Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	120	95	.558	3.07	397	255	63	78	20	21	1926.0	1684	755	658	91	858	62	1703	29	9	92	8163	2688	113	2.76	1.320	7.9	0.4	4.0	8.0

Bob Veale 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	74			0.889	6.1	0.7	1.9	10.2
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	3			4.500	13.5	0.0	27.0	0.0

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	397	255	1926.0	24.7	7.0

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	397	255	1926.0	2688	7143	1312	241	40	101	65	60.84	18	175	95	40	.236	.319	.319	.638	87	.083	.296	720	2231	372	2571	2688

Bob Veale 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	74	290											.190	.239					.255				74	74
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	1	0	0.2	3	3											.333	.600					.333				3	3

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	168	66	58.1	172	59	34	8	72.4	63	142

Bob Veale 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									0	0
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971									0	1

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	397	255	1926.0	20.9	10.5	10.4

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	1	0	0.2	0.0	40.0	-40.0

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	397	255	1926.0		97

Bob Veale 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
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	1	0	0.2

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	0	4	.000	3.64	6	4	1	0	0	0	29.2	30	15	12	3	13	0	26	0	0	2	134	1.449	9.1	0.9	3.9	7.9
2	Bob Gibson	6	0	1.000	0.50	6	6	0	6	3	0	54.0	27	3	3	1	15	0	52	0	0	3	202	0.778	4.5	0.2	2.5	8.7

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Bob Veale 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	1971-08-14	SHO, W	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	0	1	31	4	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94			0.1	3.99			0.26
2	Bob Veale	PIT	1971-08-14	6-8	3.0	5	3	3	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	18	9	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	-1.67	0	0	0.01
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-08-28	SHO, W	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	14	0	0	0	34	7	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	90			0.2	3.35			0.41
4	Bob Veale	PIT	1968-08-28	GS-5, L	4.1	7	6	5	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	2	24	10	22	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	29			-0.3	-4.91			0.78
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-04-26	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	33	8	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	73			0.5	2.39			1.30
6	Bob Veale	PIT	1968-04-26	GS-7, L	7.0	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	26	6	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	66			-0.1	0.64			0.85
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-06-15	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	31	5	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	87			0.7	4.10			1.37
8	Bob Veale	PIT	1966-06-15	GS-7, L	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	30	10	26	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	64			0.2	2.19			0.91
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1963-09-02 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	2	0	7	0	0	1	36	9	34	5	1	0	3	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	74			0.4	3.20			1.20
10	Bob Veale	PIT	1963-09-02 (1)	GS-7, L	6.1	7	3	1	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	28	10	26	6	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	1	54			-0.1	-0.89			0.89
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Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Bob Veale (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	1963	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	4	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	0	0	0	0	0
3	1968	4	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.667	.750	.667	1.417	0	0	0	0	0
4	1971	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	14	13	7	1	0	0	6	1	1	.538	.571	.615	1.187	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Veale (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Veale (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-06-11	STL	PIT	ahead 1-3	t9	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
2	1963	1963-09-02 (1)	STL	PIT	ahead 1-2	b2	1--	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; T. McCarver to 2B
3	1963	1963-09-02 (1)	STL	PIT	ahead 1-2	b4	---	2		Lineout: SS
4	1963	1963-09-02 (1)	STL	PIT	ahead 1-2	b7	1--	1		Single; G. Altman to 2B
5	1966	1966-04-17	STL	PIT	down 3-2	t7	123	1		Single to RF; M. Shannon Scores; P. Corrales Scores; J. Buchek to 2B
6	1966	1966-06-15	STL	PIT	ahead 0-1	b2	---	2		Double to CF
7	1966	1966-06-15	STL	PIT	ahead 0-1	b4	1-3	1		Single to LF; L. Brock out at Hm/LF-3B-C; P. Corrales to 3B; B. Gibson to 1B
8	1966	1966-06-15	STL	PIT	ahead 0-1	b7	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
9	1968	1968-04-26	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Walk
10	1968	1968-04-26	STL	PIT	tied 1-1	b5	---	2		Single to RF
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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Veale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Veale (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	1963	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1966	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1968	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Veale (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Veale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1963	1963-09-02 (1)	PIT	STL	down 2-1	t2	-2-	2		Strikeout
2	1963	1963-09-02 (1)	PIT	STL	down 2-1	t4	-2-	2		Strikeout Looking
3	1963	1963-09-02 (1)	PIT	STL	down 2-1	t7	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1966	1966-06-15	PIT	STL	down 1-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1966	1966-06-15	PIT	STL	down 1-0	t6	---	0		Strikeout Looking
6	1968	1968-04-26	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt 3B-SS-2B
7	1968	1968-04-26	PIT	STL	tied 1-1	t5	---	2		Strikeout
8	1968	1968-08-28	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout Looking

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Totals

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	349	676	630	26	72	7	1	0	18	0	0	18	337	.114	.139	.129	.267	-24	81	8	0	28	0	0

Bob Veale 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

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	349	676	-2.7	-2.7	-2.9	0.2	-99	1	-2	0

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Veale 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	56.52	23
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	349	676	8	90	96	594	14	.246	44	-103	-11.2	.014	1.9		0

Bob Veale 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		.105	5			.214	4.0		0
2	Bob Veale	35	1971	1971	1	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Bob Veale 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		-84.01	0.97
2	Bob Veale	26-38	1962	1974	349	676	-8.9	-9.9	0.1	-98.41		-101.72	0.90

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Bob Veale 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	Bob Veale	6	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	6	23	21	2	9	1	0	1	7	1	0	1	3	.429	.435	.619	1.054	13	0	0	0	1	0

Bob Veale vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Bob Veale 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	1971-08-14	*	9	9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.250	.200	.250	.450	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.11	-0.013	0.35	-0.02%	0.76			P
2	Bob Veale	PIT	1971-08-14		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-08-28	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.69	0.014	0.27	0.00%	0.69			P
4	Bob Veale	PIT	1968-08-28	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.023	0.00	0.00%	-0.18			P
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1968-04-26	*	9	9	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	0.076	1.96	0.15%	0.93			P
6	Bob Veale	PIT	1968-04-26	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.094	2.97	-0.14%	-0.73			P
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1966-06-15	*	9	9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.056	1.07	-0.04%	-0.64			P
8	Bob Veale	PIT	1966-06-15	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.062	4.27	-0.13%	-0.43			P
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1963-09-02 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.61	0.009	1.77	0.02%	1.10			P
10	Bob Veale	PIT	1963-09-02 (1)	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.105	0.03	0.00%	-0.77			P
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