Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Year-by-Year Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: 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	1915	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0
2	1916	13	11	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.273	.385	.273	.657	0	0	0	0	0
3	1917	25	22	8	0	0	0	2	2	4	.364	.440	.364	.804	0	0	0	1	0
4	1918	8	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.250	.286	.536	0	1	0	0	0
5	1919	8	7	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	.714	.750	1.143	1.893	0	0	0	0	0
6	1921	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	61	51	19	1	1	0	5	7	6	.373	.450	.431	.881	1	1	0	1	0

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Plate Appearances

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Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1915	1915-09-20	DET	BOS	tied 0-0	t1	12-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; D. Bush to 3B; O. Vitt to 2B
2	1915	1915-09-20	DET	BOS	ahead 1-2	t3	---	1		Single
3	1915	1915-09-20	DET	BOS	ahead 1-2	t5	-2-	2		Flyball: LF
4	1915	1915-09-20	DET	BOS	down 3-2	t8	---	0		Walk
5	1916	1916-05-24	DET	BOS	tied 0-0	t1	---	2		Walk
6	1916	1916-05-24	DET	BOS	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Single
7	1916	1916-05-24	DET	BOS	down 2-0	t6	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
8	1916	1916-05-24	DET	BOS	down 4-0	t9	---	0		Flyball: LF
9	1916	1916-06-09	DET	BOS	tied 0-0	b1	---	2		Groundout: C-1B
10	1916	1916-06-09	DET	BOS	tied 1-1	b3	---	2		Walk
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Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Comparison

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Ty Cobb	18-41	1905	1928	3034	13103	11440	2245	4189	724	295	117	1944	897	215	1249	680	.366	.433	.512	.944	168	5854		94	292		9
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	8399	2174	2873	506	136	714	2214	123	116	2062	1330	.342	.474	.690	1.164	206	5793	2	43	114		79

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Ty Cobb	20-22	1907	1909	17	71	65	7	17	4	1	0	9	4		3	7	.262	.314	.354	.668	23		2	1		0
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	129	37	42	5	2	15	33	4	3	33	30	.326	.470	.744	1.214	96		2	2		2

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ty Cobb	18-41	1905	1928	3034	13103	151.4	101.9	151.7	-10.8	995	0	55	0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	162.2	124.7	154.4	-2.3	1327	0	-9	79

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Sabermetric

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Ty Cobb	18-41	1905	1928	3034	13103	1136	5532	5688	7758	2513	.383	4072	1040	110.3	.146	16.8	64.3	603
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	1356	4978	5100	5758	2718	.340	3674	1383	130.3	.348	6.3	48.7	226

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Ty Cobb	20-22	1907	1909	17	71	5	22	23	49	7	.293	16			.092	9.3
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	22	77	78	92	51	.321	55			.419	4.3	57.1	7

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Win Probability

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ty Cobb	18-41	1905	1928	3034	13103	67.4	56.3	7.9	695.55	70.6	626.99	1.05
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10628	122.7	131.1	-7.0	1467.80	138.3	1536.71	0.99

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Pitching Comparison

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Ty Cobb	18-41	1905	1928	0	0		3.60	3	0	2	0	0	1	5.0	6	2	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	20	8	99	3.42	1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	0.0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	94	46	.671	2.28	163	147	12	107	17	4	1221.1	974	400	309	10	441	0	488	29	4	25	4896	1530	122	2.81	1.159	7.2	0.1	3.2	3.6

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	0	1.000	0.87	3	3	0	2	1	0	31.0	19	3	3	1	10	0	8	1	0	1	116	31			0.935	5.5	0.3	2.9	2.3

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ty Cobb	18-41	1905	1928	3	0	5.0	0.1	0.0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	20.4	9.1

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Ty Cobb	18-41	1905	1928	3	0	5.0	8	18	5	1	0						0	0	.333	.400	.389	.789	142	.056	.333	3	7	1	8	8
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	1530	4377	788	145	31	77	66	53.85	12	48	99	26	.223	.296	.277	.573	75	.054	.247	369	1211	186	1444	1530

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	31	102	17	1	0	0	2	0.00	1	3	3	0	.186	.265	.225	.491		.039	.194	5	23	2	30	31

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ty Cobb	31-38	1918	1925	0							100.0	2	3
2	Babe Ruth	19-38	1914	1933	104	71	60.5	7	2	29	0	100.0	12	16

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Babe Ruth	21-23	1916	1918	3	100	76.3						0	0

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ty Cobb	18-41	1905	1928	3	0	5.0	0.0	10.0	-10.0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	10.0	9.0	1.0

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ty Cobb	20-22	1907	1909
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	6.9	8.6	-1.7

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ty Cobb	18-41	1905	1928	3	0	5.0
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	395	132	243	61.52

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Batting

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	205	878	695	189	232	55	12	70	176	14	15	173	112	.334	.470	.750	1.219	521		5	1		30
2	Ty Cobb	205	871	763	150	274	41	16	12	105	32	8	89	30	.359	.429	.502	.931	383		4	10		2

Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: Game Logs

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Ty Cobb vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Ty Cobb	PHA	1928-09-11		1	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.54	-0.040	30.53	-0.48%	-0.25			PH
2	Babe Ruth	NYY	1928-09-11	*	9	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4		0	0		0	1.06	0.181	20.92	2.15%	1.23			RF
3	Ty Cobb	PHA	1928-07-01 (2)	*	9	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0		0	0.56	-0.017	1.03	-0.02%	-0.22			RF
4	Babe Ruth	NYY	1928-07-01 (2)	*	7	3	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0		0	0.67	-0.013	1.46	-0.02%	-0.67			RF
5	Ty Cobb	PHA	1928-07-01 (1)	*	7	2	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2		0	0		0	0.84	-0.032	1.94	-0.04%	-0.38			RF
6	Babe Ruth	NYY	1928-07-01 (1)	*	9	3	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	1		0	0		0	1.11	0.077	3.04	0.13%	0.99			RF
7	Ty Cobb	PHA	1928-06-29	*	9	2	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	3		0	0		0	0.77	0.140	1.61	0.18%	1.59			RF
8	Babe Ruth	NYY	1928-06-29	*	9	3	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	1		0	0		0	0.90	0.093	2.35	0.15%	0.69			LF
9	Ty Cobb	PHA	1928-06-28	*	9	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0		0	1.18	-0.081	3.34	-0.14%	-1.12			RF
10	Babe Ruth	NYY	1928-06-28	*	9	3	6	5	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	.600	.667	1.800	2.467	9		0	0		0	0.68	0.286	2.25	0.57%	3.83			LF
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