Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Pitching Comparison

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	124	82	.602	2.73	403	198	114	96	22	44	1751.2	1466	661	531	44	463	33	1501	27	5	24	5353	1977	150	1.84	1.101	7.5	0.2	2.4	7.7

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	3	1	.750	3.38	10	3	4	0	0	1	37.1	35	19	14	2	7	0	38	0	1	0	154	42		0.83	1.125	8.4	0.5	1.7	9.2

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Value

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2	46.9	33.2

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Totals Against

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2	1977	1780	315	69	16	26	7	78.79	2	31	35	0	.824	.994	.347	1.341	278	.106	.712	194	617	114	1956	1977

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	3	37.1	42	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6.000					-.825	0	0	0	42	42

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Starting & Relieving

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	11	6	6.8	144	52	36	14	75.9	114	205

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	0	0	0.0	2	1	50		100.0	4	7

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Ratios

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2			19.4

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	3	37.1	24.7	4.5	20.1

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Pitch Summary

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	3	37.1	11		8	72.73

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Comparison

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Totals

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	672	51	137	6	8	1	49	7	0	14	32	.204	.221	.241	.462	28	162	5	1	21	0	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	15	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	0	1

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Value

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-69	0	0	0

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Sabermetric

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	15	152	153	561	41	.213	99	-69	-7.0	.037	21.0		0

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	15	0	2	2	13		.143	2			.000			0

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: Batting Win Probability

Sandy Koufax vs. Satchel Paige: 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	-1.9	-2.0	0.3	-20.84	-2.0	-22.90	1.07

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