Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Pitching Comparison

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-32	1908	1922	117	57	.672	2.03	225	158	56	121	28	10	1434.1	1138	497	324	10	421		989	49	0	43	5653	1660	146	2.26	1.087	7.1	0.1	2.6	6.2

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	22-30	1912	1920	3	1	.750	4.50	4	3	1	2	0	0	22.0	27	11	11	0	3	0	21	1	0	0	93	33			1.364	11.0	0.0	1.2	8.6

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-32	1908	1922	225	158	1434.1	29.8	16.2

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-32	1908	1922	225	158	1434.1	1660	2786	519	82	17	73	46	61.34	11	22	75	9	.408	.528	.269	.797	135	.046	.495	217	750	103	1608	1660

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	22-30	1912	1920	4	3	22.0	33	88	24	3	0	3	1	75.00	1	0	1	0	.307	.337	.341	.678		.034	.403	11	30	3	31	33

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-30	1908	1920	68	43	43.1	18	1	6	3	76.9	56	67

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	22	1912	1912	2	67	52.0	0	0				1	1

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-32	1908	1922	225	158	1434.1	17.5	7.4	10.0

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	22-30	1912	1920	4	3	22.0	22.6	3.2	19.4

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-32	1908	1922	225	158	1434.1		119

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	22-30	1912	1920	4	3	22.0	270	78	193	71.48

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Batter vs. Pitcher

Smoky Joe Wood (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Smoky Joe Wood (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	1918	12	10	3	1	0	0	3	2	1	.300	.417	.400	.817	0	0	0	0	0
2	1919	12	8	4	0	0	0	2	3	0	.500	.583	.500	1.083	0	1	0	0	0
	Totals	24	18	7	1	0	0	5	5	1	.389	.500	.444	.944	0	1	0	0	0

Smoky Joe Wood (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Smoky Joe Wood (Pitcher) vs. Babe Ruth (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1918	1918-08-04 (1)	CLE	BOS	down 1-0	b2	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1918	1918-08-04 (1)	CLE	BOS	down 1-0	b4	---	2		Foul Popfly: 3B
3	1918	1918-08-04 (1)	CLE	BOS	down 1-0	b7	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
4	1918	1918-08-04 (1)	CLE	BOS	tied 1-1	b10	---	1		Strikeout Looking
5	1918	1918-08-17	CLE	BOS	tied 0-0	t2	---	0		Walk
6	1918	1918-08-17	CLE	BOS	ahead 0-1	t4	-2-	1		Groundout: 3B-1B; T. Speaker to 3B
7	1918	1918-08-17	CLE	BOS	down 2-1	t7	---	0		Double to LF
8	1918	1918-08-17	CLE	BOS	down 4-1	t9	1-3	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; J. Graney Scores/unER; T. Speaker to 2B
9	1918	1918-08-20	CLE	BOS	tied 0-0	t1	--3	2		Single to CF; J. Graney Scores
10	1918	1918-08-20	CLE	BOS	tied 2-2	t3	-2-	2		Walk
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Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Comparison

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Totals

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-32	1908	1922	697	2282	1952	266	553	118	31	23	325	23	5	208	265	.283	.357	.411	.768	110	802		16	96

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	22-30	1912	1920	8	19	17	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.235	.316	.294	.610	5		0	0		0

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Value

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-32	1908	1922	697	2282	10.4	4.0	11.9	-3.6	26	0	2	-13

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Sabermetric

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-32	1908	1922	697	2282	172	777	808	1500	289	.319	568	27	2.8	.128	7.4	66.7	15

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	22-30	1912	1920	8	19	1	6	6	13	2	.267	4			.059	8.5		0

Smoky Joe Wood vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Win Probability

Smoky Joe Wood 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	Smoky Joe Wood	18-32	1908	1922	697	2282	1.6	2.5	-0.9	32.93	3.1	31.27	1.03

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