Rich Gale
Richard Blackwell Gale
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 19, 1954 in Littleton, NH
High School: Littleton (Littleton, NH)
School: University of New Hampshire
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1978
Final Game: September 28, 1984
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1978 24 KCR AL 14 8 .636 3.09 31 30 0 9 3 0 192.1 171 78 66 10 100 3 88 3 0 5 821 125 1.409 8.0 0.5 4.7 4.1 0.88 MVP-34,RoY-4
1979 25 KCR AL 9 10 .474 5.65 34 31 0 2 1 0 181.2 197 131 114 19 99 4 103 4 0 5 830 76 1.629 9.8 0.9 4.9 5.1 1.04
1980 26 KCR AL 13 9 .591 3.92 32 28 1 6 1 1 190.2 169 90 83 16 78 2 97 2 0 6 799 103 1.295 8.0 0.8 3.7 4.6 1.24
1981 27 KCR AL 6 6 .500 5.40 19 15 2 2 0 0 101.2 107 63 61 14 38 0 47 2 0 0 440 66 1.426 9.5 1.2 3.4 4.2 1.24
1982 28 SFG NL 7 14 .333 4.23 33 29 0 2 0 0 170.1 193 91 80 9 81 11 102 5 0 5 765 85 1.609 10.2 0.5 4.3 5.4 1.26
1983 29 CIN NL 4 6 .400 5.82 33 7 6 0 0 1 89.2 103 64 58 8 43 8 53 1 1 3 408 65 1.628 10.3 0.8 4.3 5.3 1.23
1984 30 BOS AL 2 3 .400 5.56 13 4 4 0 0 0 43.2 57 27 27 6 18 0 28 1 0 0 200 75 1.718 11.7 1.2 3.7 5.8 1.56
7 Seasons 55 56 .495 4.54 195 144 13 21 5 2 970.0 997 544 489 82 457 28 518 18 1 24 4263 86 1.499 9.3 0.8 4.2 4.8 1.13
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .495 4.54 39 29 3 4 1 0 195 200 109 98 16 92 6 104 4 0 5 855 86 1.499 9.3 0.8 4.2 4.8 1.13
KCR (4 yrs) 42 33 .560 4.38 116 104 3 19 5 1 666.1 644 362 324 59 315 9 335 11 0 16 2890 91 1.439 8.7 0.8 4.3 4.5 1.06
SFG (1 yr) 7 14 .333 4.23 33 29 0 2 0 0 170.1 193 91 80 9 81 11 102 5 0 5 765 85 1.609 10.2 0.5 4.3 5.4 1.26
BOS (1 yr) 2 3 .400 5.56 13 4 4 0 0 0 43.2 57 27 27 6 18 0 28 1 0 0 200 75 1.718 11.7 1.2 3.7 5.8 1.56
CIN (1 yr) 4 6 .400 5.82 33 7 6 0 0 1 89.2 103 64 58 8 43 8 53 1 1 3 408 65 1.628 10.3 0.8 4.3 5.3 1.23
AL (5 yrs) 44 36 .550 4.45 129 108 7 19 5 1 710.0 701 389 351 65 333 9 363 12 0 16 3090 90 1.456 8.9 0.8 4.2 4.6 1.09
NL (2 yrs) 11 20 .355 4.78 66 36 6 2 0 1 260.0 296 155 138 17 124 19 155 6 1 8 1173 76 1.615 10.2 0.6 4.3 5.4 1.25

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1980 26 KCR AL WS L PHI 0 1 .000 4.26 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 11 4 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 35 2.368 15.6 1.4 5.7 5.7 1.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 4.26 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 11 4 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 35 2.368 15.6 1.4 5.7 5.7 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 24 KCR AL 31 821 702 78 171 21 7 10 15 13 100 88 .244 .339 .336 .675 .265 236 22 3 12 4 3
1979 25 KCR AL 34 830 709 131 197 33 5 19 10 14 99 103 .278 .366 .419 .785 .299 297 14 4 10 8 4
1980 26 KCR AL 32 799 708 90 169 30 7 16 28 8 78 97 .239 .315 .369 .683 .256 261 15 2 8 3 2
1981 27 KCR AL 19 440 397 63 107 11 3 14 10 2 38 47 .270 .335 .418 .753 .275 166 13 2 1 2 0
1982 28 SFG NL 33 764 655 91 193 22 13 9 29 17 81 102 .295 .371 .409 .780 .331 268 10 5 11 12 11
1983 29 CIN NL 33 408 360 64 103 26 5 8 7 5 43 53 .286 .362 .453 .815 .316 163 4 1 2 2 8
1984 30 BOS AL 13 200 181 27 57 10 2 6 5 3 18 28 .315 .380 .492 .872 .347 89 3 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 195 4262 3712 544 997 153 42 82 104 62 457 518 .269 .349 .399 .748 .291 1480 81 18 44 31 28
162 Game Avg. 39 855 745 109 200 31 8 16 21 12 92 104 .269 .349 .399 .748 .291 297 16 4 9 6 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 24 KCR AL 31 30 14 8 8 2 2 17 13 .567 1 3 9 3 17 57% 53 83 18 30 5 11 8 4.8 5.0 6.3
1979 25 KCR AL 34 31 9 10 12 1 1 17 14 .548 4 4 2 1 12 39% 43 74 17 37 19 12 7 6.0 5.3 5.6
1980 26 KCR AL 32 28 13 7 8 2 1 18 10 .643 1 1 6 1 13 46% 52 81 22 26 9 7 7 5.1 5.9 6.2
1981 27 KCR AL 19 15 5 6 4 2 1 5 10 .333 0 0 2 0 5 33% 44 64 9 17 8 3 5 3.5 4.7 5.7
1982 28 SFG NL 33 29 6 13 10 1 4 13 16 .448 1 10 2 0 15 52% 48 82 20 23 8 6 10 3.2 2.5 5.8
1983 29 CIN NL 33 7 2 5 0 1 0 2 5 .286 0 0 0 0 1 14% 33 59 13 12 5 2 3 4.1 4.9 4.5
1984 30 BOS AL 13 4 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 .750 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 53 25 8 0 0 2 6.2 6.9 4.1
7 Seasons 195 144 50 50 44 10 9 75 69 .521 7 18 21 5 63 44% 47 83 9 153 54 41 42 4.7 4.8 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 24 KCR AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.044 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1979 25 KCR AL 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 1.096 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 7.7
1980 26 KCR AL 32 4 1 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 0 0% 6 0.924 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 4 0 4 0 12.5
1981 27 KCR AL 19 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 1 0.867 0 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 4 0 4 0 12.3
1982 28 SFG NL 33 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 3 1.070 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 0 2.5
1983 29 CIN NL 33 26 6 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 19 3 16% 6 0.735 2 9 15 2 2 22 11 15 19 4 20 5 6.7
1984 30 BOS AL 13 9 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 1 0.865 3 3 3 0 4 5 3 6 7 2 8 1 9.1
7 Seasons 195 51 13 5 6 4 2 2 50% 4 0 43 12 28% 0.980 8 22 21 5 7 39 23 28 38 10 40 6 7.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 24 KCR AL 821 48% 1.2% 10.7% 12.2% 4.6% 22% 0.99 74% 176 22 13%
1979 25 KCR AL 830 44% 2.3% 12.4% 11.9% 6.9% 29% 0.93 72% 177 14 8%
1980 26 KCR AL 799 51% 2.0% 12.1% 9.8% 6.6% 31% 0.79 75% 143 15 10%
1981 27 KCR AL 440 50% 3.2% 10.7% 8.6% 6.4% 26% 0.94 77% 85 13 15%
1982 28 SFG NL 765 46% 1.2% 13.4% 10.6% 5.8% 23% 1.19 73% 143 10 7%
1983 29 CIN NL 408 46% 2.0% 13.0% 10.5% 9.6% 38% 1.12 74% 74 4 5%
1984 30 BOS AL 200 57% 3.0% 14.0% 9.0% 9.0% 32% 0.85 74% 37 3 8%
7 Seasons 4263 48% 1.9% 12.2% 10.7% 6.5% 28% 0.96 74% 835 81 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1978 24 KCR AL 820 171 10 1 34 7 3 7 3 51 19 6 37% 10 5 2 295 15 13 54% 14 13 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 1
1979 25 KCR AL 830 197 19 1 24 14 5 9 10 55 29 9 53% 16 5 0 308 10 14 42% 10 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1980 26 KCR AL 799 169 16 0 6 6 10 4 12 37 23 8 62% 4 6 3 296 28 8 78% 22 8 4 0 2 0 2 0 12 0
1981 27 KCR AL 440 107 14 0 5 5 9 6 8 18 11 0 61% 3 0 2 156 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1982 28 SFG NL 765 193 9 0 20 5 4 6 3 56 30 7 54% 10 5 1 297 29 17 63% 27 15 2 0 0 2 6 1 23 0
1983 29 CIN NL 408 103 8 0 12 5 3 2 6 37 13 2 35% 6 3 0 156 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1984 30 BOS AL 200 57 6 0 4 4 2 4 2 7 4 2 57% 1 0 0 82 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 4262 997 82 2 105 46 36 38 44 261 129 34 49% 50 24 8 1590 104 62 63% 95 60 7 0 2 2 13 1 73 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1978 24 14 8 .636 3.09 31 30 0 9 3 0 192.1 171 78 66 10 100 3 88 3 0 5 821 125 1.409 8.0 0.5 4.7 4.1 0.88 125
1979 25 23 18 .561 4.33 65 61 0 11 4 0 374.0 368 209 180 29 199 7 191 7 0 10 1651 94 1.516 8.9 0.7 4.8 4.6 0.96 94
1980 26 36 27 .571 4.19 97 89 1 17 5 1 564.2 537 299 263 45 277 9 288 9 0 16 2450 97 1.442 8.6 0.7 4.4 4.6 1.04 97
1981 27 42 33 .560 4.38 116 104 3 19 5 1 666.1 644 362 324 59 315 9 335 11 0 16 2890 91 1.439 8.7 0.8 4.3 4.5 1.06 91
1982 28 49 47 .510 4.35 149 133 3 21 5 1 836.2 837 453 404 68 396 20 437 16 0 21 3655 90 1.474 9.0 0.7 4.3 4.7 1.10 90
1983 29 53 53 .500 4.49 182 140 9 21 5 2 926.1 940 517 462 76 439 28 490 17 1 24 4063 87 1.489 9.1 0.7 4.3 4.8 1.12 87
1984 30 55 56 .495 4.54 195 144 13 21 5 2 970.0 997 544 489 82 457 28 518 18 1 24 4263 86 1.499 9.3 0.8 4.2 4.8 1.13 86

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1978 24 10 9 .526 3.67 179.0 178 81 73 10 104 82 3 1.575 8.9 5.2 4.1 0.79 0.5 31
1979 25 6 13 .316 5.85 177.0 200 128 115 19 101 100 4 1.701 10.2 5.1 5.1 0.99 1.0 34
1980 26 9 11 .450 4.33 181.0 174 97 87 16 80 92 2 1.403 8.7 4.0 4.6 1.15 0.8 32
1981 27 4 11 .267 6.89 141.0 177 120 108 23 63 65 3 1.702 11.3 4.0 4.1 1.03 1.5 19
1982 28 7 10 .412 4.92 159.0 200 97 87 9 84 95 5 1.786 11.3 4.8 5.4 1.13 0.5 33
1983 29 2 7 .222 6.38 86.0 106 68 61 8 44 51 1 1.744 11.1 4.6 5.3 1.16 0.8 33
1984 30 1 3 .250 5.93 41.0 57 30 27 6 18 26 1 1.829 12.5 4.0 5.7 1.44 1.3 13
7 Seasons 39 64 .379 5.21 964.0 1092 621 558 91 494 511 19 1.645 10.2 4.8 1.03 0.8 195

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (34, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 AL  .636 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  8.002 (8th)
1980 AL  7.977 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1978 AL  3 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  14 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  100 (2nd)
1979 AL  99 (5th)
1982 NL  81 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  .468 (8th)
1982 NL  .476 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1982 NL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  114 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 NL  5 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1978 AL  125 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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