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Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Pitching Comparison

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	45	47	.489	3.64	243	100	51	16	7	9	825.1	763	375	334	43	408	28	558	10	0	41	3559	1247	98	3.36	1.419	8.3	0.5	4.4	6.1

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	0	1	.000	6.23	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	11	7	6	1	2	2	5	0	0	1	39	13		3.10	1.500	11.4	1.0	2.1	5.2

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Value

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1	4.3	-2.7

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Totals Against

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1	1247	3086	597	102	21	50	21	70.42	3	120	35	19	.247	.335	.336	.671	95	.088	.288	350	1033	166	1181	1247

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	8.2	13	34											.324	.361					.357				13	13

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Starting & Relieving

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	48	48	50.8	124	32	26	4	69.2	51	143

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972									0	1

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Ratios

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1	15.7	11.5	4.2

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	8.2	12.8	5.1	7.7

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Pitch Summary

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	243	100	825.1

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	8.2

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	1	0	1.000	2.25	7	2	2	0	0	0	20.0	15	5	5	0	10	0	9	0	0	2	79	1.250	6.8	0.0	4.5	4.1
2	Bob Gibson	3	3	.500	2.98	7	7	0	4	1	0	57.1	54	27	19	2	24	5	61	0	1	1	248	1.360	8.5	0.3	3.8	9.6

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Luke Walker 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	1973-04-06	GS-8	7.1	6	5	4	1	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	31	11	26	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	2	0	1	2	48			0.0	0.10			0.76
2	Luke Walker	PIT	1973-04-06	6-7	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.90	0	0	0.11
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-08-02	CG(7), W	7.0	12	5	5	0	0	4	2	5	0	1	0	36	16	32	9	3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	3	34			-0.3	-2.01			0.62
4	Luke Walker	PIT	1972-08-02	5-GF(6)	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	2	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.15	0	0	0.18
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1971-09-22	GS-8, L	8.0	9	5	1	4	0	3	1	8	0	0	1	35	14	31	7	2	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	1	2	57			-0.1	-1.39			1.04
6	Luke Walker	PIT	1971-09-22	GS-6, W	6.0	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	22	7	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	59			0.3	1.71			1.40
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-09-29	GS-8, L	8.0	13	5	5	0	0	4	2	7	0	0	0	39	17	35	11	2	0	1	1	0	15	0	0	0	2	39			-0.2	-0.89			1.52
8	Luke Walker	PIT	1970-09-29	GS-6	6.0	4	1	1	0	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	24	9	19	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	61			0.2	2.08			1.02
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1969-04-30 (2)	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	36	9	32	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	79			0.2	3.00			0.48
10	Luke Walker	PIT	1969-04-30 (2)	8-GF	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	3	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1				0.0	-0.11	0	0	0.01
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Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Luke Walker (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1970	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
4	1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1973	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Luke Walker (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Luke Walker (Pitcher) vs. Bob Gibson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1968	1968-08-28	STL	PIT	ahead 0-6	t6	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1969	1969-04-30 (2)	STL	PIT	ahead 0-7	t8	---	2		Strikeout Looking
3	1970	1970-07-11	STL	PIT	down 8-7	b9	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; J. Beauchamp to 2B
4	1970	1970-09-29	STL	PIT	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1970	1970-09-29	STL	PIT	ahead 0-1	b5	1--	0		Strikeout
6	1971	1971-09-22	STL	PIT	tied 1-1	b3	---	0		Flyball: CF
7	1971	1971-09-22	STL	PIT	down 2-1	b5	1--	2		Flyball: LF
8	1973	1973-04-06	STL	PIT	ahead 1-5	t7	---	0		Flyball: RF

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

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (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	1970	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1971	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Gibson (Pitcher) vs. Luke Walker (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-09-29	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1970	1970-09-29	PIT	STL	down 1-0	t5	---	1		Strikeout Looking
3	1970	1970-09-29	PIT	STL	down 1-0	t6	123	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
4	1971	1971-09-22	PIT	STL	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Strikeout
5	1971	1971-09-22	PIT	STL	ahead 1-2	t5	---	0		Strikeout

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Comparison

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Totals

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	188	4	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	12	107	.059	.115	.059	.174	-50	11	1	0	18	0	0

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Value

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	-1.5	-1.5	-1.5	0.1	-38	1	0	0

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Sabermetric

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	0	23	25	196	2	.136	11	-39	-4.0	.000	1.8		0

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	26-28	1970	1972	3	2	0	0	0	2		.000	0			.000	2.0		0

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Batting Win Probability

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	21-30	1965	1974	215	218	-3.3	-3.6	-0.3	-33.39		-35.98	0.87

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Head-to-Head Batting

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Totals

Luke Walker 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	Luke Walker	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Gibson	7	22	21	1	3	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	8	.143	.136	.143	.279	3	0	0	0	1	0

Luke Walker vs. Bob Gibson: Game Logs

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Luke Walker 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	1973-04-06	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.59	0.000	0.93	0.00%	-0.41			P
2	Luke Walker	PIT	1973-04-06		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Bob Gibson	STL	1972-08-02	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.070	0.39	-0.02%	-1.22			P
4	Luke Walker	PIT	1972-08-02		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bob Gibson	STL	1971-09-22	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.059	0.01	0.00%	-0.43			P
6	Luke Walker	PIT	1971-09-22	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	-0.047	0.01	0.00%	-0.43			P
7	Bob Gibson	STL	1970-09-29	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.105	0.00	0.00%	-0.91			P
8	Luke Walker	PIT	1970-09-29	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	-0.168	0.00	0.00%	-1.19			P
9	Bob Gibson	STL	1969-04-30 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	0.045	0.51	0.03%	0.65			P
10	Luke Walker	PIT	1969-04-30 (2)		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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