Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Pitching Comparison

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Totals

Walter Johnson 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	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	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

Walter Johnson 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	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	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	73		2.19	1.086	7.4	0.9	2.3	7.4

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Value

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	106.0	65.2

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Totals Against

Walter Johnson 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	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	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

Walter Johnson 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	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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	73	231	29	15	1	3	1	75.00	0	1	2	4	.221	.273	.372	.645		.152	.253	25	86	22	69	73

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Starting & Relieving

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	19-39	1907	1927	372	56	51.4	84	21	25	15	69.4	127	136
2	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	454	70	60.3	9	1	11	1	50.0	6	9

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	2	40	56.8	0	0				1	1
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	6	75	62.3						0	0

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Ratios

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0	18.8	7.2	11.6

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	20.0	6.3	13.7

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Pitch Summary

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	656	647	4783.0		104

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	8	61.2	100	100	64	64.00

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Comparison

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Totals

Walter Johnson 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	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	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

Walter Johnson 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	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	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

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Value

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	3.9	3.7	3.6	0.3	-135	0	-3	0

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Sabermetric

Walter Johnson 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	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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	45	314	333	1260	69	.231	173	-140	-14.9	.056	2.7	100.0	4

Walter Johnson 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	Walter Johnson	36-37	1924	1925	6	20	0	2	3	18	0	.118	0			.000	6.7		0
2	Tom Seaver	24-34	1969	1979	8	21	2	3	3	19	2	.143	2			.100	3.3		0

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: Batting Win Probability

Walter Johnson vs. Tom Seaver: 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	Tom Seaver	22-41	1967	1986	582	1552	-11.9	-12.8	0.1	-136.53	-14.3	-136.40	0.94

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