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Bobby Sprowl

Robert John Sprowl

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 14, 1956 in Sandusky, OH
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1978
Teams (by GP): Astros/RedSox 1978-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1977	21	BOS-min	A	9	4	.692	2.10	26	3		1	1	5	60.0	38	18	14	2	33	1	64	1	1	4			1.183	5.7	0.3	5.0	9.6	1.94	WHV · FLOR
1978	22	BOS-min	AA,AAA	16	7	.696	3.33	35	22		12	3	2	181.0	139	76	67	13	71	4	171	5	3	3			1.160	6.9	0.6	3.5	8.5	2.41	BRI,PAW · EL,IL
1978	22	BOS	AL	0	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	12	10	9	3	10	0	10	0	0	0	59	67	1.737	8.5	2.1	7.1	7.1	1.00
1979	23	HOU-BOS-min	AAA,A	8	15	.348	3.40	30	27		9	2	0	188.0	176	84	71	6	69	1	70	2	1	2			1.303	8.4	0.3	3.3	3.4	1.01	PAW,CHL,WHV · IL,FLOR
1979	23	HOU	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	14		0.750	2.3	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
1980	24	HOU-min	AAA	10	11	.476	4.35	26	25		9	0	0	180.0	211	102	87	13	79	1	89	3	1	3			1.611	10.6	0.6	4.0	4.4	1.13	TUC · PCL
1980	24	HOU	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5		2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	27.0	3.00
1981	25	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	5.97	15	1	4	0	0	0	28.2	40	20	19	1	14	1	18	0	0	3	138	56	1.884	12.6	0.3	4.4	5.7	1.29
1982	26	HOU-min	AA,AAA	5	6	.455	4.89	32	11	14	1	0	3	92.0	87	57	50	5	79	0	69	7	1	3			1.804	8.5	0.5	7.7	6.8	0.87	CBS,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1983	27	HOU-min	AA,AAA	6	2	.750	5.56	45	2	24	1	0	2	66.1	66	45	41	3	48	7	48	3	0	7			1.719	9.0	0.4	6.5	6.5	1.00	CBS,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1984	28	TOR-DET-min	A,AA	2	5	.286	3.92	20	11	4	1	0	0	66.2	65	40	29	6	49	0	40	5	0	0			1.710	8.8	0.8	6.6	5.4	0.82	KIN,FLR,BIR · CARL,SALL,SOUL
4 Yrs				0	3	.000	5.44	22	4	4	0	0	0	46.1	54	30	28	4	27	1	34	0	0	3	216	68	1.748	10.5	0.8	5.2	6.6	1.26
162 Game Avg.				0	8	.000	5.44	58	10	10	0	0	0	121	141	78	73	10	71	3	89	0	0	8	565	68	1.748	10.5	0.8	5.2	6.6	1.26

HOU (3 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.08	19	1	4	0	0	0	33.2	42	20	19	1	17	1	24	0	0	3	157	68	1.752	11.2	0.3	4.5	6.4	1.41
BOS (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	12	10	9	3	10	0	10	0	0	0	59	67	1.737	8.5	2.1	7.1	7.1	1.00

NL (3 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.08	19	1	4	0	0	0	33.2	42	20	19	1	17	1	24	0	0	3	157	68	1.752	11.2	0.3	4.5	6.4	1.41
AL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	12	10	9	3	10	0	10	0	0	0	59	67	1.737	8.5	2.1	7.1	7.1	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1978	22	BOS	AL	12.2	3	3	10	7.11	4.40	0.05	0.13	96.2	4.31	-4	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.375	.498	$
1979	23	HOU	NL	4.0	3	0	0	0.00	4.55	0.15	-0.36	91.7	3.70	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.561	.501	$
1980	24	HOU	NL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.83	-0.01	-0.30	90.0	3.19	0	0.0	.1	-0.0	0.0	0	.541	.500	$
1981	25	HOU	NL	28.2	15	1	20	6.28	3.99	0.18	-0.19	97.3	3.52	-9	-1.0	1.6	-0.3	-1.0	-7	.433	.494	$
4 Seasons				46.1	22	4	30	5.83	4.15	0.14	-0.12	96.4	3.75	-11	-1.2	1.4	-0.3	-1.1	-7	.448	.498	$

HOU (3 yrs)				33.2	19	1	20	5.35	4.05	0.17	-0.22	96.5	3.53	-7	-0.8	1.4	-0.3	-0.8	-5	.459	.498	$
BOS (1 yr)				12.2	3	3	10	7.11	4.40	0.05	0.13	96.2	4.31	-4	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.375	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1978	22	BOS	AL	3	59	49	10	12	0	0	3	2	1	10	10	.245	.373	.429	.801	.250	21	2	0	0	0	0	2
1979	23	HOU	NL	3	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.083	.214	.083	.298	.111	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1980	24	HOU	NL	1	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	.250	.400	.750	1.150	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	25	HOU	NL	15	138	120	20	40	7	0	1	0	3	14	18	.333	.397	.417	.814	.379	50	0	0	2	2	1	1
4 Yrs				22	216	185	30	54	7	1	4	3	4	27	34	.292	.379	.405	.784	.336	75	3	0	2	2	1	3
162 Game Avg.				58	565	484	78	141	18	3	10	8	10	71	89	.292	.379	.405	.784	.336	196	8	0	5	5	3	8
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.384	.710	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	22	BOS	AL	-2.7	-0.3	62	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	1.20	-0.5	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	1.20	-4.5	0	0	0
1979	23	HOU	NL	1.8	0.2	14	0.2	0.2	-0.0	.63	0.2	0.0	2.2	0.2	0.63	2.1	1	0	2
1980	24	HOU	NL	0.6	0.1	6	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.06	-0.1	0	0	1
1981	25	HOU	NL	-8.4	-0.9	145	-1.0	1.4	-2.4	.73	-0.8	-0.5	-12.5	-1.3	0.73	-8.6	6	1	7
4 Yrs				-8.6	-0.9	227	-1.2	2.8	-4.0	.83	-1.2	-0.2	-11.6	-1.2	0.83	-11.0	7	1	10

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1978	22	BOS	AL	3	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	.333	1	1	0	0	1	33%	44.7	55	34	5	4	0	2	3.1	2.1	4.2

1981	25	HOU	NL	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	1	100%	68.0	68	68	10	3	0	0	6.0	9.0	7.0
2 Yrs				18	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	.250	2	1	0	0	2	50%	51	68	34	15	7	0	2	3.8	4.3	4.9
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	99	-2					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	23	HOU	NL	3	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	50%	6	.626	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	4.0
1980	24	HOU	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	.060	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1981	25	HOU	NL	15	14	4	1	1	1	14	7	50%	5	.729	6	1	7	4	1	9	6	8	9	4	11	2	4.6
3 Yrs				19	18	4	1	2	2	16	8	50%		.699	7	1	10	5	1	12	7	11	10	4	12	2	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	22	BOS	AL	59	24%	5.1%	17.0%	17.0%	5.1%	25%	1.25	61%	13	2	15%
1979	23	HOU	NL	14	36%	0.0%	21.4%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.50	64%	1	1	100%
1980	24	HOU	NL	5	60%	0.0%	60.0%	20.0%	20.0%	100%		20%	0	0
1981	25	HOU	NL	138	31%	0.7%	13.0%	10.1%	5.8%	20%	1.50	75%	35	0	0%
4 Yrs				216	30%	1.9%	15.7%	12.5%	5.6%	22%	1.30	69%	49	3	6%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	12.5%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.10	76%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1978	22	BOS	AL	59	12			3	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	1	0	33%	2	0	0	25	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1979	23	HOU	NL	14	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	24	HOU	NL	5	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0%	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	25	HOU	NL	138	40			1	0	5	1	0	0	1	10	8	2	80%	1	3	1	68	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0
4 Yrs				216	54			4	0	5	3	1	0	4	16	10	4	63%	3	3	1	97	3	4	43%	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	7	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1978	22	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	12.2	12	10	9	3	10	0	10	0	59	67	1.737	8.5	2.1	7.1	7.1	1.00	67
1979	23	2	.000	4.86	6	3	0	16.2	13	10	9	3	12	0	13	0	73	86	1.500	7.0	1.6	6.5	7.0	1.08	86
1980	24	2	.000	4.58	7	3	0	17.2	14	10	9	3	13	0	16	0	78	92	1.528	7.1	1.5	6.6	8.2	1.23	92
1981	25	3	.000	5.44	22	4	4	46.1	54	30	28	4	27	1	34	3	216	68	1.748	10.5	0.8	5.2	6.6	1.26	68

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1978	22	0	1	.000	6.75	12.0	12	10	9	3	10	10	1.833	9.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	2.3	3
1979	23	0	0		0.00	4.0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0.500	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50	0.0	3
1980	24	0	0		0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	3	2.000	9.0	9.0	27.0	3.00	0.0	1
1981	25	1	3	.250	7.88	40.0	67	39	35	2	23	25	2.250	15.1	5.2	5.6	1.09	0.5	15
4 Yrs		1	4	.200	6.95	57.0	80	49	44	5	36	41	2.035	12.6		6.5	1.14	0.8	22

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