Russ Gibson

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: May 6, 1939 in Fall River, MA us

Died: July 27, 2008 in Swansea, MA

Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Swansea, MA

High School: B. M. C. Durfee HS (Fall River, MA)

Debut: April 14, 1967 (Age 27-343d, 12,558th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 6, 1972 (Age 33-123d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Full Name: John Russell Gibson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.4

794

181

.228

RBI

OBP

.267

SLG

.311

OPS

.578

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	39-37 / in Starts: 35-30
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 246 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	151 (74-52-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 246 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	141 (73-45-23)

Most Driven In
R Smith	5
G Scott	3
R Petrocelli	3
Self	3
J Foy	2
K Harrelson	2
F Robinson	1
G Thomas	1

Most Driven In By
M Andrews	5
Self	3
D Jones	2
J Santiago	1
C Yastrzemski	1
J Tartabull	1
D Ellsworth	0
G Bell	0

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	51	16 (15)	Apr 30	BOS		MIN	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	8	1.56	0.038	3.62	0.05%	0.30	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	52	17	May 1	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	8	1.22	-0.019	2.41	-0.02%	-0.09	C
3	53	18	May 2	BOS		CAL	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.375	.675	8	1.14	-0.073	2.07	-0.08%	-0.55	C
4	54	19	May 3	BOS		OAK	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.214	.250	.464	8	.62	-0.060	1.25	-0.07%	-0.85	C
5	55	20	May 4	BOS		OAK	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.235	.333	.569	8	.90	0.024	1.63	0.03%	0.19	C
6	56	21	May 5	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.211	.294	.505	8	1.11	-0.055	1.81	-0.05%	-0.51	C
7	57	23 (1)	May 8	BOS	@	WSA	W,3-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.211	.294	.505	4						C
8	58	26 (2)	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.217	.286	.503	8	1.46	-0.109	2.07	-0.09%	-0.49	C
9	59	28 (1)	May 12 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.259	.360	.619	8	.38	0.023	.53	0.02%	0.61	C
10	60	30 (1)	May 15	BOS		WSA	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.241	.258	.345	.603	8	.73	0.075	1.35	0.08%	0.56	C
11	61	34 (3)	May 19	BOS		NYY	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.229	.303	.532	8	.14	-0.013	.34	-0.02%	-0.72	C
12	62	39 (4)	May 25	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.231	.297	.528	8	1.21	-0.066	2.94	-0.10%	-0.22	C
13	63	44 (4)	May 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.238	.375	.613	8	.36	-0.016	.63	-0.02%	0.65	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	64	46 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.217	.341	.558	8	.38	-0.034	.66	-0.04%	-0.95	C
15	65	50 (3)	Jun 4 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.208	.326	.534	8	1.48	-0.125	3.42	-0.17%	-0.89	C
16	66	52 (1)	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.196	.306	.502	8	.93	-0.045	1.47	-0.04%	-0.38	C
17	67	53	Jun 7	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.185	.288	.474	8	1.04	-0.080	1.11	-0.05%	-0.67	C
18	68	56 (2)	Jun 13 susp	BOS		CAL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.164	.175	.273	.448	8	.73	-0.009	.59	0.00%	-0.16	C
19	69	58 (1)	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.161	.250	.411	8	.37	-0.043	.39	-0.03%	-0.88	C
20	70	64 (5)	Jun 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.167	.250	.417	8	.51	-0.048	.69	-0.04%	-0.40	C
21	71	67 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.214	.309	.523	8	.06	0.015	.11	0.02%	1.03	C
22	72	70 (2)	Jun 27	BOS		CLE	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.216	.296	.512	8	.34	0.013	.36	0.01%	-0.51	C
23	73	72 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.189	.208	.284	.492	8	1.05	-0.093	1.00	-0.05%	-0.77	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	74	77 (4)	Jul 4	BOS		OAK	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.210	.282	.492	8	.83	0.048	.58	0.02%	0.64	C
25	75	78	Jul 5	BOS		MIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.200	.268	.468	8	.37	-0.034	.25	-0.01%	-0.77	C
26	76	79	Jul 6	BOS		MIN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.188	.202	.271	.473	8	.62	-0.017	.47	-0.01%	-1.32	C
27	77	80	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.207	.273	.479	8	.97	-0.049	1.06	-0.03%	-0.31	C
28	78	81	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		MIN	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.198	.208	.286	.494	8	.95	-0.039	1.07	-0.03%	-0.53	C
29	79	82	Jul 11	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.202	.277	.479	8	.40	-0.027	.42	-0.02%	-0.36	C
30	80	83	Jul 12	BOS	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.198	.208	.281	.489	8	1.76	-0.045	1.72	-0.03%	0.22	C
31	81	84	Jul 13	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.210	.280	.490	8	.43	-0.011	.43	-0.01%	0.05	C
32	82	85	Jul 14	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.220	.282	.502	8	.91	0.074	1.24	0.06%	0.27	C
33	83	86	Jul 15	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-12	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.206	.221	.280	.502	8	.53	0.031	.87	0.03%	0.40	C
34	84	87	Jul 16	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-12	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.216	.273	.488	8	.02	-0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.40	C
35	85	88	Jul 17	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.204	.218	.274	.493	8	1.18	0.033	1.30	0.02%	0.13	C
36	86	93 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		WSA	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.217	.272	.489	2	4.79	-0.128	5.41	-0.09%	-0.28	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	87	104 (10)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.213	.267	.480	8	1.13	-0.054	1.02	-0.03%	-0.28	PH C
38	88	106 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	BOS		CAL	W,8-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.213	.267	.480	3						1B
39	89	107	Aug 3 (2)	BOS		CAL	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.206	.258	.465	8	1.41	-0.154	1.20	-0.08%	-1.23	C
40	90	108	Aug 4	BOS		CAL	L,6-12	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.211	.262	.473	8	1.69	0.044	1.76	0.03%	0.33	C
41	91	109	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.212	.262	.474	8	1.72	0.215	1.34	0.10%	0.33	C
42	92	114 (4)	Aug 10	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.212	.262	.474	8						C
43	93	115	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF(14)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.216	.260	.476	8	3.04	-0.003	3.87	0.00%	0.09	C
44	94	116	Aug 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.225	.275	.499	8	.86	0.047	.69	0.02%	1.01	C
45	95	117	Aug 12	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.230	.280	.511	8	1.71	0.056	.46	0.01%	0.25	PH C
46	96	119 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.238	.294	.532	8	.78	0.009	.33	0.00%	0.12	C
47	97	121 (1)	Aug 15	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.236	.292	.528	8	1.03	-0.031	.31	-0.01%	-0.56	PH C
48	98	122	Aug 16	BOS		DET	L,0-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.236	.292	.528	8						C
49	99	124 (1)	Aug 18	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.240	.295	.535	8	1.21	0.037	.15	0.00%	0.14	C
50	100	127 (2)	Aug 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.240	.295	.535	3						C
51	101	131 (3)	Aug 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	12-GF(18)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.235	.289	.524	9	2.02	-0.064	.05	0.00%	-0.39	C
52	102	132	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.243	.303	.547	8	.20	0.012	.01	0.00%	0.23	C
53	103	133	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.230	.244	.304	.548	8	.76	-0.082	.01	0.00%	-0.70	C
54	104	134	Aug 28	BOS		OAK	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.244	.309	.553	8	.68	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.26	C
55	105	135	Aug 29	BOS		OAK	W,11-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.244	.308	.552	8	.39	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-0.36	C
56	106	136	Aug 30	BOS		WSA	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.238	.300	.538	8	.97	-0.092	.01	0.00%	-1.12	C
57	107	137	Aug 31	BOS		WSA	W,6-4	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.246	.321	.567	8	1.07	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.58	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	108	138	Sep 1	BOS		WSA	W,7-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.251	.337	.589	8	.22	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.32	C
59	109	139	Sep 2	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.253	.355	.608	8	.52	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
60	110	140	Sep 3	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG(5)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.249	.349	.597	7	.82	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-1.10	C
61	111	141	Sep 4	BOS	@	MIN	W,10-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.259	.358	.617	8	1.07	0.099	.00	0.00%	1.41	C
62	112	142	Sep 6	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.254	.350	.604	8	.55	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.60	C
63	113	143	Sep 7	BOS	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.250	.344	.594	8	.65	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
64	114	145 (1)	Sep 9	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.249	.346	.594	7	1.81	0.203	.00	0.00%	0.86	C
65	115	146	Sep 10	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.249	.344	.593	7	.60	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.71	C
66	116	147	Sep 11	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.244	.337	.581	7	2.39	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-1.67	C
67	117	148	Sep 13	BOS		MIN	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.240	.332	.572	7	.70	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
68	118	149	Sep 14	BOS		MIN	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.236	.325	.561	7	.90	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.72	C
69	119	152 (2)	Sep 17	BOS		BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.237	.322	.559	7	.68	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
70	120	154 (1)	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.216	.234	.317	.551	7	1.12	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-1.05	C
71	121	155	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.234	.316	.550	8	.87	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.76	C
72	122	157 (1)	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSA	L,5-6	GS-14	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.218	.241	.319	.561	8	1.08	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.91	C
73	123	159 (1)	Sep 25	BOS	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.214	.237	.314	.551	8	.57	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
74	124	160	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	W,12-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214	.237	.313	.550	8	.32	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
75	125	161	Sep 28	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.238	.313	.551	8	.73	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
76	126	162	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.247	.320	.567	8	1.29	0.151	.00	0.00%	1.92	C
							39-37		246	231	15	52	11	1	3	20	8	1	38	0	3	4	4	5	1	2	.225	.247	.320	.567		.90	-0.995	.68	-0.72%	-10.68

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