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Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Pitching Comparison

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	54	65	.454	3.23	614	39	318	5	0	127	1105.2	1034	454	397	51	457	63	791	24	4	46	4700	1579	116	3.09	1.349	8.4	0.4	3.7	6.4
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	67	94	.416	3.82	434	162	105	16	2	18	1432.0	1432	689	608	127	543	72	790	20	11	15	6106	2074	96	3.95	1.379	9.0	0.8	3.4	5.0

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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	Terry Forster	26-29	1978	1981	1	0	1.000	0.00	8	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	7	0	0	0	4	1	9	1	0	0	33	12		-0.22	1.435	8.2	0.0	4.7	10.6

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Value

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	614	39	1105.2	18.6	6.3
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	10.1	-2.4

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Totals Against

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	614	39	1105.2	1579	4116	816	138	29	96	40	70.59	4	109	71	34	.251	.327	.336	.663	88	.085	.297	459	1383	218	1515	1579
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	2074	5416	1004	257	44	80	91	46.78	55	116	73	54	.264	.331	.398	.729	108	.134	.287	722	2158	428	1995	2074

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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	Terry Forster	26-29	1978	1981	8	0	7.2	12	23	5	2	0	1	0	100.00	0	2	3	0	.304	.429	.391	.820		.087	.500	4	9	2	12	12

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Starting & Relieving

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	16	41	46.3	549	157	29	39	76.5	318	575
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	81	50	49.2	241	80	33	9	66.7	105	272

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Terry Forster	26-29	1978	1981	0			9	2	22	1	0.0	2	8

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Ratios

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	614	39	1105.2	16.8	9.7	7.1
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0	12.9	8.9	4.0

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Terry Forster	26-29	1978	1981	8	0	7.2	27.3	12.1	15.2

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Pitch Summary

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	614	39	1105.2
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	434	162	1432.0

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Terry Forster	26-29	1978	1981	8	0	7.2	111		74	66.67

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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 Shirley	2	0	1.000	2.12	4	1	0	0	0	0	17.0	13	5	4	2	5	0	4	0	0	0	65	1.059	6.9	1.1	2.6	2.1
2	Terry Forster	0	0		3.86	4	0	3	0	0	1	4.2	9	2	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	24	2.357	17.4	0.0	3.9	3.9

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Game Logs

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Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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	Terry Forster	CAL	1986-05-26	9-GF, S	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.2	0.53	1	0	5.16
2	Bob Shirley	NYY	1986-05-26	6-8	2.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	3	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0				0.1	0.71	1	1	1.16
3	Terry Forster	LAD	1982-08-11	9-GF	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	6	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.44	0	0	1.11
4	Bob Shirley	CIN	1982-08-11	GS-8, W	7.2	6	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	28	9	25	4	1	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	2	62			0.4	2.35			1.30
5	Terry Forster	LAD	1981-08-23	3-5	2.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0				-0.2	-1.85	1	1	0.90
6	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-23	2-7, W	4.2	3	4	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	5	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1				0.0	-0.91	1	0	0.79
7	Terry Forster	LAD	1978-09-30	9-GF	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.41	0	0	0.01
8	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-09-30	6-7	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.81	0	0	0.13

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Terry Forster (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Terry Forster (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	1981	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

Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Terry Forster (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Shirley (Pitcher) vs. Terry Forster (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-08-23	STL	LAD	ahead 4-5	b4	---	0		Flyball: RF

Terry Forster (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Terry Forster (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (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	1981	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

Terry Forster (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Terry Forster (Pitcher) vs. Bob Shirley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1981	1981-08-23	LAD	STL	down 5-4	t4	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Batting Comparison

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Batting Totals

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	429	86	78	7	31	4	1	0	7	1	0	2	9	.397	.413	.474	.887	146	37	0	0	6	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	263	15	29	3	0	0	8	0	0	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	0	26	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Batting Value

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	429	86	1.8	1.8	1.8	-0.1	6	0	0	0
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	-40	1	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	429	86	5	33	36	53	16	.449	14	4	0.4	.077	8.7	100.00	1
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	3	42	49	262	6	.180	23	-44	-4.4	.011	2.6		0

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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	Terry Forster	26-29	1978	1981	8	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Batting Win Probability

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Terry Forster	19-34	1971	1986	429	86	0.2	0.5	-0.2	5.48	0.8	5.54	0.77
2	Bob Shirley	23-33	1977	1987	266	302	-3.6	-4.0	0.1	-44.65	-4.7	-44.11	0.91

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Totals

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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 Shirley	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Terry Forster	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: Game Logs

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Bob Shirley vs. Terry Forster: 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	Terry Forster	CAL	1986-05-26		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bob Shirley	NYY	1986-05-26																																	P
3	Terry Forster	LAD	1982-08-11		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Shirley	CIN	1982-08-11	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.077	0.00	0.00%	-0.73			P
5	Terry Forster	LAD	1981-08-23		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.019	1.23	-0.02%	-0.14			P
6	Bob Shirley	STL	1981-08-23		6	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.91	0.075	1.38	0.07%	0.29			P
7	Terry Forster	LAD	1978-09-30		1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Bob Shirley	SDP	1978-09-30		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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