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Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	129	112	.535	3.44	452	279	74	64	17	22	2111.2	2141	929	807	186	547	79	1163	51	5	50	8858	2857	103	3.43	1.273	9.1	0.8	2.3	5.0
2	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

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	2	1	.667	2.65	6	5	0	2	1	0	37.1	28	11	11	4	8	2	16	2	0	0	143	38		0.31	0.964	6.8	1.0	1.9	3.9
2	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	74			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	20.4	1.7
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	81.7	46.8

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	2857	8121	1592	313	50	108	90	54.55	14	165	84	55	.264	.312	.383	.695	101	.120	.286	981	3112	549	2739	2857
2	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

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1	38	131											.214	.270					.216				38	38
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	74	290											.190	.239					.255				74	74

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	157	56	52.1	147	51	35	9	71.0	74	173
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	328	68	61.0	35	14	40	3	66.7	21	46

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972									0	1
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968									0	0

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	13.1	6.2	7.0
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	19.4	8.3	11.1

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1	11.2	5.6	5.6
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	29.5	5.4	24.0

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2		84
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1		107

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	0	1	.000	0.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	4	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	23	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0
2	Bob Gibson	2	0	1.000	1.50	2	2	0	2	1	0	18.0	13	3	3	0	6	0	21	0	0	1	72	1.056	6.5	0.0	3.0	10.5

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	PIT	1972-10-04	GS-5, L	5.0	3	4	0	4	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	20	6	18	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	55			-0.2	-1.89			1.07
2	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-10-04	CG, W	9.0	13	3	3	0	0	3	0	11	0	0	0	41	16	38	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	57			0.3	0.81			1.53
3	Nelson Briles	PIT	1971-08-14	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.0	0.44	0	0	0.00
4	Bob Gibson	STL	1971-08-14	SHO, W	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	0	1	31	4	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94			0.1	3.99			0.26

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Nelson Briles (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Nelson Briles (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	1972	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Nelson Briles (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Nelson Briles (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-10-04	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1972	1972-10-04	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	t5	12-	2		Single to RF; T. Simmons Scores/unER; B. Carbo to 2B

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (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	1972	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

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-10-04	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	b2	1--	2		Strikeout

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Totals

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	469	29	72	9	2	3	29	0	0	21	171	.154	.192	.200	.392	12	94	5	2	37	3	0
2	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

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	1	2	0	0
2	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

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-55	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	7.5	7.3	7.3	0.3	-94	3	-4	0

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	14	95	99	442	23	.232	55	-54	-5.9	.047	2.7		0
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	73	345	357	1167	104	.276	252	-95	-9.9	.095	3.2	56.52	23

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	14	0	2	2	12		.200	1			.000	1.8		0
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	32	2	6	6	27		.105	5			.214	4.0		0

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	-4.5	-5.7	0.2	-54.48		-56.85	0.81
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	-9.5	-8.7	-1.1	-77.47		-84.01	0.97

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	2	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	2	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	.250	.222	.250	.472	2	0	0	0	1	0

Nelson Briles vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Nelson Briles 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	Nelson Briles	PIT	1972-10-04	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.85	-0.023	0.00	0.00%	-0.20			P
2	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-10-04	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	0.119	0.00	0.00%	-0.11			P
3	Nelson Briles	PIT	1971-08-14		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Gibson	STL	1971-08-14	*	9	9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.250	.200	.250	.450	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.11	-0.013	0.35	-0.02%	0.76			P

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