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	24-17 / in Starts: 21-14
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	10 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	1 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 119 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	78 (41-21-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 119 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	70 (36-22-11)

Most Driven In
Self	5
J Javier	3
B White	3
T McCarver	3
M Shannon	2
D Groat	1
P Gagliano	1
D Maxvill	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
C Flood	4
K Boyer	2
D Groat	1
L Brock	1
P Gagliano	0

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 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	226	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	T,10-10	GS-4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.15	0.143	2.52	0.19%	2.14	P
2	227	5 (3)	Apr 17	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.27	0.031	.44	0.03%	0.21	P
3	228	9 (3)	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.91	-0.025	1.43	-0.02%	-0.28	P
4	229	12 (2)	Apr 28	STL	@	MLN	W,5-0	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.125	.200	.125	.325	9	.70	-0.017	.97	-0.01%	-0.31	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
5	230	16 (3)	May 2 (1)	STL		PIT	W,9-5	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.231	.200	.431	9	1.07	0.058	1.83	0.06%	0.32	P
6	231	21 (4)	May 7	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.235	.154	.389	9	.88	-0.046	1.60	-0.05%	-0.40	P
7	232	25 (3)	May 11	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.286	.294	.580	9	1.40	-0.058	1.89	-0.05%	-0.71	P
8	233	29 (3)	May 16 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.280	.429	.709	9	.56	-0.004	1.03	0.00%	0.38	P
9	234	34 (4)	May 20	STL		PHI	W,12-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.292	.310	.458	.769	9	.06	0.008	.15	0.01%	0.70	P
10	235	39 (4)	May 25	STL	@	LAD	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.290	.423	.713	9	1.02	-0.048	4.45	-0.13%	-0.33	P
11	236	44 (4)	May 30	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.257	.367	.624	9	1.44	-0.117	4.67	-0.23%	-0.71	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
12	237	49 (4)	Jun 4	STL		HOU	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.263	.364	.627	9	.87	-0.002	1.90	0.00%	0.05	P
13	238	52 (2)	Jun 8	STL		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.229	.268	.343	.611	9	1.63	-0.003	3.31	0.00%	0.00	P
14	239	56 (3)	Jun 12	STL		MLN	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.256	.324	.580	9	.92	-0.046	1.22	-0.04%	-0.33	P
15	240	61 (4)	Jun 16	STL		PIT	L,9-10	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.256	.324	.580	9						PR
16	241	62	Jun 17	STL		PIT	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.244	.308	.552	9	1.64	-0.077	1.10	-0.03%	-0.64	P
17	242	66 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.234	.293	.527	9	.81	-0.042	.58	-0.02%	-0.37	P
18	243	72 (5)	Jun 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.235	.356	.591	9	.38	0.113	.14	0.03%	1.21	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
19	244	77 (4)	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	W,7-6	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.235	.356	.591	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
20	245	78	Jul 2	STL	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.241	.354	.595	9	.37	-0.013	.16	0.00%	0.02	P
21	246	81 (2)	Jul 5	STL		SFG	W,3-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.241	.354	.595	7						PR
22	247	83 (1)	Jul 7	STL		SFG	L,2-4	GS-13	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.237	.340	.577	9	2.01	-0.211	2.27	-0.14%	-1.31	P
23	248	87 (3)	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	2-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.230	.327	.557	9	1.36	-0.060	.91	-0.02%	-0.79	P
24	249	89 (1)	Jul 16	STL		NYM	W,8-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.222	.316	.538	9	.95	-0.054	.51	-0.02%	-0.93	P
25	250	94 (4)	Jul 21	STL	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.215	.305	.520	9	.93	-0.044	.65	-0.02%	-0.33	P
26	251	99 (4)	Jul 26	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.217	.302	.519	9	.45	-0.022	.33	-0.01%	-0.59	P
27	252	103 (3)	Jul 31	STL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.219	.299	.518	9	2.29	-0.211	1.19	-0.07%	-1.33	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
28	253	109 (5)	Aug 5	STL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.224	.300	.524	9	.72	-0.016	.46	-0.01%	-0.13	P
29	254	112 (2)	Aug 8	STL		SFG	L,4-6	4-5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.234	.324	.558	9	1.09	0.093	.41	0.02%	1.00	PH
30	255	113	Aug 10	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.228	.315	.543	9	1.74	-0.089	.40	-0.01%	-0.70	P
31	256	118 (4)	Aug 15	STL		CIN	W,12-7	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.235	.360	.595	9	1.51	0.261	.10	0.01%	2.39	P
32	257	123 (4)	Aug 20	STL	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.205	.235	.346	.581	9	.34	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.70	P
33	258	129 (5)	Aug 25	STL		CHC	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.241	.350	.591	9	1.43	0.029	.01	0.00%	0.38	P
34	259	131 (1)	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	14-GF(14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.241	.350	.591	9						P
35	260	134 (2)	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.244	.386	.630	9	.41	0.099	.00	0.00%	0.51	P
Sep/Oct		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
36	261	138 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	STL		NYM	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.247	.384	.631	9	.52	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.80	P
37	262	143 (4)	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.242	.375	.617	9	1.13	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
38	263	145 (1)	Sep 14	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.245	.374	.619	9	1.38	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
39	264	150 (4)	Sep 19	STL		LAD	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.240	.366	.606	9	1.03	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
40	265	153 (2)	Sep 24	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.252	.375	.627	9	1.34	0.196	.00	0.00%	1.17	P
41	266	158 (4)	Sep 29	STL	@	SFG	W,8-6	GS-9	4	4	3	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.271	.420	.691	9	.64	0.087	.00	0.00%	3.25	P
42	267	162 (3)	Oct 3	STL	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.261	.404	.665	9	.53	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
							24-17		119	104	14	25	2	0	5	19	3	0	26	1	8	3	3	0	2	0	.240	.261	.404	.665		.95	-0.231	1.00	-0.53%	3.08

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