Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Pitching Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	324	292	.526	3.19	807	773	13	222	61	3	5386.0	3923	2178	1911	321	2795	78	5714	158	33	277	22575	7135	112	2.97	1.247	6.6	0.5	4.7	9.5
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	311	205	.603	2.86	656	647	6	231	61	1	4783.0	3971	1674	1521	380	1390	116	3640	76	8	126	19369	5649	127	3.04	1.121	7.5	0.7	2.6	6.8

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	2	2	.500	3.07	9	7	2	1	0	1	58.2	39	23	20	3	14	1	63	0	0	1	226	57		1.81	0.903	6.0	0.5	2.1	9.7
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	3	3	.500	2.77	8	8	0	2	0	0	61.2	51	20	19	6	16	4	51	2	0	2	255	73		2.19	1.086	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.4

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Value

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	83.6	34.9
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Against

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	7135	19265	2847	649	106	756	252	75.00	48	314	205	146	.204	.307	.298	.606	77	.095	.269	1779	5747	1076	6876	7135
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	5649	17604	2796	675	120	409	164	71.38	14	316	187	111	.226	.283	.342	.626	79	.117	.262	1729	6026	1175	5437	5649

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	57	208	31	4	1	3	2	60.00	0	4	2	2	.188	.237	.260	.496		.072	.250	13	54	8	53	57
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	73	231	29	15	1	3	1	75.00	0	1	2	4	.221	.273	.372	.645		.152	.253	25	86	22	69	73

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	481	62	59.8	25	10	40	2	60.0	13	34
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	5	71	62.1	5	0	0	0	100.0	2	2
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	6	75	62.3						0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	25.3	12.4	12.9
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	27.9	6.2	21.7
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0		109
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	396	99	257	64.90
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	100	100	64	64.00

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Comparison

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Totals

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting 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	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	852	40	94	10	2	2	36	3	3	38	371	.110	.148	.134	.282	-18	114	11	0	65	2	0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	1315	99	202	28	5	12	86	4	0	108	485	.154	.219	.210	.429	22	276	22	4	121	4	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting 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	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	19	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.188	.278	.188	.465	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	20	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.143	.200	.343	4	1	0	0	0	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Value

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-2.3	-2.3	-2.4	0.2	-132	2	-2	0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	0

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	14	132	140	839	21	.191	74	-133	-14.2	.023	2.3	50.0	6
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.0	4

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	19	0	5	5	14	2	.300	2			.000	2.7		0
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19	2	.143	2			.100	3.3		0

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability

Nolan Ryan vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-13.1	-13.9	-0.2	-141.97	-15.5	-143.77	0.93
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53	-14.3	-136.40	0.94

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