Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	251	174	.591	2.91	528	482	21	255	56	6	3884.1	3279	1420	1258	257	1336	118	3117	102	13	108	16068	4913	127	2.89	1.188	7.6	0.6	3.1	7.2
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	17	23	.425	3.84	198	23	64	3	0	9	408.0	406	208	174	27	206	30	188	17	1	27	1797	662	89	4.09	1.500	9.0	0.6	4.5	4.1

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	7	2	.778	1.89	9	9	0	8	2	0	81.0	55	19	17	6	17	3	92	2	0	2	312	77			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	81.7	46.8
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0	-1.0	-4.3

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	4913	14362	2482	457	83	196	88	69.01	1	293	171	94	.228	.297	.325	.622	77	.097	.273	1407	4673	797	4717	4913
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0	662	1542	316	59	4	38	17	69.09	2	52	15	17	.263	.353	.359	.712	111	.096	.282	200	554	90	629	662

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	77	290	38	9	2	0	2	0.00	0	4	2	1	.190	.239	.297	.535		.107	.254	20	86	17	74	77

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	328	68	61.0	35	14	40	3	66.7	21	46
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	11	48	48.1	126	49	39	6	60.0	64	175

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	6	67	75.1						0	0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	19.4	8.3	11.1
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0	10.5	11.5	-1.0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	29.5	5.4	24.0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1		107
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	198	23	408.0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	147	147	108	73.47

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Ed Sprague	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	10	1.286	3.9	3.9	7.7	3.9
2	Bob Gibson	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	4	3	1	5	0	9	0	0	1	38	1.111	5.0	1.0	5.0	9.0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-06-11	CG, W	9.0	5	4	3	1	1	5	0	9	0	0	1	38	11	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	67			-0.1	-0.06			0.22
2	Ed Sprague	CIN	1973-06-11	2-4	2.1	1	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	10	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-2.40	3	2	0.39

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (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	1973	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

Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ed Sprague (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-06-11	CIN	STL	down 7-2	b2	1--	2		Strikeout

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Sprague (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Sprague (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	1973	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Sprague (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Ed Sprague (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1973	1973-06-11	STL	CIN	ahead 2-7	t3	-2-	1		Flyball: CF; J. Cruz to 3B

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Totals

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	1328	132	274	44	5	24	144	13	10	63	415	.206	.243	.301	.545	50	400	13	8	72	18	0
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.045	.045	.091	.136	-60	2	1	0	3	0	0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	32	28	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	7	.143	.200	.357	.557	10	1	0	2	0	0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	7.5	7.3	7.3	0.3	-94	3	-4	0
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-5	0	0	0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	73	345	357	1167	104	.276	252	-95	-9.9	.095	3.2	56.5	23
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	1	1	1	25	0	.111	1	-5	-0.5	.045	1.7		0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	32	2	6	6	27	2	.105	5			.214	4.0		0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	-9.5	-8.7	-1.1	-77.47	-8.2	-84.01	0.97
2	Ed Sprague	22-30	1968	1976	151	25	-0.2	-0.4	0.1	-4.75	-0.5	-4.81	0.47

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Ed Sprague	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Ed Sprague vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-06-11	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	-0.032	0.31	-0.02%	-0.45			P
2	Ed Sprague	CIN	1973-06-11		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.012	0.59	-0.01%	-0.20			P

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