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Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle

Regular Season: 4 PA , .500/.500/.500, 0 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Batter vs. Pitcher

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Year-by-Year Totals

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1971	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Plate Appearances

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Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-04-29	NYY	BOS	down 2-1	b8	---	0		Flyball: LF
2	1970	1970-05-11	CAL	BOS	down 1-0	b8	1-3	1		Single to 3B; S. Alomar to 2B; J. Tatum Scores
3	1970	1970-05-12	CAL	BOS	down 5-2	b8	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
4	1971	1971-08-16	CAL	BOS	down 3-2	t8	123	1		Single to LF; M. Rivers Scores; T. González to 3B; K. McMullen to 2B

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Comparison

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Billy Cowan	24-33	1963	1972	493	1253	1190	131	281	44	8	40	125	17	8	50	297	.236	.269	.387	.656	84	461	17	4	6	3	10
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

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	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

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Value

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Billy Cowan	24-33	1963	1972	493	1253	1.1	-3.7	2.1	-2.0	-19	3	1	-10
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.2	-6	0	0	0

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Sabermetric

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Billy Cowan	24-33	1963	1972	493	1253	92	335	361	943	123	.282	216	-32	-3.4	.151	4.0	68.00	25
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	2	20	21	68	7	.288	12	-7	-0.5	.026	3.0	100.00	1

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	2	0	0	0	2			0			.000	1.0		0

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Win Probability

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Billy Cowan	24-33	1963	1972	493	1253	0.9	-1.0	1.8	-19.22		-18.15	1.12
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	-0.8	-0.8	-0.4	-8.77		-8.02	0.67

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitching Comparison

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Billy Cowan 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	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

Billy Cowan 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	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	20		1.81	0.938	7.2	0.4	1.3	3.8

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Value

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	22.8	7.4

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals Against

Billy Cowan 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	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

Billy Cowan 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	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	0	21.1	20	72											.236	.267					.258				20	20

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Starting & Relieving

Billy Cowan 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	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	0			969	330	34	95	71.5	634	899

Billy Cowan 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	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981								100.0	10	13

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Billy Cowan	24-33	1963	1972
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	15.1	8.3	6.8

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	0	21.1	11.3	3.8	7.5

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	0	21.1

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Batting

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Billy Cowan 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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Billy Cowan	9	15	15	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.467	.867	7	0	0	0	0	0

Billy Cowan vs. Sparky Lyle: Game Logs

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Billy Cowan 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	Billy Cowan	CAL	1971-08-16		1	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.10	0.208	0.00	0.00%	1.00			PH
2	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1971-08-16		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Billy Cowan	CAL	1971-06-15	*	8	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.051	0.62	-0.01%	-0.53			1B
4	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1971-06-15		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Billy Cowan	CAL	1971-06-14		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	-0.097	1.46	-0.02%	-0.28			PH
6	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1971-06-14		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Billy Cowan	CAL	1970-07-22 (1)	*	9	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.072	2.26	-0.09%	0.66			RF
8	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1970-07-22 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Billy Cowan	CAL	1970-05-12		2	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	0.757	8.97	0.94%	1.50			PH CF
10	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1970-05-12		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	-0.006	0.23	0.00%	-0.21			P
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