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: 17-14 / in Starts: 17-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	1	19	Apr 30	KCR		MIL	W,3-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	1.87	27	7	9	1	1	6	68			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.07	0.374	2.04	0.43%	3.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
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
2	2	25	May 7	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-6	GS-6	W(2-0)	6	5.2	5	4	4	5	2	0	1	2.84	3.30	29	5	12	1	7	4	40			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.183	1.60	-0.16%	-1.60	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a3
3	3	31	May 15	KCR		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(3-0)	7	9.0	2	1	1	5	5	0	0	2.08	3.23	33	8	13	3	5	2	79			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.459	1.68	0.43%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	4	35	May 20	KCR		MIN	W,6-3	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	7.1	8	3	3	2	1	1	0	2.48	3.65	29	13	5	2	2	8	49			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.249	1.32	0.22%	0.59	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a2
5	5	40	May 24	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS-4		3	3.1	5	4	2	6	1	0	0	2.78	4.04	21	5	4	2	1	5	33			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.255	1.45	-0.23%	-3.01	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
6	6	43	May 29	KCR		SEA	W,8-2	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	11	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.61	3.84	39	12	11	2	3	11	56			1	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	0	.66	0.126	1.19	0.14%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
7	7	47	Jun 3	KCR		CHW	L,5-9	GS-4	L(5-1)	4	3.1	8	6	6	3	1	0	0	3.63	3.91	22	3	7	1	2	8	18			0	0	0	17	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.10	-0.244	2.40	-0.32%	-2.97	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
8	8	51	Jun 8(2)	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-9		4	8.2	3	2	2	8	1	0	0	3.38	4.10	35	11	12	1	1	3	63			3	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.89	0.215	4.29	0.29%	1.82	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out tie
9	9	56	Jun 13	KCR		TEX	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-1)	4	9.0	1	0	0	6	4	0	0	2.89	4.04	30	13	6	1	1	1	83			0	1	0	24	0	1	0	2	0	0	.52	0.307	1.16	0.41%	4.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
10	10	60	Jun 17	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-2	L(6-2)	3	1.1	5	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.53	4.16	12	1	3	0	1	5	21			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	.87	-0.347	2.45	-0.59%	-4.55	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d5
11	11	65	Jun 21	KCR		CLE	L,2-4	GS-4		3	3.1	3	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.63	4.20	15	2	4	0	1	3	44			0	1	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.168	3.28	-0.25%	-1.25	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out tie
12	12	70	Jun 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-2)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	10	0	0	3.20	3.74	32	5	10	4	1	7	83			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.373	2.65	0.67%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	13	74	Jun 30	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-3)	3	8.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.11	3.76	28	8	9	1	2	5	66			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.030	2.72	0.05%	1.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
14	14	79	Jul 4	KCR		CAL	W,4-3	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	5	3	2	2	3	2	0	3.00	3.93	33	13	10	1	3	5	68			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	0.119	3.14	0.18%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
15	15	83	Jul 8	KCR		BAL	W,11-3	GS-8	W(9-3)	3	8.0	5	1	0	4	4	0	0	2.76	3.86	35	7	15	0	7	5	70			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.53	0.174	1.16	0.23%	2.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out a10
16	16	86	Jul 14	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	W(10-3)	5	9.0	7	2	0	3	6	0	0	2.54	3.73	37	8	14	2	4	6	72			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.099	2.79	0.13%	2.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
17	17	90	Jul 19	KCR		TEX	W,11-4	CG	W(11-3)	4	9.0	7	4	4	3	3	2	1	2.65	3.91	34	9	11	2	3	7	57			0	2	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	.40	0.154	1.44	0.34%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
18	18	94	Jul 23	KCR		BOS	W,7-3	GS-3		3	2.2	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.81	3.92	15	3	3	0	3	6	33			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.144	4.29	-0.27%	-2.32	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out a2
19	19	99	Jul 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-3)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.62	3.71	36	11	7	0	2	8	79			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.432	3.09	0.77%	4.75	1b start tie	9b 3 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
20	20	103	Aug 1	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-6		3	6.0	5	1	1	6	2	0	0	2.57	3.76	28	11	4	1	1	5	54			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.72	0.197	5.20	0.36%	1.80	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
21	21	107	Aug 6	KCR		TOR	W,12-5	GS-6	W(13-3)	4	6.0	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.59	3.80	27	9	7	0	2	8	49			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.045	2.07	0.09%	0.88	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
22	22	115	Aug 14	KCR	@	DET	L,2-11	GS-4	L(13-4)	7	3.1	8	5	4	3	4	0	0	2.77	3.78	21	4	2	0	0	8	27			1	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.230	2.92	-0.48%	-2.95	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
23	23	120	Aug 18	KCR		TEX	L,3-4	GS-9	L(13-5)	3	8.2	8	4	0	3	2	0	1	2.62	3.76	36	17	7	0	1	6	59			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	0	.99	-0.022	4.13	-0.06%	0.10	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out d1
24	24	126	Aug 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-7	GS-6	L(13-6)	6	6.0	5	6	6	3	3	1	0	2.86	3.82	25	4	10	1	2	5	38			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	-0.432	5.58	-1.07%	-3.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
25	25	130	Aug 29	KCR		CHW	L,3-9	GS-7	L(13-7)	3	6.0	6	5	4	2	3	0	0	2.97	3.77	26	9	6	2	2	6	43			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.197	3.53	-0.46%	-2.74	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d4
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
26	26	135	Sep 4	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS-7	W(14-7)	5	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.92	3.74	25	8	7	4	3	6	56			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.116	5.69	-0.28%	-0.16	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out a1
27	27	139	Sep 9(1)	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(14-8)	4	5.2	5	3	3	5	2	1	0	2.98	3.84	27	8	7	1	3	5	44			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.023	4.65	-0.07%	-0.02	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d2
28	28	146	Sep 15	KCR		CAL	W,3-2	GS-9		5	8.0	7	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.95	3.88	31	10	9	1	1	7	59			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.120	6.33	0.37%	2.22	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a1
29	29	151	Sep 20	KCR		MIL	L,4-5	GS-1		4	0.2	1	2	2	4	0	0	0	3.03	3.94	7	2	0	0	0	1	38			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.211	.75	-0.05%	-2.28	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d2
30	30	156	Sep 24	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-6	GS-4		3	3.1	4	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.12	3.97	18	4	6	3	0	3	37			0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.198	.03	0.00%	-1.97	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d2
31	31	161	Sep 30	KCR		MIN	L,3-7	6-7		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.09	3.95	8	1	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.139	.00	0.00%	0.96	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out tie
							17-14		W-L:14-8	4.1	192.1	171	78	66	100	88	10	3	3.09	3.95	821	0.99		8%	14%	166	53	0	---%	15	13	0	702	21	7	3	22	4	10	1.04	0.842	2.85	0.82%	9.76

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