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: 25-15 / in Starts: 23-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 4

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	144	2	Apr 15	STL	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.00	3.38	37	11	17	6	0	1	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.228	2.09	0.27%	1.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	145	6	Apr 19	STL	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	4	1	1	7	8	0	0	1.50	3.27	37	2	16	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.86	0.217	2.06	0.31%	2.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
3	146	10	Apr 24	STL		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	1.73	3.14	30	7	8	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.145	2.31	0.20%	1.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	147	14	Apr 29	STL		NYM	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.0	3	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.18	3.48	29	6	13	3	0	1	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.068	1.55	-0.09%	0.04	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
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
5	148	18	May 4	STL		PHI	W,9-2	GS-4		4	4.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.19	3.55	16	4	7	4	1	3	50			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.087	2.84	0.12%	0.96	1t start tie	4t 3 out a4
6	149	20	May 6	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	9-GF		1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.19	3.63	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.03	-0.199	7.40	-0.29%	-1.36	9b -2- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
7	150	23	May 9	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	W(3-0)	2	9.0	8	1	1	2	7	1	2	1.96	3.67	40	13	15	4	0	1	72			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.19	0.394	2.43	0.48%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	151	29	May 15	STL		MLN	W,10-6	GS-4		5	3.0	8	4	4	3	0	1	0	2.57	4.05	19	4	4	0	0	8	24			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.217	3.88	-0.40%	-2.53	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out a2
9	152	34	May 20	STL		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	12	0	0	2.17	3.42	31	11	4	2	0	4	91			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.703	3.29	1.20%	4.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	153	40	May 27	STL		SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(4-1)	6	8.0	5	2	2	0	5	2	0	2.18	3.56	29	10	12	3	0	2	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.190	2.66	0.38%	1.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
11	154	45	May 31(2)	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.04	3.34	34	13	6	0	0	6	76			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.616	4.44	1.04%	3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	155	48	Jun 4	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-2)	3	8.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.06	3.34	31	12	7	1	0	6	66			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	.83	0.075	2.27	0.12%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
13	156	53	Jun 10(1)	STL	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(5-3)	5	8.0	7	3	3	3	5	1	0	2.18	3.41	34	11	14	2	0	1	58			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	1	0	.93	0.006	2.44	0.01%	0.66	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
14	157	58	Jun 14	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	3	6.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.41	3.38	25	4	11	4	0	6	44			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	2	0	.82	-0.153	1.30	-0.15%	-1.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
15	158	63	Jun 19	STL		SFG	W,3-1	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	8.0	6	1	1	3	8	1	0	2.31	3.38	32	10	11	2	2	0	71			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.12	0.348	2.17	0.41%	2.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
16	159	69	Jun 26	STL		PHI	L,5-6	GS-8		6	8.0	5	4	3	3	6	2	0	2.39	3.53	32	11	7	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	1	.87	-0.171	1.24	-0.15%	-0.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	160	73	Jun 29	STL		MLN	L,4-7	6-GF	BL(6-5)	2	3.1	5	4	3	1	4	1	0	2.55	3.57	16	2	4	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.517	1.92	-0.26%	-2.10	6t 12- 2 out a1	9t end d 3
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
18	161	77	Jul 3	STL	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(6-6)	3	7.0	9	4	3	3	8	0	0	2.63	3.46	31	6	5	0	0	9	50			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.145	1.03	-0.07%	-0.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
19	162	81	Jul 10	STL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	W(7-6)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	1	2.52	3.38	34	11	8	3	0	6	75			0	1	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	0.433	.61	0.12%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
20	163	86	Jul 15	STL		LAD	L,3-13	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	7.0	6	9	6	2	5	2	1	2.78	3.52	32	12	12	3	0	0	38			1	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	2	.53	-0.295	.67	-0.22%	-5.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out d8
21	164	88	Jul 17	STL		NYM	W,9-8	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.51	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.57	0.125	4.06	0.07%	0.36	9t --3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
22	165	91	Jul 19(2)	STL		NYM	W,7-6	CG	W(8-7)	1	9.0	10	6	6	4	11	1	1	2.97	3.50	40	16	7	3	2	1	50			2	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.343	.96	-0.23%	-1.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
23	166	95	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	L,1-9	GS-7	L(8-8)	4	7.0	9	7	6	4	3	0	1	3.18	3.52	34	10	8	2	2	8	32			1	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	1	.64	-0.244	.57	-0.13%	-3.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
24	167	99	Jul 28	STL	@	CHC	W,12-7	GS-6		3	6.0	10	6	6	1	8	1	0	3.40	3.48	30	5	6	0	0	10	35			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.462	1.03	-0.29%	-3.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
25	168	103	Aug 1	STL		CIN	L,5-6	GS-7	L(8-9)	3	7.0	8	6	6	1	5	1	0	3.58	3.48	29	6	9	1	0	8	41			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.443	1.62	-0.35%	-2.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
26	169	107	Aug 6	STL		CHC	W,5-3	GS-9	W(9-9)	4	8.2	11	3	2	2	9	0	0	3.50	3.37	38	9	7	1	0	11	59			0	0	0	36	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.06	0.239	.94	0.13%	1.97	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
27	170	111	Aug 10	STL		SFG	W,2-1	GS-7	W(10-9)	3	6.0	8	1	1	0	6	1	0	3.44	3.35	26	7	12	4	0	1	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.029	1.38	0.02%	0.95	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a1
28	171	115	Aug 15	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-7	L(10-10)	4	6.1	4	4	4	3	8	0	0	3.51	3.29	26	5	9	3	0	1	54			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.45	0.037	1.30	0.02%	0.45	1b start a 1	7b 123 1 out a2
29	172	120	Aug 19	STL	@	HOU	L,7-8	GS-6		3	6.0	8	4	4	1	8	0	1	3.59	3.22	27	6	3	1	0	8	47			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.244	1.53	-0.17%	-1.47	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d2
30	173	124	Aug 24	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(11-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	12	0	0	3.47	3.10	34	10	4	0	0	6	81			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.451	.43	0.10%	3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
31	174	128	Aug 29	STL		LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.37	3.15	36	12	10	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.293	.88	0.21%	3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				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
32	175	132	Sep 2	STL		MLN	W,6-2	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	7	2	1	1	8	0	1	3.27	3.08	35	8	10	0	0	7	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.182	.87	0.12%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	176	137	Sep 7(1)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	8	1	0	3.22	3.10	37	9	9	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	0.262	1.84	0.16%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
34	177	141	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-10)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.10	3.05	30	9	12	1	0	2	88			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.512	2.17	0.56%	4.20	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
35	178	145	Sep 15(2)	STL	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	W(16-10)	3	9.0	4	1	1	4	12	0	0	3.03	2.98	34	6	8	2	0	4	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.398	2.39	0.41%	3.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
36	179	147	Sep 19(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	L(16-11)	3	8.2	11	7	6	2	7	3	0	3.14	3.09	40	10	10	1	0	11	41			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.692	1.96	-0.57%	-2.94	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d2
37	180	152	Sep 24(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(17-11)	4	9.0	9	2	2	0	11	1	0	3.10	3.04	35	8	7	0	0	9	72			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.368	1.47	0.35%	2.00	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
38	181	157	Sep 28	STL		PHI	W,5-1	GS-9	W(18-11)	3	8.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.04	3.04	33	9	11	3	1	5	68			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.339	13.99	2.93%	1.92	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a4
39	182	160	Oct 2	STL		NYM	L,0-1	GS-8	L(18-12)	3	8.0	8	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.99	2.98	35	14	6	1	1	8	69			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.17	0.289	31.57	4.69%	2.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
40	183	162	Oct 4	STL		NYM	W,11-5	5-9	W(19-12)	1	4.0	2	2	2	5	2	0	1	3.01	3.02	20	4	6	0	3	2		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	0.080	60.52	2.32%	0.73	5t -2- 1 out d1	9t 12- 1 out a7
							25-15		W-L:19-12,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.4	287.1	250	106	96	86	245	25	9	3.01	3.02	1191	0.97		10%	2%	192	61	5	20%	12	2	0	1079	34	5	9	16	5	15	1.10	2.853	4.03	13.37%	28.80

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