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Willie Hernández

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Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Pitching Comparison

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Totals

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	70	63	.526	3.38	744	11	419	0	0	147	1044.2	952	431	392	97	349	79	788	25	10	37	4366	1380	119	3.51	1.245	8.2	0.8	3.0	6.8

Willie Hernández 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
2	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	0	0		1.32	10	0	5	0	0	3	13.2	9	2	2	1	2	1	7	1	0	0	51	12		0.66	0.805	5.9	0.7	1.3	4.6

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Value

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	744	11	1044.2	16.6	6.6

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Totals Against

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	744	11	1044.2	1380	3891	673	164	18	59	43	57.84	11	72	65	36	.245	.308	.371	.679	87	.126	.281	454	1443	279	1326	1380

Willie Hernández 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
2	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	10	0	13.2	12	36	6	2	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	.250	.300	.389	.689		.139	.276	5	14	3	12	12

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Starting & Relieving

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	2	18	39.3	587	194	33	43	77.4	419	733

Willie Hernández 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
2	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	0			8	4	50	1	75.0	5	10

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Ratios

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	744	11	1044.2	18.0	8.0	10.1

Willie Hernández 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
2	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	10	0	13.2	13.7	3.9	9.8

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Pitch Summary

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	744	11	1044.2

Willie Hernández 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
2	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	10	0	13.2	175		122	69.71

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Head-to-Head Pitching

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Totals

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	2	1	.667	1.13	9	0	5	0	0	1	16.0	8	4	2	2	5	1	14	0	0	0	58	0.813	4.5	1.1	2.8	7.9
2	Rich Gossage	0	1	.000	1.37	9	0	7	0	0	2	19.2	13	3	3	0	5	2	24	1	0	0	79	0.915	5.9	0.0	2.3	11.0

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.500	13.5	4.5	0.0	0.0
2	Rich Gossage	0	0		21.60	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	3	4	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	2.400	16.2	10.8	5.4	10.8

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Game Logs

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Willie Hernández 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	NYY	1989-08-18	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		12	8	0.0	0.47	0	0	0.00
2	Willie Hernández	DET	1989-08-18	9-GF	1.0	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		30	17	0.0	-1.53	0	0	0.03
3	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-09-25	8-GF	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	1.26	1	0	0.40
4	Willie Hernández	CHC	1977-09-25	8-8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.56	1	0	0.18
5	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-09-23	8-GF, S	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.2	1.00	2	0	2.63
6	Willie Hernández	CHC	1977-09-23	8-GF, L	2.0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	3	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	1				-0.3	-0.92	0	0	0.99
7	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-08-16	9-13,BS	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	19	4	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1				0.4	2.11	1	1	2.88
8	Willie Hernández	CHC	1977-08-16	14-GF(15), W	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	9	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.3	1.26	1	0	3.59
9	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-08-10	8-11	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	16	4	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.5	2.00	0	0	2.64
10	Willie Hernández	CHC	1977-08-10	7-10	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	12	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.5	2.41	2	0	2.15
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Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Willie Hernández (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	1977	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Willie Hernández (Pitcher) vs. Rich Gossage (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Willie Hernández (Pitcher) vs. Rich Gossage (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-08-09	CHC	PIT	ahead 1-3	t9	---	0		Strikeout
2	1977	1977-08-10	CHC	PIT	tied 1-1	t9	---	2		Strikeout
3	1977	1977-08-10	CHC	PIT	tied 1-1	t11	---	2		Strikeout Looking

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

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Willie Hernández (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	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Willie Hernández (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Willie Hernández (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-06-05	PIT	CHC	ahead 4-5	b8	1--	2		Single to RF (Ground Ball); D. Dyer to 2B
2	1977	1977-08-10	PIT	CHC	tied 1-1	b9	---	2		Groundout: P-1B

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Comparison

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Totals

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	396	70	63	4	13	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	29	.206	.219	.238	.457	23	15	0	0	6	0	0

Willie Hernández 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

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Value

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	396	70	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-8	0	0	0

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Sabermetric

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	396	70	2	14	14	56	5	.382	7	-6	-0.8	.032	2.2	100.00	2

Willie Hernández 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
2	Willie Hernández	28-32	1983	1987	10	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Win Probability

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	22-34	1977	1989	396	70	-0.5	-0.7	0.1	-8.31	-0.8	-7.32	0.84

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Head-to-Head Batting

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Totals

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Rich Gossage	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0

Willie Hernández 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	Willie Hernández	1
2	Rich Gossage	1

Willie Hernández vs. Rich Gossage: Game Logs

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Willie Hernández 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	NYY	1989-08-18																																	P
2	Willie Hernández	DET	1989-08-18																																	P
3	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-09-25		2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0.002	0.00	0.00%	0.27			P
4	Willie Hernández	CHC	1977-09-25		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-09-23		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Willie Hernández	CHC	1977-09-23		2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-08-16		6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	-0.048	5.23	-0.08%	-0.18			P
8	Willie Hernández	CHC	1977-08-16		2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Rich Gossage	PIT	1977-08-10		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.035	3.92	-0.06%	-0.10			P
10	Willie Hernández	CHC	1977-08-10		5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.067	5.22	-0.16%	-0.21			P
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