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Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Pitching Comparison

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Totals

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	24	39	.381	4.01	104	78	13	6	2	3	487.1	452	238	217	52	250	17	278	14	2	10	2125	746	88	4.39	1.440	8.3	1.0	4.6	5.1

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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 Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Value

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	104	78	487.1	3.8	-0.7

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Totals Against

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	104	78	487.1	746	1814	317	70	13	35	18	66.04	1	43	28	19	.249	.341	.388	.730	113	.139	.266	243	704	135	716	746

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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 Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Starting & Relieving

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	32	41	49.3	14	7	50	0	100.0	13	26

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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 Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Ratios

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	104	78	487.1	13.1	11.8	1.3

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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 Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Pitch Summary

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	104	78	487.1

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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 Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Head-to-Head Pitching

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Totals

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	1	3	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	19	0.600	1.8	0.0	3.6	5.4
2	Rich Hand	1	1	.500	4.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	19	8	8	1	8	1	11	0	0	0	71	1.800	11.4	0.6	4.8	6.6

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Game Logs

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Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	CHW	1972-09-23	7-8, W	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.4	2.12	2	0	2.16
2	Rich Hand	TEX	1972-09-23	GS-8, L	7.2	10	4	4	0	0	6	1	7	0	0	0	38	16	30	6	3	1	0	0	0	15	0	2	0	4	44			-0.3	-1.36			1.38
3	Rich Gossage	CHW	1972-08-05	1-4	3.0	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	13	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0				0.1	1.19	3	0	1.14
4	Rich Hand	TEX	1972-08-05	GS-8, W	7.1	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	33	11	30	6	2	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	1	3	46			0.0	-1.25			0.55

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Rich Hand (Pitcher) vs. Rich Gossage (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	1972	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

Rich Hand (Pitcher) vs. Rich Gossage (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rich Hand (Pitcher) vs. Rich Gossage (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-08-05	CHW	TEX	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout

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

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Rich Hand (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	1972	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Rich Hand (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Rich Hand (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-08-05	TEX	CHW	ahead 0-2	t2	---	0		Reached on E1 (Ground Ball)
2	1972	1972-08-05	TEX	CHW	ahead 1-2	t4	-2-	1		Groundout: 1B-P; E. Maddox to 3B
3	1972	1972-09-23	TEX	CHW	tied 3-3	t8	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Comparison

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Totals

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	81	126	109	5	16	2	1	0	8	0	0	3	31	.147	.181	.183	.365	5	20	0	2	10	2	0

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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 Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Value

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	81	126	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	-13	0	-1	0

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Sabermetric

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	81	126	3	21	24	105	5	.200	13	-15	-1.5	.037	3.5		0

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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 Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Win Probability

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	Rich Hand	21-24	1970	1973	81	126	-1.2	-1.1	-0.1	-8.88	-0.8	-10.52	0.96

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Head-to-Head Batting

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Totals

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Rich Hand	2	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	1	0	0

Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: Game Logs

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Rich Hand vs. Rich Gossage: 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	CHW	1972-09-23		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Rich Hand	TEX	1972-09-23	*	8	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.067	0.00	0.00%	-0.48			P
3	Rich Gossage	CHW	1972-08-05		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	-0.016	1.39	-0.02%	-0.13			P
4	Rich Hand	TEX	1972-08-05	*	8	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.50	-0.006	0.00	0.00%	-0.17			P

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