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Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Pitching Comparison

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	168	136	.553	3.76	498	422	19	67	19	3	2794.2	2777	1319	1169	216	832	84	1133	45	18	93	11715	3801	98	3.84	1.291	8.9	0.7	2.7	3.6
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	283	237	.544	3.45	898	625	102	180	31	17	4530.1	4620	2038	1738	395	1083	116	2461	122	6	128	19023	6155	108	3.41	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.2	4.9

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	3	4	.429	5.79	12	5	1	1	1	0	37.1	42	27	24	5	12	1	19	3	0	1	169	57		1.31	1.446	10.1	1.2	2.9	4.6
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	1	3	.250	4.01	9	5	0	1	0	0	24.2	30	14	11	1	8	2	10	1	0	1	113	39		1.18	1.541	10.9	0.4	2.9	3.6

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Value

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	18.9	-5.1
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	45.2	7.8

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Totals Against

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	3801	10626	1983	494	84	218	104	67.70	24	270	106	101	.261	.315	.385	.700	99	.123	.273	1303	4087	794	3654	3801
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	6155	17503	3387	706	132	168	87	65.88	24	462	172	143	.264	.309	.387	.696	97	.123	.286	2121	6775	1233	5825	6155

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	57	152											.276	.341					.289				57	57
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	39	100											.300	.358					.326				39	39

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	234	55	50.9	38	10	26	2	60.0	19	76
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	365	58	53.0	284	97	34	16	51.5	102	273

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987									1	7
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982									0	4

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2	9.7	7.1	2.6
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1	12.9	5.7	7.2

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1	11.2	7.1	4.1
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2	8.8	7.1	1.8

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	498	422	2794.2		76
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	898	625	4530.1		69

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	5	37.1
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	5	24.2

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	1	2	.333	8.24	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	31	18	18	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	90	1.729	14.2	0.5	1.4	0.9
2	Bob Forsch	2	1	.667	5.33	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.1	35	17	15	6	4	0	9	1	0	2	112	1.539	12.4	2.1	1.4	3.2

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	STL	1978-08-09	GS-7, L	7.0	10	5	5	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	35	15	31	9	1	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	38.0			-0.2	-1.91			0.88
2	Jim Kaat	PHI	1978-08-09	GS-7, W	6.2	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	28	10	27	7	2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	44.0			0.1	-0.21			1.07
3	Bob Forsch	STL	1977-09-18	GS-5, W	5.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	8	20	7	0	0	0	0	1	11	2	0	0	1	44.0			0.1	0.42			0.36
4	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-09-18	GS-2, L	1.1	9	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	9	12	8	0	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	8.0			-0.3	-4.59			1.38
5	Bob Forsch	STL	1977-07-14	GS-6	5.1	11	5	5	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	25	13	24	8	0	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	3	26.0			-0.2	-2.19			1.13
6	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-07-14	GS-7	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	27	8	26	4	1	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	2	57.0			0.2	1.59			1.01
7	Bob Forsch	STL	1977-05-24	GS-8, W	8.0	6	5	3	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	32	8	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	57.0			0.1	-1.13			0.65
8	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-05-24	GS-5, L	4.2	7	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	23	9	20	4	2	1	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	3	25.0			-0.3	-3.01			1.05

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (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	1977	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1978	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Forsch (Pitcher) vs. Jim Kaat (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-05-24	PHI	STL	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Flyball: CF
2	1977	1977-05-24	PHI	STL	tied 1-1	t5	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
3	1977	1977-07-14	PHI	STL	tied 2-2	b2	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1977	1977-07-14	PHI	STL	tied 2-2	b5	---	1		Strikeout, Wild Pitch; J. Kaat to 1B
5	1978	1978-08-09	PHI	STL	ahead 0-2	t2	---	0		Single to RF
6	1978	1978-08-09	PHI	STL	ahead 2-4	t3	-2-	1		Strikeout
7	1978	1978-08-09	PHI	STL	ahead 2-4	t5	---	2		Groundout: 2B-1B

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (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	1977	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	1	0	0	0	0
2	1978	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.833	1.333	1	0	0	0	0

Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Kaat (Pitcher) vs. Bob Forsch (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1977	1977-05-24	STL	PHI	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Double to RF
2	1977	1977-05-24	STL	PHI	tied 1-1	b5	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; M. Tyson to 2B
3	1977	1977-07-14	STL	PHI	tied 2-2	t2	1--	1		Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); M. Tyson to 2B; B. Forsch to 1B
4	1977	1977-07-14	STL	PHI	tied 2-2	t4	---	2		Foul Popfly: 1B
5	1977	1977-09-18	STL	PHI	ahead 0-1	b2	12-	1		Single to CF; R. Freed to 3B; M. Phillips to 2B
6	1978	1978-08-09	STL	PHI	down 4-0	b2	12-	1		Double to LF; J. Morales Scores; M. Tyson Scores
7	1978	1978-08-09	STL	PHI	down 4-2	b5	---	0		Flyball: CF

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Comparison

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Totals

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	893	77	190	45	8	12	84	3	1	27	249	.213	.235	.321	.557	53	287	14	1	115	5	0
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	1251	117	232	44	5	16	106	5	1	63	367	.185	.227	.267	.494	37	334	14	7	34	7	1

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	7	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.333	.400	.733	2	0	0	1	1	0
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Value

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	5.7	5.6	5.6	0.2	-64	1	-4	0
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	5.3	5.0	5.6	-0.4	-101	5	-1	0

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	65	218	225	838	77	.279	149	-62	-6.5	.109	3.6	75.00	4
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	65	302	320	1075	83	.247	207	-110	-11.7	.082	3.4	83.33	6

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	32-37	1982	1987	12	7	0	2	2	5		.333	2			.000			0
2	Jim Kaat	26-43	1965	1982	9	10	0	2	2	8		.667	2			.000	1.5		0

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Forsch	24-39	1974	1989	509	1041	-5.1	-6.6	0.9	-68.80		-70.41	0.89
2	Jim Kaat	20-44	1959	1983	840	1363	-9.4	-8.7	-0.9	-92.31		-90.13	0.97

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Totals

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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	Jim Kaat	4	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Forsch	4	9	8	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.625	1.000	5	0	0	1	0	0

Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: Game Logs

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Bob Forsch vs. Jim Kaat: 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 Forsch	STL	1978-08-09	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.120	0.01	0.00%	1.58			P
2	Jim Kaat	PHI	1978-08-09	*	7	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.007	1.96	-0.01%	-0.06			P
3	Bob Forsch	STL	1977-09-18	*	5	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	0.050	0.00	0.00%	0.22			P
4	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-09-18	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bob Forsch	STL	1977-07-14	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.87	0.024	0.67	0.01%	0.28			P
6	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-07-14	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	-0.012	1.80	-0.02%	-0.39			P
7	Bob Forsch	STL	1977-05-24	*	8	9	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.86	0.022	1.46	0.02%	-0.14			P
8	Jim Kaat	PHI	1977-05-24	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.035	0.88	-0.03%	-0.32			P

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