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Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Pitching Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	139	123	.531	3.31	356	329	10	106	25	1	2333.2	2130	948	857	184	711	43	1493	50	10	104	9661	2993	103	3.26	1.217	8.2	0.7	2.7	5.8
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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Value

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	356	329	2333.2	34.3	14.1
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	81.7	46.8

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Totals Against

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	356	329	2333.2	2993	8764	1519	361	66	162	68	70.43	4	197	76	55	.243	.302	.362	.664	96	.119	.273	960	3151	611	2891	2993
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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Starting & Relieving

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	209	64	55.7	21	3	14	2	33.3	10	27
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	328	68	61.0	35	14	40	3	66.7	21	46

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Ratios

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	356	329	2333.2	15.5	7.4	8.1
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	19.4	8.3	11.1

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Pitch Summary

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	356	329	2333.2		99
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1		107

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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	Larry Dierker	3	4	.429	2.36	8	7	0	2	1	0	53.1	51	18	14	3	7	0	32	1	0	1	215	1.088	8.6	0.5	1.2	5.4
2	Bob Gibson	5	3	.625	2.12	8	8	0	4	2	0	63.2	58	17	15	0	15	1	51	2	0	0	257	1.147	8.2	0.0	2.1	7.2

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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	Larry Dierker	HOU	1974-05-05	GS-7, L	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	27	7	27	5	1	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	54			-0.1	0.06			0.85
2	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-05-05	GS-8, W	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	33	10	28	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	66			0.4	2.50			1.29
3	Larry Dierker	HOU	1970-05-18	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	33	6	31	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	86			0.3	4.35			0.68
4	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-05-18	GS-6, L	5.2	12	6	6	0	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	29	16	25	10	2	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	2	23			-0.2	-3.59			0.90
5	Larry Dierker	HOU	1968-09-27	GS-7, L	7.0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	27	8	25	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	62			0.1	1.64			1.07
6	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-09-27	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	31	6	30	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	86			0.6	3.39			1.49
7	Larry Dierker	HOU	1968-05-12	CG, W	9.0	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	34	8	33	4	2	0	1	2	0	12	0	1	0	3	72			0.3	1.39			1.41
8	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-05-12	GS-8, L	8.0	11	3	2	1	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	38	14	34	11	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	58			-0.2	0.01			1.87
9	Larry Dierker	HOU	1967-06-08	GS-5, L	4.2	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	21	8	20	4	1	2	1	0	0	16	1	1	0	4	31			-0.4	-3.18			1.04
10	Bob Gibson	STL	1967-06-08	CG, W	9.0	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	31	5	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	82			0.1	1.80			0.66
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Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Larry Dierker (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Larry Dierker (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	1966	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1967	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
3	1968	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
4	1970	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
5	1974	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	16	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Larry Dierker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Larry Dierker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1966	1966-08-23	HOU	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
2	1966	1966-08-23	HOU	STL	down 1-0	b5	12-	2		Strikeout
3	1967	1967-04-27	HOU	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Single to CF
4	1967	1967-04-27	HOU	STL	down 2-0	b5	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
5	1967	1967-06-08	HOU	STL	ahead 1-2	t3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1968	1968-05-12	HOU	STL	tied 1-1	t2	-23	2		Strikeout
7	1968	1968-05-12	HOU	STL	tied 1-1	t4	12-	2		Strikeout Looking
8	1968	1968-05-12	HOU	STL	down 2-1	t6	12-	2		Strikeout
9	1968	1968-05-12	HOU	STL	ahead 2-3	t8	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; I. Murrell to 2B
10	1968	1968-09-27	HOU	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
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Larry Dierker (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Larry Dierker (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	1965	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
3	1967	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
4	1968	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
5	1970	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1974	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	19	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	0	0	0	0

Larry Dierker (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Larry Dierker (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-10-03	STL	HOU	ahead 1-3	t7	---	0		Strikeout
2	1966	1966-08-23	STL	HOU	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; D. Maxvill to 3B
3	1966	1966-08-23	STL	HOU	ahead 0-1	t4	12-	2		Strikeout Looking
4	1966	1966-08-23	STL	HOU	ahead 0-1	t7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; D. Maxvill to 2B
5	1967	1967-04-27	STL	HOU	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1967	1967-04-27	STL	HOU	ahead 0-2	t5	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
7	1967	1967-04-27	STL	HOU	ahead 0-2	t7	---	2		Single to CF
8	1967	1967-06-08	STL	HOU	down 2-1	b3	---	1		Strikeout
9	1967	1967-06-08	STL	HOU	ahead 2-3	b5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; E. Bressoud to 2B
10	1968	1968-05-12	STL	HOU	tied 1-1	b2	1--	2		Strikeout
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Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Batting Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Batting Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	357	876	789	38	107	14	0	4	46	0	0	12	272	.136	.149	.169	.317	-9	133	16	1	70	4	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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Batting Value

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	357	876	-2.4	-2.4	-2.5	0.2	-115	-1	-2	0
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	7.5	7.3	7.3	0.3	-94	3	-4	0

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	357	876	18	120	127	772	23	.199	80	-114	-12.0	.033	2.9		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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Batting Win Probability

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Larry Dierker	17-30	1964	1977	357	876	-10.2	-10.9	-0.6	-118.74		-117.73	0.88
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	-9.5	-8.7	-1.1	-77.47		-84.01	0.97

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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	Larry Dierker	8	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.188	.188	.188	.375	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	8	24	20	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	0	0	4	0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Larry Dierker: 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	Larry Dierker	HOU	1974-05-05	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.070	2.46	-0.08%	-0.55			P
2	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-05-05	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	-0.001	0.84	0.00%	-0.03			P
3	Larry Dierker	HOU	1970-05-18	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.016	0.46	-0.01%	-0.20			P
4	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-05-18	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	0.035	1.09	0.03%	0.28			P
5	Larry Dierker	HOU	1968-09-27	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.050	0.00	0.00%	-0.30			P
6	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-09-27	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.066	0.00	0.00%	-0.60			P
7	Larry Dierker	HOU	1968-05-12	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.17	-0.192	3.63	-0.19%	-1.42			P
8	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-05-12	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	-0.034	2.96	-0.09%	-0.30			P
9	Larry Dierker	HOU	1967-06-08	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	-0.020	0.16	0.00%	-0.20			P
10	Bob Gibson	STL	1967-06-08	*	9	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.87	0.004	2.68	0.01%	0.64			P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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