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: 5-8 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 2

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	1	5	Apr 15	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	9.00	9.04	8	3	4	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.028	.17	-0.04%	-0.94	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
2	2	6	Apr 16	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	5-5		0	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	11.57	8.11	4	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.108	1.68	-0.12%	-1.91	5b --- 0 out d2	5b -23 1 out d3
3	3	8	Apr 18	STL	@	SFG	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.13	7.42	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.51	8b 1-3 2 out d6	8b end d 7
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
4	4	102	Jul 30	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.31	4.09	37	9	15	1	2	8	70			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.18	0.847	1.39	0.33%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
5	5	107	Aug 4	STL		PIT	L,3-7	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	4.1	7	6	5	2	3	0	1	4.50	3.86	23	7	3	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.222	.20	-0.04%	-2.31	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
6	6	112	Aug 8(2)	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GS-10		3	10.0	6	4	2	8	8	1	0	3.46	4.16	41	11	8	0	1	6	68			0	1	0	33	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.41	0.384	.32	0.05%	1.25	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
7	7	118	Aug 14	STL		LAD	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	6	1	1	3	3	1	0	3.00	4.30	29	8	14	6	1	1	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.243	.02	0.00%	2.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	8	123	Aug 19	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	6.2	7	4	4	4	2	0	0	3.40	4.21	30	11	6	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.24	-0.247	.04	-0.01%	-1.10	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 2 out d2
9	9	128	Aug 25	STL		MLN	L,1-3	GS-10	L(1-3)	5	9.1	10	3	2	5	7	0	0	3.12	3.91	40	10	8	2	2	10	60			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.83	0.037	.00	0.00%	2.55	1t start tie	10t -2- 1 out d1
10	10	133	Aug 30	STL		CIN	L,4-6	GS-8	L(1-4)	4	7.1	11	6	4	2	3	0	0	3.36	3.73	34	13	5	1	0	11	37			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.36	-0.357	.00	0.00%	-2.24	1t start tie	8t -23 1 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
11	11	139	Sep 7	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-5)	7	5.2	8	3	3	5	5	0	0	3.48	3.70	31	9	4	0	0	8	41			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.76	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out d1
12	12	143	Sep 12	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	W(2-5)	4	9.0	6	4	3	4	10	1	0	3.42	3.63	36	7	10	1	2	5	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.300	.00	0.00%	0.36	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
13	13	154	Sep 27(2)	STL		SFG	W,14-8	5-GF	W(3-5)	14	4.2	2	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.33	3.55	18	3	5	0	3	2		2	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	.64	0.109	.00	0.00%	1.53	5t -23 1 out tie	9t end a 6
							5-8		W-L:3-5	3.7	75.2	77	35	28	39	48	4	1	3.33	3.55	333	1.12		8%	6%	67	53	4	50%	2	1	0	282	13	1	2	9	3	2	1.38	0.782	.23	0.18%	3.38

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