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Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Pitching Comparison

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	121	101	.545	4.29	349	319	10	4	2	0	1925.0	2030	990	917	194	619	38	1273	53	6	54	8218	2769	99	4.12	1.376	9.5	0.9	2.9	6.0
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

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	3	2	.600	7.66	9	4	0	0	0	0	24.2	38	22	21	5	13	2	15	0	0	1	120	51		3.95	2.068	13.9	1.8	4.7	5.5
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

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Value

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	349	319	1925.0	18.8	2.9
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	10.4	-2.1

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Totals Against

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	349	319	1925.0	2769	7419	1351	435	50	167	54	75.57	4	218	78	47	.274	.332	.424	.756	102	.151	.306	1057	3147	679	2702	2769
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

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	4	24.2	51	104											.365	.436					.393				51	51
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	4.0	5	14											.143	.294					.083				5	5

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Starting & Relieving

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	168	53	49.8	12	2	17	0		10	30
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	87	48	45.6	73	27	37	2	60.0	45	88

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011									0	5
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003									0	1

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	349	319	1925.0	15.5	7.5	8.0
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	11.3	8.9	2.4

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	4	24.2	12.5	10.8	1.7
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	4.0	5.9	17.6	-11.8

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	349	319	1925.0	30985	95	19666	63.47
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	270	182	1319.2	11816	101	7443	62.99

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	4	24.2
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	4.0

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Head-to-Head Pitching

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Brad Penny 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	33.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	9	10	10	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	19	4.125	30.4	3.4	6.8	6.8
2	Brad Penny	1	0	1.000	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	1	24	1.167	7.5	1.5	3.0	9.0

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Game Logs

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Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	FLA	2004-05-22	GS-6, W	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	1	24	7	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	62	103	64	0.2	1.96			0.37
2	Steve Sparks	ARI	2004-05-22	GS-3, L	2.2	9	10	10	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	19	12	16	6	2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	3	0	61	40	-0.3	-8.62			0.71

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Batter vs. Pitcher

Brad Penny (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Brad Penny (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Brad Penny (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Brad Penny (Pitcher) vs. Steve Sparks (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2004	2004-05-22	FLA	ARI	ahead 0-2	b2	12-	1	1 (0-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B
2	2004	2004-05-22	FLA	ARI	ahead 0-6	b3	123	1	5 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Brad Penny (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Brad Penny (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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Brad Penny (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Sparks (Pitcher) vs. Brad Penny (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2004	2004-05-22	ARI	FLA	down 2-0	t3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Comparison

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Totals

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	288	578	529	27	83	17	2	3	34	0	0	3	173	.157	.166	.214	.380	-1	113	4	3	43	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

Brad Penny 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	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Value

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	288	578	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-83	2	0	0
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-8	0	0	0

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Sabermetric

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	288	578	22	89	90	493	23	.227	58	-80	-7.9	.057	3.1		0
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	1	6	6	38	2	.208	4	-8	-0.8	.024	2.4		0

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	5	0	2	2	3		.667	2			.000	4.0		0
2	Steve Sparks	37	2003	2003	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Win Probability

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	288	578	-7.3	-8.0	0.2	-87.95		-88.69	0.94
2	Steve Sparks	29-38	1995	2004	39	44	-0.5	-0.7	0.2	-6.32		-7.43	0.90

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Head-to-Head Batting

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Totals

Brad Penny 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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brad Penny	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

Brad Penny vs. Steve Sparks: Game Logs

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Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	FLA	2004-05-22	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.55	-0.070	0.70	-0.05%	-1.81			P
2	Steve Sparks	ARI	2004-05-22	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.017	0.32	-0.01%	-0.16			P

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