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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	STL	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 19	STL	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	10 (3)	Apr 24	STL		HOU	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	14 (3)	Apr 29	STL		NYM	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18 (3)	May 4	STL		PHI	W,9-2	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
6	20 (1)	May 6	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	GF	2	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
7	23 (2)	May 9	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
8	29 (5)	May 15	STL		MLN	W,10-6	GS	19	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	34 (4)	May 20	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	P
10	40 (5)	May 27	STL		SFG	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
11	45 (4)	May 31 (2)	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	48 (2)	Jun 4	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
13	53 (4)	Jun 10 (1)	STL	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	58 (4)	Jun 14	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	63 (4)	Jun 19	STL		SFG	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	69 (5)	Jun 26	STL		PHI	L,5-6	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	73 (3)	Jun 29	STL		MLN	L,4-7	GF	16	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	77 (3)	Jul 3	STL	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
19	81 (3)	Jul 10	STL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
20	86 (4)	Jul 15	STL		LAD	L,3-13	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	88 (1)	Jul 17	STL		NYM	W,9-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	91 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	STL		NYM	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
23	95 (3)	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	L,1-9	GS	34	7.0	2	5	0	7	1	P
24	99 (3)	Jul 28	STL	@	CHC	W,12-7	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	103 (3)	Aug 1	STL		CIN	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	107 (3)	Aug 6	STL		CHC	W,5-3	GS	38	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	P
27	111 (3)	Aug 10	STL		SFG	W,2-1	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	115 (3)	Aug 15	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	26	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	P
29	120 (4)	Aug 19	STL	@	HOU	L,7-8	GS	27	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
30	124 (3)	Aug 24	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	P
31	128 (3)	Aug 29	STL		LAD	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	132 (3)	Sep 2	STL		MLN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	137 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	P
34	141 (3)	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
35	145 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	147 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
37	152 (4)	Sep 24 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
38	157 (4)	Sep 28	STL		PHI	W,5-1	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	160 (2)	Oct 2	STL		NYM	L,0-1	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	162 (1)	Oct 4	STL		NYM	W,11-5		20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
							40gm		287.1	24	36	6	66	4