Bob Gibson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 189lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: November 9, 1935 in Omaha, NE us

Died: October 2, 2020 in Omaha, NE

Buried: Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, NE

High School: Tech HS (Omaha, NE)

School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)

Debut: April 15, 1959 (Age 23-157d, 11,620th in major league history)
vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 3, 1975 (Age 39-298d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1981. (Voted by BBWAA on 337/401 ballots)
View Bob Gibson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Robert Gibson

Nicknames: Hoot or Gibby

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

89.2

251

174

ERA

2.91

528

482

3884.1

3117

WHIP

1.188

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-15 / in Starts: 22-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 100 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	72 (36-25-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 100 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
C Flood	4
J Javier	4
Self	3
G Altman	2
T McCarver	2
C Sawatski	1
D Carmel	1
C James	1

Most Driven In By
D Groat	6
Self	3
B White	2
C Flood	1

1963 Batting Game Log

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1963 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	145	6 (5)	Apr 16	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.02	-0.125	4.83	-0.18%	-1.16	P
2	146	12 (5)	Apr 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,10-5	GS-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	2.26	0.192	5.31	0.27%	1.31	P
3	147	17 (4)	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	W,8-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.72	-0.019	2.29	-0.04%	-0.19	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	148	24 (6)	May 4	STL	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	1.31	0.014	4.78	0.03%	0.06	P
5	149	29 (4)	May 9	STL		LAD	W,10-7	GS-7	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.500	.375	.875	9	1.05	0.091	3.16	0.16%	0.96	P
6	150	34 (4)	May 14	STL	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657	9	1.40	-0.121	4.87	-0.25%	-0.85	P
7	151	39 (4)	May 19	STL		CIN	L,6-10	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.308	.708	9	1.48	0.073	3.89	0.12%	0.78	P
8	152	43 (3)	May 24	STL		NYM	W,10-4	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.471	.839	9	.82	-0.007	1.96	-0.01%	0.78	P
9	153	46 (2)	May 26 (2)	STL		NYM	L,2-3	11-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.368	.471	.839	9						P
10	154	47	May 28	STL		HOU	W,8-7	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.368	.471	.839	4						PR
11	155	48	May 29	STL		HOU	W,3-2	3-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.421	.754	9	1.18	-0.056	3.51	-0.10%	-0.43	P
12	156	50 (1)	May 31	STL		SFG	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.333	.421	.754	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	157	54 (3)	Jun 6	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.333	.409	.742	9	.37	0.023	1.41	0.05%	0.15	P
14	158	59 (4)	Jun 11	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.321	.385	.706	9	.69	0.106	3.10	0.29%	0.42	P
15	159	63 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.357	.657	9	1.78	-0.126	7.62	-0.32%	-1.20	P
16	160	69 (5)	Jun 22	STL		LAD	W,2-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.333	.615	9	1.59	-0.052	9.14	-0.18%	-0.53	P
17	161	74 (4)	Jun 28	STL	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.294	.544	9	.35	-0.062	1.64	-0.18%	-1.28	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	162	77 (2)	Jul 1	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.250	.294	.544	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
19	163	79 (1)	Jul 3	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.237	.278	.515	9	1.09	-0.051	6.83	-0.19%	-0.31	P
20	164	84 (4)	Jul 7 (2)	STL	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.262	.282	.544	9	.56	-0.003	2.01	-0.01%	1.74	P
21	165	87 (2)	Jul 12	STL		MLN	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.244	.262	.506	9	.57	-0.046	1.73	-0.08%	-0.78	P
22	166	93 (5)	Jul 17	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.265	.267	.532	9	.97	0.040	2.46	0.06%	0.10	P
23	167	97 (3)	Jul 21	STL		HOU	W,9-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.275	.277	.551	9	.24	0.028	.49	0.04%	-0.17	P
24	168	101 (3)	Jul 26	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.283	.271	.554	9	1.49	0.011	4.52	0.02%	0.14	P
25	169	106 (4)	Jul 31	STL		CIN	L,2-9	GS-4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.296	.306	.602	9	.73	0.097	3.14	0.25%	1.09	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	170	111 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.281	.288	.569	9	1.75	-0.142	7.87	-0.38%	-1.02	P
27	171	115 (3)	Aug 9	STL	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.283	.327	.611	9	.78	0.074	2.11	0.12%	1.72	P
28	172	119 (3)	Aug 14	STL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.270	.310	.580	9	2.02	-0.154	6.42	-0.29%	-1.18	P
29	173	123 (3)	Aug 19	STL		SFG	W,8-7	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.262	.300	.562	9	1.29	0.006	3.68	0.01%	0.02	P
30	174	127 (3)	Aug 23	STL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.250	.286	.536	9	.17	-0.013	.36	-0.02%	-0.40	P
31	175	129 (1)	Aug 25	STL	@	HOU	L,1-3	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.250	.286	.536	9						PR
32	176	132 (2)	Aug 28	STL	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.268	.308	.575	9	1.05	0.224	2.55	0.33%	1.99	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	177	136 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.362	.642	9	.61	0.009	1.77	0.02%	1.10	P
34	178	141 (4)	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.278	.356	.635	9	.66	0.179	2.77	0.45%	1.02	P
35	179	143 (1)	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.278	.356	.635	9	3.49	0.093	11.95	0.19%	0.24	PR
36	180	146 (2)	Sep 10	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.280	.395	.675	9	.45	0.140	3.33	0.62%	2.05	P
37	181	150 (3)	Sep 14	STL		MLN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.294	.410	.704	9	.99	0.092	8.07	0.45%	0.76	P
38	182	153 (2)	Sep 16	STL		LAD	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.291	.405	.696	9	1.36	-0.033	31.24	-0.46%	-0.15	PH
39	183	155 (1)	Sep 18	STL		LAD	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.281	.390	.671	9	.36	-0.029	3.21	-0.15%	-0.59	P
40	184	158 (2)	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.272	.376	.648	9	1.10	-0.081	.04	0.00%	-0.45	P
41	185	162 (3)	Sep 29	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.274	.368	.642	9	.44	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
							26-15		100	87	12	18	3	1	3	20	8	0	35	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	.207	.274	.368	.642		.98	0.364	3.73	0.64%	5.64

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