Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Pitching Comparison

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	131	124	.514	4.27	401	327	18	25	5	2	2198.0	2388	1158	1043	285	422	52	1553	49	13	30	9300	2980	103	4.02	1.278	9.8	1.2	1.7	6.4
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

Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	34	2004	2004	1	1	.500	3.43	3	3	0	0	0	0	21.0	19	8	8	1	2	0	9	1	0	1	80	22		3.24	1.000	8.1	0.4	0.9	3.9
2	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

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Value

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	401	327	2198.0	25.5	8.0
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	10.4	-2.1

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Totals Against

Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	401	327	2198.0	2980	8657	1618	426	59	97	54	64.24	1	164	93	76	.276	.311	.437	.748	96	.162	.305	1187	3787	770	2859	2980
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

Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	34	2004	2004	3	3	21.0	22	76	16	2	0	1	0	100.00	0	4	0	1	.250	.275	.316	.591		.066	.269	6	24	3	22	22
2	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

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Starting & Relieving

Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	175	54	50.4	37	14	38	5	28.6	18	74
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	87	48	45.6	73	27	37	2	60.0	45	88

Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	34	2004	2004	2	67	55.3						0	0
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	0			0	0		0		0	1

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	401	327	2198.0	16.7	4.5	12.2
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	11.3	8.9	2.4

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jon Lieber	34	2004	2004	3	3	21.0	11.3	2.5	8.8
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	4.0	5.9	17.6	-11.8

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	401	327	2198.0	18908	93	12776	67.57
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	11816	101	7443	62.99

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jon Lieber	34	2004	2004	3	3	21.0	284	95	192	67.61
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	4.0	71		35	49.30

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Jon Lieber 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	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	3	0	0	0	29	1.429	3.9	1.3	9.0	3.9
2	Jon Lieber	0	1	.000	5.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	30	1.429	11.6	1.3	1.3	5.1

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Game Logs

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Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	NYY	2004-06-17	GS-8, L	7.0	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	30	10	29	5	3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	4	46	87	58	0.0	-0.11			0.99
2	Steve Sparks	ARI	2004-06-17	GS-7, W	7.0	3	1	1	0	1	7	0	3	0	0	0	29	10	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	63	115	55	0.3	2.81			1.21

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jon Lieber (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jon Lieber (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	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	1

Jon Lieber (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jon Lieber (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2004	2004-06-17	NYY	ARI	down 1-0	t2	1--	2	3 (2-0)	Single to CF (Ground Ball); H. Matsui to 3B
2	2004	2004-06-17	NYY	ARI	down 1-0	t5	1--	0	3 (1-1)	Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
3	2004	2004-06-17	NYY	ARI	tied 1-1	t7	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Popfly: P

Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lieber (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lieber (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	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lieber (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Jon Lieber (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2004	2004-06-17	ARI	NYY	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2004	2004-06-17	ARI	NYY	ahead 0-1	b5	1-3	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Comparison

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Totals

Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	363	699	612	36	85	17	0	0	25	0	0	30	234	.139	.179	.167	.345	-10	102	20	0	55	2	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

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Value

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	363	699	-1.3	-1.3	-1.2	-0.1	-106	-1	-4	0
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-8	0	0	0

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Sabermetric

Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	363	699	17	115	120	604	21	.224	61	-102	-9.9	.028	2.6		0
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	1	6	6	38	2	.208	4	-8	-0.8	.024	2.4		0

Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	34	2004	2004	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Win Probability

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jon Lieber	24-38	1994	2008	363	699	-9.0	-9.6	0.3	-115.88	-11.1	-110.86	0.96
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	-0.5	-0.7	0.2	-6.32	-0.6	-7.43	0.90

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Head-to-Head Batting

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Jon Lieber 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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jon Lieber	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	0	0	0	0

Jon Lieber vs. Steve Sparks: Game Logs

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Jon Lieber 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	Jon Lieber	NYY	2004-06-17	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.129	1.20	-0.06%	-0.86			P
2	Steve Sparks	ARI	2004-06-17	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.073	0.20	-0.01%	-0.92			P

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