Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	324	256	.559	3.26	774	756	12	178	58	5	5282.1	4692	2104	1914	472	1343	102	3574	82	21	112	21631	6345	108	3.24	1.142	8.0	0.8	2.3	6.1

Don Sutton 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	77			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	6	4	.600	3.68	15	14	0	3	1	0	100.1	92	46	41	12	16	0	61	3	1	2	407	118		1.59	1.076	8.3	1.1	1.4	5.5

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	68.3	23.0

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	6345	19870	3385	728	107	432	143	75.13	14	292	208	127	.236	.286	.355	.640	85	.119	.265	2035	7050	1307	6117	6345

Don Sutton 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	77	290	38	9	2	0	2	0.00	0	4	2	1	.190	.239	.297	.535		.107	.254	20	86	17	74	77
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	118	380	62	17	1	6	3	66.67	0	6	7	1	.242	.278	.387	.664		.145	.260	43	147	30	111	118

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	483	64	56.7	10	0	0	0	100.0	12	18

Don Sutton 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	6	67	75.1						0	0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	7	50	54.3	0	0		0		0	1

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1	16.5	6.2	10.3

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	15.0	3.9	11.1

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	774	756	5282.1		93

Don Sutton 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	147	147	108	73.47
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	14	100.1	1186	95	790	66.61

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	2	3	.400	4.91	5	5	0	1	0	0	33.0	31	18	18	2	7	0	28	1	1	1	138	1.152	8.5	0.5	1.9	7.6
2	Bob Gibson	3	2	.600	3.12	5	5	0	3	1	0	40.1	36	15	14	2	12	1	38	1	0	1	167	1.190	8.0	0.4	2.7	8.5

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Don Sutton 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	1973-07-21	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	31	7	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	79			0.3	3.15			0.84
2	Don Sutton	LAD	1973-07-21	GS-7, L	6.0	5	6	6	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	25	7	23	2	2	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	41			-0.2	-2.71			0.70
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-07-11	GS-6, L	6.0	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	24	6	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	58			-0.1	-0.35			0.57
4	Don Sutton	LAD	1973-07-11	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	37	10	34	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	78			0.4	2.98			1.47
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-08-21	SHO, W	9.0	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	35	9	33	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	77			0.5	3.81			1.07
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1972-08-21	GS-8, L	8.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	31	7	29	3	2	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	1	3	62			0.0	0.39			0.67
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-08-17	GS-9, W	8.1	14	8	8	0	0	2	0	8	1	0	0	42	18	38	8	3	3	0	0	0	23	1	0	1	6	29			-0.1	-3.92			0.99
8	Don Sutton	LAD	1970-08-17	GS-3, L	2.0	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	8	14	5	2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	17			-0.4	-4.36			0.81
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-09-22	CG(8), L	8.0	7	3	2	1	1	5	1	11	0	0	0	35	12	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	1	64			-0.3	-0.20			1.19
10	Don Sutton	LAD	1968-09-22	GS-9, W	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	31	7	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	68			0.0	0.45			1.37

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Sutton (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	1968	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1970	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
3	1972	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1973	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	0	0	0	0	0

Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Don Sutton (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-09-22	LAD	STL	tied 0-0	b2	1-3	2		Strikeout
2	1968	1968-09-22	LAD	STL	tied 0-0	b5	---	1		Strikeout (foul bunt)
3	1968	1968-09-22	LAD	STL	ahead 0-1	b7	---	0		Strikeout Looking
4	1970	1970-08-17	LAD	STL	down 3-1	t2	12-	2		Walk; T. Haller to 3B; B. Grabarkewitz to 2B
5	1972	1972-08-21	LAD	STL	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
6	1972	1972-08-21	LAD	STL	down 2-0	b5	---	2		Foul Popfly: C
7	1973	1973-07-11	LAD	STL	ahead 0-2	b3	---	0		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); D. Sutton to 1B
8	1973	1973-07-11	LAD	STL	ahead 0-2	b5	---	1		Strikeout
9	1973	1973-07-21	LAD	STL	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Flyball: CF
10	1973	1973-07-21	LAD	STL	down 2-0	t6	---	0		Single to CF

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (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	1968	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0
2	1970	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1972	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1973	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Don Sutton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-09-22	STL	LAD	tied 0-0	t3	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; D. Maxvill to 2B
2	1968	1968-09-22	STL	LAD	tied 0-0	t6	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; D. Maxvill to 2B
3	1968	1968-09-22	STL	LAD	down 2-0	t8	1--	2		Single to CF; D. Maxvill to 2B
4	1970	1970-08-17	STL	LAD	ahead 1-3	b2	--3	0		Single to CF; D. Maxvill Scores
5	1972	1972-08-21	STL	LAD	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1972	1972-08-21	STL	LAD	ahead 0-2	t5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 3B-SS/Forceout at 2B
7	1972	1972-08-21	STL	LAD	ahead 0-2	t8	---	0		Strikeout
8	1973	1973-07-11	STL	LAD	down 2-0	t3	---	1		Strikeout
9	1973	1973-07-11	STL	LAD	down 2-0	t5	1--	2		Strikeout Looking
10	1973	1973-07-21	STL	LAD	ahead 0-2	b3	---	0		Flyball: LF
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Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Totals

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	1354	64	195	15	1	0	64	1	0	60	365	.144	.183	.157	.340	-2	212	29	6	136	3	0

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.100	.182	.100	.282	2	0	0	2	0	0

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-1.6	-1.6	-1.8	0.4	-186	1	-3	0

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Don Sutton 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	56.5	23
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	16	261	274	1327	46	.197	128	-185	-19.4	.013	3.7	100.0	1

Don Sutton 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	2	.105	5			.214	4.0		0
2	Don Sutton	29-41	1974	1986	15	24	0	4	4	20	1	.200	1			.000	2.0		0

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Don Sutton 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	-8.2	-84.01	0.97
2	Don Sutton	21-43	1966	1988	611	1559	-17.8	-19.9	0.5	-201.16	-21.6	-203.31	0.92

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Don Sutton 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	Don Sutton	5	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	5	17	15	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.267	.267	.333	.600	5	0	0	2	0	0

Don Sutton vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Don Sutton 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	1973-07-21	*	9	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	-0.023	0.57	-0.04%	-0.87			P
2	Don Sutton	LAD	1973-07-21	*	7	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.029	2.09	0.03%	0.15			P
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1973-07-11	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.042	1.46	-0.05%	-0.35			P
4	Don Sutton	LAD	1973-07-11	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	0.010	1.05	0.02%	0.14			P
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-08-21	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	-0.032	0.00	0.00%	0.49			P
6	Don Sutton	LAD	1972-08-21	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	-0.030	0.13	0.00%	-0.22			P
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-08-17	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.75	0.100	0.07	0.01%	1.43			P
8	Don Sutton	LAD	1970-08-17	*	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.034	0.32	0.00%	0.34			P
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-09-22	*	9	9	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.35	0.267	0.00	0.00%	0.77			P
10	Don Sutton	LAD	1968-09-22	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.081	0.00	0.00%	-0.68			P

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