Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Pitching Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	42	54	.438	3.62	307	76	124	11	6	31	840.2	734	375	338	69	381	44	681	27	2	46	3558	1175	100	3.40	1.326	7.9	0.7	4.1	7.3

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Value

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2	9.6	1.2

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Totals Against

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2	1175	3084	524	117	24	41	39	51.25	11	65	45	23	.238	.325	.359	.684	98	.121	.282	364	1106	210	1142	1175

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Starting & Relieving

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	36	47	52.0	173	60	35	19	62.0	124	231

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Ratios

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2	19.1	10.7	8.4

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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. Dick Selma: Pitch Summary

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	307	76	840.2

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	0	1	.000	7.11	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	8	8	5	0	3	1	3	0	0	1	32	1.737	11.4	0.0	4.3	4.3
2	Bob Gibson	3	0	1.000	2.74	3	3	0	2	0	0	23.0	20	7	7	1	4	0	19	1	0	1	91	1.043	7.8	0.4	1.6	7.4

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	1972-07-01 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	7	0	0	1	35	9	33	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	62			0.3	-0.03			1.02
2	Dick Selma	PHI	1972-07-01 (1)	6-7	2.0	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	11	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1				-0.1	-1.12	0	0	1.19
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-07-30	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	35	8	33	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	80			0.2	2.42			0.36
4	Dick Selma	NYM	1968-07-30	GS-4, L	4.0	6	6	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	20	8	18	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	31			-0.3	-4.48			1.02
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1967-09-07	GS-6, W	5.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	21	9	20	7	1	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	46			0.1	0.73			0.94
6	Dick Selma	NYM	1967-09-07	3-3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.39	2	0	1.23

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (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	1968	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	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
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.333	.500	.833	0	1	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Dick Selma (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-07-30	STL	NYM	tied 0-0	t3	--3	0		Strikeout Looking
2	1968	1968-07-30	STL	NYM	ahead 0-4	t4	-23	0		Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; J. Javier Scores; D. Maxvill to 3B
3	1972	1972-07-01 (1)	STL	PHI	ahead 2-3	t7	---	0		Single to LF

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

Dick Selma (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	1968	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

Dick Selma (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Selma (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-07-30	NYM	STL	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Batting Comparison

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Batting Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	203	13	35	5	2	0	7	1	0	5	76	.172	.195	.217	.412	17	44	4	1	16	1	0

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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. Dick Selma: Batting Value

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	-23	1	-1	0

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	7	41	43	189	10	.273	20	-24	-2.5	.044	2.7	100.0	1

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Batting Win Probability

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	21-30	1965	1974	304	226	-2.9	-2.6	-0.5	-31.24	-3.2	-27.25	0.92

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Totals

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	Dick Selma	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	3	12	8	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.375	.455	.500	.955	4	0	1	1	1	0

Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: Game Logs

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Bob Gibson vs. Dick Selma: 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	1972-07-01 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	0.118	0.58	0.05%	1.18			P
2	Dick Selma	PHI	1972-07-01 (1)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-07-30	*	9	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.46	-0.044	0.39	-0.02%	0.13			P
4	Dick Selma	NYM	1968-07-30	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.017	0.01	0.00%	-0.12			P
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1967-09-07	*	6	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.78	-0.060	0.05	0.00%	-1.71			P
6	Dick Selma	NYM	1967-09-07		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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