Miguel Cabrera vs. Willie Mays: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Miguel Cabrera vs. Willie Mays: Batting Comparison

Miguel Cabrera vs. Willie Mays: Totals

Miguel Cabrera 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	Miguel Cabrera	20-40	2003	2023	2797	11796	10356	1551	3174	627	17	511	1881	40	21	1258	2105	.306	.382	.518	.901	140	5368	364	74	5	103	238
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

Miguel Cabrera 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	Miguel Cabrera	20-31	2003	2014	55	235	205	29	57	10	0	13	38	3	0	27	48	.278	.368	.517	.885	106	7	2	1	0	7
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

Miguel Cabrera vs. Willie Mays: Value

Miguel Cabrera vs. Willie Mays: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Miguel Cabrera	20-40	2003	2023	2797	11796	67.1	27.7	77.4	-21.4	559	-46	-32	-102
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	156.2	109.9	136.5	18.2	804	-8	79	185

Miguel Cabrera vs. Willie Mays: Sabermetric

Miguel Cabrera 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	Miguel Cabrera	20-40	2003	2023	2797	11796	1155	4506	4587	7675	2029	.340	2921	626	59.7	.212	4.9	65.57	61
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	1326	4806	4976	8089	2370	.298	3317	846	84.1	.255	7.2	76.64	441

Miguel Cabrera 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	Miguel Cabrera	20-31	2003	2014	55	235	23	86	86	156		.306	54			.239	4.3	100.00	3
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	33	134	7	46	46	92		.269	31			.077	9.8	100.00	3

Miguel Cabrera vs. Willie Mays: Win Probability

Miguel Cabrera vs. Willie Mays: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Miguel Cabrera	20-40	2003	2023	2797	11796	56.3	58.7	-2.0	624.76	-0.8	664.08	0.99
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	102.6	99.9	-1.5	984.34		1081.74	1.04

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