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: 9-17 / in Starts: 6-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 8

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	14	8	Apr 23	STL		LAD	W,9-5	2-4		99	3.0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0.00	1.53	12	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.163	1.72	0.19%	3.02	2t -23 0 out d4	4t 3 out d2
2	15	10	Apr 25	STL		SFG	L,8-9	7-8	H(1)	1	0.2	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	7.36	2.25	7	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.79	-0.251	4.41	-0.37%	-2.97	7t 12- 2 out a3	8t 12- 1 out a2
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
3	16	16	May 4	STL		PHI	W,5-3	GS-2		8	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	10.80	3.53	10	3	1	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.259	3.07	-0.36%	-2.93	1t start tie	2t --3 1 out d3
4	17	19	May 7	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.71	3.67	7	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.015	.32	0.02%	0.96	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
5	18	21	May 11	STL	@	MLN	L,8-12	7-8		3	1.1	2	3	3	1	2	0	0	9.72	3.37	7	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.038	.78	-0.05%	-0.62	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 123 1 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
6	19	60	Jun 21	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	40	6.1	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	7.36	3.14	28	11	6	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.133	1.67	-0.16%	-0.55	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
7	20	66	Jun 26(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-4		4	4.0	5	3	3	2	6	1	0	7.23	3.38	18	2	3	0	0	5	44			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.146	.63	-0.06%	-1.13	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
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
8	21	71	Jul 2	STL		MLN	W,7-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	5.20	2.82	33	12	6	1	0	6	76			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	.82	0.244	1.40	0.25%	3.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
9	22	76	Jul 6	STL	@	CHC	L,1-10	GS-3	L(1-2)	3	2.1	4	4	4	5	2	1	0	6.00	3.59	16	3	2	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.298	1.80	-0.30%	-3.76	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d4
10	23	80	Jul 10	STL	@	LAD	L,7-11	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.87	3.51	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.005	.35	0.01%	0.91	8b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
11	24	85	Jul 19	STL	@	MLN	L,5-9	GS-7	L(1-3)	8	6.1	9	7	4	4	5	0	0	5.84	3.39	34	10	6	1	0	9	34			0	1	0	29	2	0	1	0	1	3	1.46	-0.626	4.76	-1.23%	-4.45	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d1
12	25	90	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	7-8	W(2-3)	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.59	3.25	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.082	1.52	0.15%	1.65	7b 1-3 1 out d2	8b 3 out d1
13	26	92	Jul 26	STL		PIT	L,4-5	7-7		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.90	3.56	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.067	1.19	-0.15%	-1.49	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
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
14	27	99	Aug 3	STL		MLN	W,13-8	2-5		7	3.1	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	5.86	3.67	15	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	3	0	1	0	1	0	.79	-0.100	3.31	-0.25%	-0.36	2t --- 2 out d3	5t 3 out d2
15	28	104	Aug 7(2)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	GS-7		3	6.0	9	2	2	2	5	0	0	5.51	3.45	27	11	0	0	0	9	49			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.16	-0.021	3.97	-0.04%	0.06	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d1
16	29	109	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	7	1	0	4.97	3.39	38	11	8	0	1	10	64			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.182	7.78	0.87%	2.29	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
17	30	114	Aug 16	STL		SFG	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-4)	3	6.1	11	7	3	5	6	0	0	4.90	3.35	35	7	6	0	0	11	32			1	1	0	30	4	0	1	0	0	2	.88	-0.279	2.63	-0.50%	-3.02	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d2
18	31	122	Aug 27	STL		PIT	W,5-4	GS-7		10	6.1	5	4	4	2	5	0	0	4.97	3.22	25	8	7	1	2	3	50			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.104	1.27	0.10%	0.99	1t start tie	7t 123 1 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
19	32	127	Sep 1	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	7	6	6	2	3	1	0	5.21	3.33	30	8	11	0	4	6	40			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.321	1.71	-0.29%	-2.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
20	33	132	Sep 5(2)	STL	@	CHC	T,4-4	6-6		3	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.21	3.40	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	-0.192	4.00	-0.13%	-1.27	6b 1-3 2 out tie	6b 123 2 out d1
21	34	137	Sep 12	STL		MLN	L,2-4	GS-4	L(3-6)	6	3.2	4	4	4	3	0	1	1	5.42	3.67	18	4	6	2	0	4	34			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	1	0	.92	-0.248	.97	-0.16%	-2.29	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d3
22	35	140	Sep 16	STL		SFG	L,2-6	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.29	3.67	8	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	.16	0.012	.14	0.01%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
23	36	145	Sep 21	STL		LAD	L,3-5	12-GF(12)		4	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	3.66	3	3	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.071	.16	-0.01%	-0.47	12t 1-- 1 out d1	12t end d 2
24	37	150	Sep 27	STL	@	LAD	L,1-5	7-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.21	3.68	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.53	7b 1-- 1 out d5	7b 3 out d5
25	38	151	Sep 28	STL	@	LAD	L,2-4	6-6		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.19	3.66	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.77	6b 123 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
26	39	154	Oct 1	STL	@	SFG	L,2-7	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.13	3.62	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.44	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
27	40	155	Oct 2	STL	@	SFG	L,2-8	8-8		0	0.2	3	5	5	2	0	0	0	5.61	3.68	7	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	.62	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-3.86	8b --- 0 out d1	8b -2- 2 out d5
							9-17		W-L:3-6,Hld:1	3.6	86.2	97	61	54	48	69	7	1	5.61	3.68	399	1.51		3%	4%	93	44	15	27%	2	5	0	341	20	1	6	9	4	10	.94	-2.335	2.63	-2.48%	-15.55

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