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Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	224	184	.549	3.27	591	519	39	151	40	16	3760.1	3433	1527	1366	372	1000	98	2855	160	8	47	15618	4771	115	3.22	1.179	8.2	0.9	2.4	6.8
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

Jim Bunning 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	74			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	60.4	28.5
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	81.7	46.8

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	4771	14199	2411	555	95	208	118	63.80	4	211	176	79	.242	.298	.373	.670	89	.131	.277	1590	5286	1022	4593	4771
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

Jim Bunning 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	74	290											.190	.239					.255				74	74

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	322	62	56.9	69	29	42	4	80.0	39	72
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	328	68	61.0	35	14	40	3	66.7	21	46

Jim Bunning 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									0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1	18.3	6.4	11.9
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	19.4	8.3	11.1

Jim Bunning 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

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	591	519	3760.1		91
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1		107

Jim Bunning 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

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	1	2	.333	3.38	6	6	0	0	0	0	42.2	41	16	16	4	5	2	34	3	0	0	175	1.078	8.6	0.8	1.1	7.2
2	Bob Gibson	2	2	.500	2.72	6	6	0	2	1	0	46.1	43	16	14	5	7	1	44	1	0	0	186	1.079	8.4	1.0	1.4	8.5

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	PHI	1970-05-23	GS-8, L	8.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	32	9	31	4	1	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	3	62			0.0	0.90			0.77
2	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-05-23	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	31	5	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	90			0.5	3.39			1.17
3	Jim Bunning	PIT	1969-07-13 (1)	GS-8, W	8.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	27	5	26	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	79			0.5	3.62			0.88
4	Bob Gibson	STL	1969-07-13 (1)	GS-8, L	8.0	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	33	10	33	8	1	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	56			0.0	0.62			1.25
5	Jim Bunning	PHI	1966-06-11	GS-7, L	7.0	7	2	2	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	30	9	28	4	3	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	58			0.1	1.19			0.81
6	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-06-11	SHO, W	9.0	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	36	12	34	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	2	0	0	1	74			0.6	4.10			1.54
7	Jim Bunning	PHI	1966-05-18	GS-5	5.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	21	7	18	1	2	1	1	1	0	12	0	0	1	4	49			-0.1	-0.72			0.68
8	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-05-18	GS-7, L	6.1	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	29	10	28	6	2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	43			-0.2	-0.95			1.15
9	Jim Bunning	PHI	1965-09-10	GS-8	7.2	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	32	9	30	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	2	55	91	65	-0.2	-0.89			1.33
10	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-09-10	GS-6	6.0	6	4	3	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	25	7	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	50			-0.3	-1.37			1.11
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Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Bunning (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	1964	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1965	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1966	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
4	1969	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1970	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	15	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0

Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Bunning (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-06-26	STL	PHI	ahead 0-1	b2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; J. Javier to 2B
2	1964	1964-06-26	STL	PHI	ahead 0-2	b4	---	2		Single to CF
3	1964	1964-06-26	STL	PHI	down 4-2	b6	1--	2		Strikeout
4	1965	1965-09-10	STL	PHI	ahead 0-1	t3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	1965	1965-09-10	STL	PHI	tied 2-2	t5	-2-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	1966	1966-05-18	STL	PHI	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	2		Strikeout
7	1966	1966-05-18	STL	PHI	ahead 0-3	t4	12-	2		Popfly: 2B
8	1966	1966-06-11	STL	PHI	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Single to CF (Ground Ball)
9	1966	1966-06-11	STL	PHI	ahead 0-1	t5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
10	1966	1966-06-11	STL	PHI	ahead 0-2	t6	12-	2		Flyball: CF
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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (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	1964	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1965	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1966	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
4	1969	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1970	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	.154	.154	.231	.385	0	0	0	0	1

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Jim Bunning (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-06-26	PHI	STL	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1964	1964-06-26	PHI	STL	tied 2-2	t5	---	2		Double to RF
3	1964	1964-06-26	PHI	STL	ahead 2-4	t7	---	2		Strikeout
4	1965	1965-09-10	PHI	STL	down 1-0	b3	---	1	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 1B unassisted
5	1965	1965-09-10	PHI	STL	tied 2-2	b5	---	1	7 (3-2)	Single to CF
6	1966	1966-05-18	PHI	STL	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1966	1966-06-11	PHI	STL	down 1-0	b3	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
8	1966	1966-06-11	PHI	STL	down 2-0	b5	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
9	1969	1969-07-13 (1)	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: RF
10	1969	1969-07-13 (1)	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	t5	1--	2		Groundout: P-1B
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Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Totals

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	1275	82	213	21	4	7	75	0	2	34	362	.167	.188	.206	.395	9	263	36	1	85	6	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

Jim Bunning 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

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	0.0	-158	-1	-5	0
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	7.5	7.3	7.3	0.3	-94	3	-4	0

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	32	248	265	1191	53	.226	150	-161	-17.1	.039	3.5	0.00	2
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

Jim Bunning 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		.105	5			.214	4.0		0

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Bunning	23-39	1955	1971	601	1401	-14.4	-14.6	-1.3	-153.18		-160.07	0.91
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	-9.5	-8.7	-1.1	-77.47		-84.01	0.97

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	6	15	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.214	.357	3	1	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	6	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	0	0	1	0	0

Jim Bunning vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Jim Bunning 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	Jim Bunning	PHI	1970-05-23	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.021	0.40	-0.01%	-0.20			P
2	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-05-23	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	-0.075	1.44	-0.09%	-1.12			P
3	Jim Bunning	PIT	1969-07-13 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.93	-0.094	0.24	-0.01%	-0.75			P
4	Bob Gibson	STL	1969-07-13 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.039	0.33	-0.01%	-0.31			P
5	Jim Bunning	PHI	1966-06-11	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.104	3.41	-0.18%	-0.83			P
6	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-06-11	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	-0.044	0.64	-0.03%	-0.60			P
7	Jim Bunning	PHI	1966-05-18	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.026	1.85	-0.03%	-0.22			P
8	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-05-18	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.077	1.16	-0.05%	-1.45			P
9	Jim Bunning	PHI	1965-09-10	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	0.002	0.01	0.00%	-0.04			P
10	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-09-10	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.059	0.00	0.00%	-0.44			P
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