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Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks

Regular Season: 2 PA , .000/.000/.000, 0 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Batter vs. Pitcher

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Year-by-Year Totals

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: 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	2004	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Plate Appearances

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Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2004	2004-07-02	MIN	ARI	tied 0-0	t1	---	1	4 (1-2)	Foul Popfly: SS (3B into Foul Terr.)
2	2004	2004-07-02	MIN	ARI	ahead 0-2	t3	1--	0	6 (1-2)	Foul Flyball: LF (LF into Foul Terr.)

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Comparison

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Lew Ford	26-35	2003	2012	519	1795	1585	235	425	83	10	35	176	48	10	154	249	.268	.345	.399	.744	95	633	37	37	7	12	5
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	41	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	.122	.143	.146	.289	-25	6	0	0	2	0	0

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Lew Ford	26-35	2003	2012	9	22	20	3	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	3	.300	.364	.400	.764	8	0	2	0	0	0
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Value

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Lew Ford	26-35	2003	2012	519	1795	8.3	1.9	5.0	2.1	-13	4	10	34
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-8	0	0	0

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Sabermetric

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Lew Ford	26-35	2003	2012	519	1795	128	616	629	1226	230	.297	376	-9	-0.8	.131	6.4	82.8	58
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	1	6	6	38	2	.208	4	-8	-0.8	.024	2.4		0

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Lew Ford	26-35	2003	2012	9	22	2	8	8	15	4	.353	6			.100	6.7	50.0	2
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Win Probability

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Lew Ford	26-35	2003	2012	519	1795	0.9	0.0	0.9	-10.21	-1.1	-7.04	1.03
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	-0.5	-0.7	0.2	-6.32	-0.6	-7.43	0.90

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Pitching Comparison

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	59	76	.437	4.88	270	182	45	16	2	3	1319.2	1451	800	716	154	520	11	658	52	5	54	5832	2087	95	4.90	1.494	9.9	1.1	3.5	4.5

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	17	5		8.03	1.250	4.5	2.3	6.8	2.3

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Value

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	10.4	-2.1

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Totals Against

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	2087	5179	950	314	33	71	39	64.55	20	128	27	54	.280	.348	.443	.791	107	.163	.293	809	2293	501	2023	2087

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	4.0	5	14	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.357	.651		.214	.083	2	5	1	5	5

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Starting & Relieving

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	87	48	45.6	73	27	37	2	60.0	45	88

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	0			0	0		0		0	1

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lew Ford	26-35	2003	2012
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	11.3	8.9	2.4

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lew Ford	26-35	2003	2012
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	4.0	5.9	17.6	-11.8

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	11816	101	7443	62.99

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	4.0	71		35	49.30

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Head-to-Head Batting

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Steve Sparks	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Lew Ford	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: Game Logs

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Lew Ford vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Lew Ford	MIN	2004-07-02	*	9	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	-0.124	1.36	-0.11%	-1.23			LF
2	Steve Sparks	ARI	2004-07-02	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	-0.016	0.01	0.00%	-0.25			P

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