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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: 6-13 / in Starts: 5-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 3

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	98	6	Apr 19	KCR		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.2	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.35	2.60	28	9	11	0	4	3	64			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.216	.44	0.06%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
2	99	10	Apr 24	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-6	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.1	5	5	5	5	6	1	0	4.20	3.67	31	8	8	0	0	4	49			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	-0.145	.14	-0.03%	-0.38	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d2
3	100	13	Apr 30	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-7	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.2	7	5	5	3	0	0	0	5.49	3.87	24	6	8	1	0	7	27			1	0	0	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.200	.33	-0.03%	-3.16	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d5
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
4	101	17	May 4 susp	KCR		BOS	L,7-8	GS-5		3	4.2	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	5.18	3.79	23	5	7	2	0	8	37			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.142	.36	-0.02%	-1.24	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out a1
5	102	21	May 9	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(1-3)	4	8.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.73	3.37	32	11	9	1	0	5	61			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	1	1	.50	-0.104	.12	-0.02%	0.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
6	103	25	May 15	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-7		5	6.1	7	3	3	3	5	2	0	4.66	3.89	29	7	8	1	0	6	49			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.069	.16	-0.01%	-0.29	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
7	104	29	May 19	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-4		3	3.1	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.14	4.15	17	5	2	0	1	6	32			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.042	.16	0.00%	-1.07	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out a3
8	105	33	May 24	KCR		MIN	W,6-4	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	8	4	4	1	9	1	0	4.94	3.84	36	7	12	0	1	7	63			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.013	.09	0.00%	0.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	106	38	May 29	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-1	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	1	1	0	4.50	4.03	27	11	8	1	1	4	63			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.132	.15	0.01%	2.00	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 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
10	107	43	Jun 3	KCR		SEA	W,12-9	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	5.2	7	7	7	1	3	3	0	5.09	4.47	24	7	6	0	0	7	29			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.259	.07	-0.02%	-3.54	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a5
11	108	47	Jun 8	KCR		NYY	L,3-8	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	6.0	7	5	5	5	1	1	0	5.30	4.68	29	7	9	0	0	7	34			2	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.277	.09	-0.02%	-2.29	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d2
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
12	109	54	Aug 13	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-4	L(4-5)	65	4.0	5	2	2	3	2	0	0	5.25	4.64	18	5	3	0	0	5	43			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.072	.82	-0.04%	-0.18	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
13	110	59	Aug 17	KCR		TOR	W,5-3	GS-8	W(5-5)	3	7.2	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	5.09	4.53	28	8	11	3	0	6	58			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.056	.77	0.03%	0.35	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
14	111	64	Aug 23	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS-2	L(5-6)	5	2.0	7	8	8	1	0	3	0	5.83	4.99	14	2	4	1	0	7	9			2	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.406	.59	-0.25%	-7.11	1b start tie	2b 3 out d8
15	112	69	Aug 28	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS-3		4	2.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	1	6.01	5.01	12	3	1	1	0	4	35			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.216	1.54	-0.16%	-1.87	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out a2
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
16	113	77	Sep 6	KCR		NYY	L,1-6	1-6		8	6.0	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.81	4.83	28	8	9	1	1	10		2	2	0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	1	.32	-0.079	.63	-0.10%	0.01	1t 1-3 0 out d2	6t 3 out d5
17	114	81	Sep 11	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		4	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.71	4.77	7	2	3	1	1	1		3	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.016	.42	-0.04%	-0.09	7b 123 1 out d3	8b end d 5
18	115	84	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	4-GF	W(6-6)	2	5.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.38	4.62	18	3	9	1	2	2		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.443	3.18	0.78%	3.10	4b 12- 1 out d2	9b end a 1
19	116	90	Sep 21	KCR		MIN	L,2-7	3-5		6	3.0	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	5.40	4.65	15	5	4	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	.62	-0.111	2.04	-0.22%	-1.67	3t --- 0 out d2	5t 3 out d5
							6-13		W-L:6-6	4.2	101.2	107	63	61	38	47	14	2	5.40	4.65	440	0.90		6%	4%	102	44	7	57%	10	2	0	397	11	3	0	13	2	3	.83	-1.278	.52	-0.06%	-15.55

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