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Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Pitching Comparison

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Totals

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	168	136	.553	3.76	498	422	19	67	19	3	2794.2	2777	1319	1169	216	832	84	1133	45	18	93	11715	3801	98	3.84	1.291	8.9	0.7	2.7	3.6
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	60	64	.484	4.53	253	164	31	18	2	3	1099.1	1232	612	553	101	432	26	507	10	7	39	4829	1725	83	4.18	1.514	10.1	0.8	3.5	4.2

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	3	4	.429	5.79	12	5	1	1	1	0	37.1	42	27	24	5	12	1	19	3	0	1	169	62		1.31	1.446	10.1	1.2	2.9	4.6
2	Randy Lerch	23-26	1978	1981	0	0		3.18	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	10	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	45	14		5.42	1.235	7.9	1.6	3.2	2.4

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Value

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	18.9	-5.1
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	253	164	1099.1	-3.7	-13.0

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Totals Against

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	3801	10626	1983	494	84	218	104	67.70	24	270	106	101	.261	.315	.385	.700	99	.123	.273	1303	4087	794	3654	3801
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	253	164	1099.1	1725	4264	855	229	47	118	44	72.84	15	102	62	61	.289	.351	.436	.787	121	.147	.304	662	1858	377	1674	1725

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	62	152	30	6	1	0	2	0.00	0	4	1	0	.276	.341	.428	.769		.151	.289	24	65	12	57	62
2	Randy Lerch	23-26	1978	1981	2	2	11.1	14	40	6	2	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	1	0	.250	.318	.450	.768		.200	.229	5	18	4	14	14

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Starting & Relieving

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	234	55	50.9	38	10	26	2	60.0	19	76
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	80	49	46.4	62	28	45	2	60.0	31	89

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	2	40	47.6	9	4	44	0		1	7
2	Randy Lerch	23-26	1978	1981	1	50	51.5						0	0

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Ratios

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	9.7	7.1	2.6
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	253	164	1099.1	10.5	8.9	1.6

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	11.2	7.1	4.1
2	Randy Lerch	23-26	1978	1981	2	2	11.1	6.7	8.9	-2.2

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Pitch Summary

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2		76
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	253	164	1099.1		22

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	568	80	352	61.97
2	Randy Lerch	23-26	1978	1981	2	2	11.1	65	65	46	70.77

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Totals

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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	Randy Lerch	2	2	.500	2.25	7	5	2	2	0	0	48.0	41	17	12	3	13	1	28	1	0	1	198	1.125	7.7	0.6	2.4	5.3
2	Bob Forsch	4	3	.571	2.96	7	7	0	4	2	0	51.2	43	17	17	5	15	1	13	2	0	0	206	1.123	7.5	0.9	2.6	2.3

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Game Logs

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Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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	Bob Forsch	STL	1986-06-20	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	39	13	33	5	2	0	1	0	0	13	1	0	1	3	61			0.2	2.30			0.64
2	Randy Lerch	PHI	1986-06-20	5-GF	4.1	6	3	2	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	24	11	21	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1				0.0	-1.78	1	1	0.11
3	Bob Forsch	STL	1983-05-12	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	29	5	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	80			0.4	4.16			0.82
4	Randy Lerch	MON	1983-05-12	6-GF(8)	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	1				0.0	0.36	2	1	0.26
5	Bob Forsch	STL	1979-05-22	CG, L	8.1	6	3	3	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	31	8	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	2	1	1	2	59			0.1	1.10			1.26
6	Randy Lerch	PHI	1979-05-22	GS-8	8.0	7	1	1	0	1	2	1	7	0	0	0	32	9	30	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	69			0.4	2.87			1.32
7	Bob Forsch	STL	1978-09-09	GS-5, L	4.1	10	4	4	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	25	12	23	5	3	0	1	0	0	19	0	0	0	5	28			-0.2	-2.23			0.92
8	Randy Lerch	PHI	1978-09-09	CG, W	9.0	7	3	2	1	0	3	0	7	0	0	1	35	10	31	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	1	2	67			0.3	1.06			0.73
9	Bob Forsch	STL	1978-09-04 (1)	GS-8, W	8.0	7	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	8	28	5	1	1	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	59			0.1	1.53			0.78
10	Randy Lerch	PHI	1978-09-04 (1)	GS-8, L	7.2	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	6	27	3	3	0	1	0	0	9	0	1	1	3	57			-0.3	0.44			1.28
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Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Randy Lerch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Randy Lerch (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	1977	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			1	0	0	0	0
2	1978	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1979	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1983	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1986	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	16	14	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	.071	.133	.071	.205	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Randy Lerch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Randy Lerch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-04-23	STL	PHI	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Walk
2	1977	1977-04-23	STL	PHI	down 2-0	t5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; M. Tyson to 2B
3	1978	1978-04-16	STL	PHI	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
4	1978	1978-04-16	STL	PHI	ahead 0-1	b5	---	1		Strikeout
5	1978	1978-04-16	STL	PHI	ahead 0-4	b7	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1978	1978-09-04 (1)	STL	PHI	down 2-0	b3	-2-	0		Foul Popfly: RF
7	1978	1978-09-04 (1)	STL	PHI	down 2-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout
8	1978	1978-09-09	STL	PHI	down 2-0	t3	1--	1		Strikeout
9	1978	1978-09-09	STL	PHI	down 3-0	t5	1--	2		Strikeout
10	1979	1979-05-22	STL	PHI	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Lineout: 2B
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Randy Lerch (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Randy Lerch (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (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	1977	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1978	7	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.571	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1979	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1986	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	13	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	.385	.385	.538	.923	0	0	0	0	0

Randy Lerch (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Randy Lerch (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-04-23	PHI	STL	ahead 0-2	b2	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1977	1977-04-23	PHI	STL	ahead 0-2	b4	---	1		Single to RF
3	1978	1978-04-16	PHI	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
4	1978	1978-04-16	PHI	STL	down 1-0	t6	---	1		Strikeout
5	1978	1978-09-04 (1)	PHI	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Single to CF
6	1978	1978-09-04 (1)	PHI	STL	ahead 0-2	t5	---	1		Groundout: 1B-P
7	1978	1978-09-04 (1)	PHI	STL	ahead 0-2	t8	---	0		Single to RF
8	1978	1978-09-09	PHI	STL	ahead 0-1	b2	---	1		Double to CF
9	1978	1978-09-09	PHI	STL	ahead 0-2	b3	1--	2		Flyball: CF
10	1979	1979-05-22	PHI	STL	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
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Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Batting Comparison

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Batting Totals

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	893	77	190	45	8	12	84	3	1	27	249	.213	.235	.321	.557	53	287	14	1	115	5	0
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	218	300	267	27	55	12	1	4	23	0	1	19	44	.206	.257	.303	.560	52	81	8	0	12	2	0

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	7	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.333	.400	.733	2	0	0	1	1	0
2	Randy Lerch	23-26	1978	1981	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Batting Value

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	5.7	5.6	5.6	0.2	-64	1	-4	0
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	218	300	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.0	-17	0	-3	0

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	65	218	225	838	77	.279	149	-62	-6.5	.109	3.6	75.00	4
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	218	300	17	74	77	235	24	.231	46	-19	-2.0	.097	6.1	0.00	1

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	7	0	2	2	5	1	.333	2			.000			0
2	Randy Lerch	23-26	1978	1981	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000			0

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Batting Win Probability

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	-5.1	-6.6	0.9	-68.80	-7.3	-70.41	0.89
2	Randy Lerch	20-31	1975	1986	218	300	-2.3	-1.7	-0.9	-23.55	-2.5	-18.35	0.92

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Totals

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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	Randy Lerch	7	17	16	2	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.563	.938	9	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Forsch	7	21	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.056	.105	.056	.161	1	0	0	2	0	0

Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: Game Logs

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Bob Forsch vs. Randy Lerch: 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	Bob Forsch	STL	1986-06-20	*	9	9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.66	-0.058	0.03	0.00%	-0.06			P
2	Randy Lerch	PHI	1986-06-20		5	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	0.013	0.19	0.00%	0.19			P
3	Bob Forsch	STL	1983-05-12	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.108	2.62	-0.13%	-1.23			P
4	Randy Lerch	MON	1983-05-12		4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bob Forsch	STL	1979-05-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.080	1.71	-0.08%	-0.53			P
6	Randy Lerch	PHI	1979-05-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.066	3.26	-0.11%	-0.58			P
7	Bob Forsch	STL	1978-09-09	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.050	0.00	0.00%	-0.48			P
8	Randy Lerch	PHI	1978-09-09	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	0.041	1.16	0.08%	0.66			P
9	Bob Forsch	STL	1978-09-04 (1)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.062	0.00	0.00%	-0.51			P
10	Randy Lerch	PHI	1978-09-04 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	0.033	2.24	0.09%	0.47			P
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