Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Pitching Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	96	92	.511	3.14	824	39	541	5	1	180	1514.2	1318	597	528	108	582	128	1109	22	4	63	6313	1998	117	3.26	1.254	7.8	0.6	3.5	6.6

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	3	3	.500	2.24	26	0	19	0	0	8	52.1	38	15	13	1	33	9	48	1	0	3	223	72		1.81	1.357	6.5	0.2	5.7	8.3

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Value

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	21.0	5.7

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Totals Against

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	1998	5561	956	213	41	57	42	57.58	1	135	102	46	.237	.309	.348	.658	88	.111	.276	610	1937	362	1922	1998

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	72	184											.207	.330					.274				72	72

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Starting & Relieving

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	13	33	47.4	464	149	32	50	78.3	541	785

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981								100.0	19	26

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Ratios

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	17.6	9.2	8.3

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	21.5	14.8	6.7

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Pitch Summary

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	1	3	.250	3.04	12	1	9	0	0	3	26.2	17	12	9	4	8	2	17	1	0	0	103	0.938	5.7	1.4	2.7	5.7
2	Bob Gibson	5	4	.556	2.42	12	11	0	5	1	0	96.2	82	31	26	7	39	4	69	1	1	2	408	1.252	7.6	0.7	3.6	6.4

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	1975-07-27	4-7, W	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	17	5	14	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0				0.2	1.39	2	2	1.86
2	Tug McGraw	PHI	1975-07-27	8-8	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1				-0.1	-1.18	0	0	0.67
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-09-12	GS-5, W	5.0	7	4	3	1	1	3	1	3	0	1	0	25	10	22	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	39			-0.2	-1.72			0.92
4	Tug McGraw	NYM	1974-09-12	9-GF	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	-1.48	3	3	0.01
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-07-25 (1)	GS-8	8.0	7	3	3	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	37	14	27	7	0	0	2	0	0	7	1	2	1	0	51			0.0	0.69			0.97
6	Tug McGraw	NYM	1974-07-25 (1)	9-9,BS	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-0.13	2	1	6.18
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-06-30 (2)	GS-8	7.1	6	1	1	0	1	3	1	3	0	0	1	31	9	28	4	1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	62			0.3	2.01			1.50
8	Tug McGraw	NYM	1974-06-30 (2)	10-GF(10), L	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.4	-1.54	0	0	1.45
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-09-09	GS-7, L	7.0	5	3	1	2	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	29	9	26	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	62			-0.1	-0.07			0.65
10	Tug McGraw	NYM	1972-09-09	8-GF, S	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.2	1.13	3	0	1.95
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Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (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	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Tug McGraw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-09-05 (1)	NYM	STL	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
2	1965	1965-09-05 (1)	NYM	STL	tied 0-0	t5	---	1		Strikeout (C-1B)
3	1965	1965-09-05 (1)	NYM	STL	tied 0-0	t8	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
4	1969	1969-09-23	NYM	STL	tied 2-2	b9	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking

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

Tug McGraw (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	5	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	.200	.200	.800	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1970	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
4	1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	.125	.125	.500	.625	1	0	0	0	0

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-09-05 (1)	STL	NYM	tied 0-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout Looking
2	1965	1965-09-05 (1)	STL	NYM	tied 0-0	b6	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
3	1969	1969-06-20	STL	NYM	down 4-2	t7	---	0		Home Run
4	1969	1969-06-20	STL	NYM	down 4-3	t9	---	2		Strikeout
5	1969	1969-07-02	STL	NYM	tied 4-4	b13	12-	1		Lineout: 1B
6	1969	1969-09-23	STL	NYM	ahead 1-2	t8	123	2	3 (1-1)	Lineout: RF
7	1969	1969-09-23	STL	NYM	tied 2-2	t11	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
8	1970	1970-05-28	STL	NYM	ahead 1-7	t8	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; M. Shannon to 2B
9	1972	1972-08-07	STL	NYM	tied 2-2	b9	---	2		Strikeout

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	214	14	39	7	0	1	18	0	0	10	57	.182	.221	.229	.450	26	49	2	1	21	1	0

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Value

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.1	-20	0	0	0

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	8	50	55	199	13	.242	31	-22	-2.2	.047	3.8		0

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	0	1	1	5		.333	1			.000	2.5		0

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Batting Win Probability

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	-2.5	-2.2	-0.1	-20.79		-21.82	1.07

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	Tug McGraw	12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	12	38	33	2	9	1	0	1	4	0	2	2	10	.273	.306	.394	.699	13	0	0	2	1	0

Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Tug McGraw: 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	1975-07-27		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.046	0.50	-0.01%	-0.31			P
2	Tug McGraw	PHI	1975-07-27		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-09-12	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	-0.044	3.26	-0.10%	-0.49			P
4	Tug McGraw	NYM	1974-09-12		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-07-25 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.121	2.72	0.16%	0.77			P
6	Tug McGraw	NYM	1974-07-25 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1974-06-30 (2)	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.46	-0.019	6.94	-0.03%	-0.57			P
8	Tug McGraw	NYM	1974-06-30 (2)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-09-09	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.028	0.00	0.00%	-0.22			P
10	Tug McGraw	NYM	1972-09-09		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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