Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Álex Rodríguez

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Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Batting Comparison

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: 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	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
2	Álex Rodríguez	18-40	1994	2016	2784	12207	10566	2021	3115	548	31	696	2086	329	76	1338	2287	.295	.380	.550	.930	140	5813	261	176	16	111	97

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: 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	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
2	Álex Rodríguez	19-39	1995	2015	76	330	278	43	72	16	0	13	41	8	3	39	77	.259	.365	.457	.822	127	6	9	1	3	4

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Value

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	156.2	109.9	136.5	18.2	804	-8	79	185
2	Álex Rodríguez	18-40	1994	2016	2784	12207	117.6	75.9	115.3	10.4	640	-5	56	23

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Sabermetric

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	1326	4806	4976	8089	2370	.298	3317	846	84.1	.255	7.2	76.6	441
2	Álex Rodríguez	18-40	1994	2016	2784	12207	1275	4629	4757	7915	2274	.314	3411	636	59.0	.255	4.6	81.2	405

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	33	134	7	46	46	92	11	.269	31			.077	9.8	100.0	3
2	Álex Rodríguez	19-39	1995	2015	76	330	29	120	120	219	61	.309	71			.198	3.6	72.7	11

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Win Probability

Willie Mays vs. Alex Rodriguez: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973	3005	12545	102.6	99.9	-1.5	984.34	98.1	1081.74	1.04
2	Álex Rodríguez	18-40	1994	2016	2784	12207	59.2	70.4	-10.9	723.77	66.1	827.60	1.00

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