Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitching Comparison

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Víctor Cruz 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	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	18	23	.439	3.09	187	0	128	0	0	37	271.0	218	104	93	28	131	23	248	7	2	9	1144	366	132	3.74	1.288	7.2	0.9	4.4	8.2
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

Víctor Cruz 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	21		1.81	0.938	7.2	0.4	1.3	3.8

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Value

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	187	0	271.0	6.7	3.1
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	22.8	7.4

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals Against

Víctor Cruz 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	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	187	0	271.0	366	965	148	40	2	26	11	70.27	0	18	22	19	.226	.317	.359	.676	85	.133	.268	112	346	70	356	366
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

Víctor Cruz 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	21	72	13	3	0	2	1	66.67	0	3	2	0	.236	.267	.319	.586		.083	.258	7	23	4	20	21

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Starting & Relieving

Víctor Cruz 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	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	0			211	66	31	21	63.8	128	187
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	0			969	330	34	95	71.5	634	899

Víctor Cruz 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	0			14	5	36	2	33.3	10	13

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	187	0	271.0	21.7	11.5	10.2
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	15.1	8.3	6.8

Víctor Cruz 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

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	187	0	271.0
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1

Víctor Cruz 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	187		140	74.87

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Pitching

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Víctor Cruz 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	Víctor Cruz	1	0	1.000	3.38	5	0	4	0	0	2	5.1	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	19	0.938	6.8	1.7	1.7	5.1
2	Sparky Lyle	0	0		8.10	5	0	3	0	0	1	6.2	11	6	6	0	5	3	5	0	0	0	35	2.400	14.9	0.0	6.8	6.8

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Game Logs

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Víctor Cruz 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	Víctor Cruz	PIT	1981-05-24	8-GF, S	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.27	1	0	1.11
2	Sparky Lyle	PHI	1981-05-24	7-GF(8)	2.0	5	5	5	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	14	8	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	9	0	1	0	3				-0.1	-4.10	0	0	0.58
3	Víctor Cruz	CLE	1980-07-12	9-GF, S	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.3	0.67	1	0	4.94
4	Sparky Lyle	TEX	1980-07-12	6-7	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.07	2	0	0.04
5	Víctor Cruz	CLE	1980-04-26	7-8, W	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.09	3	0	1.98
6	Sparky Lyle	TEX	1980-04-26	7-GF(8)	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	5	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.06	1	1	0.97
7	Víctor Cruz	CLE	1980-04-25	9-GF	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.61	2	0	0.31
8	Sparky Lyle	TEX	1980-04-25	7-8	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.25	2	0	2.44
9	Víctor Cruz	CLE	1979-04-12	7-GF(8)	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	1				0.0	0.44	2	0	0.57
10	Sparky Lyle	TEX	1979-04-12	9-GF, S	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.54	1	0	1.69

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sparky Lyle (Pitcher) vs. Víctor Cruz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sparky Lyle (Pitcher) vs. Víctor Cruz (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	1981	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Sparky Lyle (Pitcher) vs. Víctor Cruz (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sparky Lyle (Pitcher) vs. Víctor Cruz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-05-24	PIT	PHI	ahead 1-3	b8	12-	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B-3B-2B/Sacrifice; D. Berra to 3B; S. Nicosia to 2B

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Comparison

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Totals

Víctor Cruz 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	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	23	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	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

Víctor Cruz 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	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

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Value

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	23	5	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-1	0	0	0
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.2	-6	0	0	0

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Sabermetric

Víctor Cruz 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	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	23	5	0	0	0	5	0	.000	0	-1	-0.1	.000	1.3		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

Víctor Cruz 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	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			.000	1.0		0

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Win Probability

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Víctor Cruz	20-25	1978	1983	23	5	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.43	-0.1	-1.22	0.74
2	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	-0.8	-0.8	-0.4	-8.77	-0.8	-8.02	0.67

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Batting

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Víctor Cruz 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	Víctor Cruz	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Sparky Lyle	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Víctor Cruz vs. Sparky Lyle: Game Logs

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Víctor Cruz 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	Víctor Cruz	PIT	1981-05-24		2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	0.44	-0.006	0.27	0.00%	-0.29			P
2	Sparky Lyle	PHI	1981-05-24		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Víctor Cruz	CLE	1980-07-12																																	P
4	Sparky Lyle	TEX	1980-07-12																																	P
5	Víctor Cruz	CLE	1980-04-26																																	P
6	Sparky Lyle	TEX	1980-04-26																																	P
7	Víctor Cruz	CLE	1980-04-25																																	P
8	Sparky Lyle	TEX	1980-04-25																																	P
9	Víctor Cruz	CLE	1979-04-12																																	P
10	Sparky Lyle	TEX	1979-04-12																																	P

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