Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson

Regular Season: 108 PA , .196/.315/.304, 3 HR, 30 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Year-by-Year Totals

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: 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	1959	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
2	1960	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
3	1961	11	7	3	1	0	0	1	4	2	.429	.636	.571	1.208	0	0	0	0	0
4	1962	10	9	3	0	0	1	2	1	2	.333	.400	.667	1.067	0	0	1	0	0
5	1963	11	9	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	.222	.364	.222	.586	0	0	0	0	0
6	1964	14	12	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	0	0	0
7	1965	11	9	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.333	.455	.333	.788	0	0	0	0	0
8	1966	9	9	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	.111	.111	.444	.556	0	0	0	0	0
9	1967	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
10	1968	8	8	2	0	0	1	2	0	3	.250	.250	.625	.875	0	0	0	0	0
11	1969	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
12	1970	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	0	0	0	0	0
13	1971	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	108	92	18	1	0	3	9	16	30	.196	.315	.304	.619	0	0	1	0	0

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Plate Appearances

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Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-09-07	SFG	STL	down 1-0	b1	1--	0		Strikeout Looking
2	1959	1959-09-07	SFG	STL	down 1-0	b3	---	2		Walk
3	1959	1959-09-07	SFG	STL	down 2-1	b5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1959	1959-09-07	SFG	STL	tied 2-2	b6	1--	1		Foul Popfly: C
5	1960	1960-08-16	SFG	STL	tied 0-0	t1	12-	0		Walk; J. Amalfitano to 3B; D. Blasingame to 2B
6	1960	1960-08-16	SFG	STL	ahead 1-4	t2	--3	2		Walk
7	1960	1960-08-16	SFG	STL	ahead 1-5	t4	-2-	1		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
8	1960	1960-08-16	SFG	STL	ahead 3-5	t6	1--	1		Flyball: CF
9	1960	1960-09-16	SFG	STL	ahead 2-6	t9	1--	2		Strikeout
10	1960	1960-10-02	SFG	STL	ahead 2-3	b8	---	0		Flyball: CF
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Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	1328	132	274	44	5	24	144	13	10	63	415	.206	.243	.301	.545	50	400	13	8	72	18	0
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	10924	2068	3293	525	141	660	1909	339	103	1468	1526	.301	.384	.557	.940	155	6080	251	45	13	91	214

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	32	28	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	7	.143	.200	.357	.557	10	1	0	2	0	0
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	33	134	117	17	29	6	0	1	15	3	0	17	12	.248	.343	.325	.668	38	4	0	0	0	0

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	7.5	7.3	7.3	0.3	-94	3	-4	0
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	156.2	109.9	136.5	18.2	804	-8	79	185

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Sabermetric

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	73	345	357	1167	104	.276	252	-95	-9.9	.095	3.2	56.52	23
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	1326	4806	4976	8089	2370	.298	3317	846	84.1	.255	7.2	76.64	441

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	32	2	6	6	27		.105	5			.214	4.0		0
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	33	134	7	46	46	92		.269	31			.077	9.8	100.00	3

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Win Probability

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	-9.5	-8.7	-1.1	-77.47		-84.01	0.97
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	102.6	99.9	-1.5	984.34		1081.74	1.04

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	251	174	.591	2.91	528	482	21	255	56	6	3884.1	3279	1420	1258	257	1336	118	3117	102	13	108	16068	4913	127	2.89	1.188	7.6	0.6	3.1	7.2

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	7	2	.778	1.89	9	9	0	8	2	0	81.0	55	19	17	6	17	3	92	2	0	2	312	74			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	81.7	46.8

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	4913	14362	2482	457	83	196	88	69.01	1	293	171	94	.228	.297	.325	.622	77	.097	.273	1407	4673	797	4717	4913

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	74	290											.190	.239					.255				74	74

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	328	68	61.0	35	14	40	3	66.7	21	46

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968									0	0

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	19.4	8.3	11.1
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	29.5	5.4	24.0
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1		107

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Willie Mays	47	185	159	28	45	5	0	5	27	5	0	24	36	.283	.378	.409	.787	65	0	1	0	1	3
2	Bob Gibson	47	97	88	8	18	4	0	1	18	0	1	3	33	.205	.223	.284	.507	25	1	0	3	3	0

Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Willie Mays vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	STL	1971-08-04	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.008	0.89	0.00%	-0.16			P
2	Willie Mays	SFG	1971-08-04	*	9	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.011	2.09	0.01%	0.26			CF
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-08-27	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.88	-0.097	0.12	-0.01%	-0.89			P
4	Willie Mays	SFG	1970-08-27	*	9	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.091	0.00	0.00%	-0.57			CF
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-08-14 (2)		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	-0.063	1.03	-0.02%	-0.37			PH
6	Willie Mays	SFG	1970-08-14 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										CF
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-06-03	*	9	9	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	0.357	3.27	0.32%	2.75			P
8	Willie Mays	SFG	1970-06-03	*	9	3	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	-0.160	0.57	-0.03%	-0.94			CF
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1969-05-22		1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										PR
10	Willie Mays	SFG	1969-05-22	*	11	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.200	.250	.450	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.016	1.63	-0.02%	-0.13			CF
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