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: 13-12 / in Starts: 13-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	449	1	Apr 6	STL	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS-8		99	7.1	6	5	4	4	4	1	0	4.91	4.88	31	9	8	0	2	6	48			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	2	1	1	.76	0.006	1.20	0.01%	0.10	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a3
2	450	5	Apr 12	STL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	L(0-1)	5	9.0	6	2	1	2	7	0	0	2.76	3.12	37	13	9	0	1	6	74			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	2	.79	0.125	.94	0.09%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	451	9	Apr 17	STL		PIT	L,3-4	GS-9		4	9.0	11	3	1	2	0	0	0	2.13	3.16	38	10	15	2	1	11	55			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.308	1.16	0.17%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	452	13	Apr 22(2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(0-2)	4	8.2	5	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.12	2.89	33	12	5	1	0	5	75			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.069	.52	-0.02%	2.13	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
5	453	16	Apr 27	STL		SFG	L,0-5	GS-8	L(0-3)	4	8.0	8	5	4	2	8	0	0	2.57	2.59	33	9	7	1	0	7	54			1	0	0	30	1	2	1	1	1	0	.56	-0.185	.23	-0.05%	-1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 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
6	454	20	May 2	STL	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS-6	W(1-3)	4	6.0	10	3	2	1	3	0	0	2.63	2.52	28	8	6	2	1	10	44			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.27	-0.004	.40	0.00%	-0.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
7	455	25	May 8	STL	@	SFG	L,7-9	GS-7	L(1-4)	5	7.0	8	6	6	3	6	4	0	3.27	3.42	31	10	4	1	1	8	40			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.414	.22	-0.09%	-2.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
8	456	30	May 13	STL		MON	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-4)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.14	3.28	33	11	9	1	0	7	62			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.08	0.104	.35	0.02%	1.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
9	457	35	May 20(1)	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-5)	6	7.0	5	4	4	3	4	1	1	3.34	3.45	30	9	8	0	1	5	52			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.55	-0.163	.28	-0.05%	-0.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
10	458	39	May 26	STL		ATL	W,2-0	SHO(8)	W(3-5)	5	8.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.00	3.23	30	8	8	0	0	4	80			1	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.484	.48	0.13%	3.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
11	459	44	May 31	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	L(3-6)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.00	3.28	34	10	9	0	2	6	66			0	1	0	30	1	0	1	1	1	0	.90	-0.013	.71	-0.01%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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	460	49	Jun 6	STL		SDP	W,6-3	CG	W(4-6)	5	9.0	5	3	3	0	7	1	0	3.00	3.20	32	7	13	1	4	5	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.207	.55	0.13%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	461	55	Jun 11	STL	@	CIN	W,12-4	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	5	4	3	5	9	1	0	3.00	3.24	38	13	6	0	1	5	67			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.22	-0.118	.19	-0.06%	-0.06	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
14	462	59	Jun 16	STL	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	7	3	2	2	10	0	0	2.92	3.07	35	9	7	1	1	7	71			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.218	1.10	0.13%	1.11	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
15	463	64	Jun 21	STL		MON	W,4-3	CG	W(7-6)	4	9.0	8	3	2	2	6	0	0	2.85	2.98	38	11	11	1	2	8	65			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.40	0.399	1.42	0.24%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	464	69	Jun 26(1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-10	GS-6	L(7-7)	4	6.0	12	8	8	3	5	1	1	3.28	3.08	33	7	5	0	1	12	18			0	0	0	27	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.02	-0.467	1.08	-0.30%	-5.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
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	465	75	Jul 1	STL		PHI	L,0-1	GS-8	L(7-8)	4	8.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.15	3.05	32	9	8	0	4	5	70			1	0	0	27	0	0	2	2	0	2	1.48	0.216	1.74	0.15%	2.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	466	81	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	1	3.08	2.97	35	10	7	1	1	7	71			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.431	2.70	0.37%	2.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
19	467	85	Jul 11	STL	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-6	L(8-9)	4	6.0	3	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.14	3.00	24	5	8	0	2	3	58			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.119	1.03	-0.13%	-0.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
20	468	90	Jul 16	STL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.07	3.04	33	15	8	0	2	5	66			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.55	0.379	3.74	0.55%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	469	95	Jul 21	STL		LAD	W,8-1	CG	W(10-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.96	2.95	31	9	9	2	0	5	79			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	1	.84	0.306	2.14	0.47%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
22	470	97	Jul 26(1)	STL		NYM	W,13-1	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	6	1	0	1	7	0	0	2.82	2.87	34	12	8	0	1	6	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	1	1	.41	0.065	1.29	0.12%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
23	471	103	Jul 30	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(11-10)	3	8.0	9	3	3	2	7	0	0	2.84	2.81	34	11	10	6	1	4	57			0	1	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	.75	-0.060	3.55	-0.17%	0.95	1b start a 1	8b 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
24	472	109	Aug 4	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-2		4	2.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.81	2.81	9	0	6	1	1	1	52			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.027	3.11	-0.06%	-0.10	1b start tie	2b 3 out d1
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
25	473	161	Sep 29	STL		PHI	W,7-1	GS-6	W(12-10)	55	6.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.77	2.83	24	4	10	1	1	5	57			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.200	1.52	0.27%	1.77	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
							13-12		W-L:12-10	4.2	195.0	159	71	60	57	142	12	3	2.77	2.83	790	1.13		5%	7%	153	61		---%	9	6	0	711	27	7	6	20	8	16	.94	1.809	1.23	1.92%	20.80

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