Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitching Comparison

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	99	76	.566	2.88	899	0	634	0	0	238	1390.1	1292	519	445	84	481	81	873	14	10	66	5794	1864	128	3.19	1.275	8.4	0.5	3.1	5.7
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

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	3	0	1.000	1.69	13	0	10	0	0	1	21.1	17	4	4	1	3	0	9	0	0	1	80	21		1.81	0.938	7.2	0.4	1.3	3.8
2	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

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Value

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	22.8	7.4
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2	0.0	-7.5

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals Against

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	1864	5154	997	182	29	45	39	53.57	12	141	91	55	.251	.313	.346	.659	87	.095	.284	570	1784	295	1787	1864
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

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	0	21.1	21	72	13	3	0	2	1	66.67	0	3	2	0	.236	.267	.319	.586		.083	.258	7	23	4	20	21
2	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

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Starting & Relieving

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	0			969	330	34	95	71.5	634	899
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	64	45	50.3	13	6	46	1	0.0	18	41

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	0			14	5	36	2	33.3	10	13
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	0			2	0	0	0		0	1

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1	15.1	8.3	6.8
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2	15.6	11.6	4.0

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	0	21.1	11.3	3.8	7.5
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	899	0	1390.1
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2		111

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	0	21.1	187		140	74.87
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0.1

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	0	0		0.75	6	0	3	0	0	3	12.0	6	2	1	1	2	0	16	0	0	1	45	0.667	4.5	0.8	1.5	12.0
2	Joe Sparma	1	2	.333	5.67	6	4	1	0	0	0	27.0	25	17	17	4	13	0	25	1	0	0	119	1.407	8.3	1.3	4.3	8.3

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Game Logs

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Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1969-09-20	9-GF, S	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.75	3	0	3.71
2	Joe Sparma	DET	1969-09-20	8-GF	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.0	-0.05	0	0	0.41
3	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1969-07-03	6-6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.48	0	0	0.22
4	Joe Sparma	DET	1969-07-03	GS-7, W	6.0	5	3	3	0	2	3	0	5	0	0	0	24	8	21	3	0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	2	52			-0.1	-0.12			0.84
5	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1968-08-11 (1)	7-12,BS	5.2	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	21	4	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				0.3	1.16	0	0	1.97
6	Joe Sparma	DET	1968-08-11 (1)	1-4	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	13	5	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.46	0	0	0.37
7	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1968-06-03	9-GF, S	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.32	1	0	4.51
8	Joe Sparma	DET	1968-06-03	GS-5, L	4.2	8	4	4	0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	26	12	22	5	3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	31			-0.3	-2.35			1.54
9	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1967-07-16	6-GF, S	3.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	13	2	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2				0.1	1.19	2	0	0.52
10	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-07-16	GS-3, L	3.0	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	15	5	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	1	33			-0.4	-3.66			1.18
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Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Batter vs. Pitcher

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Sparky Lyle (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Sparky Lyle (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	1967	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Sparky Lyle (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Sparky Lyle (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1967	1967-07-07	DET	BOS	ahead 1-4	b8	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1969	1969-07-03	DET	BOS	ahead 1-4	b6	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Comparison

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Totals

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	78	8	15	2	0	0	4	1	0	5	26	.192	.241	.218	.459	31	17	0	0	5	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

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Value

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.2	-6	0	0	0
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	-38	1	-1	0

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	2	20	21	68	7	.288	12	-7	-0.5	.026	3.0	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

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	31-36	1976	1981	13	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			.000	1.0		0
2	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Win Probability

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sparky Lyle	22-37	1967	1982	419	89	-0.8	-0.8	-0.4	-8.77	-0.8	-8.02	0.67
2	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	-2.6	-3.8	0.8	-39.84	-4.4	-38.05	0.87

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Joe Sparma	6	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	1	0	0

Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: Game Logs

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Joe Sparma vs. Sparky Lyle: 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	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1969-09-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Joe Sparma	DET	1969-09-20		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1969-07-03		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Joe Sparma	DET	1969-07-03	*	7	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.117	0.69	0.04%	1.00			P
5	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1968-08-11 (1)		7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.52	-0.077	3.21	-0.06%	-0.34			P
6	Joe Sparma	DET	1968-08-11 (1)		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.030	6.03	-0.09%	-0.38			P
7	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1968-06-03		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Joe Sparma	DET	1968-06-03	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.055	5.62	-0.17%	-0.48			P
9	Sparky Lyle	BOS	1967-07-16		4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	-0.004	0.23	-0.01%	-0.92			P
10	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-07-16	*	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.014	5.37	-0.03%	-0.18			P
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