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	23-23 / in Starts: 21-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 111 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	75 (35-24-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 111 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
J Javier	3
M Shannon	1
C Smith	1
P Corrales	1
P Gagliano	1
Self	1
D Maxvill	0

Most Driven In By
C Flood	4
L Brock	3
Self	1
C Smith	1
P Gagliano	0
J Javier	0
T McCarver	0

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 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	268	1	Apr 13	STL		PHI	L,2-3	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	4.30	-0.107	8.82	-0.13%	-0.41	PH
2	269	3 (1)	Apr 15	STL	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.62	-0.070	1.12	-0.08%	-1.35	P
3	270	5 (1)	Apr 17	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	5.11	0.257	9.10	0.28%	1.35	PH
4	271	7 (1)	Apr 21	STL	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.54	-0.067	2.52	-0.07%	-0.13	P
5	272	12 (4)	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	.67	0.030	1.51	0.04%	0.14	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
6	273	17 (4)	May 1	STL	@	SFG	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.09	-0.082	2.01	-0.09%	-0.65	P
7	274	20 (2)	May 6	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9	.71	-0.023	1.05	-0.02%	-0.19	P
8	275	23 (2)	May 10	STL	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.304	.435	.739	9	.66	0.087	.59	0.05%	1.18	P
9	276	24	May 12	STL		ATL	W,4-3	9-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.458	.792	9	2.21	0.071	2.07	0.04%	0.26	PH
10	277	26 (1)	May 14	STL		ATL	L,0-3	GS-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.320	.440	.760	9	1.73	-0.050	2.05	-0.04%	-0.46	P
11	278	28 (1)	May 17	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.423	.731	9	1.48	-0.041	1.80	-0.03%	-0.30	PH
12	279	29	May 18	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.379	.655	9	1.00	-0.077	1.16	-0.05%	-1.45	P
13	280	33 (3)	May 22	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.242	.344	.586	9	2.16	-0.148	1.83	-0.08%	-0.93	P
14	281	36 (2)	May 26	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.250	.371	.621	9	1.32	-0.037	1.17	-0.02%	-0.15	P
15	282	37	May 27	STL		CIN	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.243	.361	.604	1	4.27	-0.177	4.70	-0.12%	-0.57	PH
16	283	40 (2)	May 30	STL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.250	.359	.609	9	.67	0.000	.89	0.00%	-0.06	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
17	284	44 (3)	Jun 3	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.233	.333	.566	9	1.49	-0.144	1.09	-0.06%	-1.18	P
18	285	48 (3)	Jun 7	STL	@	PIT	L,1-9	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.239	.318	.557	9	.84	-0.020	.56	-0.01%	-0.05	P
19	286	52 (3)	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.240	.313	.553	9	.65	-0.044	.64	-0.03%	-0.60	P
20	287	53	Jun 12	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.235	.306	.541	9	1.99	-0.046	2.40	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
21	288	57 (3)	Jun 15	STL		PIT	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.259	.346	.605	9	.98	-0.056	1.07	-0.04%	-0.64	P
22	289	62 (4)	Jun 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.250	.333	.583	9	.38	-0.020	.39	-0.01%	-0.62	P
23	290	66 (3)	Jun 23	STL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.232	.241	.321	.563	9	2.34	-0.126	2.13	-0.07%	-0.83	P
24	291	68 (1)	Jun 25	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.241	.321	.563	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
25	292	70 (1)	Jun 27	STL		SFG	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.250	.328	.578	9	1.40	-0.003	1.02	0.00%	0.03	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
26	293	74 (3)	Jul 2	STL	@	LAD	L,2-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.254	.328	.582	9	1.26	-0.047	.51	-0.01%	-0.29	P
27	294	80 (5)	Jul 8	STL		HOU	L,1-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.250	.323	.573	9	.44	-0.011	.14	0.00%	-0.09	P
28	295	94 (13)	Jul 23	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.254	.338	.592	9	1.78	0.211	1.04	0.07%	0.60	P
29	296	99 (4)	Jul 28	STL	@	ATL	W,7-5	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.246	.328	.575	9	.61	-0.067	.49	-0.03%	-1.11	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
30	297	104 (4)	Aug 2	STL		CIN	L,3-6	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.232	.250	.319	.569	9	1.85	-0.036	1.94	-0.02%	-0.23	P
31	298	105	Aug 3	STL		CIN	L,1-3	16-GF(16)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.250	.319	.569	6						PR
32	299	109 (3)	Aug 7 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.253	.319	.573	9	.86	-0.026	.64	-0.01%	-0.48	P
33	300	115 (5)	Aug 13	STL		NYM	W,9-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.240	.266	.320	.586	9	.29	0.017	.15	0.01%	0.49	P
34	301	117 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	STL		NYM	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.266	.320	.586	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
35	302	120 (2)	Aug 18	STL	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.272	.338	.609	9	1.26	-0.018	.29	0.00%	-0.24	P
36	303	125 (4)	Aug 23	STL	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.265	.329	.594	9	1.18	-0.068	.17	-0.01%	-0.91	P
37	304	128 (2)	Aug 27	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.256	.317	.573	9	.62	-0.048	.06	0.00%	-0.65	P
38	305	133 (4)	Aug 31	STL		ATL	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.253	.313	.566	9	.65	-0.016	.01	0.00%	-0.15	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
39	306	138 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	STL		HOU	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.244	.302	.547	9	.48	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
40	307	140 (1)	Sep 6	STL		HOU	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.244	.302	.547	9						PR
41	308	143 (2)	Sep 10	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.247	.303	.551	9	1.56	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.57	P
42	309	147 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.237	.290	.527	9	.61	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
43	310	150 (2)	Sep 18	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.237	.290	.527	1						PR
44	311	152 (1)	Sep 21	STL	@	ATL	L,0-4	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.232	.284	.517	9	.56	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
45	312	156 (3)	Sep 26	STL		LAD	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.228	.278	.506	9	1.06	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
46	313	161 (4)	Oct 1	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.221	.270	.491	9	.72	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.69	P
							23-23		111	100	11	20	4	0	1	8	3	0	35	0	7	1	0	0	3	2	.200	.221	.270	.491		1.15	-1.164	1.07	-0.58%	-13.03

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