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Bill Gullickson

43.7

506

462

3092.0

211-146

8

3.47

106

1969

15.2

1034

8.0

WAR

G

GS

IP

W-L

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BB%

23.3

398

390

2560.0

162-136

0

3.93

98

1279

11.9

622

5.8

2

2

1

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Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Pitching Comparison

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Totals

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	162	136	.544	3.93	398	390	3	54	11	0	2560.0	2659	1228	1118	282	622	82	1279	34	8	56	10744	3428	98	4.00	1.282	9.3	1.0	2.2	4.5
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	211	146	.591	3.47	506	462	20	61	28	8	3092.0	2894	1310	1191	267	1034	60	1969	79	45	55	12956	4145	106	3.71	1.270	8.4	0.8	3.0	5.7

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	22	1981	1981	1	2	.333	2.05	3	3	0	0	0	0	22.0	18	6	5	1	7	0	15	1	0	0	91	27		2.92	1.136	7.4	0.4	2.9	6.1
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	3	3	.500	4.56	17	9	5	0	0	2	49.1	58	28	25	5	24	3	41	0	1	0	229	86		2.82	1.662	10.6	0.9	4.4	7.5

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Value

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	398	390	2560.0	23.6	0.9
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	43.4	15.9

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Totals Against

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	398	390	2560.0	3428	9908	1815	489	73	234	102	69.64	6	162	95	85	.268	.311	.418	.729	104	.149	.282	1305	4140	844	3315	3428
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	4145	11635	2073	482	72	213	157	57.57	19	209	122	83	.249	.312	.371	.684	95	.123	.277	1370	4321	821	4007	4145

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	22	1981	1981	3	3	22.0	27	80	12	5	0	3	0	100.00	0	2	3	0	.225	.295	.325	.620		.100	.266	8	26	6	26	27
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	86	194	34	17	2	7	1	87.50	2	1	2	2	.299	.373	.485	.857		.186	.353	44	94	24	82	86

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Starting & Relieving

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	213	55	50.8	4	0	0	0		3	8
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	280	61	53.9	28	8	29	6	57.1	20	44

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill Gullickson	22	1981	1981	3	100	61.3						0	0
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	2	22	45.1	12	1	8	0	100.0	5	8

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Ratios

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	398	390	2560.0	11.9	5.8	6.1
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0	15.2	8.0	7.2

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill Gullickson	22	1981	1981	3	3	22.0	16.5	7.7	8.8
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	17.9	10.5	7.4

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Pitch Summary

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	398	390	2560.0		89
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	506	462	3092.0		98

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill Gullickson	22	1981	1981	3	3	22.0	218	109	132	60.55
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	9	49.1	889	79	545	61.30

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Totals

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	3	1	.750	2.27	5	5	0	2	0	0	39.2	30	11	10	4	9	1	10	0	0	0	153	0.983	6.8	0.9	2.0	2.3
2	Bob Welch	1	3	.250	3.90	5	5	0	1	1	0	30.0	32	14	13	3	12	0	17	1	2	0	133	1.467	9.6	0.9	3.6	5.1

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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 Welch	0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
2	Bill Gullickson	0	2	.000	2.51	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	12	5	4	1	6	0	12	1	0	0	61	1.256	7.5	0.6	3.8	7.5

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Game Logs

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Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	DET	1992-07-17	GS-7, W	6.2	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	27	8	26	5	1	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	48	96	61	0.1	-0.04			1.20
2	Bob Welch	OAK	1992-07-17	GS-5, L	5.0	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	27	12	25	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	34	104	66	-0.2	-1.74			1.02
3	Bill Gullickson	CIN	1986-06-11	GS-7	7.0	9	4	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	31	11	29	6	1	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	3	44			-0.2	-0.98			0.98
4	Bob Welch	LAD	1986-06-11	GS-7	7.0	5	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	6	24	4	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	57			0.0	0.02			1.16
5	Bill Gullickson	MON	1985-08-25	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	33	8	29	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	73			0.3	2.87			0.77
6	Bob Welch	LAD	1985-08-25	GS-5, L	5.0	7	3	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	24	10	20	5	1	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	42			-0.1	-0.85			0.86
7	Bill Gullickson	MON	1984-08-30	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	6	32	2	3	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	4	69			0.3	1.92			0.73
8	Bob Welch	LAD	1984-08-30	GS-5, L	4.0	8	4	4	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	23	12	19	6	0	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	29			-0.2	-2.26			1.40
9	Bill Gullickson	MON	1980-06-15	GS-8, L	8.0	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	30	6	26	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	72			0.2	2.58			1.31
10	Bob Welch	LAD	1980-06-15	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	1	0	33	6	30	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	85			0.8	4.03			1.74

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Bill Gullickson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Bill Gullickson (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	1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1984	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1985	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
4	1986	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Bill Gullickson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Welch (Pitcher) vs. Bill Gullickson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-06-15	MON	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Strikeout
2	1980	1980-06-15	MON	LAD	tied 0-0	b5	---	2		Strikeout
3	1984	1984-08-30	MON	LAD	tied 1-1	b2	---	2		Flyball: CF
4	1984	1984-08-30	MON	LAD	tied 1-1	b4	---	2		Single
5	1985	1985-08-25	MON	LAD	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1985	1985-08-25	MON	LAD	ahead 0-2	b4	--3	2		Double; M. Fitzgerald Scores
7	1986	1986-06-11	CIN	LAD	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B
8	1986	1986-06-11	CIN	LAD	ahead 1-2	t5	---	2		Flyball: CF

Bill Gullickson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Gullickson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (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	1980	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1984	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1985	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1986	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bill Gullickson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Gullickson (Pitcher) vs. Bob Welch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1980	1980-06-15	LAD	MON	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1980	1980-06-15	LAD	MON	tied 0-0	t5	---	2		Popfly: 1B
3	1980	1980-06-15	LAD	MON	ahead 0-1	t7	---	2		Strikeout
4	1984	1984-08-30	LAD	MON	tied 1-1	t3	---	0		Flyball: SS
5	1985	1985-08-25	LAD	MON	down 1-0	t3	12-	0		Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B; M. Scioscia to 3B; B. Welch to 1B
6	1986	1986-06-11	LAD	CIN	down 1-0	b2	1--	2		Lineout: SS
7	1986	1986-06-11	LAD	CIN	down 2-1	b4	1--	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted
8	1986	1986-06-11	LAD	CIN	ahead 2-4	b6	---	2		Flyball: RF

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Batting Comparison

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Batting Totals

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	273	661	576	30	81	16	0	3	27	0	1	20	152	.141	.169	.184	.353	-2	106	12	0	63	2	0
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	582	26	88	7	1	2	30	0	1	22	171	.151	.186	.177	.363	2	103	4	3	59	2	0

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	22	1981	1981	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Batting Value

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	273	661	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.2	-80	0	-3	0
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	-78	3	-1	0

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	273	661	19	101	109	573	21	.184	54	-81	-8.6	.043	3.8	0.0	1
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	10	113	119	560	24	.209	54	-79	-8.1	.026	3.4	0.0	1

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	22	1981	1981	3	8	0	1	1	7	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0
2	Bob Welch	21-35	1978	1992	17	7	0	0	0	7	0	.000	0			.000	1.5		0

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Batting Win Probability

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bill Gullickson	20-35	1979	1994	273	661	-7.8	-8.3	-0.7	-90.24	-9.5	-87.88	0.86
2	Bob Welch	21-37	1978	1994	306	668	-7.6	-7.9	-0.2	-80.19	-8.5	-83.00	0.93

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Totals

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	5	12	12	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Welch	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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 Welch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Bill Gullickson	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0

Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: Game Logs

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Bob Welch vs. Bill Gullickson: 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	Bill Gullickson	DET	1992-07-17																																	P
2	Bob Welch	OAK	1992-07-17																																	P
3	Bill Gullickson	CIN	1986-06-11	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.031	0.27	-0.01%	-0.29			P
4	Bob Welch	LAD	1986-06-11	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.060	0.63	-0.03%	-0.49			P
5	Bill Gullickson	MON	1985-08-25	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	0.054	0.19	0.01%	0.57			P
6	Bob Welch	LAD	1985-08-25	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	-0.031	4.37	-0.03%	-0.27			P
7	Bill Gullickson	MON	1984-08-30	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	-0.003	0.00	0.00%	-0.32			P
8	Bob Welch	LAD	1984-08-30	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.024	0.01	0.00%	-0.21			P
9	Bill Gullickson	MON	1980-06-15	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.038	1.87	-0.06%	-0.30			P
10	Bob Welch	LAD	1980-06-15	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	-0.042	1.22	-0.05%	-0.33			P

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