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Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma

Regular Season: 1 PA , .000/.000/.000, 0 HR, 0 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Plate Appearances

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Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-06-04	CAL	DET	down 3-1	b4	12-	0		Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B; T. Satriano to 3B

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Comparison

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: 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	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
2	Jim Spencer	20-34	1968	1982	1553	5409	4908	541	1227	179	27	146	599	11	19	407	582	.250	.307	.387	.694	98	1898	124	17	35	42	86

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Jim Spencer	30-33	1978	1981	8	22	20	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.150	.227	.200	.427	4	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Value

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	-38	1	-1	0
2	Jim Spencer	20-34	1968	1982	1553	5409	2.7	-16.0	3.3	-9.2	-42	-2	-13	-1

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Sabermetric

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: 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	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	5	42	49	268	9	.198	22	-40	-4.6	.026	2.5		0
2	Jim Spencer	20-34	1968	1982	1553	5409	352	1651	1704	3901	574	.256	994	-23	-2.7	.137	8.4	36.67	30

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: 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
2	Jim Spencer	30-33	1978	1981	8	22	1	5	5	17	2	.188	3			.050	5.0		0

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Win Probability

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	-2.6	-3.8	0.8	-39.84	-4.4	-38.05	0.87
2	Jim Spencer	20-34	1968	1982	1553	5409	-2.5	-1.6	-0.8	-8.57	-1.3	-10.46	1.04

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Pitching Comparison

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

Jim Spencer 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	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

Jim Spencer 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

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Value

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2	0.0	-7.5

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Totals Against

Jim Spencer 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	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

Jim Spencer 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

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Starting & Relieving

Jim Spencer 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	22-28	1964	1970	64	45	50.3	13	6	46	1	0.0	18	41

Jim Spencer 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

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Ratios

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2	15.6	11.6	4.0
2	Jim Spencer	20-34	1968	1982

Jim Spencer 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
2	Jim Spencer	30-33	1978	1981

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Pitch Summary

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	183	142	864.2		111

Jim Spencer 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

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

Jim Spencer 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	Jim Spencer	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	Joe Sparma	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Spencer vs. Joe Sparma: Game Logs

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Jim Spencer 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	Joe Sparma	DET	1969-06-04	*	7	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.59	0.007	0.51	0.00%	-0.02			P
2	Jim Spencer	CAL	1969-06-04		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.83	-0.142	0.74	-0.02%	-1.06			PH

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