Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Batting Comparison

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10627	8399	2174	2873	506	136	714	2214	123	116	2062	1330	.342	.474	.690	1.164	206	5793	2	43	114		79

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	129	37	42	5	2	15	33	4	3	33	30	.326	.470	.744	1.214	96		2	2		2

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10627	162.2	124.7	154.4	-2.3	1327	0	-9	79

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Sabermetric

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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	76.64	441
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10627	1356	4978	5100	5758	2718	.340	3674	1383	130.3	.348	6.3	48.67	226

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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		.269	31			.077	9.8	100.00	3
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	41	167	22	77	77	92		.321	55			.419	4.3	57.14	7

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Win Probability

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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		1081.74	1.04
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	2503	10627	122.7	131.1	-7.0	1467.80		1536.71	0.99

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Pitching Comparison

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	94	46	.671	2.28	163	147	12	107	17	4	1221.1	974	400	309	10	441	0	488	29	4	25	4896	1530	122	2.81	1.159	7.2	0.1	3.2	3.6

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	0	1.000	0.87	3	3	0	2	1	0	31.0	19	3	3	1	10	0	8	1	0	1	116	30			0.935	5.5	0.3	2.9	2.3

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Value

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	20.4	9.1

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Totals Against

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	1530	4377	788	145	31	77	66	53.85	12	48	99	26	.223	.296	.277	.573	75	.054	.247	369	1211	186	1444	1530

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: 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	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	30	102											.186	.265					.194				30	30

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Babe Ruth	19-38	1914	1933	104	71	60.5	7	2	29	0	100.0	12	16

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Babe Ruth	21-23	1916	1918									0	0

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973
2	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1	10.0	9.0	1.0

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Willie Mays	17-42	1948	1973
2	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0	6.9	8.6	-1.7

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Babe Ruth	19-40	1914	1935	163	147	1221.1

Willie Mays vs. Babe Ruth: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Babe Ruth	20-37	1915	1932	3	3	31.0

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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.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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