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Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Pitching Comparison

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Totals

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	86	93	.480	3.98	318	201	37	41	13	2	1497.2	1553	735	663	127	572	63	939	25	3	27	6468	2213	94	3.67	1.419	9.3	0.8	3.4	5.6

Lynn McGlothen 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	30		1.14	0.894	6.0	0.9	2.0	8.3

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Value

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	318	201	1497.2	14.1	1.3

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Totals Against

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	318	201	1497.2	2213	5749	1107	270	49	78	76	50.65	1	111	74	47	.270	.336	.400	.737	108	.130	.302	787	2302	446	2150	2213

Lynn McGlothen 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	30	112											.188	.248					.225				30	30

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Starting & Relieving

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	108	54	51.2	99	48	48	7	22.2	37	117

Lynn McGlothen 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								100.0	17	19

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Ratios

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	318	201	1497.2	14.5	8.8	5.7

Lynn McGlothen 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

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Pitch Summary

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	318	201	1497.2

Lynn McGlothen 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

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Head-to-Head Pitching

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Totals

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	1	0	1.000	4.82	2	1	0	1	0	0	9.1	9	5	5	1	2	1	7	1	0	0	39	1.179	8.7	1.0	1.9	6.8
2	Rich Gossage	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Game Logs

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Lynn McGlothen 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	1981-08-28	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0				0.0	1.40	2	0	0.66
2	Lynn McGlothen	CHW	1981-08-28	7-7	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1				-0.2	-3.83	1	1	0.96
3	Rich Gossage	CHW	1972-08-30	8-GF(8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.41	0	0	0.13
4	Lynn McGlothen	BOS	1972-08-30	CG, W	9.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	7	1	0	0	33	7	31	3	1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	2	75			0.3	1.69			0.92

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Lynn McGlothen (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	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Lynn McGlothen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Rich Gossage (Pitcher) vs. Lynn McGlothen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-08-30	BOS	CHW	ahead 2-4	b8	---	2		Flyball: RF

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Comparison

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Totals

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	299	506	456	30	79	17	0	0	25	0	0	11	103	.173	.191	.211	.402	11	96	9	0	36	3	0

Lynn McGlothen 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

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Value

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	299	506	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-53	1	-1	0

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Sabermetric

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	299	506	17	90	99	425	21	.222	55	-56	-5.9	.037	4.4		0

Lynn McGlothen 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			.000	1.0		0

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Batting Win Probability

Lynn McGlothen 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		-15.60	0.65
2	Lynn McGlothen	22-32	1972	1982	299	506	-4.4	-5.4	0.4	-47.73		-55.43	0.88

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Head-to-Head Batting

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Totals

Lynn McGlothen 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	Lynn McGlothen	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Rich Gossage	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Lynn McGlothen vs. Rich Gossage: Game Logs

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Lynn McGlothen 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	1981-08-28																																	P
2	Lynn McGlothen	CHW	1981-08-28																																	P
3	Rich Gossage	CHW	1972-08-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Lynn McGlothen	BOS	1972-08-30	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.113	2.84	0.14%	0.75			P

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