Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	103	104	.498	3.63	327	225	47	77	17	10	1669.1	1437	778	674	152	840	40	1393	60	0	45	7204	2421	107	3.61	1.364	7.7	0.8	4.5	7.5

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	74			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2
2	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	0	1	.000	67.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	6	5	0	2	0	1	0		0	7	6			9.000	54.0	0.0	27.0	13.5

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	225	1669.1	19.8	4.2

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	225	1669.1	2421	6091	1009	197	46	72	50	59.02	6	109	67	33	.236	.334	.352	.686	91	.122	.280	702	2144	394	2337	2421

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	74	290											.190	.239					.255				74	74
2	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	1	0	0.2	6	0												3.000					-4.000				6	6

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	122	54	54.4	84	37	44	6	62.5	47	102

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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									0	0
2	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947									0	1

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	225	1669.1	19.3	11.7	7.7

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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
2	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	1	0	0.2	14.3	28.6	-14.3

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	225	1669.1		103

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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
2	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	1	0	0.2

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	2	1	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	35	1.222	7.0	1.0	4.0	9.0
2	Bob Gibson	0	1	.000	4.76	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	8	3	3	0	5	1	5	0	0	1	31	2.294	12.7	0.0	7.9	7.9

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	1959-09-07	GS-6, L	5.2	8	3	3	0	0	5	1	5	0	0	1	31	13	25	8	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	41			-0.2	-0.55			1.76
2	Sam Jones	SFG	1959-09-07	CG, W	9.0	7	2	1	1	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	35	11	31	4	2	0	0	1	1	12	1	0	0	3	72			0.3	2.32			0.98

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sam Jones (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sam Jones (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	1959	2	2	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	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sam Jones (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sam Jones (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-09-07	STL	SFG	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
2	1959	1959-09-07	STL	SFG	ahead 0-2	t4	12-	2		Strikeout

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Sam Jones (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Sam Jones (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	1959	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Sam Jones (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Sam Jones (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-09-07	SFG	STL	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
2	1959	1959-09-07	SFG	STL	down 2-1	b4	123	1		Groundout: P-C/Forceout at Hm; E. Bressoud to 2B; D. Spencer to 3B
3	1959	1959-09-07	SFG	STL	down 2-1	b6	1--	0		Fielder's Choice /Sacrifice Bunt; E. Bressoud to 2B

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Totals

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	599	533	19	81	7	0	1	30	0	0	17	167	.152	.178	.171	.349	-5	91	9	1	44	4	0

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	599	-2.0	-2.0	-1.8	-0.2	-82	1	-2	0

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	56.52	23
2	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	599	8	99	105	509	17	.217	48	-80	-8.2	.019	3.2		0

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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		.105	5			.214	4.0		0
2	Sam Jones	21	1947	1947	1	0	0	0	0	0			0

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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		-84.01	0.97
2	Sam Jones	21-38	1947	1964	327	599	-6.0	-7.5	0.7	-77.95		-84.63	0.89

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	Sam Jones	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Sam Jones vs. Bob Gibson: 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	1959-09-07	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.054	0.00	0.00%	-0.65			P
2	Sam Jones	SFG	1959-09-07	*	9	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	0.066	16.42	0.31%	0.49			P

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