John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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John O'Donoghue

-0.6

183

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864.2

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3.94

86

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4.1

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39-55

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4.07

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11.7

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John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Pitching Comparison

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	39	55	.415	4.07	257	96	56	13	4	10	751.0	780	382	340	78	260	27	377	13	1	18	3235	1110	88	3.98	1.385	9.3	0.9	3.1	4.5
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

John O'Donoghue 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	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

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Value

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	257	96	751.0	3.7	-1.9
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2	0.0	-7.5

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Totals Against

John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	257	96	751.0	1110	2894	552	125	25	33	8	80.49	4	91	42	23	.270	.330	.411	.741	115	.141	.285	396	1189	228	1053	1110
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

John O'Donoghue 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	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

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Starting & Relieving

John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	45	47	48.0	164	70	43	8	55.6	56	161
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	64	45	50.3	13	6	46	1	0.0	18	41

John O'Donoghue 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	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	0			2	0	0	0		0	1

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Ratios

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	257	96	751.0	11.7	8.0	3.6
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2	15.6	11.6	4.0

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Pitch Summary

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	257	96	751.0
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2		111

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0.1

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Head-to-Head Pitching

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue	3	1	.750	4.42	8	6	0	2	1	0	38.2	44	20	19	3	11	2	23	0	0	0	168	1.422	10.2	0.7	2.6	5.4
2	Joe Sparma	1	3	.250	8.42	8	7	0	0	0	0	25.2	30	24	24	3	21	0	22	2	0	2	130	1.987	10.5	1.1	7.4	7.7

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Game Logs

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John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1967-08-19	SHO, W	9.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	29	3	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	94			0.2	3.80			0.59
2	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-08-19	GS-3, L	2.2	4	5	5	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	15	7	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	31			-0.3	-3.82			0.92
3	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1967-06-28	GS-3	3.0	7	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	9	14	6	0	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	1	33			-0.3	-1.73			1.30
4	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-06-28	GS-6, W	6.0	6	3	3	0	0	5	0	6	1	0	1	30	12	24	6	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	49			-0.1	-0.47			1.50
5	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1966-09-18	7-8	1.2	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	6	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1				-0.5	-3.20	0	0	1.20
6	Joe Sparma	DET	1966-09-18	6-7	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.89	0	0	0.23
7	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1966-09-02 (2)	GS-3	2.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	8	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	31			-0.2	-2.10			1.32
8	Joe Sparma	DET	1966-09-02 (2)	GS-1	0.2	4	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	23			-0.3	-3.12			1.69
9	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1966-07-23	GS-6	6.0	7	5	4	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	27	10	24	5	1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	38			-0.3	-2.40			0.61
10	Joe Sparma	DET	1966-07-23	GS-3	2.1	3	2	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	13	6	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	43			-0.2	-2.19			0.71
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John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Batter vs. Pitcher

John O'Donoghue (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John O'Donoghue (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	1964	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John O'Donoghue (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John O'Donoghue (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-06-23 (1)	DET	KCA	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1964	1964-06-23 (1)	DET	KCA	tied 0-0	t5	12-	0		Flyball: 3B
3	1966	1966-07-23	DET	CLE	ahead 0-4	t2	---	0		Flyball: 1B
4	1967	1967-06-28	DET	CLE	ahead 0-1	b2	12-	0		Groundout: 1B-3B/Forceout at 3B; D. Tracewski to 2B

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. John O'Donoghue (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. John O'Donoghue (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	1964	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1966	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1967	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. John O'Donoghue (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. John O'Donoghue (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-06-23 (1)	KCA	DET	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1964	1964-06-23 (1)	KCA	DET	tied 0-0	b5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; N. Mathews to 2B
3	1964	1964-06-23 (1)	KCA	DET	ahead 0-2	b6	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
4	1966	1966-07-17 (2)	CLE	DET	ahead 0-2	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1966	1966-07-23	CLE	DET	down 5-0	b3	---	1		Single to CF
6	1967	1967-06-28	CLE	DET	down 1-0	t2	1--	2		Flyball: LF
7	1967	1967-08-19	CLE	DET	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Comparison

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Totals

John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	263	228	206	16	35	3	0	3	11	1	0	5	67	.170	.190	.228	.418	18	47	3	0	17	0	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

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Value

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	263	228	0.3	0.3	0.4	-0.2	-21	0	-2	0
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	-38	1	-1	0

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Sabermetric

John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	263	228	6	40	44	191	9	.235	24	-23	-2.6	.058	3.1	100.0	1
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	5	42	49	268	9	.198	22	-40	-4.6	.026	2.5		0

John O'Donoghue 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	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Win Probability

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John O'Donoghue	23-31	1963	1971	263	228	-2.3	-2.4	-0.1	-21.20	-2.3	-23.60	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

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Head-to-Head Batting

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue	8	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Joe Sparma	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John O'Donoghue vs. Joe Sparma: Game Logs

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John O'Donoghue 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	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1967-08-19	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	-0.035	0.03	0.00%	-1.32			P
2	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-08-19	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1967-06-28	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.023	1.87	-0.03%	-0.20			P
4	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-06-28	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.064	3.80	-0.12%	-0.76			P
5	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1966-09-18		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Joe Sparma	DET	1966-09-18		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1966-09-02 (2)	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	-0.008	0.00	0.00%	-0.20			P
8	Joe Sparma	DET	1966-09-02 (2)	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	John O'Donoghue	CLE	1966-07-23	*	6	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.009	0.22	0.00%	0.03			P
10	Joe Sparma	DET	1966-07-23	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	-0.008	0.23	0.00%	-0.21			P
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