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Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Pitching Comparison

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Totals

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	138	98	.585	3.75	356	332	4	4	2	1	1964.0	1820	899	818	224	690	21	1979	88	0	60	8345	2674	111	3.80	1.278	8.3	1.0	3.2	9.1
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	129	82	.611	3.10	356	276	25	16	3	12	1862.1	1513	691	641	199	429	15	2288	116	2	43	7500	2108	137	2.95	1.043	7.3	1.0	2.1	11.1

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	24-36	2011	2023	5	6	.455	5.64	28	9	3	0	0	0	60.2	71	42	38	10	30	5	57	1	0	1	278	102		3.84	1.665	10.5	1.5	4.5	8.5
2	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	1	3	.250	6.35	10	7	1	0	0	0	34.0	36	26	24	7	13	0	47	2	0	1	152	51		3.96	1.441	9.5	1.9	3.4	12.4

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Value

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	356	332	1964.0	30.1	13.6
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	356	276	1862.1	49.4	32.1

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Totals Against

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	356	332	1964.0	2674	7481	1208	343	45	80	49	62.02	6	144	45	38	.243	.313	.391	.704	93	.148	.300	923	2925	612	2598	2674
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	356	276	1862.1	2108	6901	996	297	21	88	35	71.54	15	126	23	31	.219	.275	.355	.630	70	.136	.296	681	2449	517	2058	2108

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	24-36	2011	2023	28	9	60.2	102	240											.296	.376					.353				102	102
2	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	7	34.0	51	136											.265	.338					.354				51	51

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Starting & Relieving

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	176	53	53.7	6	2	33	1	50.0	4	24
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	177	64	60.7	53	12	23	3	80.0	25	80

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Lance Lynn	24-36	2011	2023									3	19
2	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021									1	3

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Ratios

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	356	332	1964.0	23.7	8.3	15.4
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	356	276	1862.1	30.5	5.7	24.8

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Lance Lynn	24-36	2011	2023	28	9	60.2	20.5	10.8	9.7
2	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	7	34.0	30.9	8.6	22.4

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Pitch Summary

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	356	332	1964.0	31477	99	19835	63.01
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	356	276	1862.1	27510	101	18372	66.78

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Lance Lynn	24-36	2011	2023	28	9	60.2
2	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	7	34.0

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Head-to-Head Pitching

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Totals

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Chris Sale	0	0		0.64	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	9	1	1	1	3	0	22	1	0	1	55	0.857	5.8	0.6	1.9	14.1
2	Lance Lynn	0	0		2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	12	3	3	1	2	0	9	1	0	2	51	1.167	9.0	0.8	1.5	6.8

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Chris Sale	1	0	1.000	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	2	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	22	1.313	8.4	0.0	3.4	13.5
2	Lance Lynn	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	9.0

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Game Logs

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Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	MIN	2018-07-27	GS-6	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	26	8	24	4	1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	54	103	65	0.0	1.19			0.88
2	Chris Sale	BOS	2018-07-27	GS-6	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	1	0	1	24	6	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	74	100	69	0.4	3.19			1.09
3	Lance Lynn	STL	2015-06-30	GS-6	6.0	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	25	7	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	61	117	75	0.2	1.81			1.25
4	Chris Sale	CHW	2015-06-30	GS-8	8.0	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	31	7	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	2	77	116	81	0.4	2.75			1.35

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Batter vs. Pitcher

Lance Lynn (Pitcher) vs. Chris Sale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Lance Lynn (Pitcher) vs. Chris Sale (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	2015	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Lance Lynn (Pitcher) vs. Chris Sale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Lance Lynn (Pitcher) vs. Chris Sale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2015	2015-06-30	CHW	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	5 (1-2)	Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
2	2015	2015-06-30	CHW	STL	ahead 0-1	t4	12-	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)

Chris Sale (Pitcher) vs. Lance Lynn (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Chris Sale (Pitcher) vs. Lance Lynn (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	2015	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Chris Sale (Pitcher) vs. Lance Lynn (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Chris Sale (Pitcher) vs. Lance Lynn (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2015	2015-06-30	STL	CHW	down 1-0	b3	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2015	2015-06-30	STL	CHW	tied 1-1	b5	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; P. Kozma to 2B

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Batting Comparison

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Batting Totals

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	176	333	283	15	24	5	0	0	7	0	0	12	159	.085	.128	.102	.230	-36	29	2	2	35	1	0
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	26	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.115	.115	.154	.269	-26	4	0	0	1	0	0

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	24-36	2011	2023	28	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	1	0	2	0	0

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Batting Value

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	176	333	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	0.0	-55	1	-1	0
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Batting Sabermetric

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	176	333	5	38	42	297	6	.192	22	-55	-5.7	.018	1.8		0
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	1	3	3	24	1	.250	1	-6	-0.6	.038	1.9		0

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	24-36	2011	2023	28	14	0	2	2	13		.000	0			.000	1.4		0
2	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Batting Win Probability

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Lance Lynn	24-37	2011	2024	176	333	-5.6	-5.3	-0.4	-60.50		-56.76	1.00
2	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	-0.4	-0.4	0.1	-4.61		-4.70	1.04

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Head-to-Head Batting

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Totals

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Chris Sale	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Lance Lynn	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Chris Sale	1
2	Lance Lynn	1

Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: Game Logs

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Lance Lynn vs. Chris Sale: 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	Lance Lynn	MIN	2018-07-27																																	P
2	Chris Sale	BOS	2018-07-27																																	P
3	Lance Lynn	STL	2015-06-30	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.040	0.57	-0.01%	-0.34			P
4	Chris Sale	CHW	2015-06-30	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.029	0.35	-0.01%	-0.19			P

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