Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Batting Comparison

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	2292	9792	7706	1798	2654	525	71	521	1839	24	17	2021	709	.344	.482	.634	1.116	191	4884	197	39	5	20	258

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	27	1946	1946	7	30	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	.200	.333	.200	.533	5	0	0	0		1

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Value

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	2292	9792	121.8	92.6	125.1	-13.3	1050	8	4	-32

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Sabermetric

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	2292	9792	1117	4714	4801	5291	2393	.328	3116	1137	110.1	.289	10.9	58.5	41

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	27	1946	1946	7	30	0	10	10	20	2	.250	3			.000	5.0		0

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Win Probability

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	2292	9792	104.6	106.3	-4.9	1219.80	114.2	1241.46	1.03

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Pitching Comparison

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Totals

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	3	116	2.00	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	4.5

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Value

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	1	0	2.0	0.0	0.0

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Totals Against

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: 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	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	1	0	2.0	3	9	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	76	.000	.375	1	3	0	3	3

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Starting & Relieving

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ted Williams	21	1940	1940	0			0	0		0		1	1

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Ratios

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	1	0	2.0	11.1	0.0	11.1

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Pitch Summary

Willie Mays vs. Ted Williams: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ted Williams	20-41	1939	1960	1	0	2.0

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