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Babe Ruth vs. Bob Shawkey

Regular Season: 27 PA , .476/.593/1.143, 3 HR, 2 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Pitching Comparison

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Bob Shawkey 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	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
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. 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	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
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. Babe Ruth: Value

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	20.4	9.1
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	333	2937.0	46.6	18.2

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against

Bob Shawkey 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	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
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. 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	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
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. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving

Bob Shawkey 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	Babe Ruth	19-38	1914	1933	104	71	60.5	7	2	29	0	100.0	12	16
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	206	62	55.4	127	33	26	10	74.4	115	155

Bob Shawkey 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	Babe Ruth	21-23	1916	1918	3	100	76.3						0	0
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	2	40	42.4	3	0	0	0		0	3

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	10.0	9.0	1.0
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	333	2937.0	11.3	8.5	2.8

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	6.9	8.6	-1.7
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	8	5	41.2	10.1	8.9	1.1

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	333	2937.0

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	395	132	243	61.52
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	8	5	41.2	508	92	330	64.96

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Bob Shawkey 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	3	0	1.000	3.00	5	5	0	3	1	0	39.0	33	13	13	0	19	0	16	2	0	0	164	1.333	7.6	0.0	4.4	3.7
2	Bob Shawkey	1	3	.250	3.00	5	3	2	3	0	0	33.0	27	12	11	0	11	1	8	0	0	0	134	1.152	7.4	0.0	3.0	2.2

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs

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Bob Shawkey 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	Babe Ruth	BOS	1919-05-03	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	37	11	31	6	1	0	1	1	0	8	0	2	0	1	63			0.5	1.90			1.76
2	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1919-05-03	CG(8), L	8.0	6	3	3	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	34	12	23	4	2	0	0	0	1	8	0	6	1	2	55			0.0	0.46			1.04
3	Babe Ruth	BOS	1917-04-21	CG, W	9.0	9	4	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	10	34	8	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	55			0.2	-0.40			1.07
4	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1917-04-21	CG(8), L	8.0	11	6	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	35	13	31	8	2	1	0	1	0	15	1	2	1	3	38			-0.3	-2.80			0.59
5	Babe Ruth	BOS	1916-09-29	SHO, W	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	34	10	30	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	77			0.3	3.71			0.99
6	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1916-09-29	CG(8), L	8.0	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	34	11	30	6	2	1	0	1	0	13	0	2	1	3	52			-0.2	0.30			0.56
7	Babe Ruth	BOS	1916-05-05	GS-9	8.0	7	2	2	0	0	6	0	5	1	0	0	36	14	29	4	3	0	2	2	0	10	0	0	0	3	59			0.1	0.69			0.96
8	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1916-05-05	9-GF(13), W	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	16	2	15	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.5	2.06	0	0	1.49
9	Babe Ruth	BOS	1915-04-16	GS-5	4.0	5	5	5	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	21	10	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	2	30			-0.4	-4.10			1.43
10	Bob Shawkey	PHA	1915-04-16	6-GF	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	15	4	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0				0.3	1.70	0	0	1.74

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Shawkey (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Shawkey (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	1916	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
2	1917	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1919	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	2	0	0	0	0

Bob Shawkey (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Shawkey (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1916	1916-09-29	NYY	BOS	down 3-0	t3	---	0		Lineout: 1B
2	1916	1916-09-29	NYY	BOS	down 3-0	t5	---	0		Popfly: 1B
3	1916	1916-09-29	NYY	BOS	down 3-0	t8	---	0		Walk
4	1917	1917-04-21	NYY	BOS	down 3-0	t3	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
5	1917	1917-04-21	NYY	BOS	down 3-0	t5	---	2		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
6	1917	1917-04-21	NYY	BOS	down 5-2	t7	1-3	0		Groundout: 3B-1B; R. Walters to 2B
7	1919	1919-05-03	NYY	BOS	ahead 0-1	t2	-2-	2		Strikeout
8	1919	1919-05-03	NYY	BOS	ahead 0-1	t4	---	2		Flyball: CF
9	1919	1919-05-03	NYY	BOS	down 2-1	t7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; M. Ruel to 2B
10	1919	1919-05-03	NYY	BOS	down 3-2	t9	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; C. Fewster to 3B; M. Ruel to 2B

Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shawkey (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Babe Ruth (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	1916	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1917	3	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.333	3.333	0	0	0	0	0
3	1919	20	14	7	1	0	3	8	6	2	.500	.650	1.214	1.864	0	0	3	0	0
	Totals	27	21	10	3	1	3	10	6	2	.476	.593	1.143	1.735	0	0	3	0	0

Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shawkey (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Babe Ruth (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shawkey (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1916	1916-09-04 (2)	BOS	NYY	down 3-0	t7	-23	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1916	1916-09-29	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-1	b2	12-	0		Groundout: P-1B; E. Scott to 3B; P. Thomas to 2B
3	1916	1916-09-29	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-3	b4	---	0		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
4	1916	1916-09-29	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-3	b6	-2-	2		Groundout: P-SS-1B
5	1917	1917-04-21	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-1	b2	1-3	1		Double (LF-CF); E. Scott Scores; P. Thomas Scores
6	1917	1917-04-21	BOS	NYY	ahead 0-3	b5	---	0		Triple to RF
7	1917	1917-04-21	BOS	NYY	ahead 4-5	b7	---	1		Double to LF
8	1919	1919-05-03	BOS	NYY	down 1-0	b1	1--	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
9	1919	1919-05-03	BOS	NYY	down 1-0	b4	1--	0		Double; A. Strunk Scores
10	1919	1919-05-03	BOS	NYY	ahead 1-2	b6	---	1		Strikeout, Passed Ball; B. Ruth to 1B
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Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Comparison

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Totals

Bob Shawkey 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	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
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. 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	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
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. Babe Ruth: Batting Value

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	162.2	124.7	154.4	-2.3	1327	0	-9	79
2	Bob Shawkey	22-36	1913	1927	488	1136	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.0	-94	0	2	0

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Shawkey 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	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	1356	4978	5100	5758	2718	.340	3674	1383	130.3	.348	6.3	48.7	226
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. 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	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	22	77	78	92	51	.321	55			.419	4.3	57.1	7
2	Bob Shawkey	23-35	1914	1926	8	16	1	4	5	11	2	.364	4			.067	3.8		0

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Win Probability

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	122.7	131.1	-7.0	1467.80	138.3	1536.71	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. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Bob Shawkey 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	5	15	14	3	5	4	1	0	3	0		1	1	.357	.400	.786	1.186	11		0	0		1
2	Bob Shawkey	5	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	2		0

Bob Shawkey vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs

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Bob Shawkey 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	Babe Ruth	BOS	1919-05-03	*	9	4	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	2		0	0		1	1.11	0.179	3.52	0.34%	1.51			P
2	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1919-05-03	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2		0	2.55	-0.060	8.25	-0.12%	-0.62			P
3	Babe Ruth	BOS	1917-04-21	*	9	9	3	3	1	3	2	1	0	2	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.333	3.333	7		0	0		0	0.85	0.194	2.92	0.40%	2.80			P
4	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1917-04-21	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.27	-0.076	3.91	-0.14%	-0.70			P
5	Babe Ruth	BOS	1916-09-29	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.79	-0.016	3.35	-0.04%	-0.54			P
6	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1916-09-29	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0		0	0.79	-0.001	0.00	0.00%	-0.03			P
7	Babe Ruth	BOS	1916-05-05	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.55	-0.036	1.66	-0.07%	-0.88			P
8	Bob Shawkey	NYY	1916-05-05		5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.66	-0.085	4.51	-0.14%	-0.28			P
9	Babe Ruth	BOS	1915-04-16	*	5	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2		0	0		0	0.62	0.057	1.60	0.09%	0.52			P
10	Bob Shawkey	PHA	1915-04-16		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.73	-0.018	1.74	-0.03%	-0.09			P

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