Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Pitching Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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	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
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	75	104	.419	3.84	261	239	8	42	8	0	1548.0	1430	755	660	156	713	57	1061	30	2	83	6682	2258	92	3.91	1.384	8.3	0.9	4.1	6.2

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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. Clay Kirby: Value

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	81.7	46.8
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	261	239	1548.0	8.9	-4.4

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Totals Against

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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	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
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	261	239	1548.0	2258	5818	1016	209	49	115	64	64.25	3	113	79	42	.246	.329	.379	.708	107	.133	.274	735	2205	414	2173	2258

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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. Clay Kirby: Starting & Relieving

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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	23-39	1959	1975	328	68	61.0	35	14	40	3	66.7	21	46
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	120	50	52.3	3	2	67	0		8	22

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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. Clay Kirby: Ratios

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1	19.4	8.3	11.1
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	261	239	1548.0	15.9	10.7	5.2

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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. Clay Kirby: Pitch Summary

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	528	482	3884.1		107
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	261	239	1548.0		99

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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. Clay Kirby: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	1	5	.167	8.88	6	6	0	1	0	0	25.1	35	28	25	4	10	1	18	0	0	1	121	1.776	12.4	1.4	3.6	6.4
2	Bob Gibson	5	1	.833	2.11	6	6	0	3	0	0	47.0	36	14	11	3	7	2	33	1	0	2	184	0.915	6.9	0.6	1.3	6.3

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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 Gibson	STL	1974-07-06	CG, W	9.0	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	32	5	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	81			0.4	3.11			0.90
2	Clay Kirby	CIN	1974-07-06	GS-7, L	6.1	5	3	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	27	7	25	4	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	55			-0.1	0.05			1.28
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-04-28	CG, W	9.0	10	2	2	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	0	40	15	36	7	3	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	61			0.0	2.15			0.41
4	Clay Kirby	CIN	1974-04-28	GS-2, L	1.1	8	7	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	9	13	7	1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	14			-0.4	-5.22			0.87
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-06-06	CG, W	9.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	32	5	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	72			0.2	1.15			0.53
6	Clay Kirby	SDP	1973-06-06	GS-5, L	5.0	5	6	6	0	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	23	8	18	3	1	0	0	1	0	9	1	1	1	2	38			-0.3	-3.70			1.08
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-05-02	GS-6, W	6.0	10	3	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	28	12	26	8	1	1	0	1	0	13	1	1	0	2	44			0.0	-0.48			1.27
8	Clay Kirby	SDP	1973-05-02	GS-3, L	2.2	8	5	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	9	16	5	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	3	22			-0.4	-4.29			0.93
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-06-21	GS-7, W	7.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	24	3	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	73			0.1	1.99			0.15
10	Clay Kirby	SDP	1972-06-21	GS-2, L	1.0	6	6	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	8	4	0	1	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	15			-0.4	-5.48			0.80
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Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Clay Kirby (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	1971	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1973	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1974	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Clay Kirby (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Clay Kirby (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-07-07	SDP	STL	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Flyball: CF
2	1971	1971-07-07	SDP	STL	ahead 1-2	b5	---	2		Strikeout
3	1971	1971-07-07	SDP	STL	ahead 1-4	b7	1--	1		Strikeout
4	1973	1973-05-02	SDP	STL	ahead 0-1	b2	1--	2		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
5	1973	1973-06-06	SDP	STL	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Popfly: 2B
6	1974	1974-04-28	CIN	STL	down 4-1	t2	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
7	1974	1974-07-06	CIN	STL	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
8	1974	1974-07-06	CIN	STL	ahead 0-1	b5	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B

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

Clay Kirby (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	1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1972	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1973	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
4	1974	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0

Clay Kirby (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Clay Kirby (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-07-07	STL	SDP	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
2	1971	1971-07-07	STL	SDP	tied 1-1	t5	---	2		Flyball: CF
3	1972	1972-06-21	STL	SDP	ahead 0-4	b2	---	0		Single to CF
4	1973	1973-05-02	STL	SDP	down 1-0	t3	---	0		Single to SS
5	1973	1973-06-06	STL	SDP	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1973	1973-06-06	STL	SDP	tied 1-1	b5	12-	0		Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; J. Cruz to 3B; M. Tyson to 2B; B. Gibson to 1B
7	1974	1974-04-28	STL	CIN	ahead 1-4	b1	-23	2		Strikeout
8	1974	1974-07-06	STL	CIN	down 1-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
9	1974	1974-07-06	STL	CIN	down 1-0	t5	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
10	1974	1974-07-06	STL	CIN	tied 1-1	t7	1-3	1		Single to RF; T. McCarver Scores; K. Reitz to 3B

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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 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
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	265	556	478	22	47	5	0	0	15	0	0	32	217	.098	.157	.109	.265	-23	52	6	1	45	0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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. Clay Kirby: Batting Value

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	7.5	7.3	7.3	0.3	-94	3	-4	0
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	265	556	-1.9	-2.0	-2.0	0.1	-79	2	0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	73	345	357	1167	104	.276	252	-95	-9.9	.095	3.2	56.52	23
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	265	556	5	80	84	482	11	.180	37	-78	-8.2	.010	2.2		0

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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. Clay Kirby: Batting Win Probability

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Gibson	23-39	1959	1975	596	1489	-9.5	-8.7	-1.1	-77.47		-84.01	0.97
2	Clay Kirby	21-28	1969	1976	265	556	-7.6	-7.9	0.4	-78.22		-80.23	1.02

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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	Clay Kirby	6	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	6	20	18	5	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	3	.389	.389	.611	1.000	11	0	0	2	0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Clay Kirby: 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 Gibson	STL	1974-07-06	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.119	3.57	0.20%	0.55			P
2	Clay Kirby	CIN	1974-07-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	-0.029	0.48	-0.01%	-0.31			P
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-04-28	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	-0.025	0.48	-0.03%	-0.66			P
4	Clay Kirby	CIN	1974-04-28	*	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.013	0.68	-0.01%	-0.15			P
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-06-06	*	9	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.067	1.19	0.04%	1.01			P
6	Clay Kirby	SDP	1973-06-06	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.025	0.03	0.00%	-0.22			P
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-05-02	*	7	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	0.048	0.25	0.01%	0.18			P
8	Clay Kirby	SDP	1973-05-02	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	-0.019	0.32	-0.01%	-0.20			P
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-06-21	*	8	9	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	5	0	0	1	0	0	0.09	0.010	0.02	0.00%	2.69			P
10	Clay Kirby	SDP	1972-06-21	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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