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: 19-13 / in Starts: 18-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	66	3	Apr 12	KCR		DET	W,8-6	GS-5		99	4.1	4	5	4	4	6	0	0	8.31	2.75	22	6	2	0	0	4	39			2	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.097	1.11	-0.07%	-2.17	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out a2
2	67	7	Apr 17	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	4	7.0	8	5	5	3	2	2	0	7.15	5.49	30	7	10	0	0	8	40			1	1	1	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.213	.43	-0.14%	-1.91	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d3
3	68	11	Apr 21	KCR		TOR	L,1-7	GS-9	L(0-2)	3	8.0	6	6	3	5	4	0	0	5.59	4.72	35	6	14	5	0	6	51			1	0	0	29	3	0	1	0	0	1	.77	-0.068	.87	-0.05%	-0.82	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out d3
4	69	15	Apr 26	KCR		BAL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(0-3)	4	8.0	7	4	4	4	7	1	1	5.27	4.65	35	6	10	0	2	7	55			1	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.021	1.13	-0.02%	0.02	1t start tie	8t 3 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
5	70	19	May 2	KCR		BOS	L,5-6	GS-8		5	7.0	9	5	5	2	4	1	0	5.50	4.59	32	7	11	3	0	8	41			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.386	1.63	-0.31%	-1.87	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
6	71	23	May 7	KCR	@	CHW	W,12-5	GS-4		4	3.1	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	6.21	4.37	18	8	1	0	0	8	25			1	0	0	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.285	1.46	-0.25%	-3.42	1b start a 1	4b -23 1 out a5
7	72	27	May 11	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(0-4)	3	8.0	5	5	5	4	5	2	1	6.11	4.77	33	11	7	0	0	5	53			2	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	.59	-0.177	.88	-0.16%	-0.74	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
8	73	31	May 16	KCR		CAL	L,1-11	GS-3	L(0-5)	4	2.2	6	6	6	3	3	0	0	6.89	4.72	16	2	2	0	0	6	22			1	0	0	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.305	2.08	-0.30%	-3.82	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d5
9	74	35	May 20	KCR		OAK	W,1-0	GS-8	W(1-5)	3	7.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	0	6.02	4.45	28	8	8	3	0	4	69			5	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.312	2.81	0.38%	2.89	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a1
10	75	39	May 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,6-5	GS-8		3	7.0	5	3	3	4	5	0	0	5.78	4.29	29	7	8	2	0	5	56			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.249	3.05	0.33%	1.42	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a4
11	76	43	May 28	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS-1	L(1-6)	3	0.2	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.29	4.37	7	1	1	0	0	3	28			4	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.389	3.18	-0.61%	-3.75	1b start a 2	1b 1-- 2 out d2
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	77	47	Jun 2	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	1-8		4	7.1	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	5.63	4.29	30	5	14	6	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.274	1.69	0.38%	4.02	1t 1-3 2 out d5	8t 3 out d2
13	78	52	Jun 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	W(2-6)	4	9.0	8	2	1	1	4	0	0	5.11	4.05	36	9	14	3	2	8	68			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	1	0	.57	0.157	1.66	0.28%	2.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
14	79	56	Jun 11(2)	KCR	@	CLE	L,5-8	3-7	L(2-7)	3	3.2	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.10	4.14	16	5	4	1	0	4		2	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.174	3.65	-0.24%	-0.06	3b 12- 2 out d1	7b 1-- 1 out d1
15	80	61	Jun 17	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	W(3-7)	5	9.0	9	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.79	3.99	35	8	11	1	4	8	63			1	1	0	31	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.32	0.409	3.49	0.65%	2.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
16	81	66	Jun 22	KCR		MIL	W,7-4	CG	W(4-7)	4	9.0	6	4	3	1	6	1	0	4.63	3.92	36	9	14	4	3	6	66			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	1	2	.79	0.150	1.79	0.20%	0.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	82	71	Jun 27	KCR	@	SEA	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-7)	4	7.0	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	4.33	3.92	28	6	13	5	1	3	69			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.246	3.02	0.36%	2.56	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
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
18	83	76	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	GS-5		4	5.0	2	1	0	1	5	0	0	4.14	3.81	18	5	5	1	2	2	65			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.140	2.05	0.19%	1.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
19	84	86	Jul 15	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS-9	W(6-7)	12	8.1	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.15	3.88	34	8	14	5	3	7	52			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.225	.94	0.18%	0.85	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a5
20	85	91	Jul 20	KCR	@	NYY	W,14-3	GS-5	W(7-7)	4	5.0	3	3	3	2	1	2	0	4.20	4.07	18	7	5	0	2	3	48			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	.56	0.059	.64	0.04%	-0.54	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a4
21	86	96	Jul 25	KCR		NYY	W,6-1	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	0	4.05	4.07	26	7	9	2	2	3	68			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.254	.69	0.13%	2.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
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
22	87	103	Aug 2	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS-6	W(9-7)	7	6.0	2	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.94	4.04	24	3	11	2	4	2	64			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.107	.53	0.04%	1.98	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
23	88	108	Aug 8(1)	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-0	SHO	W(10-7)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.70	3.95	31	11	12	1	5	4	81			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.244	.10	0.04%	4.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
24	89	114	Aug 13	KCR		BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.55	3.86	33	9	14	0	2	6	73			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.250	.08	0.02%	3.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
25	90	118	Aug 18	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-3	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	2	0	3.56	3.94	29	9	8	0	2	7	54			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.012	.05	0.00%	-0.61	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a3
26	91	123	Aug 23	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	W(13-7)	4	7.0	8	2	2	4	0	0	0	3.52	3.96	31	7	12	1	0	8	49			2	0	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.049	.01	0.00%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
27	92	128	Aug 28	KCR		TEX	L,6-10	GS-4		4	3.2	8	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.70	3.96	20	4	5	0	1	8	24			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-3.31	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out tie
Sep/Oct				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
28	93	132	Sep 1	KCR		MIL	L,1-6	GS-4	L(13-8)	3	3.2	7	4	4	4	0	0	0	3.83	4.00	22	5	7	3	2	6	27			3	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-2.43	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d3
29	94	142	Sep 12	KCR	@	OAK	L,5-9	GS-3		10	2.1	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.93	4.06	11	4	3	0	0	2	37			2	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1b start tie	3b --3 1 out a1
30	95	156	Sep 28	KCR	@	MIN	L,7-8	6-7	BL(13-9)	15	1.2	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.09	4.13	9	3	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	-0.350	.00	0.00%	-2.17	6b --- 0 out a3	7b 1-- 2 out tie
31	96	158	Oct 1	KCR		SEA	W,4-1	GS-4		2	4.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.00	4.10	13	5	3	0	0	3	56			0	2	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.219	.00	0.00%	2.01	1t start tie	4t 3 out a1
32	97	162	Oct 5	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	6-GF	S(1)	3	4.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.92	4.08	14	4	6	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.132	.00	0.00%	2.01	6t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 4
							19-13		W-L:13-9,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.9	190.2	169	90	83	78	97	16	2	3.92	4.08	799	0.78		11%	9%	161	52	4	0%	28	8	1	708	30	7	2	15	3	4	.92	0.305	1.26	1.07%	7.42

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