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Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Pitching Comparison

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Totals

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	11	4	.733	3.42	98	0	49	0	0	11	147.1	129	60	56	17	62	17	99	1	0	7	625	198	109	4.13	1.296	7.9	1.0	3.8	6.0
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	124	107	.537	3.01	1002	37	681	16	0	310	1809.1	1497	670	605	119	732	90	1502	47	5	63	7507	2351	126	3.18	1.232	7.4	0.6	3.6	7.5

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Rich Gossage	26-32	1978	1984	2	1	.667	2.87	19	0	17	0	0	8	31.1	21	10	10	3	7	1	29	2	0	0	124	31		1.14	0.894	6.0	0.9	2.0	8.3

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Value

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	98	0	147.1	0.8	-0.1
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	1002	37	1809.1	41.6	16.2

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Totals Against

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	98	0	147.1	198	545	84	23	5	17	6	73.91	1	7	9	7	.237	.312	.391	.703	98	.154	.257	68	213	45	192	198
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	1002	37	1809.1	2351	6553	1104	237	37	149	79	65.35	6	129	106	67	.228	.308	.330	.638	80	.102	.276	685	2165	393	2276	2351

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Rich Gossage	26-32	1978	1984	19	0	31.1	31	112	16	2	0	5	1	83.33	0	1	2	1	.188	.246	.286	.532		.098	.222	13	32	5	30	31

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Starting & Relieving

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	0			62	31	50	3	78.6	49	98
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	17	46	49.8	832	277	33	112	73.5	681	965

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Rich Gossage	26-32	1978	1984	0			10	3	30	3	72.7	17	19

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Ratios

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	98	0	147.1	15.8	9.9	5.9
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	1002	37	1809.1	20.0	9.8	10.3

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rich Gossage	26-32	1978	1984	19	0	31.1	23.4	5.6	17.7

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Pitch Summary

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	98	0	147.1
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	1002	37	1809.1

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rich Gossage	26-32	1978	1984	19	0	31.1	368		259	70.38

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Totals

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Rich Gossage	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	23	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0
2	Bill Atkinson	1	1	.500	1.80	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	18	0.600	5.4	1.8	0.0	7.2

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Game Logs

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Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	MON	1977-07-12	11-GF(12), L	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-0.06	0	0	1.28
2	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-07-12	9-GF(12), W	4.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	17	5	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0.6	1.87	0	0	2.77
3	Bill Atkinson	MON	1977-04-18	12-GF(14), W	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	2	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.4	1.41	0	0	2.65
4	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-04-18	9-10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.3	0.94	0	0	2.03

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Bill Atkinson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Bill Atkinson (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	1977	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

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Bill Atkinson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Bill Atkinson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-07-12	PIT	MON	ahead 4-5	t12	---	2		Groundout: P-1B

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Comparison

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Totals

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	99	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	67	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	388	93	85	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	37	.106	.146	.118	.264	-25	10	2	0	4	0	0

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Rich Gossage	26-32	1978	1984	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Value

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	99	11	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-1	0	0	0
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	388	93	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	-14	0	0	0

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Sabermetric

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	99	11	0	3	3	8	1	.333	1	-1	-0.1	.000	10.0		0
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	388	93	1	13	13	82	3	.188	3	-14	-1.5	.012	2.3		0

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Rich Gossage	26-32	1978	1984	19	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			.000	1.0		0

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Win Probability

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Atkinson	21-24	1976	1979	99	11	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-1.48	-0.1	-1.20	1.13
2	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	388	93	-0.8	-1.4	0.2	-15.17	-1.4	-15.60	0.65

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Head-to-Head Batting

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Totals

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Rich Gossage	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bill Atkinson	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: Game Logs

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Rich Gossage vs. Bill Atkinson: 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	Bill Atkinson	MON	1977-07-12		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-07-12		4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.065	1.50	-0.05%	-0.32			P
3	Bill Atkinson	MON	1977-04-18		3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.054	3.09	0.06%	0.25			P
4	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-04-18		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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