b4	---	2		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
10	1919	1919-06-30 (1)	NYY	BOS	down 4-3	b7	---	1		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
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Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Batting Comparison

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Batting Totals

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	358	25	51	6	1	0	13	1	2	27	138	.142	.209	.165	.374	12	59		3	25
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	1136	1049	90	225	26	6	3	95	0	0	34	181	.214	.241	.259	.501	37	272		3	48		0

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	8	16	15	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.267	.267	.333	.600	5		0	0		0

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Batting Value

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	-1.3	-1.3	-1.2	0.0	-42	0	0	0
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	1136	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.0	-94	0	2	0

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	7	81	85	334	13	.232	38	-38	-4.5	.022	2.6	33.3	3
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	1136	35	262	278	872	70	.257	182	-96	-10.0	.045	5.8		0

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	8	16	1	4	5	11	2	.364	4			.067	3.8		0

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Batting Win Probability

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	-1.7	-2.0	0.2	-18.01	-2.1	-19.26	0.99
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	1136	-7.8	-7.8	-0.4	-75.37	-7.7	-87.41	0.95

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Totals

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	6	17	15	4	5	0	1	0	1	0		0	4	.333	.375	.467	.842	7		1	1		0
2	Bob Shawkey	6	18	18	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	3	.167	.167	.222	.389	4		0	0		0

Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: Game Logs

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Bob Shawkey vs. Bill James: 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	Bill James	CHW	1919-09-17 (2)	*	9	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2		0	0		0	0.28	-0.027	0.00	0.00%	0.24			P
2	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1919-09-17 (2)		7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.40	-0.020	0.00	0.00%	-0.31			P
3	Bill James	BOS	1919-06-30 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.72	-0.055	0.46	-0.02%	-0.50			P
4	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1919-06-30 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0		0	0.65	-0.060	3.63	-0.20%	-0.26			P
5	Bill James	DET	1917-05-19		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1917-05-19		7	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2		0	0		0	1.79	0.048	6.75	0.11%	0.00			P
7	Bill James	DET	1916-08-30	*	3	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0		0	1.05	0.077	7.62	0.33%	0.61			P
8	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1916-08-30	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0		0	0.48	0.061	0.82	0.06%	1.24			P
9	Bill James	SLB	1915-06-07	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		1	0		0	0.57	-0.008	0.26	0.00%	0.11			P
10	Bob Shawkey	PHA	1915-06-07	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.01	-0.048	0.32	-0.01%	-0.34			P
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