Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Pitching Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	65	58	.528	3.53	647	15	381	1	0	126	1049.1	919	448	411	94	459	81	819	29	7	18	4459	1445	106	3.62	1.313	7.9	0.8	3.9	7.0

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	77			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2
2	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	0	0		3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	3		1.99	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	11.6

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Value

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1	14.4	4.0

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Totals Against

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1	1445	3844	637	158	30	76	39	66.09	22	53	85	40	.239	.322	.369	.691	96	.130	.278	468	1419	282	1407	1445

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	77	290	38	9	2	0	2	0.00	0	4	2	1	.190	.239	.297	.535		.107	.254	20	86	17	74	77
2	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	2.1	3	5	0	2	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.400	.500	.800	1.300		.400	1.000	1	4	2	3	3

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Starting & Relieving

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	2	13	44.1	628	183	29	41	75.4	381	632

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	6	67	75.1						0	0
2	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	0			2	0	0	0		1	2

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Ratios

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1	18.4	10.3	8.1

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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
2	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	2.1	33.3	11.1	22.2

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Pitch Summary

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	147	147	108	73.47
2	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	2.1	37		23	62.16

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	0	1	.000	1.23	3	0	3	0	0	2	7.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	0.818	6.1	0.0	1.2	2.5
2	Bob Gibson	0	2	.000	4.50	3	3	0	1	0	0	22.0	23	13	11	1	9	2	16	0	0	0	98	1.455	9.4	0.4	3.7	6.5

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	1974-09-22	GS-7	7.0	8	5	4	1	0	5	1	5	0	0	0	35	15	29	8	0	0	3	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	43			-0.3	-1.77			1.47
2	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1974-09-22	7-GF, L	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.08	2	0	2.46
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-05-25	GS-7, L	7.0	6	5	4	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	29	9	27	4	1	0	2	1	0	10	0	0	0	2	49			-0.3	-1.68			0.82
4	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1974-05-25	6-GF, S	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	2	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.4	1.90	0	0	1.97
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-07-30	CG(8), L	8.0	9	3	3	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	34	11	32	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	57			-0.1	0.95			0.75
6	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1973-07-30	8-GF, S	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.72	1	0	1.02

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Dave LaRoche (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	1974	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Dave LaRoche (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Dave LaRoche (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1974	1974-05-25	STL	CHC	down 5-4	t6	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B

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

Dave LaRoche (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	1974	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Dave LaRoche (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dave LaRoche (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1974	1974-05-25	CHC	STL	ahead 4-5	b7	---	0		Strikeout

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	61	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	13	.246	.324	.295	.619	76	18	1	0	2	0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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. Dave LaRoche: Batting Value

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	0.7	0.7	0.7	-0.1	-1	0	0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	56.5	23
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	3	22	24	49	7	.313	9	-2	-0.2	.049	4.7		0

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	2	.105	5			.214	4.0		0
2	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Batting Win Probability

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	-8.2	-84.01	0.97
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	0.0	-0.2	0.3	0.91	0.0	-0.78	0.76

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	Dave LaRoche	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Dave LaRoche: 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	1974-09-22	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	-0.019	2.30	-0.07%	-0.31			P
2	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1974-09-22		3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.031	0.00	0.00%	-0.10			P
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-05-25	*	8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	-0.030	1.83	-0.03%	-0.17			P
4	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1974-05-25		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.018	0.70	-0.01%	-0.23			P
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-07-30	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.079	4.73	-0.23%	-0.66			P
6	Dave LaRoche	CHC	1973-07-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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