Rich Gale

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-7, 225lb (201cm, 102kg)

Born: January 19, 1954 in Littleton, NH us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH).

High School: Littleton HS (Littleton, NH)

School: University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)

Debut: April 30, 1978 (Age 24-101d, 14,028th in major league history)
vs. MIL 7.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 28, 1984 (Age 30-253d)
vs. BAL 6.1 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Richard Blackwell Gale

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.6

ERA

4.54

195

144

970.0

518

WHIP

1.499

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-16 / in Starts: 17-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 3

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	32	4	Apr 9	KCR		DET	L,3-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.05	2.13	28	7	7	1	1	7	51			0	1	0	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.35	-0.158	1.91	-0.14%	0.37	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d1
2	33	8	Apr 15	KCR	@	TOR	W,12-10	GS-4		5	3.0	9	6	6	0	0	1	0	8.38	3.66	18	7	2	0	2	9	17			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.227	1.25	-0.16%	-3.43	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out a2
3	34	13	Apr 22	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-6	GS-7	L(0-2)	6	7.0	9	6	6	2	4	1	0	8.10	3.93	31	8	8	0	2	9	37			0	2	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	1	.61	-0.185	.54	-0.10%	-2.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
4	35	17	Apr 26	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	GS-9		3	8.0	10	4	4	1	6	2	0	6.93	4.23	33	9	8	3	3	9	51			0	3	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.321	1.41	-0.22%	-0.35	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out tie
5	36	21	Apr 30	KCR		TEX	L,7-8	GS-3		3	2.1	4	6	4	3	2	0	0	7.67	4.29	14	5	1	0	0	3	28			1	0	0	10	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.25	-0.380	1.98	-0.36%	-4.62	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	37	25	May 5	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-2)	4	7.0	3	2	0	3	5	0	0	6.09	3.94	29	9	9	1	3	3	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.23	0.007	1.42	0.01%	0.83	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a2
7	38	29	May 9	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-2)	3	6.2	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	5.09	3.69	27	7	9	0	2	5	64			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.397	1.61	0.34%	3.37	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 2 out a3
8	39	34	May 14	KCR	@	SEA	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	1	0	0	4.17	3.72	34	13	11	2	3	5	74			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.814	2.14	0.65%	4.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	40	41	May 21	KCR		SEA	L,7-12	GS-3	L(3-3)	6	2.2	6	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.82	3.88	15	2	1	0	1	6	28			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.350	1.44	-0.29%	-3.64	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d1
10	41	45	May 26	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	6.0	6	3	2	3	4	1	1	4.63	4.05	27	9	5	1	4	5	51			1	2	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.105	2.64	0.13%	0.28	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out a2
11	42	49	May 30	KCR		BAL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-3)	3	8.0	4	1	1	7	5	0	0	4.21	4.06	34	7	11	1	1	4	68			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.50	0.499	2.40	0.48%	3.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	43	53	Jun 4	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-8	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	5.2	8	8	8	5	3	0	0	4.88	4.08	30	7	7	0	2	8	19			1	0	0	24	4	1	1	0	1	0	1.12	-0.247	2.15	-0.28%	-4.15	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d6
13	44	57	Jun 8	KCR		NYY	L,10-11	GS-7		3	6.1	7	6	5	6	0	0	0	5.06	4.20	31	12	7	1	5	6	31			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.25	-0.150	2.19	-0.16%	-1.20	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
14	45	61	Jun 12	KCR		BOS	W,7-6	GS-9		3	9.0	7	6	5	2	2	1	0	5.05	4.22	37	13	13	5	3	7	51			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.34	-0.351	2.04	-0.32%	-1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
15	46	65	Jun 17	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(5-5)	4	8.0	8	5	4	1	3	2	0	5.00	4.34	32	9	11	5	2	8	50			2	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.50	-0.143	.72	-0.13%	-0.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
16	47	70	Jun 22	KCR	@	CAL	W,9-5	GS-8	W(6-5)	4	7.2	8	4	4	4	8	1	0	4.98	4.30	33	8	5	0	0	8	51			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.195	1.73	0.29%	-0.08	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a4
17	48	73	Jun 26	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	3-7		3	3.1	3	1	1	2	3	0	1	4.91	4.28	16	3	4	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.33	-0.070	2.74	-0.09%	-0.07	3t -2- 2 out d3	7t 12- 0 out d1
18	49	77	Jun 30	KCR		CAL	L,5-8	GS-5	L(6-6)	3	5.0	7	6	6	4	7	2	0	5.17	4.43	26	3	6	1	1	6	32			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.401	3.09	-0.72%	-3.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	50	81	Jul 5	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	9	2	1	5	5	1	0	4.99	4.50	31	9	3	0	3	9	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.190	1.59	0.14%	1.34	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a2
20	51	86	Jul 10	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-5	L(6-7)	4	4.2	6	7	3	4	3	1	1	5.02	4.61	24	6	5	0	2	5	31			0	1	0	18	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.01	-0.306	.89	-0.16%	-3.71	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
21	52	90	Jul 14	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	GS-2	L(6-8)	3	1.2	6	6	6	1	1	1	0	5.39	4.70	11	2	1	0	1	6	19			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	-0.422	.83	-0.13%	-5.04	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
22	53	93	Jul 20	KCR		CLE	W,9-1	GS-8	W(7-8)	5	8.0	3	1	1	4	4	1	0	5.13	4.71	30	9	10	2	4	3	72			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.149	.09	0.02%	3.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
23	54	97	Jul 24	KCR	@	CHW	W,11-6	GS-4		3	3.0	6	6	6	2	1	1	0	5.41	4.79	18	6	4	2	0	5	22			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.10	-0.420	.48	-0.11%	-4.05	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d1
24	55	101	Jul 28	KCR		BAL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(8-8)	3	7.1	5	3	3	3	5	0	1	5.32	4.70	31	7	10	1	1	5	58			1	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	.75	0.288	.43	0.10%	1.57	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	56	105	Aug 1	KCR		TOR	W,4-3	GS-8	W(9-8)	3	7.0	9	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.26	4.64	32	9	13	7	5	8	45			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.43	0.012	1.11	0.01%	0.35	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
26	57	110	Aug 6	KCR	@	TOR	W,16-12	GS-6		4	5.2	7	5	5	4	2	1	0	5.35	4.71	27	3	11	0	2	7	33			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.365	.90	-0.23%	-2.19	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d2
27	58	113	Aug 10(1)	KCR		DET	W,7-6	GS-8		3	7.2	4	3	3	5	5	1	0	5.27	4.73	30	6	10	1	3	4	59			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.35	0.040	1.43	0.03%	0.90	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out a1
28	59	119	Aug 15	KCR	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	8	5	3	1	4	0	0	5.23	4.62	29	5	11	2	0	8	44			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.257	2.37	-0.28%	-1.87	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out tie
29	60	124	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	L,4-17	GS-2	L(9-9)	4	1.2	2	5	5	3	1	0	0	5.44	4.65	10	3	1	0	0	2	29			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.173	3.00	-0.23%	-1.73	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d1
30	61	130	Aug 27	KCR		MIL	W,10-9	GS-7		6	6.2	7	4	4	4	5	0	0	5.44	4.59	31	7	9	3	2	6	45			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.134	2.16	0.25%	1.22	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	62	135	Sep 1	KCR	@	NYY	W,9-8	GS-1		4	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.59	4.62	3	0	0	0	0	1	34			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.157	5.68	-0.39%	-1.84	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out tie
32	63	139	Sep 5	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-8	2-6		3	4.0	4	2	0	3	1	0	0	5.47	4.62	20	7	5	3	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.031	2.89	-0.09%	-0.24	2b --3 2 out d5	6b 123 2 out d4
33	64	144	Sep 10(2)	KCR		MIN	L,2-5	6-6		4	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.46	4.63	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.066	3.83	-0.14%	-0.85	6t 12- 1 out d2	6t 123 2 out d3
34	65	151	Sep 18	KCR		CAL	L,4-6	GS-1	L(9-10)	7	0.1	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	5.65	4.66	5	0	1	0	0	2	29			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.270	10.15	-1.32%	-3.17	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d3
							18-16		W-L:9-10	3.9	181.2	197	131	114	99	103	19	4	5.65	4.66	830	1.00		10%	14%	187	43	4	25%	10	14	0	709	33	5	4	14	8	16	1.10	-2.620	1.71	-3.61%	-28.08

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