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Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Pitching Comparison

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Totals

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: 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	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	49	36	.576	3.71	240	59	114	29	2	30	806.0	761	401	332	65	283	16	455	9	3	4	3429	1078	108	3.55	1.295	8.5	0.7	3.2	5.1
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	10	6	.625	3.09	31	16	10	4	3	2	116.2	86	50	40	8	47	1	105	5	0	1	488	148	133	2.80	1.140	6.6	0.6	3.6	8.1

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: 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	Joe Black	24-29	1948	1953	1	3	.250	3.16	5	4	1	2	0	0	31.1	24	12	11	5	12	1	15	0	0	0	123	36		0.92	1.149	6.9	1.4	3.4	4.3
2	Karl Spooner	24	1955	1955	0	1	.000	13.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	5	5	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	16	7			2.100	10.8	2.7	8.1	16.2

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Value

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	240	59	806.0	8.8	1.2
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	31	16	116.2	1.6	0.5

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Totals Against

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: 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	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	240	59	806.0	1078	1577	267	61	10	13	10	56.52	2	34	20	8	.483	.614	.400	1.014	183	.152	.531	198	631	124	1053	1078
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	31	16	116.2	148	430	63	12	3	6	2	75.00	0	5	4	2	.200	.285	.298	.583	56	.098	.245	38	128	23	138	148

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: 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	Joe Black	24-29	1948	1953	5	4	31.1	36	80											.300	.391					.317				36	36
2	Karl Spooner	24	1955	1955	2	1	3.1	7	13											.308	.438					.500				7	7

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Starting & Relieving

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	6	10	13.1	122	44	36	4	88.2	114	181
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	5	31	51.8	11	4	36	0	100.0	10	15

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Joe Black	24-29	1948	1953									1	1
2	Karl Spooner	24	1955	1955									0	1

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Ratios

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	240	59	806.0	13.3	8.3	5.0
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	31	16	116.2	21.5	9.6	11.9

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Black	24-29	1948	1953	5	4	31.1	12.2	9.8	2.4
2	Karl Spooner	24	1955	1955	2	1	3.1	37.5	18.8	18.8

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Pitch Summary

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	240	59	806.0		76
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	31	16	116.2		85

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Black	24-29	1948	1953	5	4	31.1
2	Karl Spooner	24	1955	1955	2	1	3.1

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Totals

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Joe Black	1	0	1.000	6.39	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	9	9	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	53	1.263	9.2	0.7	2.1	4.3
2	Karl Spooner	0	2	.000	9.53	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	7	6	1	4	1	4	0	0	0	31	2.118	12.7	1.6	6.4	6.4

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Game Logs

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Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Joe Black	CIN	1955-08-25 (2)	GS-7	6.0	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	26	8	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	45	86	56	-0.1	-0.46			1.20
2	Karl Spooner	BRO	1955-08-25 (2)	8-9, L	1.1	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1		36	18	0.0	0.12	0	0	2.77
3	Joe Black	CIN	1955-07-18	GS-7, W	6.2	7	5	5	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	27	8	26	5	2	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	2	42	92	60	0.1	0.24			0.73
4	Karl Spooner	BRO	1955-07-18	GS-5, L	4.1	7	5	4	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	23	10	22	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	33	73	47	-0.3	-3.30			0.69

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Black (Pitcher) vs. Karl Spooner (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Black (Pitcher) vs. Karl Spooner (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1955	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Black (Pitcher) vs. Karl Spooner (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Black (Pitcher) vs. Karl Spooner (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-07-18	BRO	CIN	down 2-0	b3	---	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Karl Spooner (Pitcher) vs. Joe Black (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Karl Spooner (Pitcher) vs. Joe Black (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1955	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Karl Spooner (Pitcher) vs. Joe Black (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Karl Spooner (Pitcher) vs. Joe Black (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-07-18	CIN	BRO	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	1955	1955-07-18	CIN	BRO	ahead 0-3	t4	-2-	2	1 (0-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive); R. McMillan Scores

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Batting Comparison

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Batting Totals

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: 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	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	248	260	234	16	44	3	0	0	17	1	0	10	38	.188	.231	.201	.432	19	47	2	3	13	0	0
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	31	39	34	4	9	4	1	0	4	0	0	3	16	.265	.324	.441	.766	97	15	0	0	2	0	0

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: 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	Joe Black	24-29	1948	1953	5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	0	0	0		0

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Batting Value

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	248	260	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-26	0	0	0
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	31	39	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0	0	-1	0

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: 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	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	248	260	3	57	59	205	12	.224	33	-26	-2.6	.013	6.2		0
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	31	39	5	12	13	27	6	.500	8	0	0.0	.176	2.1		0

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: 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	Joe Black	24-29	1948	1953	5	11	0	1	1	10		.000	0			.000	1.7		0
2	Karl Spooner	24	1955	1955	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Batting Win Probability

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Joe Black	19-33	1943	1957	248	260	-1.4	-1.3	-0.4	-12.40		-17.00	0.79
2	Karl Spooner	23-24	1954	1955	31	39	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.86		0.18	0.84

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Totals

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Joe Black	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Karl Spooner	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Game Logs

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Joe Black vs. Karl Spooner: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Joe Black	CIN	1955-08-25 (2)	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.032	0.00	0.00%	-0.39			P
2	Karl Spooner	BRO	1955-08-25 (2)		2	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.052	0.19	0.00%	-0.24			P
3	Joe Black	CIN	1955-07-18	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	0.030	0.01	0.00%	0.49			P
4	Karl Spooner	BRO	1955-07-18	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	-0.012	0.46	-0.01%	-0.11			P

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