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Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	1999	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

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Plate Appearances

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Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1999	1999-09-19	HOU	STL	ahead 3-4	t8	---	0	6 (2-2)	Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS)

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Batting Comparison

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Totals

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	651	2115	1921	260	462	101	10	76	251	21	12	162	555	.240	.302	.422	.724	92	811	31	12	8	12	13
2	Bill Spiers	23-35	1989	2001	1252	3845	3408	477	922	158	35	37	388	97	43	355	496	.271	.341	.370	.711	90	1261	73	18	42	22	21

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	9	17	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	.133	.235	.333	.569	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bill Spiers	31-33	1997	1999	11	38	36	3	7	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	6	.194	.237	.278	.515	10	2	0	0	0	0

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Value

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	651	2115	5.5	-0.8	5.0	0.8	-23	1	-2	4
2	Bill Spiers	23-35	1989	2001	1252	3845	10.2	-2.2	13.2	0.6	-42	3	12	-24

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Sabermetric

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	651	2115	187	636	654	1522	249	.296	435	-27	-2.8	.182	3.5	63.64	33
2	Bill Spiers	23-35	1989	2001	1252	3845	230	1295	1332	2666	448	.305	828	-42	-4.3	.099	6.9	69.29	140

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	9	17	1	4	4	13	2	.125	1			.200	2.5		0
2	Bill Spiers	31-33	1997	1999	11	38	3	9	9	31	3	.233	5			.083	6.0	100.00	1

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Win Probability

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	651	2115	-2.3	-1.0	-1.2	-20.99	-2.0	-9.71	1.05
2	Bill Spiers	23-35	1989	2001	1252	3845	3.6	-2.7	6.0	15.65	1.4	-29.38	1.05

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Pitching Comparison

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Totals

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	13	10	.565	3.90	51	41	1	0	0	1	242.0	198	119	105	32	130	2	269	12	2	20	1039	351	119	4.38	1.355	7.4	1.2	4.8	10.0

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	0	0		15.75	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	7	7	0	11	0	5	0	0	9	26	16		8.88	4.000	11.3	0.0	24.8	11.3

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Value

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	51	41	242.0	3.6	1.7

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Totals Against

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	51	41	242.0	351	876	126	38	2	10	8	55.56	1	18	12	9	.226	.331	.384	.715	85	.158	.284	114	336	72	340	351

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	3	2	4.0	16	13	3	2	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	1	1	.385	.640	.538	1.178		.154	.556	7	7	2	16	16

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Starting & Relieving

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rick Ankiel	19-24	1999	2004	18	44	53.1	3	1	33	0	100.0	1	10

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rick Ankiel	20	2000	2000	0	0	35.5	0	0				0	1

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Ratios

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	51	41	242.0	25.9	12.5	13.4
2	Bill Spiers	23-35	1989	2001

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	3	2	4.0	19.2	42.3	-23.1
2	Bill Spiers	31-33	1997	1999

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Pitch Summary

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rick Ankiel	19-33	1999	2013	51	41	242.0	3772	98	2256	59.81

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rick Ankiel	20-30	2000	2010	3	2	4.0	116	50	54	46.55

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Head-to-Head Batting

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Totals

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Bill Spiers	3	9	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.333	.556	.333	.889	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Rick Ankiel	3	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.500	1.100	2	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: Game Logs

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Bill Spiers vs. Rick Ankiel: 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	Rick Ankiel	STL	2000-07-21	*	8	9	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	0.098	0.60	0.05%	2.31			P
2	Bill Spiers	HOU	2000-07-21		3	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.000	0.00	0.00%	-0.10			2B
3	Rick Ankiel	STL	2000-07-01		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.040	1.18	-0.02%	-0.38			PH
4	Bill Spiers	HOU	2000-07-01		3	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	-0.065	0.05	0.00%	-0.52			PH SS
5	Rick Ankiel	STL	1999-09-19		1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Bill Spiers	HOU	1999-09-19	*	9	6	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.044	2.63	-0.05%	-0.52			3B LF

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