Kirk Gibson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: May 28, 1957 in Pontiac, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th) of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Waterford-Kettering HS (Waterford, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: September 8, 1979 (Age 22-103d, 14,238th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 10, 1995 (Age 38-074d)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Doug Baldwin

Full Name: Kirk Harold Gibson

Nicknames: Gibby

Twitter: @23KGibby

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Dave Rozema

MVP
2x World Series
Silver Slugger
ALCS MVP
Mgr of the year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.4

5798

1553

255

.268

985

RBI

870

284

OBP

.352

SLG

.463

OPS

.815

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,6-2	GS	26	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
2	2	Apr 11	DET		TOR	W,6-2	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 12	DET		TOR	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
4	6 (2)	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	7	Apr 17	DET	@	TOR	W,8-5	GS	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	8	Apr 18	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	9	Apr 19	DET	@	TOR	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
8	10	Apr 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
9	11	Apr 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	20 (8)	May 1	DET	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	22 (1)	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,8-5	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
12	23	May 5	DET	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
13	24	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	25	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	26	May 8	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	27	May 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-15	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	28	May 10	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	29	May 12	DET		SEA	W,6-2	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	50 (20)	Jun 3	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
20	52 (1)	Jun 6	DET		MIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	55 (2)	Jun 9	DET	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	57 (1)	Jun 11	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	58	Aug 10	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	59	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
25	60	Aug 12	DET		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
26	61	Aug 13	DET		NYY	L,0-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
27	63 (1)	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,8-5	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
28	64	Aug 16	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	65	Aug 17	DET		MIN	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	66	Aug 18	DET		MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	69 (2)	Aug 22	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	70	Aug 23	DET		TEX	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	71	Aug 24	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	72	Aug 25	DET		KCR	W,4-3	GS	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
35	73	Aug 26	DET		KCR	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	74	Aug 27	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
37	75	Aug 28	DET	@	MIN	L,0-6	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
38	76	Aug 29	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	77	Aug 30	DET	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	78	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	79	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	80	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	RF
43	81	Sep 3	DET	@	TEX	W,8-5	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
44	82	Sep 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	83	Sep 5	DET	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	84	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
47	85	Sep 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	86	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	87	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	51	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
50	88	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
51	89	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,11-9	CG	53	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	93 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	94	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	95	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF CF
55	96	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	97	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
57	98	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	99	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
59	100	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
60	101	Sep 25	DET		MIL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
61	102	Sep 26	DET		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	103	Sep 27	DET		MIL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
63	104	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
64	105	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,14-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	106	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	107	Oct 2	DET	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	108	Oct 3	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	109	Oct 4	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
							72gm		550.2	142	1	4	147	0