Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Pitching Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	20-35	1951	1966	197	230	.461	3.58	602	497	56	163	36	10	3611.0	3772	1652	1438	286	894	128	1734	46	13	50	15214	4974	107	3.35	1.292	9.4	0.7	2.2	4.3
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. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	29	1960	1960	0	2	.000	13.50	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	10	9	0	3	0	7	2	0	0	35	18			2.667	19.5	0.0	4.5	10.5
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	77			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Value

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	46.8	11.8
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	81.7	46.8

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Totals Against

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	4974	14023	2879	483	124	148	71	67.58	9	365	181	71	.269	.313	.382	.696	94	.113	.289	1689	5339	893	4712	4974
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. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	18	29	11	2	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	1	0	.448	.529	.517	1.047		.069	.591	8	15	2	18	18
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	77	290	38	9	2	0	2	0.00	0	4	2	1	.190	.239	.297	.535		.107	.254	20	86	17	74	77

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	296	60	51.8	67	21	31	5	66.7	56	105
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	328	68	61.0	35	14	40	3	66.7	21	46

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	0	0	35.0	0	0		0		0	1
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	6	67	75.1						0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Ratios

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0	11.4	5.9	5.5
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	19.4	8.3	11.1

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	20.0	8.6	11.4
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	29.5	5.4	24.0

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	497	3611.0		92
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1		107

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Friend	29	1960	1960	3	2	6.0	136	66	89	65.44
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	9	81.0	147	147	108	73.47

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: 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	Bob Friend	1	4	.200	3.86	5	5	0	1	1	0	28.0	32	15	12	1	6	1	9	0	0	2	118	1.357	10.3	0.3	1.9	2.9
2	Bob Gibson	4	0	1.000	3.21	5	4	1	2	0	0	33.2	33	14	12	4	11	1	39	0	0	1	144	1.307	8.8	1.1	2.9	10.4

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	NYM	1966-08-13	GS-2, L	2.0	6	5	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	7	11	4	1	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	24			-0.4	-4.09			0.71
2	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-08-13	CG, W	9.0	8	6	5	1	2	3	0	7	0	0	1	38	12	35	3	3	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	5	53			0.1	-1.90			0.73
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1965-09-14	GS-7, L	7.0	8	3	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	29	10	28	8	0	0	1	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	56			-0.1	0.13			1.12
4	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-09-14	GS-8, W	7.2	6	2	1	1	0	5	0	11	0	0	0	35	13	29	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	67			0.2	1.17			1.50
5	Bob Friend	PIT	1965-05-02 (1)	GS-5, L	4.0	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	8	20	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	28			-0.4	-2.53			1.39
6	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-05-02 (1)	GS-9, W	8.0	12	5	5	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	35	13	35	9	1	0	1	0	0	19	2	0	0	3	47			-0.2	-2.09			1.15
7	Bob Friend	PIT	1964-08-24	GS-6, L	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	2	24	8	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	56			0.0	0.93			1.16
8	Bob Gibson	STL	1964-08-24	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	34	8	32	4	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	81			0.5	3.40			1.18
9	Bob Friend	PIT	1964-05-06	SHO, W	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	8	31	3	2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	75			0.6	4.00			1.42
10	Bob Gibson	STL	1964-05-06	9-GF	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-1.36	1	1	3.03

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1965	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	0
3	1966	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Friend (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-08-24	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Flyball: CF
2	1964	1964-08-24	STL	PIT	ahead 1-2	b5	---	0		Strikeout, Wild Pitch; B. Gibson to 1B
3	1965	1965-05-02 (1)	STL	PIT	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Flyball: LF
4	1965	1965-05-02 (1)	STL	PIT	down 3-1	b5	1--	0		Single; T. McCarver to 2B
5	1965	1965-09-14	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Single
6	1965	1965-09-14	STL	PIT	down 1-0	t5	-23	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
7	1965	1965-09-14	STL	PIT	ahead 1-3	t7	1--	0		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
8	1966	1966-08-13	STL	NYM	ahead 1-4	b2	---	0		Strikeout

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

Bob Friend (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1965	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Friend (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1964	1964-08-24	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	0		Strikeout
2	1964	1964-08-24	PIT	STL	down 2-1	t5	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1965	1965-05-02 (1)	PIT	STL	ahead 0-2	t2	-2-	2		Foul Popfly: 1B
4	1965	1965-05-02 (1)	PIT	STL	ahead 1-3	t5	---	1		Strikeout
5	1965	1965-09-14	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Single
6	1965	1965-09-14	PIT	STL	down 2-1	b5	---	0		Flyball: SS

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Batting Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Batting Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	1137	56	138	16	2	2	60	0	0	38	375	.121	.150	.144	.294	-19	164	14	0	120	2	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. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	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

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-5.9	-5.9	-5.7	-0.2	-196	3	-3	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. Bob Friend: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	20	176	191	1135	33	.178	114	-189	-19.6	.023	3.0		0
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	73	345	357	1167	104	.276	252	-95	-9.9	.095	3.2	56.5	23

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	29	1960	1960	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0			.000			0
2	Bob Gibson	28-32	1964	1968	9	32	2	6	6	27	2	.105	5			.214	4.0		0

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Friend	20-35	1951	1966	602	1299	-15.9	-17.7	1.0	-172.08	-17.8	-187.43	0.95
2	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	-9.5	-8.7	-1.1	-77.47	-8.2	-84.01	0.97

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: 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	Bob Friend	5	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	5	14	11	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	.273	.308	.273	.580	3	0	0	1	1	0

Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Bob Friend: 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 Friend	NYM	1966-08-13	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-08-13	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	0.017	0.15	0.01%	0.49			P
3	Bob Friend	PIT	1965-09-14	*	7	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.014	0.35	0.00%	0.19			P
4	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-09-14	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.059	0.00	0.00%	-0.54			P
5	Bob Friend	PIT	1965-05-02 (1)	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	-0.038	0.96	-0.03%	-0.47			P
6	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-05-02 (1)	*	9	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.333	.500	.833	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.07	0.058	1.83	0.06%	0.32			P
7	Bob Friend	PIT	1964-08-24	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.079	0.15	-0.01%	-0.67			P
8	Bob Gibson	STL	1964-08-24	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.063	0.36	-0.01%	-0.62			P
9	Bob Friend	PIT	1964-05-06	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.140	4.64	-0.21%	-0.88			P
10	Bob Gibson	STL	1964-05-06		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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