Rich Gale

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Full Name: Richard Blackwell Gale	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 7"/225	First Game: April 30, 1978
Birthdate: January 19, 1954	Final Game: September 28, 1984
Birthplace: Littleton, New Hampshire	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on January 19, 1954 in Littleton, New Hampshire, Rich Gale (Richard Blackwell Gale) played for the Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 7 year career. Gale broke into the bigs on April 30, 1978 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 3.09 ERA in 192.1 innings pitched in 1978, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Rich Gale's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1978, when he posted a 3.09 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 88 batters. However, others believe that it was 1980, when he posted a 3.92 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 97 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1978	KC	A	31	30	14	8	3.09	88	78	66	9	3	0	192.1	171	10	100	3	5	3
1979	KC	A	34	31	9	10	5.65	103	131	114	2	1	0	181.2	197	19	99	4	5	4
1980	KC	A	32	28	13	9	3.92	97	90	83	6	1	1	190.2	169	16	78	2	6	2
1981	KC	A	19	15	6	6	5.40	47	63	61	2	0	0	101.2	107	14	38	0	0	2
1982	SF	N	33	29	7	14	4.23	102	91	80	2	0	0	170.1	193	9	81	11	5	5
1983	CIN	N	33	7	4	6	5.82	53	64	58	0	0	1	89.2	103	8	43	8	3	1
1984	BOS	A	13	4	2	3	5.56	28	27	27	0	0	0	43.2	57	6	18	0	0	1
Total	NL		66	36	11	20	4.78	155	155	138	2	0	1	260	296	17	124	19	8	6
Total	AL		129	108	44	36	4.45	363	389	351	19	5	1	710	701	65	333	9	16	12
Total			195	144	55	56	4.54	518	544	489	21	5	2	970	997	82	457	28	24	18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1978	KC	A	P	31	30	192.1	3	26	4	1	0	2	15	13	0	.879
1979	KC	A	P	34	31	181.2	9	25	4	3	0	0	10	14	0	.895
1980	KC	A	P	32	28	190.2	10	26	1	1	0	3	28	8	1	.973
1981	KC	A	P	19	15	101.2	6	8	1	1	0	2	10	2	0	.933
1982	SF	N	P	33	29	170.1	10	31	1	1	0	1	29	17	2	.976
1983	CIN	N	P	33	7	89.2	7	10	2	0	0	0	7	5	0	.895
1984	BOS	A	P	13	4	43.2	4	3	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	1.000
Total			P	195	144	970	49	129	13	7	0	8	104	62	3	.932

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1978	KC	A	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	KC	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	KC	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	KC	A	19	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	SF	N	33	48	4	6	1	2	.125	.208	.208	1	0	5	34	0	1	0	0	0
1983	CIN	N	33	20	2	3	1	3	.150	.227	.350	1	0	2	16	0	1	0	0	0
1984	BOS	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		66	68	6	9	2	5	.132	.213	.250	2	0	7	50	0	2	0	0	0
Total	AL		129	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			195	68	6	9	2	5	.132	.213	.250	2	0	7	50	0	2	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1975).
Traded by Kansas City Royals with Bill Laskey to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Jerry Martin (December 11, 1981).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Mike Vail (January 5, 1983).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (November 9, 1983).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (February 20, 1984).
Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).

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