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Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Pitching Comparison

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Kazuhisa Ishii 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	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	39	34	.534	4.44	105	102	0	2	2	0	564.0	508	310	278	70	354	12	435	17	2	22	2496	903	90	5.06	1.528	8.1	1.1	5.6	6.9
2	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

Kazuhisa Ishii 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

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Value

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	105	102	564.0	0.3	-4.2
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	10.4	-2.1

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Totals Against

Kazuhisa Ishii 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	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	105	102	564.0	903	2080	325	100	13	54	37	59.34	13	50	28	17	.244	.356	.406	.762	109	.162	.275	303	844	183	879	903
2	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

Kazuhisa Ishii 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											.143	.294					.083				5	5

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Starting & Relieving

Kazuhisa Ishii 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	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	49	48	49.0	7	1	14	0		0	3
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	87	48	45.6	73	27	37	2	60.0	45	88

Kazuhisa Ishii 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	1

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	105	102	564.0	17.4	14.2	3.2
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	11.3	8.9	2.4

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	4.0	5.9	17.6	-11.8

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	105	102	564.0	9659	94	5656	58.56
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	11816	101	7443	62.99

Kazuhisa Ishii 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

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Steve Sparks	0	1	.000	18.69	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	8	9	9	2	3	0	3	0	0	1	24	2.538	16.6	4.2	6.2	6.2
2	Kazuhisa Ishii	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	29	0.222	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Game Logs

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Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Kazuhisa Ishii	LAD	2004-07-07	SHO, W	9.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	29	2	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	89	103	68	0.1	4.44			0.21
2	Steve Sparks	ARI	2004-07-07	GS-5, L	4.1	8	9	9	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	1	24	11	21	6	0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	11	98	59	-0.4	-6.79			0.45

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kazuhisa Ishii (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kazuhisa Ishii (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (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	2004	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kazuhisa Ishii (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kazuhisa Ishii (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2004	2004-07-07	ARI	LAD	down 6-0	t3	---	2	2 (0-1)	Popfly: 2B (Short CF-RF)

Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Kazuhisa Ishii (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Kazuhisa Ishii (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	2004	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Kazuhisa Ishii (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Kazuhisa Ishii (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2004	2004-07-07	LAD	ARI	ahead 0-6	b1	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2004	2004-07-07	LAD	ARI	ahead 0-7	b3	12-	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: P-1B

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Comparison

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Totals

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	98	191	164	10	18	0	1	1	10	0	0	4	73	.110	.131	.140	.271	-27	23	4	0	23	0	0
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

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Value

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	98	191	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-32	0	0	0
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-8	0	0	0

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Sabermetric

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	98	191	2	22	24	173	4	.189	19	-30	-2.9	.030	2.2		0
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	1	6	6	38	2	.208	4	-8	-0.8	.024	2.4		0

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: 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	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Win Probability

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Kazuhisa Ishii	28-31	2002	2005	98	191	-2.7	-2.8	0.1	-30.16		-31.69	0.98
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	-0.5	-0.7	0.2	-6.32		-7.43	0.90

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Head-to-Head Batting

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Kazuhisa Ishii 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	Kazuhisa Ishii	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kazuhisa Ishii vs. Steve Sparks: Game Logs

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Kazuhisa Ishii 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	Kazuhisa Ishii	LAD	2004-07-07	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	-0.006	0.08	-0.01%	-0.80			P
2	Steve Sparks	ARI	2004-07-07	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	-0.003	0.00	0.00%	-0.10			P

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