Rich Gale
Kansas City Royals 1978–1981; San Francisco Giants 1982; Cincinnati Reds 1983; Boston Red Sox 1984
Percentile snapshot
1982 season — qualified pitchers
of 90 qualified 1982 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.6 |
| 1979 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.9 |
| 1980 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.2 |
| 1982 | 33 | 54 | 48 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .208 | .208 | .416 | 16.8 | 17.6 | .207 | 0.4 |
| 1983 | 33 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .150 | .227 | .350 | .577 | 52.2 | 55.5 | .267 | -1.2 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 171 | 66 | 100 | 88 | 10 | 192.3 | 3.09 | 1.409 | 4.12 | 3.92 | 102.1 | 124.4 | 3.6 |
| 1979 | 34 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 197 | 114 | 99 | 103 | 19 | 181.7 | 5.65 | 1.629 | 5.10 | 4.69 | 109.5 | 75.9 | -0.9 |
| 1980 | 32 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 169 | 83 | 78 | 97 | 16 | 190.7 | 3.92 | 1.295 | 4.58 | 4.09 | 100.2 | 104.3 | 2.2 |
| 1981 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 61 | 38 | 47 | 14 | 101.7 | 5.40 | 1.426 | 4.16 | 4.59 | 126.5 | 67.2 | -1.2 |
| 1982 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 193 | 80 | 81 | 102 | 9 | 170.3 | 4.23 | 1.609 | 5.39 | 3.75 | 104.7 | 84.8 | 0.4 |
| 1983 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 58 | 43 | 53 | 8 | 89.7 | 5.82 | 1.628 | 5.32 | 4.12 | 109.5 | 64.7 | -1.2 |
| 1984 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 27 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 43.7 | 5.56 | 1.718 | 5.77 | 4.56 | 109.9 | 74.5 | -0.3 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-06-05 | SF @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1983-08-31 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1982-06-17 | SF @ CIN Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1983-04-30 | CIN @ WSH Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1982-05-04 | PHI @ SF Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-06-26 | KC @ LAA Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978-07-28 | KC @ BOS Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981-05-24 | MIN @ KC Gameday | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 1979-06-22 | KC @ LAA Gameday | 7.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 1982-07-07 | SF @ NYM Gameday | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.