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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	DET	@	MIN	W,8-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	2	Apr 5	DET	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	3	Apr 6	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	4	Apr 7	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
5	5	Apr 8	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	6	Apr 10	DET		TEX	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	7	Apr 12	DET		TEX	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
8	9 (1)	Apr 18	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	10	Apr 19	DET		KCR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	11	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
11	12	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	13	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
13	14	Apr 24 (1)	DET		MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	15	Apr 24 (2)	DET		MIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
15	16	Apr 25	DET	@	TEX	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
16	17	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	W,7-5	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
17	18	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	78	19.0	7	0	1	8	0	RF
18	19	Apr 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	RF
19	20	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	DET		BOS	W,11-2	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
21	22	May 2	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	23	May 3	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	24	May 4	DET	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	25	May 5	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
25	26	May 6	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	27	May 7	DET	@	KCR	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	28	May 8	DET	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	29	May 9	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	30	May 11	DET		CAL	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
30	31	May 12	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
31	33 (1)	May 15	DET		SEA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	35 (1)	May 18	DET		OAK	W,8-4	CG	22	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	36	May 19	DET		OAK	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
34	37	May 20	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
35	38	May 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
36	39	May 23	DET	@	CAL	W,4-2	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
37	40	May 24	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	41	May 25	DET	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
39	42	May 26	DET	@	SEA	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	43	May 27	DET	@	SEA	L,1-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
41	44	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	45	May 29	DET	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
43	46	May 30	DET	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	47	Jun 1	DET		BAL	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	48	Jun 2	DET		BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	50 (1)	Jun 4	DET		TOR	W,6-3	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	51	Jun 5	DET		TOR	L,4-8	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	52	Jun 6	DET		TOR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	53	Jun 7	DET		TOR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	54	Jun 8	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	56 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	57	Jun 10 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
53	59 (1)	Jun 12	DET	@	TOR	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	60	Jun 13	DET	@	TOR	L,3-7	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
55	61	Jun 15	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
56	62	Jun 16	DET	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
57	64 (1)	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	66 (1)	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,9-6	GF	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
59	67	Jun 21	DET		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	68	Jun 22	DET		MIL	W,7-3	GF	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH RF
61	69	Jun 23	DET		MIL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	70	Jun 24	DET		MIL	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	71	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	GF	15	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	72	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,9-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
65	74 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-5	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
66	75	Jun 29 (2)	DET		MIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	76	Jun 30	DET		MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	78 (1)	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
69	79	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	80	Jul 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	81	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	82	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	83	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
74	84	Jul 8	DET	@	TEX	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	85	Jul 12	DET	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	86	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
77	87	Jul 14	DET	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	45	12.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	88	Jul 15	DET	@	MIN	W,6-2	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
79	89	Jul 16	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
80	90	Jul 17	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	91	Jul 18	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
82	92	Jul 19	DET		TEX	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
83	94 (1)	Jul 21	DET		TEX	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
84	95	Jul 22	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	96	Jul 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
86	97	Jul 24	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
87	98	Jul 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
88	99	Jul 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
89	101 (1)	Jul 28	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	102	Jul 29	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
91	103	Jul 31 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	104	Jul 31 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	105	Aug 1	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	106	Aug 2	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
95	107	Aug 3	DET		KCR	L,6-9	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
96	108	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
97	109	Aug 5 (1)	DET		KCR	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
98	110	Aug 5 (2)	DET		KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
99	111	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	112	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
101	113	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
102	114	Aug 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
103	115	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
104	116	Aug 10	DET	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
105	117	Aug 11	DET	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
106	118	Aug 12	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
107	119	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CAL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
108	120	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CAL	L,1-12	GS	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
109	121	Aug 15	DET		CAL	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	122	Aug 16	DET		CAL	W,8-7	CG	52	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
111	123	Aug 17	DET		SEA	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
112	124	Aug 18	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
113	125	Aug 19	DET		SEA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
114	126	Aug 20	DET		OAK	W,14-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
115	127	Aug 21	DET		OAK	W,12-6	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
116	129 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
117	130	Aug 25	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
118	132 (1)	Aug 28	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
119	133	Aug 29	DET	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
120	134	Aug 30	DET	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
121	135	Aug 31	DET	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	55	12.2	5	0	0	5	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	136	Sep 1	DET	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
123	137	Sep 2	DET	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
124	141 (3)	Sep 7	DET	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	39	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
125	142	Sep 8	DET	@	TOR	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
126	143	Sep 9	DET	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
127	144	Sep 10	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
128	145	Sep 11	DET	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
129	146	Sep 12	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
130	147	Sep 14	DET		TOR	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
131	148	Sep 15	DET		TOR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
132	149	Sep 16	DET		TOR	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
133	150	Sep 17	DET		MIL	W,7-3	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
134	151	Sep 18	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
135	153 (1)	Sep 21	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
136	154	Sep 22	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
137	155	Sep 23	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
138	156	Sep 24	DET	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
139	157	Sep 25	DET	@	MIL	W,9-1	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
140	159 (1)	Sep 27	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF
							141gm		1178.0	242	4	12	258	2