Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax

Regular Season: 122 PA , .278/.426/.536, 5 HR, 20 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Batter vs. Pitcher

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Year-by-Year Totals

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1955	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
2	1956	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1957	9	8	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500	.556	.500	1.056	0	0	0	0	0
4	1958	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	0
5	1959	9	6	2	2	0	0	0	3	3	.333	.556	.667	1.222	0	0	0	0	0
6	1960	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
7	1961	14	12	3	1	0	1	3	2	3	.250	.357	.583	.940	0	0	0	0	2
8	1962	9	8	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	.125	.222	.500	.722	0	0	0	0	0
9	1963	15	14	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	.143	.200	.429	.629	0	0	0	0	0
10	1964	12	9	4	2	0	0	2	3	1	.444	.583	.667	1.250	0	0	0	0	0
11	1965	19	17	6	0	1	1	4	2	3	.353	.421	.647	1.068	0	0	1	0	0
12	1966	20	14	2	1	0	0	0	6	3	.143	.400	.214	.614	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	122	97	27	8	1	5	14	25	20	.278	.426	.536	.962	0	0	1	0	2

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Plate Appearances

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Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-06-29	NYG	BRO	ahead 0-6	t9	12-	0	5 (3-1)	Walk; A. Dark to 3B; W. Lockman to 2B
2	1956	1956-09-02 (2)	NYG	BRO	tied 0-0	b1	---	2	6 (3-2)	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
3	1956	1956-09-02 (2)	NYG	BRO	ahead 0-1	b3	1--	2	5 (3-1)	Walk; R. Schoendienst to 2B
4	1956	1956-09-02 (2)	NYG	BRO	ahead 0-2	b5	1--	1	3 (1-1)	Double to LF (Line Drive); R. Schoendienst to 3B
5	1957	1957-04-24	NYG	BRO	tied 0-0	t1	1--	1	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	1957	1957-04-24	NYG	BRO	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Single to RF (Line Drive); D. Mueller to 2B
7	1957	1957-05-10	NYG	BRO	ahead 0-2	b5	1--	0	2 (0-1)	Single to CF (Line Drive); W. Lockman to 2B
8	1957	1957-05-10	NYG	BRO	ahead 0-2	b7	---	2	3 (0-2)	Single to RF (Line Drive)
9	1957	1957-05-11	NYG	BRO	tied 5-5	b7	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
10	1957	1957-05-26	NYG	BRO	tied 0-0	t1	-2-	1	5 (3-1)	Walk
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Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Batting Comparison

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	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

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	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

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Value

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	156.2	109.9	136.5	18.2	804	-8	79	185

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Sabermetric

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	0.00	1
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

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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		.091	1			.000	2.4		0
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	33	134	7	46	46	92		.269	31			.077	9.8	100.00	3

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Win Probability

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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		-140.13	0.88
2	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	102.6	99.9	-1.5	984.34		1081.74	1.04

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Pitching Comparison

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	47			0.825	5.7	0.3	1.7	9.6

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Value

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Totals Against

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	47	200											.180	.223					.248				47	47

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Starting & Relieving

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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									0	1

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Ratios

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Pitch Summary

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Head-to-Head Batting

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	Sandy Koufax	47	95	85	3	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	39	.118	.156	.141	.297	12	2	0	5	1	0
2	Willie Mays	47	211	175	44	65	12	6	14	34	7	2	36	23	.371	.479	.749	1.227	131	4	0	0	0	4

Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: Game Logs

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Willie Mays vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1966-09-07	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.105	25.00	-0.76%	-0.76			P
2	Willie Mays	SFG	1966-09-07	*	12	3	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.84	0.015	10.21	0.11%	-0.26			RF LF
3	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1966-08-26	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.35	-0.088	11.16	-0.44%	-0.83			P
4	Willie Mays	SFG	1966-08-26	*	9	3	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	-0.006	9.78	-0.04%	0.34			CF
5	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1966-06-18	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.76	-0.059	3.41	-0.16%	-0.73			P
6	Willie Mays	SFG	1966-06-18	*	9	3	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	0.022	5.67	0.09%	0.01			CF
7	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1966-06-10	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	-0.025	1.36	-0.08%	-0.93			P
8	Willie Mays	SFG	1966-06-10	*	9	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.31	0.004	1.88	0.02%	0.46			CF
9	Sandy Koufax	LAD	1966-05-19	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.54	-0.058	1.49	-0.10%	-1.34			P
10	Willie Mays	SFG	1966-05-19	*	9	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	0.094	5.06	0.30%	0.71			CF
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