Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitching Comparison

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	287	250	.534	3.31	692	685	3	242	60	0	4970.0	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	71	3701	155	19	114	20491	6326	118	3.19	1.198	8.4	0.8	2.4	6.7
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	99	76	.566	2.88	899	0	634	0	0	238	1390.1	1292	519	445	84	481	81	873	14	10	66	5794	1864	128	3.19	1.275	8.4	0.5	3.1	5.7

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	5	1	.833	2.47	8	6	1	1	0	0	47.1	43	15	13	5	8	1	36	2	0	0	193	57		2.01	1.077	8.2	1.0	1.5	6.8
2	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	3	0	1.000	1.69	13	0	10	0	0	1	21.1	17	4	4	1	3	0	9	0	0	1	80	21		1.81	0.938	7.2	0.4	1.3	3.8

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Value

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	96.1	51.9
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	22.8	7.4

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals Against

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	6326	18715	3374	712	116	424	196	68.39	22	389	176	121	.248	.301	.367	.668	86	.119	.286	2089	6866	1258	6109	6326
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	1864	5154	997	182	29	45	39	53.57	12	141	91	55	.251	.313	.346	.659	87	.095	.284	570	1784	295	1787	1864

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	57	180	33	5	0	5	1	83.33	0	4	2	1	.239	.277	.350	.627		.111	.271	18	63	10	53	57
2	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	0	21.1	21	72	13	3	0	2	1	66.67	0	3	2	0	.236	.267	.319	.586		.083	.258	7	23	4	20	21

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Starting & Relieving

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	429	63	56.9	4	2	50	2	0.0	3	7
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	0			969	330	34	95	71.5	634	899

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	6	100	58.7	2	2	100	0		1	2
2	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	0			14	5	36	2	33.3	10	13

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0	18.1	6.5	11.6
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	15.1	8.3	6.8

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	18.7	4.1	14.5
2	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	0	21.1	11.3	3.8	7.5

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	692	685	4970.0		90
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	6	47.1	671	99	435	64.83
2	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	0	21.1	187		140	74.87

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	1	0	1.000	2.51	9	0	6	0	0	4	14.1	14	4	4	0	6	1	16	0	0	1	63	1.395	8.8	0.0	3.8	10.0
2	Bert Blyleven	3	3	.500	2.59	9	8	0	2	2	0	62.2	57	22	18	5	19	2	48	0	0	1	261	1.213	8.2	0.7	2.7	6.9

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Game Logs

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Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1980-09-17	GS-7	7.0	9	4	4	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	31	11	27	7	2	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	1	2	44			-0.2	-0.77			1.16
2	Sparky Lyle	PHI	1980-09-17	11-GF(11), S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.2	0.46	0	0	3.45
3	Bert Blyleven	TEX	1977-05-25 (1)	GS-8, L	7.2	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	30	8	27	2	3	1	0	1	0	15	0	2	0	5	57			0.0	0.69			0.89
4	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1977-05-25 (1)	7-GF, S	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.4	1.61	2	0	3.36
5	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1975-07-21	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	32	7	29	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	83			0.5	4.40			1.18
6	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1975-07-21	7-GF(8)	1.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.92	2	2	0.31
7	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1975-06-04	GS-6, L	6.0	9	5	2	3	1	4	0	8	0	0	1	31	15	26	7	1	0	3	0	0	13	0	1	0	2	44			-0.2	-2.07			1.11
8	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1975-06-04	9-9	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-2.99	0	0	0.90
9	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1974-06-01	GS-2	1.1	5	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	7	9	5	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	31			-0.3	-2.94			1.40
10	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1974-06-01	8-12, BW	4.2	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	21	7	18	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1				-0.1	-0.22	2	2	3.13
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Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Sparky Lyle (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Sparky Lyle (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	1970	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

Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Sparky Lyle (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bert Blyleven (Pitcher) vs. Sparky Lyle (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-08-26	MIN	BOS	ahead 0-7	b7	---	2		Strikeout Looking

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Comparison

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	.131	.144	.146	.290	-19	66	4	2	56	0	0
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	78	8	15	2	0	0	4	1	0	5	26	.192	.241	.218	.459	31	17	0	0	5	0	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	0	3	0	0
2	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Value

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-1.6	-1.7	-1.6	0.0	-71	1	0	0
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.2	-6	0	0	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Sabermetric

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	7	66	75	452	11	.229	44	-74	-7.9	.016	2.3		0
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	2	20	21	68	7	.288	12	-7	-0.5	.026	3.0	100.0	1

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	19-36	1970	1987	8	10	0	1	1	10	0	.200	1			.000	3.5		0
2	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			.000	1.0		0

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Win Probability

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bert Blyleven	19-41	1970	1992	218	514	-6.3	-6.9	-0.2	-62.98	-6.6	-68.85	0.90
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	-0.8	-0.8	-0.4	-8.77	-0.8	-8.02	0.67

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Batting

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bert Blyleven	9	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	1	0	0

Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: Game Logs

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Bert Blyleven vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Bert Blyleven	PIT	1980-09-17	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.030	0.88	-0.03%	-0.24			P
2	Sparky Lyle	PHI	1980-09-17		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bert Blyleven	TEX	1977-05-25 (1)																																	P
4	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1977-05-25 (1)																																	P
5	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1975-07-21																																	P
6	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1975-07-21																																	P
7	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1975-06-04																																	P
8	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1975-06-04																																	P
9	Bert Blyleven	MIN	1974-06-01																																	P
10	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1974-06-01		5	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	-0.043	1.83	-0.03%	-0.15			P
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