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+

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

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	16 (15)	Apr 30	BOS		MIN	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	17	May 1	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	18	May 2	BOS		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
4	19	May 3	BOS		OAK	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
5	20	May 4	BOS		OAK	L,2-4	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	21	May 5	BOS		OAK	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	23 (1)	May 8	BOS	@	WSA	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
8	26 (2)	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
9	28 (1)	May 12 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	30 (1)	May 15	BOS		WSA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
11	34 (3)	May 19	BOS		NYY	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	39 (4)	May 25	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	44 (4)	May 30	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	46 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
15	50 (3)	Jun 4 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-2	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	52 (1)	Jun 6	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	53	Jun 7	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	56 (2)	Jun 13 susp	BOS		CAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	58 (1)	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
20	64 (5)	Jun 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
21	67 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	70 (2)	Jun 27	BOS		CLE	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
23	72 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	77 (4)	Jul 4	BOS		OAK	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
25	78	Jul 5	BOS		MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
26	79	Jul 6	BOS		MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	80	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	81	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		MIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	82	Jul 11	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
30	83	Jul 12	BOS	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	84	Jul 13	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
32	85	Jul 14	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	86	Jul 15	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
34	87	Jul 16	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
35	88	Jul 17	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	104 (15)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	GF	16	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH C
37	106 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	BOS		CAL	W,8-3	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
38	107	Aug 3 (2)	BOS		CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	108	Aug 4	BOS		CAL	L,6-12	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	109	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
41	114 (4)	Aug 10	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
42	115	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	19	5.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	116	Aug 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	117	Aug 12	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
45	119 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
46	121 (1)	Aug 15	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
47	122	Aug 16	BOS		DET	L,0-4	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	124 (1)	Aug 18	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	127 (2)	Aug 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	131 (3)	Aug 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	24	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
51	132	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
52	133	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
53	134	Aug 28	BOS		OAK	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
54	135	Aug 29	BOS		OAK	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	2	8	1	C
55	136	Aug 30	BOS		WSA	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
56	137	Aug 31	BOS		WSA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	138	Sep 1	BOS		WSA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	139	Sep 2	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
59	140	Sep 3	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	141	Sep 4	BOS	@	MIN	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	142	Sep 6	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
62	143	Sep 7	BOS	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
63	145 (1)	Sep 9	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	38	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	146	Sep 10	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	147	Sep 11	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	148	Sep 13	BOS		MIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
67	149	Sep 14	BOS		MIN	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	152 (2)	Sep 17	BOS		BAL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
69	154 (1)	Sep 20	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	155	Sep 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
71	157 (1)	Sep 23	BOS	@	WSA	L,5-6	GS	55	13.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
72	159 (1)	Sep 25	BOS	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
73	160	Sep 27	BOS		NYY	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	161	Sep 28	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
75	162	Sep 29	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							75gm		588.0	431	36	8	475	7