Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Pitching Comparison

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Totals

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	314	265	.542	3.11	777	690	33	303	53	10	5350.0	4938	2128	1846	399	1379	164	3534	108	6	160	21953	6738	117	3.06	1.181	8.3	0.7	2.3	5.9

Gaylord Perry 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
2	Gaylord Perry	32	1971	1971	1	1	.500	6.14	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.2	19	11	10	1	3	1	11	1	0	1	70	26		2.66	1.500	11.7	0.6	1.8	6.8

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Value

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	777	690	5350.0	93.0	44.9

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Totals Against

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	777	690	5350.0	6738	20138	3689	708	142	238	213	52.77	17	451	217	111	.245	.296	.354	.650	86	.109	.278	2134	7127	1249	6425	6738

Gaylord Perry 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
2	Gaylord Perry	32	1971	1971	2	2	14.2	26	65	16	2	0	1	0	100.00	0	0	1	0	.292	.333	.369	.703		.077	.340	8	24	3	23	26

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Starting & Relieving

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	453	66	57.5	65	26	40	5	66.7	33	87

Gaylord Perry 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
2	Gaylord Perry	32	1971	1971	1	50	42.0						0	0

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Ratios

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	777	690	5350.0	16.1	6.3	9.8

Gaylord Perry 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
2	Gaylord Perry	32	1971	1971	2	2	14.2	15.7	4.3	11.4

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Pitch Summary

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	777	690	5350.0		128

Gaylord Perry 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
2	Gaylord Perry	32	1971	1971	2	2	14.2

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Head-to-Head Pitching

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Totals

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	2	1	.667	2.32	4	4	0	1	0	0	31.0	31	11	8	1	4	1	9	2	1	0	125	1.129	9.0	0.3	1.2	2.6
2	Bob Forsch	1	2	.333	2.95	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.1	14	7	7	2	7	0	7	1	1	0	84	0.984	5.9	0.8	3.0	3.0

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Game Logs

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Gaylord Perry 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	1981-05-17	GS-5, W	5.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	5	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	55			0.1	1.23			0.86
2	Gaylord Perry	ATL	1981-05-17	GS-5, L	5.0	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	25	12	23	9	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	34			-0.2	-1.78			0.57
3	Bob Forsch	STL	1981-05-06	GS-6, L	5.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	20	5	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	51			0.0	-0.11			1.05
4	Gaylord Perry	ATL	1981-05-06	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	33	7	33	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	69			0.1	2.01			0.79
5	Bob Forsch	STL	1978-07-30	GS-7, L	6.1	5	3	3	0	2	3	0	3	0	1	0	26	8	22	2	1	0	1	0	1	12	0	1	0	3	51			-0.1	0.24			1.11
6	Gaylord Perry	SDP	1978-07-30	GS-7, W	7.0	8	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	29	11	27	6	2	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	2	55			0.0	0.85			1.31
7	Bob Forsch	STL	1978-05-15	GS-5	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	4	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	61			0.3	2.03			1.13
8	Gaylord Perry	SDP	1978-05-15	GS-10	10.0	8	3	1	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	38	11	36	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	70			0.1	1.07			1.49

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Batter vs. Pitcher

Gaylord Perry (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Gaylord Perry (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	1978	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1981	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	1	0	0	0	0

Gaylord Perry (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Gaylord Perry (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-05-15	SDP	STL	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; R. Sweet to 2B
2	1978	1978-05-15	SDP	STL	tied 0-0	b5	--3	2		Groundout: 3B-1B
3	1978	1978-07-30	SDP	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Lineout: SS
4	1978	1978-07-30	SDP	STL	tied 1-1	b5	---	1		Strikeout
5	1981	1981-05-06	ATL	STL	down 2-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1981	1981-05-06	ATL	STL	down 2-1	t5	1--	2		Foul Popfly: C
7	1981	1981-05-17	ATL	STL	down 4-0	b3	-2-	1		Double to LF; R. Ramírez Scores

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Gaylord Perry (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Gaylord Perry (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	1978	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1981	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Gaylord Perry (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Gaylord Perry (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1978	1978-05-15	STL	SDP	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1978	1978-05-15	STL	SDP	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Groundout: P-1B
3	1978	1978-07-30	STL	SDP	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Foul Popfly: 3B
4	1978	1978-07-30	STL	SDP	down 1-0	t5	1-3	1		Foul Popfly: 3B
5	1978	1978-07-30	STL	SDP	tied 2-2	t7	---	0		Strikeout Looking
6	1981	1981-05-06	STL	ATL	ahead 1-2	b3	---	0		Single to SS (Ground Ball)
7	1981	1981-05-06	STL	ATL	ahead 1-2	b5	1--	2		Flyball: RF
8	1981	1981-05-17	STL	ATL	ahead 0-4	t2	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
9	1981	1981-05-17	STL	ATL	ahead 0-4	t3	12-	2		Strikeout

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Comparison

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Totals

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	512	1220	1076	48	141	17	0	6	47	0	0	22	369	.131	.153	.164	.316	-10	176	20	6	113	3	0

Gaylord Perry 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
2	Gaylord Perry	32	1971	1971	2	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	2	0	0

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Value

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	512	1220	-3.0	-3.0	-3.2	0.3	-161	0	-3	0

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Sabermetric

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	512	1220	23	169	179	1071	32	.192	89	-159	-16.9	.033	2.9		0

Gaylord Perry 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
2	Gaylord Perry	32	1971	1971	2	6	0	1	1	5	0	.250	0			.000			0

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Batting Win Probability

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	23-44	1962	1983	512	1220	-15.5	-16.0	-0.4	-170.36	-18.3	-167.93	0.95

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Head-to-Head Batting

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Totals

Gaylord Perry 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	Gaylord Perry	4	10	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.333	.556	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Forsch	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0

Gaylord Perry vs. Bob Forsch: Game Logs

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Gaylord Perry 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	1981-05-17	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	-0.025	0.55	-0.02%	-0.62			P
2	Gaylord Perry	ATL	1981-05-17	*	5	9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.098	0.63	0.03%	1.27			P
3	Bob Forsch	STL	1981-05-06	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	0.011	0.77	0.01%	0.16			P
4	Gaylord Perry	ATL	1981-05-06	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.065	0.45	-0.03%	-0.19			P
5	Bob Forsch	STL	1978-07-30	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.162	0.02	0.00%	-1.05			P
6	Gaylord Perry	SDP	1978-07-30	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	-0.043	0.14	0.00%	-0.32			P
7	Bob Forsch	STL	1978-05-15	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.029	0.47	-0.01%	-0.21			P
8	Gaylord Perry	SDP	1978-05-15	*	10	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.073	0.90	-0.03%	-0.56			P

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