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Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Pitching Comparison

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Totals

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	73	60	.549	3.99	432	100	199	8	3	60	1213.2	1273	590	538	122	296	56	680	22	4	23	5104	1643	96	3.62	1.293	9.4	0.9	2.2	5.0
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	55	56	.495	4.54	195	144	13	21	5	2	970.0	997	544	489	82	457	28	518	18	1	24	4263	1522	86	4.19	1.499	9.3	0.8	4.2	4.8

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	26-28	1976	1978	1	1	.500	2.35	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	10	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	31	10		3.57	1.304	11.7	1.2	0.0	3.5
2	Rich Gale	26	1980	1980	0	1	.000	4.26	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.1	11	4	3	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	35	15			2.368	15.6	1.4	5.7	5.7

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Value

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	432	100	1213.2	9.1	-2.8
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	195	144	970.0	1.5	-7.3

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Totals Against

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	432	100	1213.2	1643	4670	883	225	43	99	38	72.26	1	97	51	63	.273	.315	.418	.733	104	.145	.293	625	1950	390	1591	1643
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	195	144	970.0	1522	3712	720	153	42	104	62	62.65	3	81	44	31	.269	.349	.399	.748	108	.130	.291	522	1480	277	1472	1522

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	26-28	1976	1978	6	0	7.2	10	30											.333	.333					.346				10	10
2	Rich Gale	26	1980	1980	2	2	6.1	15	31											.355	.429					.385				15	15

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Starting & Relieving

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	47	47	47.4	362	145	40	30	66.7	199	332
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	63	44	47.2	43	12	28	2	50.0	13	51

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Doug Bird	26-28	1976	1978									3	6
2	Rich Gale	26	1980	1980									0	0

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Ratios

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	432	100	1213.2	13.3	5.8	7.5
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	195	144	970.0	12.2	10.7	1.4

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Doug Bird	26-28	1976	1978	6	0	7.2	9.7	0.0	9.7
2	Rich Gale	26	1980	1980	2	2	6.1	11.4	11.4	0.0

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Pitch Summary

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	432	100	1213.2
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	195	144	970.0

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Doug Bird	26-28	1976	1978	6	0	7.2
2	Rich Gale	26	1980	1980	2	2	6.1

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Totals

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	1	1	.500	1.38	2	1	0	0	0	0	13.0	13	2	2	1	3	1	7	0	0	0	54	1.231	9.0	0.7	2.1	4.8
2	Rich Gale	1	0	1.000	4.22	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	13	5	5	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	45	1.500	11.0	0.8	2.5	3.4

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Game Logs

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Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	CHC	1982-06-05	GS-8, L	8.0	7	2	2	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	32	9	30	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	63			0.2	1.70			1.00
2	Rich Gale	SFG	1982-06-05	GS-8, W	7.1	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	8	26	5	1	1	1	0	1	10	0	1	0	2	61			0.4	2.21			1.31
3	Doug Bird	NYY	1981-05-19	3-8, W	5.0	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	22	8	20	6	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	0				0.1	1.19	2	2	0.95
4	Rich Gale	KCR	1981-05-19	GS-4	3.1	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	8	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	32			0.0	-1.07			0.92

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rich Gale (Pitcher) vs. Doug Bird (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rich Gale (Pitcher) vs. Doug Bird (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	1982	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gale (Pitcher) vs. Doug Bird (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rich Gale (Pitcher) vs. Doug Bird (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1982	1982-06-05	SFG	CHC	down 1-0	t2	-2-	2		Home Run (Deep LF); T. O'Malley Scores
2	1982	1982-06-05	SFG	CHC	ahead 1-2	t4	-2-	1		Strikeout Looking
3	1982	1982-06-05	SFG	CHC	ahead 1-2	t7	---	1		Strikeout

Doug Bird (Pitcher) vs. Rich Gale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Doug Bird (Pitcher) vs. Rich Gale (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	1982	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Doug Bird (Pitcher) vs. Rich Gale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Doug Bird (Pitcher) vs. Rich Gale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1982	1982-06-05	CHC	SFG	down 2-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1982	1982-06-05	CHC	SFG	down 2-1	b5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Kennedy to 2B

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Batting Comparison

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Batting Totals

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	85	90	82	1	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	.134	.155	.146	.301	-16	12	1	0	6	0	0
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	67	78	68	6	9	2	0	2	5	0	1	7	50	.132	.213	.250	.463	29	17	0	0	2	0	0

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Batting Value

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	85	90	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-12	0	0	0
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	67	78	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-7	0	-1	0

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Batting Sabermetric

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	85	90	1	13	15	78	1	.234	4	-14	-1.4	.012	2.3		0
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	67	78	4	16	16	62	3	.438	9	-6	-0.7	.118	1.4	0.00	1

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	26-28	1976	1978	6	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Rich Gale	26	1980	1980	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Batting Win Probability

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Doug Bird	23-33	1973	1983	85	90	-1.0	-1.1	0.0	-12.29		-11.83	0.90
2	Rich Gale	24-30	1978	1984	67	78	-0.4	-0.7	0.3	-7.25		-6.96	0.91

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Head-to-Head Batting

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Totals

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Rich Gale	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: Game Logs

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Rich Gale vs. Doug Bird: 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	Doug Bird	CHC	1982-06-05	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.054	0.38	-0.01%	-0.40			P
2	Rich Gale	SFG	1982-06-05	*	8	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.154	0.64	0.06%	1.30			P
3	Doug Bird	NYY	1981-05-19																																	P
4	Rich Gale	KCR	1981-05-19																																	P

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