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Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Pitching Comparison

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Totals

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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	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
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	38	48	.442	3.95	245	54	105	3	1	31	613.1	534	296	269	46	275	31	549	9	4	42	2588	840	92	3.35	1.319	7.8	0.7	4.0	8.1

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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
2	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0		0.68	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Value

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	1002	37	1809.1	41.6	16.2
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	54	613.1	3.1	-1.3

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Totals Against

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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	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
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	54	613.1	840	2252	377	100	11	63	36	63.64	2	40	35	17	.237	.320	.353	.673	95	.115	.292	258	794	157	818	840

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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
2	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0							.000	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Starting & Relieving

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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	20-42	1972	1994	17	46	49.8	832	277	33	112	73.5	681	965
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	28	52	52.6	102	31	30	22	58.5	105	191

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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
2	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	0			0	0				1	1

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Ratios

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	1002	37	1809.1	20.0	9.8	10.3
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	54	613.1	21.2	10.6	10.6

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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
2	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	1	0	2.0	33.3	0.0	33.3

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Pitch Summary

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	1002	37	1809.1
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	54	613.1		94

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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
2	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	1	0	2.0	17		15	88.24

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Totals

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	0	3	.000	3.86	7	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	14	8	6	1	7	2	13	0	0	0	63	1.500	9.0	0.6	4.5	8.4
2	Rich Gossage	2	0	1.000	2.03	7	0	6	0	0	4	13.1	10	3	3	0	4	0	7	1	0	0	52	1.050	6.8	0.0	2.7	4.7

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Game Logs

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Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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	Rich Gossage	SDP	1986-06-21	9-11	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0				-0.1	0.29	0	0	3.18
2	Ken Howell	LAD	1986-06-21	9-10,BS	2.0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0				-0.1	-0.14	0	0	2.85
3	Rich Gossage	SDP	1986-06-20	8-GF, S	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	9	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.2	-0.14	0	0	3.27
4	Ken Howell	LAD	1986-06-20	8-8, BL	1.0	3	3	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	4	5	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0				-0.6	-2.57	0	0	2.53
5	Rich Gossage	SDP	1986-04-10	8-GF, S	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.4	1.23	1	0	3.10
6	Ken Howell	LAD	1986-04-10	6-8	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11	3	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.1	1.29	0	0	0.72
7	Rich Gossage	SDP	1985-09-30	8-GF, BW	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0				-0.1	-0.13	0	0	2.55
8	Ken Howell	LAD	1985-09-30	8-GF, L	1.2	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	9	4	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.5	-1.24	2	1	2.22
9	Rich Gossage	SDP	1985-09-16	8-GF, S	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.1	-0.15	2	1	1.58
10	Ken Howell	LAD	1985-09-16	7-8	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				-0.1	-1.23	2	2	0.44
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Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Batter vs. Pitcher

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Ken Howell (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Ken Howell (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	1984	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1985	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Ken Howell (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Ken Howell (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1984	1984-07-31	SDP	LAD	ahead 0-1	b8	---	0		Strikeout
2	1985	1985-09-30	SDP	LAD	ahead 4-6	t9	12-	2		Strikeout

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Batting Comparison

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Batting Totals

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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	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
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	138	114	3	9	3	0	0	3	1	0	3	49	.079	.110	.105	.215	-38	12	5	1	20	0	0

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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. Ken Howell: Batting Value

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	388	93	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	-14	0	0	0
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	138	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-21	0	1	0

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Batting Sabermetric

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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	20-42	1972	1994	388	93	1	13	13	82	3	.188	3	-14	-1.5	.012	2.3		0
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	138	3	13	16	130	1	.138	6	-20	-2.1	.026	2.3	100.00	1

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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
2	Ken Howell	24	1985	1985	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Batting Win Probability

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Rich Gossage	20-42	1972	1994	388	93	-0.8	-1.4	0.2	-15.17	-1.4	-15.60	0.65
2	Ken Howell	23-29	1984	1990	245	138	-1.9	-2.2	-0.2	-22.95	-2.4	-22.89	0.82

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Head-to-Head Batting

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Totals

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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	Ken Howell	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Rich Gossage	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: Game Logs

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Rich Gossage vs. Ken Howell: 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	Rich Gossage	SDP	1986-06-21		4	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.045	1.75	-0.04%	-0.56			P
2	Ken Howell	LAD	1986-06-21		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Rich Gossage	SDP	1986-06-20		2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	-0.006	0.31	-0.01%	-0.20			P
4	Ken Howell	LAD	1986-06-20		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Rich Gossage	SDP	1986-04-10		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Ken Howell	LAD	1986-04-10		3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Rich Gossage	SDP	1985-09-30		2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.48	-0.012	0.00	0.00%	-0.40			P
8	Ken Howell	LAD	1985-09-30		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Rich Gossage	SDP	1985-09-16		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Ken Howell	LAD	1985-09-16		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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