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Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa

Regular Season: 20 PA , .350/.350/.400, 0 HR, 2 K

Playoffs: 0 PA

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Year-by-Year Totals

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: 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	1987	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1991	8	8	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1.125	0	0	0	0	0
3	1993	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0	0	0	0
4	1994	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1995	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	20	20	7	1	0	0	3	0	2	.350	.350	.400	.750	0	0	0	0	0

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Plate Appearances

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Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1987	1987-09-30	DET	BAL	down 1-0	b1	---	2		Groundout: 1B-P
2	1987	1987-09-30	DET	BAL	down 5-0	b4	-23	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted; J. Walewander Scores; B. Madlock to 3B
3	1987	1987-09-30	DET	BAL	down 7-1	b6	12-	1		Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; T. Brookens to 3B; K. Gibson to 1B
4	1987	1987-09-30	DET	BAL	down 7-2	b8	---	1		Strikeout
5	1991	1991-06-11	KCR	BAL	tied 0-0	t1	---	1	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
6	1991	1991-06-11	KCR	BAL	ahead 0-2	t3	---	1	4 (2-1)	Double (Line Drive)
7	1991	1991-06-23 (2)	KCR	BAL	tied 0-0	b1	---	1	2 (0-1)	Groundout: P-1B (P's Right)
8	1991	1991-06-23 (2)	KCR	BAL	tied 1-1	b3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B)
9	1991	1991-06-23 (2)	KCR	BAL	tied 1-1	b5	---	2	2 (1-0)	Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
10	1991	1991-09-07	KCR	BAL	tied 0-0	t1	---	0	6 (3-2)	Single (Fly Ball)
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Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Batting Comparison

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Totals

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: 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	Kirk Gibson	22-38	1979	1995	1635	6656	5798	985	1553	260	54	255	870	284	78	718	1285	.268	.352	.463	.815	123	2686	72	61	23	56	72
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	480	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	0	0	1	0	0

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: 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	Kirk Gibson	27-31	1984	1988	21	92	78	13	22	2	0	7	21	9	1	12	19	.282	.380	.577	.957	45	0	1	0	1	2
2	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Value

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Kirk Gibson	22-38	1979	1995	1635	6656	38.4	16.7	39.2	-6.4	176	16	30	-5
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	480	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-1	0	0	0

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Sabermetric

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Kirk Gibson	22-38	1979	1995	1635	6656	569	2332	2403	4474	1008	.301	1600	186	18.5	.195	4.5	78.45	362
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	480	4	0	1	1	3	0	.000	1	0	0.0	.000	2.0		0

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Kirk Gibson	27-31	1984	1988	21	92	9	35	35	58		.283	27			.295	4.1	90.00	10
2	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	27	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Win Probability

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Kirk Gibson	22-38	1979	1995	1635	6656	23.1	24.5	-1.4	246.66		267.35	1.00
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	480	4	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-1.24		-0.65	0.38

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Pitching Comparison

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Totals

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: 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	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	80	109	.423	4.36	1022	95	633	6	2	321	1548.2	1629	811	750	151	651	57	1038	55	5	75	6804	2402	100	4.31	1.472	9.5	0.9	3.8	6.0

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: 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	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	3	1	.750	5.14	27	0	18	0	0	6	35.0	42	20	20	6	15	2	29	1	0	1	158	58		4.24	1.629	10.8	1.5	3.9	7.5

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Value

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	1022	95	1548.2	11.4	-3.2

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Totals Against

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: 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	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	1022	95	1548.2	2402	5972	1190	269	19	77	50	60.63	3	150	64	62	.273	.346	.400	.746	99	.127	.305	845	2389	439	2335	2402

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: 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	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	27	0	35.0	58	128											.328	.403					.387				58	58

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Starting & Relieving

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	41	43	45.4	326	111	34	62	83.8	633	927

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007								100.0	18	27

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Ratios

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kirk Gibson	22-38	1979	1995
2	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	1022	95	1548.2	15.3	9.6	5.7

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kirk Gibson	27-31	1984	1988
2	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	27	0	35.0	18.4	9.5	8.9

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Pitch Summary

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	José Mesa	21-41	1987	2007	1022	95	1548.2	8723	96	5363	61.48

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	José Mesa	29-41	1995	2007	27	0	35.0

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Head-to-Head Batting

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Totals

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: 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	José Mesa	10
2	Kirk Gibson	10	44	41	8	12	4	1	0	6	0	0	2	4	.293	.318	.439	.757	18	0	0	0	1	0

Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: Game Logs

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Kirk Gibson vs. José Mesa: 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	Kirk Gibson	DET	1995-06-06		1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.041	1.16	-0.02%	-0.12			PH
2	José Mesa	CLE	1995-06-06																																	P
3	Kirk Gibson	DET	1995-05-03	*	9	5	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	-0.030	0.34	-0.02%	0.26			DH
4	José Mesa	CLE	1995-05-03																																	P
5	Kirk Gibson	DET	1994-08-02	*	9	5	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.333	.400	.667	1.067	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.60	0.152	0.04	0.00%	1.11			DH
6	José Mesa	CLE	1994-08-02																																	P
7	Kirk Gibson	DET	1994-05-14	*	9	5	4	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	1.333	2.083	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.57	0.096	0.36	0.04%	1.64			DH
8	José Mesa	CLE	1994-05-14																																	P
9	Kirk Gibson	DET	1993-08-04	*	9	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	0.056	0.10	0.01%	-0.07			CF
10	José Mesa	CLE	1993-08-04																																	P
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