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: 24-10 / in Starts: 24-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	350	1	Apr 8	STL	@	MON	W,7-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	5	2	2	4	9	0	0	2.25	1.89	31	9	4	0	0	5	69			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.205	1.68	0.20%	1.98	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
2	351	6	Apr 14	STL		MON	W,6-5	GS-7		5	6.0	9	4	3	2	6	0	0	3.21	1.78	30	6	7	0	3	9	44			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.239	2.19	-0.24%	-0.92	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out tie
3	352	10	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	GS-7	L(1-1)	6	6.2	7	7	7	4	6	2	1	5.23	3.46	32	5	13	6	1	3	34			0	0	0	26	0	2	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.582	2.10	-0.78%	-3.20	1b start a 1	7b --- 2 out d3
4	353	14	Apr 26	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	15	0	0	3.94	2.40	34	5	7	0	1	5	86			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.423	1.64	0.37%	3.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
5	354	18	May 2	STL		HOU	L,3-5	GS-7		5	7.0	9	3	3	1	9	0	0	3.93	2.04	30	5	6	2	0	9	55			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.081	1.78	-0.06%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
6	355	23	May 8	STL	@	ATL	L,7-8	GS-6		5	5.1	10	7	7	5	6	1	1	4.93	2.57	31	6	4	0	1	9	21			1	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.55	-0.553	1.96	-0.42%	-4.37	1b start a 3	6b 1-- 1 out tie
7	356	28	May 13	STL		PIT	L,1-5	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	8.0	9	5	4	1	6	1	0	4.86	2.66	34	9	9	2	2	9	51			1	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.212	1.52	-0.22%	-0.89	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
8	357	33	May 18	STL	@	HOU	L,0-6	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	5.2	12	6	6	4	6	0	0	5.34	2.66	29	6	1	0	1	12	23			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	2	0	0	.90	-0.180	1.44	-0.17%	-3.59	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d6
9	358	38	May 23	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	16	0	0	4.73	2.21	31	7	3	0	0	4	90			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.470	2.32	0.56%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
10	359	42	May 28	STL	@	NYM	W,9-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	11	0	0	4.40	2.04	38	10	6	0	2	9	70			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	1	0	.61	0.208	1.25	0.26%	2.53	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
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	360	47	Jun 3	STL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	8	5	3	5	8	0	0	4.25	2.09	40	11	8	0	0	8	58			2	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.38	0.104	2.03	0.09%	-0.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	361	50	Jun 7	STL		SDP	W,10-7	GS-7	W(6-3)	3	7.0	8	7	5	6	7	0	0	4.42	2.18	37	5	11	0	2	8	38			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	1	2	.84	-0.356	1.15	-0.29%	-3.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
13	362	54	Jun 12	STL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	1	4.10	2.15	35	12	7	1	0	5	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.340	1.13	0.25%	3.48	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
14	363	59	Jun 17	STL	@	SDP	W,8-0	SHO	W(8-3)	4	9.0	1	0	0	2	13	0	0	3.76	2.01	29	3	10	2	3	1	96			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.355	.63	0.24%	4.30	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
15	364	63	Jun 21(2)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.63	1.98	35	12	9	2	2	7	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.546	2.76	0.61%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
16	365	69	Jun 26	STL		PHI	W,7-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.37	2.02	33	11	10	3	1	4	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.239	.57	0.18%	4.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
17	366	74	Jun 30	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	W(11-3)	3	9.0	8	4	4	5	6	1	0	3.41	2.18	41	10	12	1	1	8	56			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.228	2.32	0.26%	0.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
18	367	79	Jul 5	STL	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	W(12-3)	4	9.0	8	3	3	0	6	2	0	3.38	2.30	35	8	13	0	6	8	65			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.122	1.05	0.11%	1.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
19	368	84	Jul 10	STL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	L(12-4)	4	9.0	12	6	6	1	7	2	0	3.54	2.42	38	15	5	0	3	10	45			1	0	0	37	0	2	1	3	0	1	1.10	-0.405	.97	-0.21%	-1.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
20	369	89	Jul 18	STL		ATL	L,7-8	GS-9		7	9.0	14	7	6	5	7	0	0	3.67	2.44	46	9	11	0	2	14	35			2	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	2	1	1.15	-0.429	.46	-0.10%	-2.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
21	370	95	Jul 23	STL		HOU	L,2-3	CG	L(12-5)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	7	1	0	3.64	2.50	36	11	9	0	4	6	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.139	.14	0.01%	1.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	371	100	Jul 28	STL	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	12	4	4	1	7	0	0	3.66	2.44	40	8	12	0	4	12	53			1	0	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.358	.05	0.01%	0.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	372	105	Aug 2	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(14-5)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	10	1	0	3.58	2.46	32	8	7	1	1	4	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	0.514	.14	0.03%	2.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	373	110	Aug 7	STL		MON	W,2-1	CG	W(15-5)	4	9.0	5	1	0	2	10	0	0	3.41	2.40	34	9	8	1	2	5	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.54	0.640	.19	0.05%	3.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	374	115	Aug 12	STL		SDP	W,5-4	CG(14)	W(16-5)	4	14.0	13	4	4	2	13	1	0	3.36	2.38	52	17	7	0	0	13	81			0	0	0	50	3	0	1	3	0	0	1.73	0.758	.49	0.13%	3.19	1t start tie	14t 3 out tie
26	375	121	Aug 17	STL		LAD	W,11-8	GS-9	W(17-5)	4	8.1	14	8	8	2	8	0	1	3.56	2.36	42	13	4	0	0	14	29			0	0	0	38	3	3	0	1	1	1	.99	-0.064	.09	0.00%	-3.92	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
27	376	125	Aug 22	STL	@	SDP	W,7-0	SHO	W(18-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.42	2.32	29	7	14	2	3	2	89			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.239	.04	0.02%	4.30	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
28	377	129	Aug 27	STL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	W(19-5)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.33	2.29	37	9	10	0	0	8	73			0	0	0	35	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.451	.17	0.04%	3.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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	378	134	Sep 1	STL		NYM	L,3-4	CG(12)	L(19-6)	4	12.0	11	4	3	4	7	0	0	3.28	2.30	50	15	13	3	5	11	69			1	0	0	45	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.02	-0.189	1.16	-0.07%	2.16	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
30	379	139	Sep 6	STL		MON	W,7-2	CG	W(20-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	9	0	0	3.23	2.25	33	3	13	2	2	7	73			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	1	0	.90	0.473	.05	0.01%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	380	145	Sep 11	STL	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	W(21-6)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.19	2.26	34	6	12	2	1	5	72			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	.66	0.313	.01	0.00%	2.53	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
32	381	149	Sep 16	STL	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	W(22-6)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.12	2.29	34	10	12	1	1	6	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.265	.00	0.00%	4.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
33	382	154	Sep 23(1)	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(23-6)	6	9.0	2	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.05	2.28	32	9	11	0	1	2	83			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.27	0.644	.00	0.00%	3.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	383	160	Sep 29	STL		PIT	L,2-7	GS-8	L(23-7)	5	8.0	13	5	5	4	7	0	0	3.12	2.29	39	10	5	0	2	13	39			1	1	0	35	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.52	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-0.89	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
							24-10		W-L:23-7	4.3	294.0	262	111	102	88	274	13	4	3.12	2.29	1213	1.02		5%	10%	255	63		---%	17	5	0	1105	27	12	9	21	10	12	1.12	4.551	.96	0.86%	38.61

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