Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Pitching Comparison

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	165	87	.655	2.76	397	314	44	137	40	9	2324.1	1754	806	713	204	817	48	2396	18	7	87	9497	2706	131	2.69	1.106	6.8	0.8	3.2	9.3
2	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

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	4	3	.571	0.95	8	7	0	4	2	0	57.0	36	10	6	2	11	1	61	0	0	0	213	51			0.825	5.7	0.3	1.7	9.6
2	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

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Value

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1	53.1	30.6
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	83.6	34.9

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Totals Against

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1	2706	8546	1233	270	47	73	37	66.36	5	104	83	32	.205	.275	.319	.594	70	.114	.259	766	2730	521	2589	2706
2	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

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	7	57.0	51	200	29	4	1	0	1	0.00	1	5	2	0	.180	.223	.240	.463		.060	.248	10	48	7	47	51
2	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

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Starting & Relieving

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	205	65	62.8	44	13	30	3	75.0	44	83
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	481	62	59.8	25	10	40	2	60.0	13	34

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	7	100	73.4	0	0				0	1
2	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	5	71	62.1	5	0	0	0	100.0	2	2

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Ratios

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1	25.2	8.6	16.6
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0	25.3	12.4	12.9

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	7	57.0	28.6	5.2	23.5
2	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	27.9	6.2	21.7

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Pitch Summary

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1		105
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	807	773	5386.0		109

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	7	57.0	582	114	393	67.53
2	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	7	58.2	396	99	257	64.90

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Comparison

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	776	26	75	9	0	2	28	0	1	43	386	.097	.145	.116	.261	-26	90	10	1	35	3	0
2	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

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.053	.100	.053	.153	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	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

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Value

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	0.0	-133	0	-3	0
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-2.3	-2.3	-2.4	0.2	-132	2	-2	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Sabermetric

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	11	119	126	750	16	.187	52	-135	-14.0	.019	2.0	0.0	1
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	14	132	140	839	21	.191	74	-133	-14.2	.023	2.3	50.0	6

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: 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	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	20	0	2	2	18	0	.091	1			.000	2.4		0
2	Nolan Ryan	22-39	1969	1986	9	19	0	5	5	14	2	.300	2			.000	2.7		0

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Win Probability

Sandy Koufax vs. Nolan Ryan: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	-12.1	-13.2	-0.5	-140.55	-14.8	-140.13	0.88
2	Nolan Ryan	19-46	1966	1993	427	957	-13.1	-13.9	-0.2	-141.97	-15.5	-143.77	0.93

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