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	19-21 / in Starts: 15-12
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	13 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 75 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	39 (20-11-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 75 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (24-14-7)

Most Driven In
J Cunningham	2
C James	2
B Lillis	1
J Javier	1
D Taussig	1
A Grammas	1
C Warwick	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B White	1
Self	1
C Flood	1
J Javier	0

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 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	62	2 (1)	Apr 13	STL	@	MLN	L,4-5	4-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.52	-0.084	4.07	-0.13%	-0.43	P
2	63	6 (3)	Apr 17	STL	@	LAD	W,9-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.10	-0.124	3.09	-0.21%	-1.11	P
3	64	7	Apr 18	STL	@	LAD	L,4-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						PR
4	65	11 (3)	Apr 23 (2)	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.93	-0.046	2.32	-0.07%	-0.39	P
5	66	13 (1)	Apr 26	STL		MLN	L,1-8	2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						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	67	18 (4)	May 3	STL		PIT	W,3-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.76	-0.065	1.50	-0.08%	-0.69	P
7	68	21 (2)	May 10	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	4-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
8	69	25 (3)	May 16	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
9	70	27 (1)	May 19	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6						PR
10	71	30 (2)	May 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9	1.40	0.046	1.34	0.03%	0.82	P
11	72	34 (3)	May 25	STL		LAD	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.167	.381	9	.90	-0.021	1.56	-0.02%	-0.12	P
12	73	39 (4)	May 30	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.188	.143	.330	9	.76	-0.039	1.30	-0.04%	-0.29	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
13	74	44 (4)	Jun 4	STL	@	MLN	L,1-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.125	.292	9	.57	-0.027	.86	-0.03%	-0.43	P
14	75	49 (4)	Jun 9	STL		CIN	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.227	.158	.385	9	.69	0.066	1.55	0.09%	0.65	P
15	76	55 (5)	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.269	.217	.487	9	.88	0.021	1.04	0.02%	0.85	P
16	77	60 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.241	.192	.434	9	.35	-0.027	.31	-0.01%	-0.64	P
17	78	64 (3)	Jun 24	STL		SFG	L,1-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.233	.185	.419	9	.79	-0.021	.47	-0.01%	-0.26	P
18	79	69 (4)	Jun 28	STL		MLN	L,3-8	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.258	.214	.472	9	.79	0.033	.22	0.01%	0.40	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
19	80	75 (5)	Jul 5	STL	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.278	.364	.641	9	.35	0.162	.04	0.01%	1.21	P
20	81	81 (5)	Jul 13	STL		MLN	L,3-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.278	.364	.641	9						P
21	82	83 (1)	Jul 15	STL		MLN	W,12-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.278	.364	.641	5						P
22	83	88 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.275	.351	.626	9	.70	0.139	.12	0.02%	1.06	P
23	84	93 (4)	Jul 23	STL		LAD	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.385	.670	9	.96	-0.011	.33	0.00%	-0.03	P
24	85	96 (2)	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.385	.670	5						P
25	86	100 (3)	Jul 30 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS-10	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.283	.372	.655	9	1.34	-0.102	.05	0.00%	-0.54	P
Aug		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
26	87	103 (2)	Aug 4	STL		PHI	W,9-8	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.283	.372	.655	2						PR
27	88	106 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.286	.370	.655	9	1.00	0.017	.03	0.00%	0.10	P
28	89	112 (5)	Aug 13	STL	@	LAD	L,0-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.286	.370	.655	9						P
29	90	117 (4)	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.280	.362	.642	9	.58	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-0.17	P
30	91	121 (3)	Aug 23	STL		LAD	W,8-7	3-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.269	.347	.616	9	1.36	-0.084	.03	0.00%	-0.77	P
31	92	124 (2)	Aug 26	STL		SFG	W,8-5	GS-9	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.235	.268	.373	.640	9	.91	0.112	.09	0.01%	1.30	P
32	93	129 (4)	Aug 31	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.259	.358	.617	9	1.39	-0.077	.10	0.00%	-0.49	P
Sep/Oct		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
33	94	134 (4)	Sep 5	STL		CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.250	.345	.595	9	.99	-0.051	.04	0.00%	-0.44	P
34	95	136 (1)	Sep 8	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.250	.345	.595	8						PR
35	96	137	Sep 9	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.250	.345	.595	9						P
36	97	140 (2)	Sep 12	STL		MLN	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.254	.333	.587	9	1.13	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
37	98	142 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.254	.333	.587	5						PR
38	99	145 (2)	Sep 18	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.246	.322	.568	9	1.48	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
39	100	150 (4)	Sep 24	STL		LAD	W,8-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.250	.339	.589	9	.29	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
40	101	155 (4)	Oct 1	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.236	.318	.554	9	.81	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.99	P
							19-21		75	66	4	13	5	0	1	10	3	0	23	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	.197	.236	.318	.554		.89	-0.434	.71	-0.44%	-2.47

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