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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
2	2	Apr 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	49	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	66	16.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	6	Apr 14	BOS		BAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 15	BOS		BAL	L,5-10	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
8	20 (12)	Apr 30	BOS	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	21	May 1	BOS	@	WSA	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	22	May 2	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
11	23	May 3	BOS		DET	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	24	May 4	BOS		DET	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	25	May 6	BOS	@	SEP	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
14	26	May 7	BOS	@	SEP	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
15	27	May 9	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	28	May 10	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	29	May 11	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-3	GS	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	30	May 13	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	31	May 14	BOS	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
20	32	May 16	BOS		SEP	L,9-10	GS	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
21	33	May 17	BOS		SEP	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	34	May 18	BOS		SEP	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
23	36 (1)	May 21 (2)	BOS		CAL	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	42 (5)	May 28	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	43	May 29	BOS	@	KCR	W,8-6	GS	27	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
26	44	May 30	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	46 (1)	Jun 1	BOS		MIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
28	47	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	48	Jun 3	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	49	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	50	Jun 6	BOS		KCR	W,4-2	CG	38	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
32	51	Jun 7	BOS		KCR	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	52	Jun 8	BOS		KCR	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
34	53	Jun 9	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
35	54	Jun 10	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	55	Jun 11	BOS	@	MIN	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	56	Jun 13	BOS		OAK	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
38	58 (1)	Jun 15	BOS		OAK	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
39	59	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	61 (1)	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
41	62	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	63	Jun 21 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	GS	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	65 (1)	Jun 22	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GS	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	C
44	67 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	69 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
46	70	Jun 26	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
47	71	Jun 27	BOS	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	74 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSA	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	75	Jul 1	BOS	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	76	Jul 2	BOS	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	78 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		WSA	L,1-5	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
52	80 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		WSA	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	82 (1)	Jul 6	BOS		WSA	L,0-5	GS	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
54	84 (1)	Jul 8	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	87 (2)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	92 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS	24	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	96 (3)	Jul 20	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	GS	28	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	98 (1)	Jul 25	BOS	@	SEP	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
59	100 (1)	Jul 27	BOS	@	SEP	W,5-3	GF	23	5.0	9	0	0	9	0	PH C
60	101	Jul 29	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
61	103 (1)	Jul 31	BOS	@	CAL	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	104	Aug 1	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	105	Aug 2	BOS	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS	46	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
64	106	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	OAK	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
65	108 (1)	Aug 5	BOS		SEP	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	112 (3)	Aug 9	BOS		CAL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	113	Aug 10	BOS		CAL	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	114	Aug 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	115	Aug 12	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	116	Aug 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
71	117	Aug 16 (1)	BOS	@	KCR	W,10-1	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
72	119 (1)	Aug 17	BOS	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	120	Aug 18	BOS		MIN	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
74	121	Aug 19	BOS		MIN	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	10	3	1	14	0	C
75	123 (1)	Aug 22	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	126 (2)	Aug 26	BOS		KCR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
77	127	Aug 27	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
78	129 (1)	Aug 29	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
79	131 (1)	Aug 31	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	133 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		OAK	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
81	141 (7)	Sep 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
82	143 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
83	145 (1)	Sep 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
							83gm		695.2	466	41	11	518	2