Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson

Regular Season: 178 PA , .391/.443/.522, 1 HR, 15 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Year-by-Year Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	1912	23	23	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	.261	.261	.261	.522	0	0	0	0	1
2	1913	10	9	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	.111	.200	.333	.533	0	0	0	0	0
3	1917	24	20	13	3	0	1	7	3	2	.650	.696	.950	1.646	1	0	0	0	0
4	1918	23	19	6	1	0	0	3	3	3	.316	.409	.368	.778	1	0	0	0	1
5	1919	21	21	7	3	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.476	.810	0	0	0	0	0
6	1920	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
7	1921	17	15	11	1	1	0	6	2	0	.733	.765	.933	1.698	0	0	0	0	0
8	1922	15	12	7	2	1	0	4	3	0	.583	.667	.917	1.583	0	0	0	0	0
9	1923	13	13	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	.308	.308	.385	.692	0	0	0	0	1
10	1924	17	16	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.294	.313	.607	0	0	0	0	0
11	1925	9	8	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	0	0	0	0	0
12	1926	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	178	161	63	12	3	1	28	15	15	.391	.443	.522	.965	2	0	0	0	3

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Plate Appearances

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Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1912	1912-06-12	DET	WSH	down 1-0	b1	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1912	1912-06-12	DET	WSH	down 2-0	b4	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1912	1912-06-12	DET	WSH	down 3-1	b6	-2-	0		Strikeout
4	1912	1912-06-12	DET	WSH	down 5-1	b9	---	0		Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); T. Cobb to 2B
5	1912	1912-07-22	DET	WSH	tied 0-0	t1	---	2		Strikeout
6	1912	1912-07-22	DET	WSH	down 2-0	t4	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
7	1912	1912-07-22	DET	WSH	down 5-0	t6	---	2		Flyball: LF
8	1912	1912-07-22	DET	WSH	down 5-2	t8	---	2		Flyball: LF
9	1912	1912-07-25 (2)	DET	WSH	tied 0-0	t1	1--	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; D. Bush to 2B
10	1912	1912-07-25 (2)	DET	WSH	down 2-1	t3	1-3	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; B. Donovan Scores/unER; D. Bush to 2B
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Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Batting Comparison

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2533	2324	241	547	94	41	24	255	13	4	110	419	.235	.274	.342	.616	76	795		13	70		0

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	20	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	2		0	0		0

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Value

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2533	12.7	12.2	12.9	-0.1	-83	0	2	0

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Sabermetric

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	64.34	603
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2533	159	670	718	1851	224	.278	472	-83	-9.5	.107	5.5	50.00	8

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	22	49		.293	16			.092	9.3
2	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	20	0	2	2	18		.118	0			.000	6.7		0

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Win Probability

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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		626.99	1.05
2	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2533	-2.5	-1.3	-1.1	-2.58		-21.01	1.09

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Pitching Comparison

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	417	279	.599	2.17	802	666	127	531	110	34	5914.1	4913	1902	1424	97	1363		3509	205	4	154	23415	6737	147	2.38	1.061	7.5	0.1	2.1	5.3

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	3	3	.500	2.52	6	5	1	5	1	0	50.0	56	20	14	4	15	3	35	3	0	1	212	74			1.420	10.1	0.7	2.7	6.3

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Value

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	154.2	96.7

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Totals Against

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	6737	16659	2921	607	204	234	194	54.67	18	167	317	84	.295	.361	.306	.666	91	.076	.343	1461	5091	897	6481	6737

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	74	188											.298	.359					.349				74	74

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Starting & Relieving

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	372	56	51.4	84	21	25	15	69.4	127	136

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925									1	1

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Ratios

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	15.0	5.8	9.2

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ty Cobb	20-22	1907	1909
2	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	16.5	7.1	9.4

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Pitch Summary

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1		98

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Head-to-Head Batting

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	Ty Cobb	131	561	475	84	187	31	13	2	94	41	6	75	31	.394	.479	.526	1.006	250		3	5		0
2	Walter Johnson	131	345	312	39	75	13	6	4	35	1	1	19	50	.240	.290	.359	.649	112		3	9		2

Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: Game Logs

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Ty Cobb vs. Walter Johnson: 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	1927-09-05 (2)	*	9	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2		0	0		0	0.95	0.127	0.00	0.00%	1.17			CF
2	Walter Johnson	WSH	1927-09-05 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Ty Cobb	DET	1926-09-19		1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0		0	7.16	0.654	0.00	0.00%	1.61			PH
4	Walter Johnson	WSH	1926-09-19	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.35	-0.074	0.00	0.00%	-0.70			P
5	Ty Cobb	DET	1926-07-21 (2)		10	8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0										LF
6	Walter Johnson	WSH	1926-07-21 (2)	*	10	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0										P
7	Ty Cobb	DET	1926-06-07	*	9	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0		0	1.21	-0.098	2.26	-0.11%	-1.01			CF
8	Walter Johnson	WSH	1926-06-07	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	0		0	1.16	0.048	2.02	0.05%	0.01			P
9	Ty Cobb	DET	1926-05-19	*	9	4	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	4		0	0		0	0.32	0.047	0.72	0.06%	0.87			CF
10	Walter Johnson	WSH	1926-05-19		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.50	-0.012	1.62	-0.02%	-0.37			PH
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