Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Batting Comparison

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Totals

Mickey Mantle 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	Mickey Mantle	19-36	1951	1968	2401	9910	8102	1676	2415	344	72	536	1509	153	38	1733	1710	.298	.421	.557	.977	172	4511	113	13	14	47	148
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

Mickey Mantle 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	Mickey Mantle	19-32	1951	1964	65	273	230	42	59	6	2	18	40	3	4	43	54	.257	.374	.535	.908	123	2	0	0	0	6
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

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Value

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mickey Mantle	19-36	1951	1968	2401	9910	110.2	79.3	116.3	-9.6	802	12	50	-37
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	156.2	109.9	136.5	18.2	804	-8	79	185

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Sabermetric

Mickey Mantle 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	Mickey Mantle	19-36	1951	1968	2401	9910	952	4161	4272	5899	2047	.318	2649	859	85.4	.259	4.7	80.1	191
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

Mickey Mantle 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	Mickey Mantle	19-32	1951	1964	65	273	26	102	106	177	50	.259	64			.278	4.3	42.9	7
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	33	134	7	46	46	92	11	.269	31			.077	9.8	100.0	3

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Win Probability

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mickey Mantle	19-36	1951	1968	2401	9910	94.5	95.9	-0.2	979.39	98.1	1074.91	0.99
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	102.6	99.9	-1.5	984.34	98.1	1081.74	1.04

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Head-to-Head Batting

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Totals

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: 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	Mickey Mantle	9	36	30	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	6	.133	.278	.167	.444	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	Willie Mays	9	38	37	3	7	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	6	.189	.211	.243	.454	9	1	0	0	0	0

Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: Game Logs

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Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays: 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	Mickey Mantle	NYY	1962-10-16	*	9	4	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.007	182.33	0.05%	0.22			CF
2	Willie Mays	SFG	1962-10-16	*	9	3	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.085	242.09	9.65%	0.01			CF
3	Mickey Mantle	NYY	1962-10-15	*	9	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.071	63.66	-3.55%	-0.86			CF
4	Willie Mays	SFG	1962-10-15	*	9	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.87	-0.053	78.74	-2.67%	-0.46			CF
5	Mickey Mantle	NYY	1962-10-10	*	9	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.011	114.20	0.04%	0.18			CF
6	Willie Mays	SFG	1962-10-10	*	9	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.087	69.31	-4.28%	-0.71			CF
7	Mickey Mantle	NYY	1962-10-08	*	9	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.030	46.38	-1.09%	-0.73			CF
8	Willie Mays	SFG	1962-10-08	*	9	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	-0.003	24.10	-0.05%	-0.37			CF
9	Mickey Mantle	NYY	1962-10-07	*	9	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.183	84.56	6.33%	1.33			CF
10	Willie Mays	SFG	1962-10-07	*	9	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	-0.020	51.96	-0.72%	0.08			CF
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