Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Batting Comparison

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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	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

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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	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

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Value

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

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Sabermetric

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	1326	4806	4976	8089	2370	.298	3317	846	84.1	.255	7.2	76.6	441

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	33	134	7	46	46	92	11	.269	31			.077	9.8	100.0	3

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Win Probability

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	102.6	99.9	-1.5	984.34	98.1	1081.74	1.04

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Pitching Comparison

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Totals

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Value

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Totals Against

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Starting & Relieving

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Ratios

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: Pitch Summary

Ty Cobb vs. Willie Mays: 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

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Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

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