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Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Pitching Comparison

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Totals

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: 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	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	25	24	.510	3.56	113	62	18	9	1	2	465.2	440	207	184	39	167	5	211	7	1	6	1963	640	96	3.76	1.304	8.5	0.8	3.2	4.1
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	17	23	.425	3.84	198	23	64	3	0	9	408.0	406	208	174	27	206	30	188	17	1	27	1797	662	89	4.09	1.500	9.0	0.6	4.5	4.1

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Value

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	113	62	465.2	3.9	-0.3
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0	-1.0	-4.3

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Totals Against

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: 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	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	113	62	465.2	640	1740	330	58	13	17	8	68.00	6	41	35	15	.253	.318	.368	.687	102	.116	.266	210	641	110	614	640
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0	662	1542	316	59	4	38	17	69.09	2	52	15	17	.263	.353	.359	.712	111	.096	.282	200	554	90	629	662

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Starting & Relieving

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	37	60	51.7	32	11	34	0	100.0	18	51
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	11	48	48.1	126	49	39	6	60.0	64	175

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Ratios

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	113	62	465.2	10.7	8.5	2.2
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0	10.5	11.5	-1.0

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Pitch Summary

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	113	62	465.2
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Totals

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: 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	Mike Hedlund	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	38	1.222	7.0	0.0	4.0	8.0
2	Ed Sprague	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	9	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Game Logs

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Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: 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	Mike Hedlund	KCR	1969-09-18	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	38	11	34	7	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	73			0.2	3.09			0.92
2	Ed Sprague	OAK	1969-09-18	5-6	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	9	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.09	0	0	0.14

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Mike Hedlund (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Mike Hedlund (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	1969	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0

Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Mike Hedlund (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Mike Hedlund (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-09-18	KCR	OAK	ahead 1-6	b5	---	2		Walk

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Comparison

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Totals

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: 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	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	113	151	138	5	17	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	63	.123	.142	.123	.265	-23	17	1	0	10	0	0
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.045	.045	.091	.136	-60	2	1	0	3	0	0

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Value

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	113	151	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	-0.1	-21	0	0	0
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-5	0	0	0

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Sabermetric

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: 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	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	113	151	0	20	22	132	3	.227	8	-23	-2.4	.000	2.2	100.00	1
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	1	1	1	25	0	.111	1	-5	-0.5	.045	1.7		0

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Win Probability

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Mike Hedlund	18-25	1965	1972	113	151	-1.7	-2.0	0.4	-18.92		-20.53	1.02
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	-0.2	-0.4	0.1	-4.75		-4.81	0.47

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Head-to-Head Batting

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Totals

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: 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	Mike Hedlund	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Sprague	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: Game Logs

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Mike Hedlund vs. Ed Sprague: 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	Mike Hedlund	KCR	1969-09-18	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.082	0.00	0.00%	-0.93			P
2	Ed Sprague	OAK	1969-09-18		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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