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Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Pitching Comparison

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

Joe Verbanic 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
2	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	12	11	.522	3.26	92	17	33	3	2	6	207.0	210	81	75	15	84	14	94	9	0	6	895	317	95	3.86	1.420	9.1	0.7	3.7	4.1

Joe Verbanic 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

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Value

Joe Verbanic 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
2	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	92	17	207.0	2.3	0.5

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Totals Against

Joe Verbanic 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
2	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	92	17	207.0	317	778	160	31	4	11	11	50.00	0	23	17	7	.270	.345	.378	.723	124	.108	.289	103	294	50	303	317

Joe Verbanic 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

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Starting & Relieving

Joe Verbanic 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
2	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	9	53	51.5	52	16	31	4	60.0	33	75

Joe Verbanic 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

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Ratios

Joe Verbanic 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	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	92	17	207.0	10.5	9.4	1.1

Joe Verbanic 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

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Pitch Summary

Joe Verbanic 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
2	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	92	17	207.0

Joe Verbanic 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

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Head-to-Head Pitching

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Joe Sparma	1	1	.500	3.26	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.1	20	7	7	2	6	0	17	0	0	1	84	1.345	9.3	0.9	2.8	7.9
2	Joe Verbanic	1	0	1.000	2.19	3	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	14	4	3	0	7	0	4	1	0	0	58	1.703	10.2	0.0	5.1	2.9

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Game Logs

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Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Joe Sparma	DET	1968-08-23 (2)	GS-6	5.1	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	23	7	20	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	55			0.0	0.41			1.28
2	Joe Verbanic	NYY	1968-08-23 (2)	GS-5	5.0	7	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	23	9	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	2	1	0	48			-0.1	-0.20			1.20
3	Joe Sparma	DET	1968-07-29	GS-6, L	5.0	9	5	5	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	25	10	24	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	35			-0.3	-3.04			1.39
4	Joe Verbanic	NYY	1968-07-29	GS-6, W	5.1	4	1	1	0	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	25	11	18	3	0	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	51			0.1	0.55			1.36
5	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-09-20	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	36	9	34	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	75			0.2	2.80			0.58
6	Joe Verbanic	NYY	1967-09-20	5-6	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	3	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0				0.0	0.17	2	1	0.01

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Joe Verbanic (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	1968	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0

Joe Verbanic (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Verbanic (Pitcher) vs. Joe Sparma (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1967	1967-09-20	DET	NYY	ahead 0-8	b5	1--	1		Fielder's Choice 1B/Sacrifice Bunt; J. Northrup to 2B
2	1968	1968-07-29	DET	NYY	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Flyball: P
3	1968	1968-07-29	DET	NYY	tied 1-1	b4	12-	2		Groundout: P-1B
4	1968	1968-08-23 (2)	DET	NYY	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; D. Tracewski to 2B
5	1968	1968-08-23 (2)	DET	NYY	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Strikeout

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

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Joe Verbanic (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	1968	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Joe Verbanic (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Joe Sparma (Pitcher) vs. Joe Verbanic (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-07-29	NYY	DET	ahead 0-1	t2	1-3	2		Flyball: LF
2	1968	1968-07-29	NYY	DET	tied 1-1	t5	---	1		Single to RF
3	1968	1968-08-23 (2)	NYY	DET	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Comparison

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Totals

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: 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	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	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	92	53	46	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.109	.128	.130	.258	-21	6	0	0	6	0	0

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Value

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Batting 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	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	92	53	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-6	0	0	0

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Sabermetric

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Joe Sparma	22-28	1964	1970	185	309	5	42	49	268	9	.198	22	-40	-4.6	.026	2.5		0
2	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	92	53	1	6	7	47	0	.152	4	-7	-0.8	.022	3.5		0

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: 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	Joe Sparma	26	1968	1968	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Batting Win Probability

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Batting 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	Joe Verbanic	23-27	1966	1970	92	53	-0.5	-0.6	0.0	-6.88	-0.8	-6.46	0.82

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Head-to-Head Batting

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Totals

Joe Verbanic 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	Joe Sparma	3	8	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	Joe Verbanic	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

Joe Verbanic vs. Joe Sparma: Game Logs

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Joe Verbanic 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	1968-08-23 (2)	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.035	3.37	-0.05%	-0.32			P
2	Joe Verbanic	NYY	1968-08-23 (2)	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.025	0.00	0.00%	-0.18			P
3	Joe Sparma	DET	1968-07-29	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.077	7.82	-0.22%	-0.57			P
4	Joe Verbanic	NYY	1968-07-29	*	6	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	-0.013	0.11	0.00%	-0.32			P
5	Joe Sparma	DET	1967-09-20	*	9	9	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.41	0.093	3.54	0.48%	1.89			P
6	Joe Verbanic	NYY	1967-09-20		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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