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Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Pitching Comparison

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Totals

Nap Rucker 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	21-27	1913	1919	37	21	.638	2.28	84	60	20	44	5	3	541.2	469	196	137	14	199		253	22	2	17	2217	721	129	3.09	1.233	7.8	0.2	3.3	4.2
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	134	134	.500	2.42	336	274	58	186	38	14	2375.1	2089	823	639	41	701		1217	73	2	43	9462	2938	119	2.60	1.175	7.9	0.2	2.7	4.6

Nap Rucker 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	22	1914	1914	2	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	1	1	1	0	11.0	2	0	0	0	6	1	9	0	0	0	37	8			0.727	1.6	0.0	4.9	7.4
2	Nap Rucker	31	1916	1916	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	1			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Value

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	84	60	541.2	8.3	4.1
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	336	274	2375.1	47.5	28.9

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Totals Against

Nap Rucker 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	21-27	1913	1919	84	60	541.2	721	1941	370	75	10	40	43	48.19	5	19	46	9	.242	.318	.312	.630	88	.071	.270	195	606	99	690	721
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	336	274	2375.1	2938	3066	610	118	47	101	78	56.42	11	42	67	14	.681	.869	.340	1.209	258	.083	.754	321	1043	179	2863	2938

Nap Rucker 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	22	1914	1914	2	1	11.0	8	31											.065	.216					.091				8	8
2	Nap Rucker	31	1916	1916	1	0	2.0	1	6											.167	.167					.333				1	1

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Starting & Relieving

Nap Rucker 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	21-27	1913	1919	42	70	59.2	5	1	20	0	100.0	20	24
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	65	24	31.4	31	7	23	4	77.8	58	62

Nap Rucker 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	22	1914	1914									1	1
2	Nap Rucker	31	1916	1916									1	1

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Ratios

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	84	60	541.2	11.4	9.0	2.4
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	336	274	2375.1	12.9	7.4	5.5

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill James	22	1914	1914	2	1	11.0	24.3	16.2	8.1
2	Nap Rucker	31	1916	1916	1	0	2.0	50.0	0.0	50.0

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Pitch Summary

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	84	60	541.2
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	336	274	2375.1

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill James	22	1914	1914	2	1	11.0
2	Nap Rucker	31	1916	1916	1	0	2.0

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Head-to-Head Pitching

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Totals

Nap Rucker 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	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	15	5	3	0	3	0	8	0	0	1	42	2.000	15.0	0.0	3.0	8.0
2	Nap Rucker	0	1	.000	22.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	0.0

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Game Logs

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Nap Rucker 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	BSN	1914-09-15	CG, W	9.0	15	5	3	2	0	3	0	8	0	0	1	42	19	38	10	5	0	0	1	0	20	0	1	0	5	46			-0.1	-0.98			1.23
2	Nap Rucker	BRO	1914-09-15	GS-3, L	2.0	4	6	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	8	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	24			-0.4	-3.93			1.55

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Batter vs. Pitcher

Nap Rucker (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nap Rucker (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Nap Rucker (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nap Rucker (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1914	1914-09-15	BSN	BRO	down 3-2	b2	12-	1		Flyball: 2B

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Nap Rucker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Nap Rucker (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Nap Rucker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Nap Rucker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1914	1914-09-15	BRO	BSN	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	1		Groundout: SS-1B; O. Miller to 3B

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Batting Comparison

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Batting Totals

Nap Rucker 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	21-27	1913	1919	88	210	199	18	46	5	0	0	9	2	0	2	44	.231	.243	.256	.499	46	51		1	8
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	336	859	805	44	157	10	6	1	44	2	0	22	117	.195	.216	.226	.443	33	182		0	31

Nap Rucker 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	22	1914	1914	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Batting Value

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill James	21-27	1913	1919	88	210	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.0	-14	0	1	0
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	336	859	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	-64	0	1	0

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Batting Sabermetric

Nap Rucker 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	21-27	1913	1919	88	210	5	49	50	161	13	.297	27	-13	-1.7	.025	4.5	100.00	2
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	336	859	17	179	183	679	41	.227	87	-69	-8.1	.031	6.9		0

Nap Rucker 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	22	1914	1914	2	4	0	0	0	4			0			.000	1.0
2	Nap Rucker	31	1916	1916	1	0	0	0	0	0			0

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Batting Win Probability

Nap Rucker 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	21-27	1913	1919	88	210	-1.2	-1.1	-0.2	-11.89		-11.18	0.95
2	Nap Rucker	22-31	1907	1916	336	859	-1.8	-2.0	0.2	-21.15		-20.46	1.03

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Head-to-Head Batting

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Totals

Nap Rucker 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	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0		0
2	Nap Rucker	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Nap Rucker vs. Bill James: Game Logs

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Nap Rucker 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	BSN	1914-09-15	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0		0	1.01	0.000	8.15	0.00%	-0.17			P
2	Nap Rucker	BRO	1914-09-15	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.94	-0.022	0.00	0.00%	-0.30			P

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