Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: Batting Comparison

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: Totals

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: 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	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

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: 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	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

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: Value

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	156.2	109.9	136.5	18.2	804	-8	79	185

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: Sabermetric

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	1326	4806	4976	8089	2370	.298	3317	846	84.1	.255	7.2	76.6	441

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	33	134	7	46	46	92	11	.269	31			.077	9.8	100.0	3

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: Win Probability

Lou Gehrig vs. Willie Mays: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	102.6	99.9	-1.5	984.34	98.1	1081.74	1.04

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