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Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Pitching Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Totals

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	131	91	.590	3.39	280	264	8	105	29	2	1886.0	1646	778	711	242	548	24	1282	26	9	27	7719	2288	101	3.72	1.163	7.9	1.2	2.6	6.1
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

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	1	2	.333	3.24	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.2	18	8	6	1	4	0	13	0	0	0	73	22			1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	7.0

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Value

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	20.5	4.7
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0	-1.0	-4.3

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Totals Against

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	2288	7026	1111	249	44	96	45	68.09	5	115	76	43	.234	.290	.386	.676	98	.151	.253	803	2709	535	2220	2288
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

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	22	68											.265	.306					.315				22	22

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Starting & Relieving

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	160	61	56.7	13	3	23	0	100.0	8	16
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	11	48	48.1	126	49	39	6	60.0	64	175

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968									0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Ratios

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0	16.6	7.1	9.5
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0	10.5	11.5	-1.0

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2	17.8	5.5	12.3

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Pitch Summary

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	280	264	1886.0
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	3	16.2

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Head-to-Head Pitching

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Totals

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	2	0	1.000	3.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	12	8	7	2	6	0	21	1	1	0	73	1.000	6.0	1.0	3.0	10.5
2	Ed Sprague	0	1	.000	11.57	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	5	3	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	2.143	19.3	11.6	0.0	11.6

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Game Logs

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Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	DET	1969-05-29	CG, W	9.0	7	4	3	1	0	5	0	12	1	1	0	41	14	35	6	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	66			0.1	-0.11			0.90
2	Ed Sprague	OAK	1969-05-29	7-GF	2.1	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	4	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2				0.0	-0.74	2	0	0.15
3	Denny McLain	DET	1968-07-07 (1)	CG, W	9.0	5	4	4	0	2	1	0	9	0	0	0	32	6	31	2	0	1	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	3	69			0.1	-0.48			1.06
4	Ed Sprague	OAK	1968-07-07 (1)	9-GF, L	0.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.4	-1.00	0	0	1.57

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Denny McLain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-05-29	DET	OAK	ahead 3-6	t8	---	1		Single to LF

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Comparison

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Totals

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	616	32	82	5	2	1	31	1	0	25	244	.133	.166	.153	.318	-8	94	10	0	64	4	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

Denny McLain 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	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Value

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.2	-85	1	-2	0
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-5	0	0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Sabermetric

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	8	107	119	612	19	.216	62	-90	-9.6	.019	2.5	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

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	24	1968	1968	3	7	0	0	0	8		.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Win Probability

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Denny McLain	19-28	1963	1972	285	709	-7.2	-8.5	0.3	-81.86		-87.11	0.88
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	-0.2	-0.4	0.1	-4.75		-4.81	0.47

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Head-to-Head Batting

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Totals

Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ed Sprague	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Denny McLain vs. Ed Sprague: Game Logs

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Denny McLain 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	Denny McLain	DET	1969-05-29	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.105	1.17	-0.06%	-0.83			P
2	Ed Sprague	OAK	1969-05-29		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Denny McLain	DET	1968-07-07 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	-0.040	2.38	-0.10%	-0.35			P
4	Ed Sprague	OAK	1968-07-07 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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