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: 15-18 / in Starts: 13-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 1

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	117	4	Apr 10	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-6		99	6.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	1	6.00	2.88	29	10	5	0	1	7	42			1	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	2	0	.87	-0.198	1.07	-0.15%	-1.23	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
2	118	8	Apr 16	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.00	2.25	33	12	9	0	2	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	.62	0.207	.82	0.16%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	119	12	Apr 20	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-8	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	4.0	8	6	2	1	3	1	0	3.32	2.87	21	4	5	0	0	8	32			0	0	0	19	0	2	0	1	1	1	.99	-0.405	1.34	-0.33%	-4.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
4	120	16	Apr 25	SFG		LAD	W,6-3	GS-7		4	6.2	9	3	3	5	5	0	0	3.51	3.03	32	10	3	0	0	9	44			1	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.070	.81	-0.04%	-0.33	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d2
5	121	20	Apr 30	SFG		NYM	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.58	3.36	29	11	6	0	1	7	52			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.117	.99	-0.06%	0.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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	122	25	May 4	SFG		PHI	L,4-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	4.1	5	7	6	5	4	2	0	4.62	4.18	24	6	4	2	0	5	26			2	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.06	-0.594	.92	-0.31%	-4.99	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d3
7	123	30	May 10	SFG	@	MON	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	8	2	2	3	7	0	0	4.40	3.86	27	5	4	0	0	8	52			5	1	0	22	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.44	0.009	1.18	0.01%	0.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
8	124	34	May 14	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-3)	3	7.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.14	3.76	30	7	10	2	0	7	55			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.80	0.019	.80	0.01%	1.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
9	125	39	May 20	SFG		PIT	W,3-1	GS-7		5	7.0	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.79	3.66	30	7	8	1	0	6	62			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.274	.90	0.11%	2.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
10	126	44	May 24	SFG		STL	L,0-6	GS-4	L(1-4)	3	3.1	7	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.48	3.73	20	5	4	1	2	7	20			1	0	0	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.27	-0.292	.99	-0.14%	-4.11	1t start tie	4t --3 1 out d5
11	127	49	May 30	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-3		5	2.1	5	5	4	4	0	0	1	4.88	3.93	15	0	5	0	0	5	25			1	1	0	8	1	1	0	0	2	0	1.46	-0.454	1.09	-0.20%	-4.09	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 1 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	128	54	Jun 5	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-8	W(2-4)	5	7.1	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.50	3.79	28	9	9	2	1	7	61			1	0	1	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.365	.80	0.13%	2.21	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
13	129	59	Jun 12	SFG		ATL	L,5-10	GS-5	L(2-5)	6	4.1	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.72	3.71	21	5	4	1	0	9	30			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.195	.83	-0.09%	-1.99	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d4
14	130	64	Jun 17	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-6	L(2-6)	4	6.0	9	4	4	3	7	0	0	4.82	3.58	27	6	3	1	0	8	42			2	2	1	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.202	.35	-0.05%	-1.23	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
15	131	69	Jun 22	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(2-7)	4	8.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.58	3.54	32	13	5	0	0	6	62			1	1	0	28	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.01	0.013	.31	0.00%	1.33	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
16	132	74	Jun 27	SFG		SDP	L,2-4	GS-6	L(2-8)	4	5.2	6	4	4	3	1	1	1	4.69	3.74	27	9	6	1	0	6	39			0	1	0	18	0	1	1	0	1	0	1.27	-0.269	.39	-0.05%	-1.65	1t start tie	6t --3 2 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
17	133	79	Jul 2(2)	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.59	3.69	21	9	6	1	0	4	56			0	1	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.028	.38	-0.01%	0.70	1b start tie	7b --3 0 out a1
18	134	84	Jul 7	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-8)	4	7.0	6	2	1	2	8	0	0	4.37	3.53	29	7	6	0	0	6	65			4	2	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	2	.91	0.062	.16	0.01%	1.14	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
19	135	89	Jul 15	SFG		PHI	L,1-2	GS-8	L(3-9)	7	8.0	6	2	1	2	6	1	1	4.15	3.56	34	12	7	0	2	6	68			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.41	-0.057	.37	-0.01%	1.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
20	136	93	Jul 20	SFG		NYM	W,5-1	GS-6	W(4-9)	4	5.1	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.04	3.53	25	2	9	1	2	7	51			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.126	.13	0.01%	0.84	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a4
21	137	97	Jul 25	SFG		MON	W,3-2	GS-8	W(5-9)	4	8.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.86	3.43	29	6	12	0	0	5	72			1	0	0	26	0	0	1	1	1	1	.89	0.261	.11	0.02%	2.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
22	138	101	Jul 30	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-10)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.86	3.49	28	11	4	1	0	6	54			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.130	.09	-0.01%	-0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
23	139	106	Aug 3	SFG	@	ATL	W,6-3	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	5	2	1	0	3.88	3.63	28	8	8	1	0	5	47			1	0	0	23	0	0	2	0	0	0	.97	-0.070	.23	-0.01%	-0.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
24	140	111	Aug 8(1)	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS-6		4	5.1	4	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.80	3.60	24	9	4	1	0	4	55			3	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.45	-0.153	.73	-0.05%	-0.44	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d1
25	141	117	Aug 13	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-6	GS-6	L(5-11)	4	5.0	10	4	4	4	4	0	1	3.92	3.62	29	5	5	0	1	10	31			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.115	1.46	-0.12%	-1.12	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out d2
26	142	122	Aug 19	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-6	GS-4	L(5-12)	5	4.0	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.05	3.62	19	7	4	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.251	1.71	-0.25%	-2.12	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
27	143	127	Aug 24	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-8	GS-2	L(5-13)	4	1.1	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.24	3.69	10	2	1	0	1	3	28			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	-0.196	1.75	-0.13%	-1.95	1b start a 2	2b 12- 1 out a1
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
28	144	133	Sep 1	SFG		CHC	L,6-7	6-6	BL(5-14)	7	0.2	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.28	3.70	8	1	2	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.90	-0.488	.44	-0.07%	-3.28	6t --- 0 out a1	6t 123 2 out d2
29	145	145	Sep 15	SFG		CIN	W,5-4	7-8	W(6-14)	13	2.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.23	3.70	9	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	2	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.095	.58	0.04%	0.90	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
30	146	148	Sep 18	SFG		SDP	W,4-1	GS-7	W(7-14)	2	6.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.13	3.63	21	8	6	0	1	4	63			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.205	.50	0.06%	1.35	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a3
31	147	153	Sep 24	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-4		5	4.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.14	3.63	20	4	7	2	0	6	41			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.069	3.91	-0.16%	-0.22	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
32	148	157	Sep 28	SFG		ATL	L,3-8	3-3		3	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.19	3.65	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.058	19.98	-0.37%	-0.65	3t 12- 1 out d1	3t 123 1 out d1
33	149	159	Sep 30	SFG		HOU	W,7-6	9-9		1	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.23	3.72	5	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.346	6.92	-1.18%	-0.96	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 2 out d1
							15-18		W-L:7-14,BSv:1	4.1	170.1	193	91	80	81	102	9	5	4.23	3.72	765	1.21		5%	4%	191	48	2	0%	29	17	2	655	22	13	11	10	12	10	1.07	-3.121	.84	-3.20%	-14.87

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