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Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitching Comparison

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	23	26	.469	4.65	116	61	21	10	5	2	456.2	497	253	236	54	190	6	215	5	3	14	2000	713	84	4.58	1.504	9.8	1.1	3.7	4.2

Bob Sykes 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	20		1.81	0.938	7.2	0.4	1.3	3.8

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Value

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	116	61	456.2	0.2	-3.9

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals Against

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	116	61	456.2	713	1776	355	78	10	40	14	74.07	5	43	19	10	.280	.349	.426	.776	113	.146	.292	267	757	142	692	713

Bob Sykes 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	20	72											.236	.267					.258				20	20

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Starting & Relieving

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	20	33	45.4	44	15	34	5	28.6	21	55

Bob Sykes 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								100.0	10	13

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Ratios

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	116	61	456.2	10.8	9.5	1.3

Bob Sykes 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

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Pitch Summary

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	116	61	456.2

Bob Sykes 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

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	1	1	.500	8.56	6	2	1	0	0	0	13.2	23	13	13	3	6	0	1	1	0	2	67	2.122	15.1	2.0	4.0	0.7
2	Sparky Lyle	3	0	1.000	2.70	6	0	1	0	0	1	10.0	10	4	3	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	42	1.500	9.0	0.9	4.5	2.7

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Game Logs

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Bob Sykes 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	PHI	1981-09-30	6-7, BW	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.09	0	0	1.77
2	Bob Sykes	STL	1981-09-30	5-5	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				0.0	0.47	2	0	1.70
3	Sparky Lyle	PHI	1981-08-12	6-6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.45	0	0	1.14
4	Bob Sykes	STL	1981-08-12	4-7, W	3.1	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	8	12	4	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.33	0	0	1.56
5	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1978-06-23	5-8, W	3.1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	4	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.1	1.95	2	0	0.27
6	Bob Sykes	DET	1978-06-23	6-6	0.1	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2				-0.2	-5.78	2	2	0.78
7	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1977-09-18	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				0.2	0.38	1	0	6.00
8	Bob Sykes	DET	1977-09-18	GS-5, L	4.2	6	6	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	22	8	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	4	26			-0.3	-3.58			0.55
9	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1977-07-03 (2)	5-5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.34	3	2	1.16
10	Bob Sykes	DET	1977-07-03 (2)	GS-4	3.2	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	17	8	16	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	40			0.0	-0.23			1.08
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Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sparky Lyle (Pitcher) vs. Bob Sykes (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sparky Lyle (Pitcher) vs. Bob Sykes (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	1981	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0

Sparky Lyle (Pitcher) vs. Bob Sykes (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sparky Lyle (Pitcher) vs. Bob Sykes (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-08-12	STL	PHI	ahead 3-4	t6	---	0		Walk

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Comparison

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Totals

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	62	74	62	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	27	.097	.174	.097	.271	-24	6	1	3	5	1	0

Bob Sykes 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

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Value

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	62	74	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-10	0	0	0

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Sykes 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	100.00	1
2	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	62	74	0	12	13	63	2	.167	6	-10	-1.1	.000	2.3		0

Bob Sykes 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			.000	1.0		0

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Batting Win Probability

Bob Sykes 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		-8.02	0.67
2	Bob Sykes	22-26	1977	1981	62	74	-0.8	-0.8	-0.1	-7.72		-9.00	0.83

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Totals

Bob Sykes 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	Bob Sykes	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Sparky Lyle	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Bob Sykes vs. Sparky Lyle: Game Logs

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Bob Sykes 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	PHI	1981-09-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bob Sykes	STL	1981-09-30		2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Sparky Lyle	PHI	1981-08-12		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Sykes	STL	1981-08-12		4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.93	0.037	1.26	0.03%	0.37			P
5	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1978-06-23																																	P
6	Bob Sykes	DET	1978-06-23																																	P
7	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1977-09-18																																	P
8	Bob Sykes	DET	1977-09-18																																	P
9	Sparky Lyle	NYY	1977-07-03 (2)																																	P
10	Bob Sykes	DET	1977-07-03 (2)																																	P
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