Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Pitching Comparison

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Totals

Walter Johnson 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	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
2	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

Walter Johnson 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	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	77			1.420	10.1	0.7	2.7	6.3
2	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	51			0.825	5.7	0.3	1.7	9.6

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Value

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	154.2	96.7
2	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1	53.1	30.6

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Totals Against

Walter Johnson 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	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
2	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

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	77	188	38	11	3	6	3	66.67	0	6	4	2	.298	.356	.452	.808		.154	.344	29	85	18	74	77
2	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	7	57.0	51	200	29	4	1	0	1	0.00	1	5	2	0	.180	.223	.240	.463		.060	.248	10	48	7	47	51

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Starting & Relieving

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	372	56	51.4	84	21	25	15	69.4	127	136
2	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	205	65	62.8	44	13	30	3	75.0	44	83

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	2	40	56.8	0	0				1	1
2	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	7	100	73.4	0	0				0	1

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Ratios

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1	15.0	5.8	9.2
2	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1	25.2	8.6	16.6

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	5	50.0	16.5	7.1	9.4
2	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	7	57.0	28.6	5.2	23.5

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Pitch Summary

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	802	666	5914.1		98
2	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	314	2324.1		105

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	733	136	463	63.17
2	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	7	57.0	582	114	393	67.53

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Batting Comparison

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Batting Totals

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	2324	241	547	94	41	24	255	13	4	110	419	.235	.274	.342	.616	76	795		13	70		0
2	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

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	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
2	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

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Batting Value

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	12.7	12.2	12.9	-0.1	-83	0	2	0
2	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	0.0	-133	0	-3	0

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Batting Sabermetric

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	159	670	718	1851	224	.278	472	-83	-9.5	.107	5.5	50.0	8
2	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	11	119	126	750	16	.187	52	-135	-14.0	.019	2.0	0.0	1

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	20	0	2	3	18	0	.118	0			.000	6.7		0
2	Sandy Koufax	23-30	1959	1966	8	20	0	2	2	18	0	.091	1			.000	2.4		0

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Batting Win Probability

Walter Johnson vs. Sandy Koufax: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	934	2534	-2.5	-1.3	-1.1	-2.58	-0.2	-21.01	1.09
2	Sandy Koufax	19-30	1955	1966	397	858	-12.1	-13.2	-0.5	-140.55	-14.8	-140.13	0.88

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