Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Pitching Comparison

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Satchel Paige 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	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
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

Satchel Paige 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	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
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	69		2.19	1.086	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.4

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Value

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2	46.9	33.2
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Against

Satchel Paige 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	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
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

Satchel Paige 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	3	37.1	42	0												6.000					-.825				42	42
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	69	231											.221	.277					.259				69	69

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving

Satchel Paige 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	11	6	6.8	144	52	36	14	75.9	114	205
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9

Satchel Paige 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948								100.0	4	7
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979									0	0

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2			19.4
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	3	37.1	24.7	4.5	20.1
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	403	198	1751.2
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	3	37.1
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Comparison

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Totals

Satchel Paige 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	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
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

Satchel Paige 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	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
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

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Value

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-69	0	0	0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	0

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric

Satchel Paige 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	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	15	152	153	561	41	.213	99	-69	-7.0	.037	21.0		0
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.00	4

Satchel Paige 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	Satchel Paige	20-41	1927	1948	10	15	0	2	2	13		.143	2			.000			0
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19		.143	2			.100	3.3		0

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability

Satchel Paige vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Satchel Paige	20-58	1927	1965	422	708	-1.9	-2.0	0.3	-20.84		-22.90	1.07
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53		-136.40	0.94

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