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	17-10 / in Starts: 16-8
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 74 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	51 (27-10-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 74 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (22-13-7)

Most Driven In
J Javier	2
M Shannon	1

Most Driven In By
C Flood	2
L Brock	2
R Maris	2

1967 Batting Game Log

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1967 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	314	1	Apr 11	STL		SFG	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.63	-0.080	1.32	-0.10%	-1.11	P
2	315	4 (2)	Apr 16	STL		HOU	W,11-8	GS-7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	9	.69	-0.024	1.88	-0.04%	-0.23	P
3	316	8 (3)	Apr 22	STL	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	1.17	0.062	3.64	0.12%	0.10	P
4	317	10 (1)	Apr 24	STL	@	LAD	L,5-6	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9						PR
5	318	13 (2)	Apr 27	STL	@	HOU	L,4-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	9	.51	-0.024	1.67	-0.05%	-0.22	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	319	16 (2)	May 1	STL		PIT	L,5-8	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
7	320	17	May 2	STL		CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.235	.071	.307	9	.54	-0.050	1.44	-0.08%	-0.49	P
8	321	21 (3)	May 7	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.190	.056	.246	9	1.87	-0.190	5.61	-0.34%	-0.97	P
9	322	26 (4)	May 14	STL		NYM	L,1-3	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.227	.105	.333	9	.46	0.014	1.38	0.02%	0.11	P
10	323	29 (2)	May 19	STL	@	NYM	W,6-3	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.231	.130	.361	9	.53	-0.037	1.52	-0.06%	-0.88	P
11	324	30	May 20	STL	@	NYM	W,11-9	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.231	.130	.361	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
12	325	33 (2)	May 24	STL	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.207	.115	.322	9	.89	-0.064	3.19	-0.14%	-0.47	P
13	326	38 (4)	May 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.242	.138	.380	9	1.14	0.005	5.90	0.02%	0.00	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
14	327	43 (4)	Jun 3	STL		CHC	L,5-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.229	.129	.358	9	.39	-0.020	1.63	-0.05%	-0.28	P
15	328	48 (4)	Jun 8	STL		HOU	W,6-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.243	.152	.395	9	.87	0.004	2.68	0.01%	0.64	P
16	329	55 (6)	Jun 14	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.268	.143	.411	9	.21	0.008	.93	0.02%	0.56	P
17	330	59 (3)	Jun 19	STL	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.256	.135	.391	9	1.65	-0.073	7.73	-0.20%	-0.46	P
18	331	64 (4)	Jun 24	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.239	.125	.364	9	.86	-0.095	4.59	-0.30%	-1.23	P
19	332	70 (5)	Jun 29	STL		SFG	L,4-12	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.239	.125	.364	9						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
20	333	75 (4)	Jul 3	STL		CIN	W,7-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.245	.140	.384	9	.05	-0.001	.34	0.00%	-0.29	P
21	334	80 (4)	Jul 8	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.226	.128	.354	9	1.46	-0.168	8.70	-0.60%	-1.19	P
22	335	85 (4)	Jul 15	STL		PIT	L,4-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	.77	-0.019	4.75	-0.07%	-0.20	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
23	336	141 (55)	Sep 7	STL	@	NYM	W,9-2	GS-6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.118	.328	9	.78	-0.060	.05	0.00%	-1.71	P
24	337	146 (4)	Sep 12	STL		PHI	W,6-0	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.233	.148	.381	9	.46	-0.004	.02	0.00%	0.42	P
25	338	151 (4)	Sep 18	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.238	.143	.381	9	.77	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
26	339	156 (4)	Sep 23	STL		ATL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.231	.138	.369	9	.58	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
27	340	159 (2)	Sep 29	STL	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	9	1.16	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
							17-10		74	60	7	8	0	0	0	3	8	0	26	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	.133	.235	.133	.369		.82	-0.848	2.59	-1.86%	-7.84

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