Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Batting Comparison

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Totals

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	2292	9792	7706	1798	2654	525	71	521	1839	24	17	2021	709	.344	.482	.634	1.116	191	4884	197	39	5	20	258

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	27	1946	1946	7	30	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	.200	.333	.200	.533	5	0	0	0		1

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Value

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	2292	9792	121.8	92.6	125.1	-13.3	1050	8	4	-32

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Sabermetric

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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	50.00	204
2	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	2292	9792	1117	4714	4801	5291	2393	.328	3116	1137	110.1	.289	10.9	58.54	41

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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		.359	55			.370	7.0	0.00	1
2	Ted Williams	27	1946	1946	7	30	0	10	10	20		.250	3			.000	5.0		0

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Win Probability

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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		1098.26	1.00
2	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	2292	9792	104.6	106.3	-4.9	1219.80		1241.46	1.03

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Head-to-Head Batting

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Totals

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0		0
2	Lou Gehrig	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0		0

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Game Logs

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Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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	Lou Gehrig	NYY	1939-04-20	*	9	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0		0	1.06	-0.185	2.79	-0.29%	-2.67			1B
2	Ted Williams	BOS	1939-04-20	*	9	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0		0	1.07	-0.078	2.79	-0.12%	-0.58			RF

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Pitching Comparison

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Totals

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	3	116	2.00	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	4.5

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Value

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.0

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Totals Against

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	1	0	2.0	3	9	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	76	.000	.375	1	3	0	3	3

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Starting & Relieving

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ted Williams	21	1940	1940	0			0	0		0		1	1

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Ratios

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	1	0	2.0	11.1	0.0	11.1

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Pitch Summary

Lou Gehrig vs. Ted Williams: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	1	0	2.0

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