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David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Pitching Comparison

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Totals

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	168	136	.553	3.76	498	422	19	67	19	3	2794.2	2777	1319	1169	216	832	84	1133	45	18	93	11715	3801	98	3.84	1.291	8.9	0.7	2.7	3.6
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	64	59	.520	3.78	212	176	14	10	4	2	1085.0	1036	515	456	78	434	36	748	21	5	34	4626	1551	99	3.58	1.355	8.6	0.6	3.6	6.2

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	3	4	.429	5.79	12	5	1	1	1	0	37.1	42	27	24	5	12	1	19	3	0	1	169	62		1.31	1.446	10.1	1.2	2.9	4.6

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Value

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	18.9	-5.1
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	11.0	1.5

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Totals Against

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	3801	10626	1983	494	84	218	104	67.70	24	270	106	101	.261	.315	.385	.700	99	.123	.273	1303	4087	794	3654	3801
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	1551	4103	784	149	25	172	64	72.88	1	84	40	28	.252	.325	.358	.683	94	.106	.290	482	1469	252	1491	1551

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	62	152	30	6	1	0	2	0.00	0	4	1	0	.276	.341	.428	.769		.151	.289	24	65	12	57	62

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Starting & Relieving

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	234	55	50.9	38	10	26	2	60.0	19	76
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	88	50	51.1	17	11	65	1	66.7	14	36

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	2	40	47.6	9	4	44	0		1	7

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Ratios

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	9.7	7.1	2.6
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0	16.2	9.4	6.8

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	11.2	7.1	4.1

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Pitch Summary

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2		76
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	212	176	1085.0		85

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	568	80	352	61.97

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Head-to-Head Pitching

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Totals

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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	Bob Forsch	1	5	.167	3.68	10	9	0	3	0	0	58.2	60	28	24	6	20	4	28	0	1	1	250	1.364	9.2	0.9	3.1	4.3
2	David Palmer	7	0	1.000	2.27	10	9	0	1	1	0	63.1	51	18	16	4	22	3	36	1	0	5	257	1.153	7.2	0.6	3.1	5.1

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	STL	1988-06-26	GS-5	5.0	4	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	21	6	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	0	53	73	44	0.0	0.17			1.34
2	David Palmer	PHI	1988-06-26	GS-6	6.0	8	4	3	1	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	27	10	24	8	0	0	2	1	0	8	0	0	1	0	44	88	55	-0.3	-1.40			1.06
3	Bob Forsch	STL	1988-06-05	6-7	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	4		25	16	0.0	-1.13	0	0	0.13
4	David Palmer	PHI	1988-06-05	GS-8, W	7.2	6	1	0	1	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	33	11	29	6	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	67	119	72	0.2	1.75			0.85
5	Bob Forsch	STL	1986-08-25	GS-8, L	7.2	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	7	27	4	0	1	1	1	0	11	0	1	0	2	58			0.3	2.29			1.36
6	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-25	GS-7, W	7.0	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	28	8	24	1	2	1	2	1	0	8	0	0	1	3	65			0.1	1.24			0.91
7	Bob Forsch	STL	1985-04-26	GS-4, L	3.1	7	4	4	0	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	19	11	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	4	28			-0.4	-2.90			1.22
8	David Palmer	MON	1985-04-26	GS-6, W	6.0	4	2	2	0	0	3	1	4	1	0	1	25	8	21	2	2	0	4	0	0	6	1	0	0	2	57			0.0	0.58			1.09
9	Bob Forsch	STL	1984-09-27	GS-4, L	3.2	6	5	5	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	19	8	17	3	0	1	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	29			-0.1	-0.98			1.23
10	David Palmer	MON	1984-09-27	GS-9, W	8.2	8	3	3	0	2	4	1	6	0	0	0	37	12	33	4	2	0	1	1	0	16	0	0	0	4	58			0.0	0.46			0.79
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David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Batter vs. Pitcher

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (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	1980	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1982	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
3	1984	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1985	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	1
5	1986	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
6	1988	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	18	16	4	2	0	0	0	0	8	.250	.250	.375	.625	2	0	0	0	1

David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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David Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-07-10	MON	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-07-10	MON	STL	tied 0-0	b5	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
3	1980	1980-07-10	MON	STL	ahead 0-1	b7	-23	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1982	1982-07-29	MON	STL	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout Looking
5	1982	1982-07-29	MON	STL	down 2-0	b5	---	1		Strikeout
6	1982	1982-08-08	MON	STL	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Single to RF; C. Speier to 3B
7	1982	1982-08-08	MON	STL	ahead 0-2	t5	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
8	1984	1984-04-21 (2)	MON	STL	ahead 0-3	t2	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
9	1984	1984-04-21 (2)	MON	STL	ahead 0-4	t4	---	2		Strikeout Looking
10	1984	1984-09-27	MON	STL	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
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Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (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	1979	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000			0	1	0	0	0
2	1980	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
3	1982	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0
4	1984	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1985	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
6	1986	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
7	1988	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	17	14	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	.143	.188	.214	.402	1	1	0	0	0

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. David Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1979	1979-05-27 (2)	STL	MON	ahead 2-3	t6	-23	1		Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; K. Reitz Scores; M. Tyson to 3B
2	1980	1980-07-10	STL	MON	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; K. Oberkfell to 2B
3	1980	1980-07-10	STL	MON	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1982	1982-07-29	STL	MON	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Walk
5	1982	1982-07-29	STL	MON	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	0		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B
6	1982	1982-07-29	STL	MON	ahead 0-2	t7	---	1		Flyball: RF
7	1982	1982-08-08	STL	MON	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Lineout: RF
8	1982	1982-08-08	STL	MON	down 2-0	b5	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
9	1984	1984-04-21 (2)	STL	MON	down 4-0	b3	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
10	1984	1984-09-27	STL	MON	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Double
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David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Comparison

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Totals

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	893	77	190	45	8	12	84	3	1	27	249	.213	.235	.321	.557	53	287	14	1	115	5	0
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	323	22	48	12	0	5	23	0	0	5	95	.149	.162	.232	.394	8	75	6	0	47	0	0

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	7	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.333	.400	.733	2	0	0	1	1	0

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Value

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	5.7	5.6	5.6	0.2	-64	1	-4	0
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-43	1	-2	0

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Sabermetric

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	65	218	225	838	77	.279	149	-62	-6.5	.109	3.6	75.0	4
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	17	53	56	328	16	.193	40	-42	-4.3	.084	3.4		0

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	7	0	2	2	5	1	.333	2			.000			0

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Win Probability

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	-5.1	-6.6	0.9	-68.80	-7.3	-70.41	0.89
2	David Palmer	20-31	1978	1989	208	375	-3.6	-3.9	0.2	-42.95	-4.5	-42.73	0.96

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Head-to-Head Batting

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Totals

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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	Bob Forsch	10	22	18	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.150	.167	.317	3	1	0	2	1	0
2	David Palmer	10	23	20	3	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	.250	.250	.500	.750	10	1	0	3	0	0

David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: Game Logs

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David Palmer vs. Bob Forsch: 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 Forsch	STL	1988-06-26	*	5	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.137	0.66	0.03%	1.14			P
2	David Palmer	PHI	1988-06-26	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.026	0.23	0.00%	0.17			P
3	Bob Forsch	STL	1988-06-05		3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	David Palmer	PHI	1988-06-05	*	8	9	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	2.000	2.667	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.39	0.111	0.05	0.01%	1.52			P
5	Bob Forsch	STL	1986-08-25	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	-0.053	0.00	0.00%	-0.59			P
6	David Palmer	ATL	1986-08-25	*	8	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.041	0.16	0.00%	0.19			P
7	Bob Forsch	STL	1985-04-26	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	-0.040	1.18	-0.03%	-0.34			P
8	David Palmer	MON	1985-04-26	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.53	0.001	0.98	0.00%	-0.15			P
9	Bob Forsch	STL	1984-09-27	*	4	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.82	0.055	0.00	0.00%	0.28			P
10	David Palmer	MON	1984-09-27	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.95	-0.120	0.00	0.00%	-1.18			P
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Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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