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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Team Record in Appearances: 24-12 / in Starts: 22-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	108	6	Apr 16	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GS-7		99	7.0	6	3	1	3	4	0	0	1.29	2.62	31	8	10	1	0	6	58			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.092	1.83	-0.13%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
2	109	12	Apr 21(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,10-5	GS-4		4	3.2	4	5	5	7	2	1	0	5.06	5.39	21	4	4	1	0	4	28			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.387	1.78	-0.55%	-4.04	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out a3
3	110	17	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	W,8-7	GS-4		4	3.0	6	7	7	2	3	2	0	8.56	6.65	17	5	6	3	0	1	20			4	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.446	3.00	-0.85%	-6.15	1b start tie	4b 1-3 0 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	111	24	May 4	STL	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	7	6.0	6	4	4	4	5	2	0	7.78	6.80	28	7	6	1	0	6	45			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.223	2.19	-0.49%	-1.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
5	112	29	May 9	STL		LAD	W,10-7	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.2	11	5	5	3	6	0	2	7.52	5.82	34	7	14	7	0	2	35			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	1	0	.99	-0.139	2.99	-0.25%	-2.15	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
6	113	34	May 14	STL	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	1	6.82	4.95	33	12	6	1	0	6	58			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.196	2.77	-0.41%	-0.64	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	114	39	May 19	STL		CIN	L,6-10	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	6.0	9	10	5	4	4	0	1	6.92	4.76	33	8	7	2	0	9	24			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	2	1	.89	-0.582	2.33	-0.92%	-7.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
8	115	43	May 24	STL		NYM	W,10-4	GS-9	W(2-3)	4	8.0	4	4	3	8	6	0	1	6.33	4.69	39	12	8	0	0	4	58			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.89	-0.022	2.12	-0.03%	-0.64	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a6
9	116	46	May 26(2)	STL		NYM	L,2-3	11-GF(11)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.20	4.67	4	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.139	3.10	-0.25%	0.08	11t -2- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
10	117	48	May 29	STL		HOU	W,3-2	3-9		2	6.1	7	2	2	0	4	1	0	5.82	4.51	25	8	6	1	0	7		1	0	1	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.106	4.85	0.19%	1.02	3t 1-- 2 out tie	9t 3 out tie
11	118	50	May 31	STL		SFG	W,6-5	9-GF	W(3-3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.72	4.44	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.131	7.75	0.35%	0.47	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	119	54	Jun 6	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-6	W(4-3)	5	5.2	5	3	2	4	3	1	1	5.49	4.61	28	4	11	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.089	3.99	-0.20%	-0.87	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
13	120	59	Jun 11	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	8	0	0	4.92	4.29	37	4	15	0	0	6	75			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.432	6.30	1.16%	2.82	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
14	121	63	Jun 16(1)	STL		PIT	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.1	7	3	3	2	5	0	1	4.81	4.11	31	4	12	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.50	-0.168	6.43	-0.43%	-0.18	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out tie
15	122	69	Jun 22	STL		LAD	W,2-1	GS-8	W(6-3)	5	7.2	7	1	1	1	5	1	1	4.48	4.07	31	8	14	5	0	2	65			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.258	8.76	0.89%	2.15	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a1
16	123	74	Jun 28	STL	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	W(7-3)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	13	0	0	4.25	3.71	36	7	8	4	0	6	78			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	1	1	.41	0.169	1.91	0.48%	1.59	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	124	79	Jul 3	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS-7	L(7-4)	4	6.2	9	5	5	1	3	0	0	4.41	3.60	29	9	13	7	0	3	38			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	2	0	.66	-0.120	4.13	-0.45%	-2.65	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d5
18	125	84	Jul 7(2)	STL	@	SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	8	0	2	4.05	3.47	37	7	12	0	2	6	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.480	4.87	1.03%	3.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
19	126	87	Jul 12	STL		MLN	W,5-3	GS-8	W(9-4)	4	7.2	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.94	3.53	32	8	11	3	0	9	53			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.131	2.50	0.24%	1.31	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
20	127	93	Jul 17	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	12	0	1	3.74	3.39	36	6	8	1	0	5	81			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.438	3.34	0.67%	2.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
21	128	97	Jul 21	STL		HOU	W,9-4	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	8	4	4	6	7	0	0	3.75	3.36	41	10	10	2	0	8	56			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.166	.81	0.21%	0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
22	129	101	Jul 26	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(12-4)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.58	3.29	33	12	11	1	0	4	77			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.345	2.96	0.63%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
23	130	106	Jul 31	STL		CIN	L,2-9	GS-4	L(12-5)	4	4.0	8	6	5	1	2	1	0	3.79	3.35	20	4	5	0	0	8	25			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	.83	-0.399	3.57	-1.03%	-4.13	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	131	111	Aug 4(2)	STL		PHI	L,2-5	GS-8	L(12-6)	3	7.0	10	4	4	0	8	1	0	3.85	3.29	31	9	4	0	0	10	49			0	1	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.334	5.48	-0.90%	-1.21	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out d1
25	132	115	Aug 9	STL	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(12-7)	4	8.0	6	6	5	4	6	1	2	3.94	3.37	35	12	5	2	0	6	50			1	1	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	1	.55	-0.285	1.49	-0.46%	-2.64	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
26	133	119	Aug 14	STL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(13-7)	4	9.0	8	2	1	1	10	0	0	3.78	3.22	35	10	6	2	0	8	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.70	0.415	5.40	0.79%	2.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	134	123	Aug 19	STL		SFG	W,8-7	GS-6		4	5.1	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.82	3.22	23	8	4	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.306	3.36	-0.53%	-1.57	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out tie
28	135	127	Aug 23	STL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	W(14-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	12	0	0	3.69	3.07	32	6	8	2	0	5	84			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.236	1.28	0.29%	2.59	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a3
29	136	132	Aug 28	STL	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(14-8)	4	8.0	8	5	5	3	4	4	0	3.77	3.32	34	12	7	0	1	8	47			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.45	-0.326	1.09	-0.48%	-1.64	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	137	136	Sep 2(1)	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	W(15-8)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.64	3.30	36	9	11	1	0	7	74			3	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.420	3.50	0.73%	3.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	138	141	Sep 6(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(16-8)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.53	3.26	34	14	7	0	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.59	0.229	2.51	0.58%	2.82	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	139	146	Sep 10	STL		CHC	W,8-0	SHO	W(17-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.39	3.23	35	9	12	1	0	6	77			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.135	2.52	0.60%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
33	140	150	Sep 14	STL		MLN	W,3-2	GS-9	W(18-8)	3	8.0	5	2	1	5	7	1	0	3.31	3.26	35	14	4	0	0	5	68			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.26	-0.087	10.30	-0.43%	0.39	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a1
34	141	155	Sep 18	STL		LAD	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.1	7	4	4	1	9	0	0	3.36	3.18	31	15	6	4	0	0	56			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.018	7.12	-0.09%	-0.14	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
35	142	158	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-8	L(18-9)	5	7.1	6	6	5	4	3	1	0	3.44	3.23	32	13	6	0	0	6	43			0	1	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.24	-0.352	.04	-0.01%	-3.04	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d3
36	143	162	Sep 29	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	7	2	2	1	11	0	0	3.39	3.13	36	10	7	0	0	7	75			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.31	0.180	.00	0.00%	2.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
							24-12		W-L:18-9	3.7	254.2	224	110	96	96	204	19	13	3.39	3.13	1088	1.04		9%	1%	192	57	2	50%	21	9	0	962	32	4	1	19	7	22	.97	-0.439	3.44	-0.06%	-3.05

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