Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	162	147	.524	3.77	483	364	78	119	28	13	2672.0	2833	1274	1118	268	597	82	1092	40	3	39	11231	3621	101	3.70	1.284	9.5	0.9	2.0	3.7

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	30	1960	1960	2	0	1.000	3.44	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.1	22	7	7	3	3	1	8	0	0	1	77	25			1.364	10.8	1.5	1.5	3.9

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	483	364	2672.0	26.0	0.5

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	483	364	2672.0	3621	10402	2045	425	95	66	47	58.41	10	242	120	72	.272	.312	.409	.721	101	.136	.281	1337	4230	788	3470	3621

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	30	1960	1960	3	3	18.1	25	74											.297	.325					.302				25	25

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	184	51	50.9	81	25	31	2	86.7	78	119

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	30	1960	1960									0	0

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	483	364	2672.0	9.7	5.3	4.4

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	30	1960	1960	3	3	18.1	10.4	3.9	6.5

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	483	364	2672.0		83

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	30	1960	1960	3	3	18.1

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	5	0	1.000	2.28	8	7	0	3	0	0	59.1	55	15	15	5	8	0	27	1	0	0	237	1.062	8.3	0.8	1.2	4.1
2	Bob Gibson	2	4	.333	4.96	8	6	1	1	0	0	45.1	53	27	25	3	15	3	29	2	0	2	200	1.500	10.5	0.6	3.0	5.8

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Vern Law 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	1967-06-14	CG, W	9.0	11	4	4	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	38	14	37	10	1	0	1	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	55			0.2	-0.16			0.84
2	Vern Law	PIT	1967-06-14	3-7	5.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	17	3	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1				0.1	1.13	0	0	0.31
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-09-10	GS-8, W	8.0	11	5	4	1	1	3	2	5	0	0	0	35	14	32	7	1	2	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	4	44			-0.2	-1.36			0.91
4	Vern Law	PIT	1966-09-10	GS-8	7.1	11	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	33	12	31	9	2	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	2	49			0.1	1.00			1.37
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-06-17	GS-8, L	8.0	8	3	3	0	1	3	1	9	1	0	0	35	12	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	60			0.0	0.90			0.80
6	Vern Law	PIT	1965-06-17	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	34	9	33	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	72			0.4	3.39			1.18
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1961-05-16	7-GF(8)	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				0.1	1.00	0	0	0.49
8	Vern Law	PIT	1961-05-16	GS-5	5.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	19	5	18	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	61			0.3	2.51			1.02
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1960-07-26	7-7	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1				-0.1	-1.49	0	0	0.31
10	Vern Law	PIT	1960-07-26	GS-7, W	7.0	8	4	4	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	28	9	28	4	2	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	4	49			0.1	-0.43			0.98
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Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Vern Law (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vern Law (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	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1960	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1965	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1966	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
5	1967	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	13	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0	0

Vern Law (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vern Law (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-08-04	STL	PIT	down 3-1	b3	1--	0		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
2	1959	1959-08-19	STL	PIT	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: C-1B/Sacrifice; J. Porter to 2B
3	1959	1959-08-19	STL	PIT	ahead 0-2	t4	---	2		Strikeout
4	1959	1959-08-19	STL	PIT	ahead 1-2	t6	12-	2		Strikeout
5	1960	1960-06-21	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	-23	0		Fielder's Choice 3B; C. Flood out at Hm/3B-C; A. Grammas to 3B
6	1960	1960-06-21	STL	PIT	tied 1-1	t5	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
7	1965	1965-06-17	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Flyball: CF
8	1965	1965-06-17	STL	PIT	down 2-0	b5	1--	1		Groundout: P-2B/Forceout at 2B
9	1966	1966-09-10	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
10	1966	1966-09-10	STL	PIT	down 2-1	t4	1-3	2		Single to LF; J. Javier Scores; D. Maxvill to 3B
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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Law (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Law (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	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1960	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	0	0	0	0
3	1965	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	0	0	0
4	1966	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	0	0	0	0	0
5	1967	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	16	11	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	.273	.333	.364	.697	4	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Law (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Vern Law (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1959	1959-08-04	PIT	STL	ahead 0-3	t2	---	1		Groundout: P-1B
2	1959	1959-08-04	PIT	STL	ahead 1-3	t4	1--	1		Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
3	1959	1959-08-19	PIT	STL	down 2-0	b3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
4	1959	1959-08-19	PIT	STL	down 2-1	b5	-2-	1		Strikeout
5	1959	1959-08-19	PIT	STL	ahead 2-3	b7	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; B. Virdon to 3B
6	1960	1960-06-21	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P unassisted/Sacrifice; B. Mazeroski to 2B
7	1960	1960-06-21	PIT	STL	tied 1-1	b5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; B. Mazeroski to 2B
8	1960	1960-06-21	PIT	STL	ahead 1-3	b7	1--	0		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
9	1960	1960-07-26	PIT	STL	ahead 0-3	t7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; B. Mazeroski to 2B
10	1965	1965-06-17	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Single
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Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Totals

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	516	1003	883	96	191	35	7	11	90	1	0	41	179	.216	.254	.309	.563	53	273	24	6	63	7	0

Vern Law 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
2	Vern Law	30	1960	1960	3	8	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.429	.500	.929	3	1	1	1	0	0

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	516	1003	6.3	6.2	6.4	-0.1	-48	-2	0	0

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	516	1003	53	238	263	786	72	.257	175	-60	-6.1	.093	4.9	100.00	1

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	30	1960	1960	3	8	1	3	3	6		.400	2			.167	6.0		0

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	20-37	1950	1967	516	1003	-3.9	-4.1	-0.1	-49.97		-48.12	0.93

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Vern Law 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	Vern Law	8	22	17	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	.294	.333	.471	.804	8	0	0	4	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	8	15	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.083	.214	.083	.298	1	0	0	1	0	0

Vern Law vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Vern Law 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	1967-06-14	*	9	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	0.008	0.93	0.02%	0.56			P
2	Vern Law	PIT	1967-06-14		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.76	-0.021	1.64	-0.03%	-0.20			P
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-09-10	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.072	0.00	0.00%	0.57			P
4	Vern Law	PIT	1966-09-10	*	8	9	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	0.020	9.27	0.12%	0.26			P
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1965-06-17	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.077	1.10	-0.03%	-0.64			P
6	Vern Law	PIT	1965-06-17	*	9	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	0.088	1.87	0.10%	0.78			P
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1961-05-16		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Vern Law	PIT	1961-05-16	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.018	2.12	-0.03%	-0.16			P
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1960-07-26		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Vern Law	PIT	1960-07-26	*	8	9	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.84	0.060	6.41	0.28%	0.59			P
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