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: 17-15 / in Starts: 15-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 0

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	76	4	Apr 16	STL	@	PHI	W,12-6	GS-1		99	0.2	2	6	6	4	1	0	0	81.00	17.62	8	0	1	0	0	2	21			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.195	3.01	-0.33%	-3.27	1b start a 6	1b 123 2 out a3
2	77	9	Apr 22(2)	STL		CHC	L,1-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	5	8.0	4	4	4	3	9	1	0	10.38	4.23	32	9	10	3	4	1	64			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.48	-0.146	1.40	-0.26%	0.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
3	78	12	Apr 26	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	2	2	2	2	5	1	0	6.11	3.92	31	15	7	1	3	2	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	0.505	4.15	0.86%	2.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
4	79	18	May 2	STL		HOU	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	1	0	4.39	3.40	34	14	5	1	0	5	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.379	3.50	0.77%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	80	23	May 6(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-1)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.28	2.84	32	8	10	0	0	5	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.604	3.87	1.26%	4.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	81	26	May 10	STL		SFG	L,0-6	GS-5	L(3-2)	3	4.2	6	5	5	1	1	1	1	4.02	3.24	21	6	6	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.193	4.45	-0.49%	-2.33	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d5
7	82	28	May 12	STL		LAD	W,6-5	11-GF(15)	W(4-2)	1	5.0	3	0	0	5	3	0	0	3.57	3.37	23	8	6	3	1	1		0	0	2	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.01	0.744	9.95	1.48%	2.79	11t --- 0 out tie	15t end tie
8	83	32	May 17	STL	@	SFG	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	10	0	1	2.98	3.04	34	6	9	1	0	6	83			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.58	0.747	4.01	1.14%	4.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	84	37	May 22	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	9	1	0	2.84	3.00	31	6	10	2	1	4	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.423	2.48	0.86%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	85	42	May 27	STL		MLN	L,3-4	GS-8	L(6-3)	4	8.0	7	4	4	3	4	0	1	3.03	3.01	35	6	14	3	2	7	53			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.103	2.46	-0.17%	0.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
11	86	49	Jun 3	STL	@	MLN	L,4-6	GS-7	L(6-4)	6	7.0	5	6	4	6	4	0	0	3.22	3.10	31	10	6	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	.51	-0.330	.32	-0.13%	-2.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
12	87	53	Jun 8	STL		SFG	W,8-4	GS-7	W(7-4)	4	6.1	9	4	4	1	6	2	0	3.40	3.27	28	5	7	0	0	9	44			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.143	.86	-0.09%	-1.06	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
13	88	59	Jun 13	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	9	1	1	2	12	0	0	3.17	3.01	37	12	6	0	1	5	75			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.345	.97	0.24%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	89	63	Jun 18	STL	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	L(8-5)	4	8.1	3	1	1	4	8	1	0	3.00	3.07	32	10	10	4	0	0	77			2	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0.167	2.04	0.17%	3.00	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d1
15	90	68	Jun 23	STL	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	6	1	0	0	6	0	0	2.76	2.92	32	13	9	1	1	4	79			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.171	.90	0.12%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
16	91	75	Jun 28	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-7	L(9-6)	4	6.0	8	6	4	3	6	0	0	2.92	2.88	31	9	5	0	1	8	39			0	0	0	28	2	1	1	1	0	3	.77	-0.188	1.82	-0.27%	-2.49	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d4
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	92	81	Jul 3 susp	STL		MLN	L,5-7	GS-5		4	4.0	6	5	5	3	8	1	0	3.20	2.92	21	1	3	1	1	6	35			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.212	1.16	-0.17%	-3.17	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d5
18	93	86	Jul 8	STL	@	NYM	W,15-1	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	3	1	1	6	4	0	1	3.05	3.00	37	13	10	2	0	3	75			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.43	0.155	.30	0.07%	3.57	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a14
19	94	88	Jul 13	STL	@	MLN	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-6)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	1	2.85	3.01	34	15	6	0	0	3	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.448	.48	0.15%	4.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
20	95	94	Jul 18	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(12-6)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	12	1	1	2.74	2.95	31	9	5	1	0	3	88			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.656	.89	0.27%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	96	99	Jul 22	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS-9	W(13-6)	3	8.2	7	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.64	2.96	35	11	9	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.46	0.340	.82	0.11%	2.62	1b start tie	9b -23 2 out a2
22	97	103	Jul 27(1)	STL		NYM	L,0-1	GS-8	L(13-7)	4	8.0	7	1	0	2	7	0	0	2.51	2.90	34	10	9	0	4	6	71			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.12	0.341	.28	0.05%	3.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
23	98	106	Jul 29(1)	STL		NYM	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.61	2.88	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	0.038	.42	0.00%	-1.44	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
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	99	110	Aug 3	STL		HOU	L,3-8	GS-4	L(13-8)	4	3.1	9	5	5	3	4	1	0	2.82	2.96	22	3	3	0	1	9	23			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.300	.21	-0.04%	-3.34	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
25	100	115	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-8)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.68	2.86	32	13	4	1	2	3	89			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.621	.11	0.04%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
26	101	120	Aug 14	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(14-9)	5	9.2	7	4	2	8	10	0	0	2.64	2.87	43	12	6	1	2	7	65			1	0	0	34	1	0	4	1	0	1	1.87	-0.304	.09	-0.01%	0.45	1b start tie	10b 1-- 2 out d1
27	102	124	Aug 18(2)	STL	@	NYM	W,10-0	SHO	W(15-9)	3	9.0	3	0	0	8	9	0	0	2.52	2.89	38	11	7	2	2	3	82			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.286	.02	0.00%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
28	103	134	Aug 29	STL		HOU	L,2-3	CG	L(15-10)	10	9.0	6	3	2	4	6	2	0	2.49	3.01	36	13	7	0	1	6	67			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.064	.01	0.00%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 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
29	104	138	Sep 3(1)	STL		CHC	L,2-6	GS-4	L(15-11)	4	3.1	8	6	6	1	4	0	1	2.71	2.99	20	4	2	0	2	8	23			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.380	.00	0.00%	-4.01	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d3
30	105	143	Sep 7	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-10		3	9.1	10	5	5	3	10	1	1	2.80	3.00	41	7	10	1	0	10	55			2	0	0	37	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.10	-0.433	.00	0.00%	-0.32	1b start a 2	10b 1-- 1 out tie
31	106	147	Sep 11	STL		CIN	L,2-6	GS-9	L(15-12)	3	8.1	7	6	5	2	8	1	1	2.90	3.01	37	11	8	2	3	7	53			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	1	2	1.04	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out d4
32	107	150	Sep 16	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(15-13)	4	7.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	1	2.85	3.02	28	11	4	0	1	3	64			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.08	0.207	.00	0.00%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
							17-15		W-L:15-13,Sv:1	3.7	233.2	174	84	74	95	208	15	10	2.85	3.02	967	1.32		6%	7%	157	62	0	---%	9	2	0	853	27	5	9	23	1	14	1.13	4.290	1.47	5.65%	39.32

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