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

Summary of 82 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 30 go ahead

4 Tms
KCR	59
SFG	9
CIN	8
BOS	6

Platoon
vs RHB	46
vs LHB	36

Home/Road
Away	44
Home	38

Outs
1	30
2	30
0	22

21 Opps
BOS	9
NYY	8
CAL	7
TEX	6
MIN	5
SEA	5
BAL	5
CLE	5
TOR	5
PHI	4
MIL	4
DET	3
ATL	3
OAK	2
SDP	2
CHC	2
NYM	2
HOU	2
LAD	1
MON	1
CHW	1

67 Batters
John Mayberry	3
Jim Rice	2
Bobby Bonds	2
Jorge Orta	2
Mitchell Page	2
Gorman Thomas	2
Carl Yastrzemski	2
Oscar Gamble	2
Dwight Evans	2
Buddy Bell	2
Rick Burleson	2
Joe Rudi	2
Reggie Jackson	2
John Castino	2
Chris Chambliss	1
Dave Kingman	1
Luis Salazar	1
Don Baylor	1
Leon Durham	1
Gary Matthews	1
Bruce Bochte	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Bob Horner	1
Tom Paciorek	1
George Foster	1
Richie Zisk	1
Pat Putnam	1
Andre Dawson	1
Dale Murphy	1
Pete Mackanin	1
Don Money	1
Dave Henderson	1
Lance Parrish	1
Glenn Adams	1
Terry Kennedy	1
George Vukovich	1
Gary Gray	1
Kurt Bevacqua	1
Buck Martinez	1
Fred Lynn	1
Steve Kemp	1
Jerry Mumphrey	1
Al Bumbry	1
Willie Horton	1
Eddie Murray	1
Mike Young	1
Phil Garner	1
Rico Carty	1
Andre Thornton	1
Steve Carlton	1
Ben Oglivie	1
Larry Sheets	1
Mel Hall	1
Carney Lansford	1
Graig Nettles	1
Bobby Grich	1
Willie Aikens	1
Brian Downing	1
Rod Carew	1
Mike Marshall	1
Cliff Johnson	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Larry Milbourne	1
Tom Brookens	1
Gary Alexander	1
Harry Spilman	1
Bo Díaz	1

22 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	26
Fenway Pk (BOS)	11
3Com Park (SFO)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
County Stad (MIL)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	29
7	28
8	7
78	5
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	54
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	24
12-	8
-2-	7
-23	3
1-3	3
123	2

147 Runs
RISP	23
0 on	35
1 on	31
2 on	14
3 on	2
Any on	47

Inning
1	14
2	4
3	11
4	7
5	7
6	12
7	13
8	10
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	29
4-6	26
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	4
+2	4
+1	11
Tied	25
-1	8
-2	7
-3	4
-4..	16

Ahead	22
Tied	25
Behind	35

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
DH	16
LF	13
1B	11
3B	11
CF	9
RF	8
C	5
2B	4
SS	4
P	1

OrderPos
4th	25
5th	13
2nd	13
3rd	9
6th	8
7th	7
9th	3
1st	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	22
Medium Lev	29
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-05-20	Rod Carew	MIN	@	KCR	behind 1-5	t 8	1	-2-	2	2	3	6%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Norwood Scores
2	2	2	1	1978-06-30	Mitchell Page	OAK		KCR	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	3	7	22%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1978-07-04	Joe Rudi	CAL	@	KCR	behind 0-2	t 8	0	---	1	7	7	12%	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	2	1978-07-04	Don Baylor	CAL	@	KCR	behind 1-3	t 9	1	1--	2	4	DH	36%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Bostock Scores/unER
5	5	5	1	1978-07-19	Bobby Bonds	TEX	@	KCR	behind 0-9	t 4	0	-23	3	5	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Sundberg Scores; A. Oliver Scores
6	6	6	2	1978-07-19	Kurt Bevacqua	TEX	@	KCR	behind 3-10	t 7	0	---	1	7	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1978-08-06	John Mayberry	TOR	@	KCR	behind 1-8	t 6	1	---	1	5	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1978-08-25	Richie Zisk	TEX		KCR	tied 2-2	b 6	2	123	4	6	DH	35%	95%		Home Run (LF-CF); K. Bevacqua Scores; A. Oliver Scores; B. Bonds Scores
9	9	9	1	1978-09-09 (1)	Joe Rudi	CAL		KCR	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	---	1	5	7	12%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1978-09-15	Carney Lansford	CAL	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1	2	5	17%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1979-04-15	Rico Carty	TOR		KCR	behind 3-6	b 3	1	---	1	4	DH	9%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	2	1	1979-04-22	Rick Burleson	BOS		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	10%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	3	1	1979-04-26	Bobby Bonds	CLE	@	KCR	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	1	3	9	12%	77%		Home Run (Deep CF)
14	14	4	2	1979-04-26	Gary Alexander	CLE	@	KCR	behind 3-4	t 9	0	---	1	5	2	33%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
15	15	5	1	1979-05-21	Willie Horton	SEA	@	KCR	behind 2-4	t 3	1	1-3	3	4	DH	22%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jones Scores; B. Bochte Scores
16	16	6	1	1979-05-26	John Castino	MIN		KCR	behind 1-5	b 7	0	1--	2	9	5	12%	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Wilfong Scores
17	17	7	1	1979-06-12	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	KCR	tied 4-4	t 8	1	1--	2	5	3	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Lynn Scores
18	18	8	1	1979-06-17	Gorman Thomas	MIL		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	8	17%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Cooper Scores
19	19	9	2	1979-06-17	Gorman Thomas	MIL		KCR	ahead 4-1	b 8	2	---	1	4	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	10	1	1979-06-22	Brian Downing	CAL		KCR	behind 1-8	b 8	2	12-	3	6	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Lansford Scores; W. Aikens Scores
21	21	11	1	1979-06-30	Willie Aikens	CAL	@	KCR	behind 0-3	t 4	1	1--	2	5	3	16%	35%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Baylor Scores
22	22	12	2	1979-06-30	Bobby Grich	CAL	@	KCR	behind 2-3	t 5	0	---	1	1	4	13%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	13	1	1979-07-05	Jim Rice	BOS		KCR	behind 1-4	b 5	2	---	1	4	7	9%	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	14	1	1979-07-10	Andre Thornton	CLE		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	DH	18%	70%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Norris Scores
25	25	15	1	1979-07-14	Buddy Bell	TEX	@	KCR	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	123	4	2	5	25%	87%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Grubb Scores; M. Jorgensen Scores; J. Sundberg Scores
26	26	16	1	1979-07-20	Cliff Johnson	CLE	@	KCR	behind 0-8	t 7	1	---	1	5	DH	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	17	1	1979-07-24	Jorge Orta	CHW		KCR	behind 0-4	b 3	2	1-3	3	4	4	23%	39%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Morrison Scores; M. Squires Scores
28	28	18	1	1979-08-06	John Mayberry	TOR		KCR	tied 0-0	b 3	2	12-	3	4	3	27%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Griffin Scores; R. Howell Scores
29	29	19	1	1979-08-10 (1)	Steve Kemp	DET	@	KCR	behind 1-2	t 6	1	1--	2	4	7	28%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1980-04-17	Eddie Murray	BAL		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	18%	71%		Home Run; K. Garcia Scores
31	31	2	2	1980-04-17	Al Bumbry	BAL		KCR	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	---	1	1	8	3%	96%		Home Run
32	32	3	1	1980-04-26	Doug DeCinces	BAL	@	KCR	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	1--	2	7	5	11%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lowenstein Scores
33	33	4	1	1980-05-02	Rick Burleson	BOS	@	KCR	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	6	15%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	5	1	1980-05-11	Fred Lynn	BOS		KCR	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	3	8	16%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Burleson Scores
35	35	6	2	1980-05-11	Jim Rice	BOS		KCR	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	---	1	4	DH	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	7	1	1980-06-11 (2)	Jorge Orta	CLE		KCR	behind 4-5	b 7	1	-2-	2	2	9	37%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Rosello Scores
37	37	8	1	1980-06-22	Don Money	MIL	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	10%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	9	1	1980-07-15	Dwight Evans	BOS		KCR	behind 1-7	b 7	1	1--	2	8	9	3%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Dwyer Scores
39	39	10	1	1980-07-20	Reggie Jackson	NYY		KCR	behind 0-7	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	3%	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	11	2	1980-07-20	Bobby Murcer	NYY		KCR	behind 1-7	b 4	0	---	1	2	7	3%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	12	1	1980-07-25	Reggie Jackson	NYY	@	KCR	behind 0-4	t 6	2	---	1	4	DH	4%	10%		Home Run (LF-CF)
42	42	13	1	1980-08-18	Buddy Bell	TEX		KCR	behind 0-6	b 6	2	1--	2	4	5	4%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Rivers Scores
43	43	14	2	1980-08-18	Pat Putnam	TEX		KCR	behind 2-6	b 7	0	---	1	6	3	5%	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	15	1	1980-09-12	Mitchell Page	OAK		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	DH	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	16	1	1980-09-28	Glenn Adams	MIN		KCR	behind 5-7	b 7	2	1--	2	5	DH	34%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Cubbage Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1981-04-24	Ben Oglivie	MIL		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	7	23%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Edwards Scores; C. Cooper Scores
47	47	2	1	1981-05-15	Dwight Evans	BOS		KCR	behind 0-3	b 5	1	1--	2	2	9	19%	37%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Remy Scores
48	48	3	2	1981-05-15	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		KCR	behind 2-3	b 5	1	---	1	3	DH	16%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	4	1	1981-05-19	Oscar Gamble	NYY		KCR	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	7%	19%		Home Run (CF-RF)
50	50	5	1	1981-05-24	Pete Mackanin	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	1--	2	7	6	19%	90%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Goodwin Scores
51	51	6	1	1981-05-29	John Castino	MIN		KCR	behind 0-1	b 7	1	---	1	5	5	24%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	7	1	1981-06-03	Tom Paciorek	SEA	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 3	2	12-	3	2	7	30%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cruz Scores; J. Simpson Scores
53	53	8	2	1981-06-03	Gary Gray	SEA	@	KCR	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	1--	2	6	DH	10%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Burroughs Scores
54	54	9	3	1981-06-03	Bruce Bochte	SEA	@	KCR	behind 5-11	t 6	0	---	1	3	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	10	1	1981-06-08	Jerry Mumphrey	NYY	@	KCR	tied 1-1	t 3	0	1--	2	2	8	19%	73%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Randolph Scores; J. Mumphrey Scores
56	56	11	1	1981-08-17	John Mayberry	TOR	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	DH	20%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Moseby Scores
57	57	12	1	1981-08-23	Larry Milbourne	NYY		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	11%	63%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
58	58	13	2	1981-08-23	Graig Nettles	NYY		KCR	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	12-	3	6	5	22%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Winfield Scores; O. Gamble Scores
59	59	14	3	1981-08-23	Oscar Gamble	NYY		KCR	ahead 6-0	b 2	2	1--	2	4	DH	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Winfield Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1982-04-20	Luis Salazar	SDP		SFG	ahead 4-1	b 3	2	1--	2	7	5	9%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Lezcano Scores/unER; L. Salazar Scores/unER
61	61	2	1	1982-04-30	Dave Kingman	NYM	@	SFG	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	4	3	23%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Backman Scores
62	62	3	1	1982-05-04	Steve Carlton	PHI	@	SFG	tied 0-0	t 2	2	12-	3	9	1	28%	78%		Home Run; B. Díaz Scores; M. Trillo Scores
63	63	4	2	1982-05-04	George Vukovich	PHI	@	SFG	tied 4-4	t 5	1	1-3	3	6	9	25%	84%		Home Run; G. Matthews Scores; B. Díaz Scores/unER
64	64	5	1	1982-06-27	Terry Kennedy	SDP	@	SFG	tied 1-1	t 6	1	-2-	2	6	2	25%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jones Scores
65	65	6	1	1982-07-15	Gary Matthews	PHI	@	SFG	behind 0-1	t 8	0	1--	2	3	7	44%	76%		Home Run; P. Rose Scores/unER
66	66	7	1	1982-07-30	Phil Garner	HOU		SFG	tied 0-0	b 4	0	12-	3	6	4	21%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cruz Scores; D. Heep Scores
67	67	8	1	1982-08-03	Bob Horner	ATL		SFG	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	5	5	17%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hubbard Scores
68	68	9	1	1982-09-30	Harry Spilman	HOU	@	SFG	tied 5-5	t 9	2	---	1	4	3	42%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1983-04-12	Dale Murphy	ATL		CIN	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	---	1	4	7	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	2	1	1983-05-04	Bo Díaz	PHI		CIN	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	-23	3	5	2	14%	87%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Morgan Scores; M. Schmidt Scores
71	71	3	1	1983-05-08	George Foster	NYM		CIN	behind 3-5	b 7	0	-23	3	4	7	34%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Brooks Scores; R. Ownbey Scores
72	72	4	1	1983-05-21	Leon Durham	CHC		CIN	ahead 5-3	b 6	2	12-	3	4	8	12%	97%		Home Run; J. Kennedy Scores; B. Buckner Scores
73	73	5	1	1983-07-25 (2)	Andre Dawson	MON	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	8	18%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Little Scores
74	74	6	1	1983-08-03	Mike Marshall	LAD		CIN	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--	2	4	9	15%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Baker Scores
75	75	7	1	1983-08-31	Mel Hall	CHC	@	CIN	behind 3-4	t 7	2	---	1	3	8	21%	43%		Home Run
76	76	8	1	1983-09-21 (1)	Chris Chambliss	ATL		CIN	ahead 5-1	b 3	0	---	1	5	3	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1984-06-23	Buck Martinez	TOR	@	BOS	ahead 4-1	t 4	0	---	1	8	2	6%	88%		Home Run
78	78	2	1	1984-07-14	Dave Henderson	SEA		BOS	ahead 4-3	b 8	1	---	1	7	8	8%	94%		Home Run
79	79	3	1	1984-08-06 (1)	Tom Brookens	DET	@	BOS	ahead 7-6	t 6	0	---	1	9	6	12%	78%		Home Run
80	80	4	1	1984-08-07 (2)	Lance Parrish	DET	@	BOS	tied 5-5	t 11	2	1--	2	4	2	48%	91%		Home Run; C. Lemon Scores
81	81	5	1	1984-09-23	Mike Young	BAL		BOS	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--	2	2	7	17%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bumbry Scores
82	82	6	1	1984-09-28	Larry Sheets	BAL	@	BOS	behind 2-4	t 7	1	1--	2	7	9	27%	46%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Traber Scores