Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Comparison

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Lou Gehrig 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	Lou Gehrig	20-36	1923	1939	2164	9665	8001	1888	2721	534	163	493	1995	102	102	1508	790	.340	.447	.632	1.080	179	5060	2	45	107		114
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

Lou Gehrig 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	Lou Gehrig	23-35	1926	1938	34	150	119	30	43	8	3	10	35	0	1	26	17	.361	.483	.731	1.214	87		2	1		3
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

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Lou Gehrig	20-36	1923	1939	2164	9665	113.7	78.9	113.6	-9.0	957	19	-5	2
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	162.2	124.7	154.4	-2.3	1327	0	-9	79

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Sabermetric

Lou Gehrig 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	Lou Gehrig	20-36	1923	1939	2164	9665	1190	4274	4424	5491	2232	.332	3390	978	90.0	.292	10.1	50.0	204
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

Lou Gehrig 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	Lou Gehrig	23-35	1926	1938	34	150	21	71	71	78	45	.359	55			.370	7.0	0.0	1
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	22	77	78	92	51	.321	55			.419	4.3	57.1	7

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Win Probability

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Lou Gehrig	20-36	1923	1939	2164	9665	90.2	91.7	-1.4	1106.58	102.9	1098.26	1.00
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	122.7	131.1	-7.0	1467.80	138.3	1536.71	0.99

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Pitching Comparison

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Lou Gehrig 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

Lou Gehrig 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

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Lou Gehrig 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

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against

Lou Gehrig 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

Lou Gehrig 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

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving

Lou Gehrig 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

Lou Gehrig 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

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lou Gehrig	20-36	1923	1939
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	10.0	9.0	1.0

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lou Gehrig	23-35	1926	1938
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	6.9	8.6	-1.7

Lou Gehrig vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary

Lou Gehrig 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

Lou Gehrig 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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