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Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Pitching Comparison

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	224	166	.574	3.26	500	476	6	181	42	1	3449.1	2958	1380	1248	374	954	57	2012	49	7	49	14032	4107	104	3.66	1.134	7.7	1.0	2.5	5.2
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	52	52	.500	3.94	183	142	18	31	10	0	864.2	774	423	379	77	436	15	586	27	2	42	3755	1281	86	3.92	1.399	8.1	0.8	4.5	6.1

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	9	6	.600	3.26	22	19	2	4	1	1	132.1	114	49	48	21	35	6	70	1	0	2	536	155		2.38	1.126	7.8	1.4	2.4	4.8
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2			6.000	54.0	27.0	0.0	0.0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Value

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	36.3	5.6
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2	0.0	-7.5

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Totals Against

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	4107	12803	1990	524	70	202	132	60.48	8	183	132	93	.231	.285	.371	.656	92	.139	.246	1373	4744	968	3961	4107
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2	1281	3239	573	104	20	52	25	67.53	0	68	31	22	.239	.332	.355	.687	103	.116	.268	387	1149	201	1237	1281

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	155	493	68	21	4	8	7	53.33	0	6	5	2	.231	.282	.418	.700		.187	.230	57	206	46	150	155
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0.1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.667	2.333	3.000		1.667	.500	5	7	2	2	2

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Starting & Relieving

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	295	62	56.8	16	6	38	0	100.0	6	24
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	64	45	50.3	13	6	46	1	0.0	18	41

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	13	68	55.2	4	1	25	0	100.0	2	3
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	0			2	0	0	0		0	1

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Ratios

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1	14.3	6.8	7.5
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2	15.6	11.6	4.0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	13.1	6.5	6.5
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Pitch Summary

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	500	476	3449.1
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2		111

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	19	132.1	597	95	381	63.82
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0.1

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Head-to-Head Pitching

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Joe Sparma	2	3	.400	5.23	6	4	1	1	0	0	20.2	28	12	12	4	12	0	15	1	1	0	100	1.935	12.2	1.7	5.2	6.5
2	Catfish Hunter	4	1	.800	4.50	6	6	0	2	1	0	40.0	39	21	20	7	17	1	26	1	0	0	175	1.400	8.8	1.6	3.8	5.9

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Game Logs

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Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1968-07-17	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	36	10	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	66			0.4	1.21			1.38
2	Joe Sparma	DET	1968-07-17	GS-2, L	1.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	5	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	33			-0.3	-2.58			1.04
3	Catfish Hunter	KCA	1967-06-18	GS-9, W	8.2	8	4	4	0	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	38	12	34	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	55			0.2	-0.92			0.74
4	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-06-18	GS-3, L	2.0	4	4	4	0	0	4	0	3	1	1	0	15	9	10	1	2	1	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	3	31			-0.4	-4.49			0.73
5	Catfish Hunter	KCA	1966-10-02	GS-9, W	8.1	9	5	5	0	2	1	0	7	1	0	0	36	12	34	5	1	1	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	4	51			0.0	-0.33			0.43
6	Joe Sparma	DET	1966-10-02	8-GF	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.89	0	0	0.04
7	Catfish Hunter	KCA	1965-08-25	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	35	9	32	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	77			0.2	3.91			0.55
8	Joe Sparma	DET	1965-08-25	GS-3, L	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	6	12	3	0	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	35			-0.2	-1.50			0.81
9	Catfish Hunter	KCA	1965-08-11 (1)	GS-4, L	3.0	7	6	5	1	1	2	1	4	0	0	0	19	10	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	25			-0.3	-4.04			1.38
10	Joe Sparma	DET	1965-08-11 (1)	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	34	8	31	4	0	0	1	0	0	12	0	1	0	2	71			0.2	1.99			0.46
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Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Batter vs. Pitcher

Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (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	1965	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1968	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	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Catfish Hunter (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-08-11 (1)	DET	KCA	tied 0-0	b2	--3	1		Strikeout
2	1965	1965-08-11 (1)	DET	KCA	ahead 0-5	b3	---	2		Strikeout
3	1965	1965-08-25	DET	KCA	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
4	1968	1968-07-17	DET	OAK	down 2-1	t2	-2-	2		Single; B. Freehan Scores; J. Sparma to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (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	1965	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1966	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1967	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Catfish Hunter (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-06-20 (1)	KCA	DET	ahead 2-8	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; R. Lachemann to 2B
2	1965	1965-08-11 (1)	KCA	DET	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
3	1965	1965-08-25	KCA	DET	ahead 0-2	b2	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
4	1966	1966-10-02	KCA	DET	ahead 2-7	t9	1--	0		Flyball: 1B
5	1967	1967-06-18	KCA	DET	ahead 0-3	t2	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Comparison

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Totals

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	658	60	149	16	3	6	51	2	0	8	160	.226	.234	.287	.521	52	189	10	0	39	5	0
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	269	11	32	3	2	0	11	0	0	10	108	.119	.150	.145	.295	-15	39	1	0	29	1	0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	24	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.095	.174	.095	.269	2	0	0	1	0	0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Value

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	4.6	4.5	4.8	-0.2	-35	-1	1	0
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	-38	1	-1	0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Sabermetric

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	25	157	171	563	46	.288	105	-43	-4.6	.061	4.1	100.0	2
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	5	42	49	268	9	.198	22	-40	-4.6	.026	2.5		0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	25-32	1971	1978	22	24	0	4	4	20	1	.167	1			.000	2.3		0
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Win Probability

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Catfish Hunter	19-33	1965	1979	304	710	-2.7	-3.9	1.0	-38.86	-4.4	-38.43	0.93
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	-2.6	-3.8	0.8	-39.84	-4.4	-38.05	0.87

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Head-to-Head Batting

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Joe Sparma	6	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Catfish Hunter	6	18	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.063	.118	.063	.180	1	0	0	1	0	0

Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: Game Logs

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Catfish Hunter vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Catfish Hunter	OAK	1968-07-17	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.024	0.29	0.00%	-0.11			P
2	Joe Sparma	DET	1968-07-17	*	2	9	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	1.37	0.133	6.73	0.39%	1.00			P
3	Catfish Hunter	KCA	1967-06-18	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.080	0.77	-0.07%	-2.08			1B P
4	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-06-18	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Catfish Hunter	KCA	1966-10-02	*	9	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	0.056	0.00	0.00%	-0.08			P
6	Joe Sparma	DET	1966-10-02		2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Catfish Hunter	KCA	1965-08-25	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	-0.024	0.00	0.00%	-0.72			P
8	Joe Sparma	DET	1965-08-25	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.023	0.92	-0.01%	-0.21			P
9	Catfish Hunter	KCA	1965-08-11 (1)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	-0.017	0.00	0.00%	-0.14			P
10	Joe Sparma	DET	1965-08-11 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	-0.072	0.20	-0.02%	-1.13			P
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