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: 21-14 / in Starts: 21-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	222	3	Apr 15	STL	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	2	2	10	0	0	2.00	1.00	36	9	9	0	6	6	75			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	.44	0.220	.79	0.24%	2.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
2	223	7	Apr 21	STL	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	4	4	1	0	11	0	1	1.50	0.72	33	11	7	2	4	3	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.037	2.11	-0.04%	-0.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
3	224	12	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(2-1)	4	8.0	7	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.42	1.05	33	14	4	1	2	7	56			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.253	1.08	-0.34%	-0.65	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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	225	17	May 1	STL	@	SFG	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	7.0	3	2	1	1	6	1	0	2.18	1.49	26	8	8	0	0	3	70			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	.86	0.077	1.58	0.09%	1.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	226	20	May 6	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	L(2-3)	4	9.0	3	4	3	2	14	1	0	2.36	1.51	33	4	10	0	0	3	79			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.103	.94	-0.09%	0.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
6	227	23	May 10	STL	@	CHC	W,8-0	SHO	W(3-3)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	1.94	1.53	34	9	10	0	4	6	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.291	.57	0.16%	4.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
7	228	26	May 14	STL		ATL	L,0-3	CG	L(3-4)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	9	1	1	2.10	1.75	40	8	11	1	3	9	64			0	0	0	37	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.19	0.026	1.42	0.02%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
8	229	29	May 18	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-7	L(3-5)	3	6.1	9	4	4	1	5	1	0	2.44	1.92	29	7	9	2	1	7	43			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.235	1.32	-0.16%	-0.95	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out tie
9	230	33	May 22	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	5	3	1	2	10	1	1	2.27	2.02	37	11	8	0	1	5	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.098	1.14	0.05%	1.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	231	36	May 26	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	1	0	2.24	2.09	34	11	6	2	0	6	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	.73	0.076	.65	0.04%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
11	232	40	May 30	STL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	3	1	0	2	7	0	0	2.03	2.05	32	11	9	0	5	3	84			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.439	1.51	0.35%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	233	44	Jun 3	STL	@	ATL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(7-5)	3	8.2	4	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.03	2.11	31	11	8	0	4	4	74			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.407	.78	0.18%	2.00	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a1
13	234	48	Jun 7	STL	@	PIT	L,1-9	GS-8	L(7-6)	3	7.0	11	5	5	1	12	0	0	2.31	1.95	33	7	3	0	0	10	46			2	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.058	.83	-0.02%	-1.15	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 0 out d2
14	235	52	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-6)	3	9.0	9	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.14	1.93	36	10	9	1	3	8	74			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.54	0.592	1.52	0.35%	4.10	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
15	236	57	Jun 15	STL		PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-6)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	1.98	1.89	31	10	8	1	4	3	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.715	1.48	0.46%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	237	62	Jun 19(2)	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(10-6)	3	9.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	0	1.92	1.92	34	4	16	2	4	3	80			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.68	0.311	.69	0.19%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	238	66	Jun 23	STL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	1.80	1.95	33	13	10	0	0	4	79			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.52	0.555	1.39	0.30%	2.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
18	239	70	Jun 27	STL		SFG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(11-7)	3	7.0	5	2	2	1	5	1	0	1.84	2.01	26	7	8	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.040	.49	0.02%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
19	240	74	Jul 2	STL	@	LAD	L,2-7	GS-7	L(11-8)	4	6.2	8	6	5	2	1	0	0	2.04	2.06	29	13	6	0	0	7	35			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	2	0	1	.72	-0.331	.29	-0.08%	-3.39	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out d4
20	241	80	Jul 8	STL		HOU	L,1-6	GS-5	L(11-9)	5	4.1	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	2.21	2.18	22	6	5	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	1	0	.78	-0.223	.25	-0.04%	-2.59	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
21	242	94	Jul 23	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-9)	14	9.0	6	0	0	5	4	0	0	2.09	2.24	35	10	10	1	0	6	74			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.524	.58	0.18%	4.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	243	99	Jul 28	STL	@	ATL	W,7-5	GS-8	W(13-9)	4	7.0	5	3	3	5	5	1	0	2.16	2.35	31	4	12	2	0	5	55			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	0.087	.67	0.04%	0.91	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a4
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
23	244	104	Aug 2	STL		CIN	L,3-6	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.23	2.43	29	4	13	0	0	7	52			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.050	.80	-0.03%	0.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	245	109	Aug 7(1)	STL	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS-9	W(14-9)	4	8.1	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.18	2.48	28	4	16	5	4	3	76			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.348	.59	0.16%	2.50	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a3
25	246	115	Aug 13	STL		NYM	W,9-6	CG	W(15-9)	5	9.0	8	6	5	3	7	2	0	2.30	2.58	38	8	12	0	4	8	53			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.113	.37	0.03%	-1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	247	120	Aug 18	STL	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-7	L(15-10)	4	7.0	5	3	2	2	6	1	1	2.31	2.63	29	7	8	1	0	5	61			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.102	.18	-0.01%	-0.07	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
27	248	125	Aug 23	STL	@	HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-10)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.22	2.61	33	12	11	1	0	3	84			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.502	.16	0.04%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
28	249	128	Aug 27	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(17-10)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.17	2.55	35	8	9	2	0	9	72			2	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.322	.11	0.02%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	250	133	Aug 31	STL		ATL	L,5-8	GS-4		3	3.2	7	4	4	3	5	1	0	2.29	2.60	21	4	2	1	0	7	33			1	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.303	.03	0.00%	-2.59	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d1
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
30	251	138	Sep 5(1)	STL		HOU	W,4-1	CG	W(18-10)	4	9.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	1	2.24	2.60	34	7	12	2	0	3	80			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.372	.00	0.00%	3.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	252	143	Sep 10	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-8	W(19-10)	4	8.0	11	5	4	3	5	1	0	2.31	2.65	35	7	9	2	1	11	44			0	0	0	32	1	2	2	2	0	0	.91	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-1.36	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
32	253	147	Sep 16(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(20-10)	5	9.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.27	2.63	32	12	13	3	2	0	70			0	2	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.41	0.508	.00	0.00%	3.14	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
33	254	152	Sep 21	STL	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(20-11)	4	8.0	4	4	4	1	6	2	0	2.33	2.69	30	7	12	1	5	4	63			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
34	255	156	Sep 26	STL		LAD	L,3-6	GS-7	L(20-12)	4	6.0	7	5	4	4	4	1	0	2.42	2.75	29	9	5	2	1	7	40			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.299	.00	0.00%	-2.64	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
35	256	161	Oct 1	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	W(21-12)	4	8.1	8	3	3	5	5	0	0	2.44	2.76	38	17	11	3	1	0	55			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a2
							21-14		W-L:21-12	3.7	280.1	210	90	76	78	225	20	5	2.44	2.76	1119	0.95		6%	9%	188	65		---%	9	9	0	1016	25	10	5	21	5	17	.99	4.520	.70	2.09%	36.61

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