Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Comparison

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Henry Aaron	20-42	1954	1976	3298	13941	12364	2174	3771	624	98	755	2297	240	73	1402	1383	.305	.374	.555	.928	155	6856	328	32	21	121	293
2	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

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Henry Aaron	23-35	1957	1969	17	74	69	11	25	4	1	6	16	0	0	5	13	.362	.405	.710	1.116	49	2	0	0	0	0
2	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

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Henry Aaron	20-42	1954	1976	3298	13941	143.1	92.9	132.7	-4.6	878	-11	44	98
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	162.2	124.7	154.4	-2.3	1327	0	-9	79

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Sabermetric

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Henry Aaron	20-42	1954	1976	3298	13941	1477	5205	5409	9136	2549	.291	3716	923	92.6	.250	8.9	76.7	313
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	1356	4978	5100	5758	2718	.340	3674	1383	130.3	.348	6.3	48.7	226

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Henry Aaron	23-35	1957	1969	17	74	11	30	31	46	19	.380	21			.348	5.3		0
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	22	77	78	92	51	.321	55			.419	4.3	57.1	7

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Win Probability

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Henry Aaron	20-42	1954	1976	3298	13941	99.7	100.6	-4.3	1004.90	101.3	1098.56	1.04
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	122.7	131.1	-7.0	1467.80	138.3	1536.71	0.99

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Pitching Comparison

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Henry Aaron 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

Henry Aaron 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

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Henry Aaron 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

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against

Henry Aaron 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

Henry Aaron 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

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving

Henry Aaron 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

Henry Aaron 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

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Henry Aaron	20-42	1954	1976
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	10.0	9.0	1.0

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Henry Aaron	23-35	1957	1969
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	6.9	8.6	-1.7

Henry Aaron vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary

Henry Aaron 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

Henry Aaron 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

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Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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