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Bob Gibson

Robert Gibson (Hoot or Gibby)
born Pack Robert Gibson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 189 lb.

Born: November 9, 1935 in Omaha, NE
High School: Tech HS (Omaha, NE)
School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1959 (Age 23)   vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER
Team: Cardinals 1959-1975

Final Game: September 3, 1975 (Age 39)   vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1981 (337/401 ballots).
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Bob Gibson: 24 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 3 go ahead

1 Tm
STL	24

vs RHP	14
vs LHP	10

Away	13
Home	11

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	15

11 Opps
CHC	5
NYM	4
SFG	3
PIT	2
ATL	2
LAD	2
SDP	2
PHI	1
MON	1
CIN	1
HOU	1

24 Pitchers
Mark Schaeffer	1
Joe Decker	1
Tommie Sisk	1
Skip Pitlock	1
Don Schwall	1
Chris Short	1
Pete Richert	1
Ernie Broglio	1
Gaylord Perry	1
John Strohmayer	1
Sammy Ellis	1
George Stone	1
Glen Hobbie	1
Danny Coombs	1
Ron Schueler	1
Ken MacKenzie	1
Johnny Podres	1
Dick Ellsworth	1
Bill Stoneman	1
Tug McGraw	1

13 Parks
Busch Stad	6
Sprtsmn3/Busch	5
Candlestick	2
Wrigley Fld	2
Dodger Stad	1
Shea Stad	1
LA Coliseum	1
Atl-Fulton	1
Polo Grounds	1
VeteransStad	1
Forbes Fld	1
Qualcomm St	1
Colt Stad	1

Where Hit
7	11
Unk	7
8	4
78	2
General field locations when available.

1 Inside the Park

Game Totals
1·HR gms	24
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.

OrderPos
9th	24

Outs
2	14
0	6
1	4

DefPos
P	24

Bases
---	14
1--	4
123	2
12-	2
-2-	1
1-3	1

41 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	14
1 on	5
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	10

Inning
2	6
3	3
4	2
5	3
6	2
7	4
8	2
9	2

1-3	9
4-6	7
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	7
+1	3
Tied	2
-1	1
-2	2
-3	1

Ahead	18
Tied	2
Behind	4
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

· WE and WPA Explanation

1961 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1961-07-05	STL	@	LAD	Johnny Podres	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	9	1	0.189	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball); Warwick Scores
1962 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1962-07-08	STL	@	NYM	Jay Hook	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1	9	1	0.083	80%		Home Run
3	3	2	1	1962-08-14	STL	@	HOU	Ken Johnson	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	9	1	0.123	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1963 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1963-05-24	STL		NYM	Ken MacKenzie	ahead 6-3	b 5	2	1--	2	9	1	0.077	96%		Home Run; Oliver Scores
5	5	2	1	1963-09-02 (1)	STL		PIT	Don Schwall	ahead 5-1	b 8	2	---	1	9	1	0.007	99%		Home Run
6	6	3	1	1963-09-10	STL		CHC	Glen Hobbie	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	12-	3	9	1	0.141	92%		Home Run; Flood Scores; Altman Scores
1965 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1965-05-16 (1)	STL	@	PIT	Tommie Sisk	ahead 5-3	t 9	2	---	1	9	1	0.043	97%		Home Run
8	8	2	1	1965-06-27 (1)	STL		CHC	Ernie Broglio	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	1--	2	9	1	0.135	87%		Home Run; McCarver Scores
9	9	3	1	1965-08-15	STL		CIN	Sammy Ellis	behind 1-3	b 2	2	1-3	3	9	1	0.292	63%		Home Run; Gagliano Scores; McCarver Scores
10	10	4	1	1965-08-31	STL	@	CHC	Dick Ellsworth	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	---	1	9	1	0.129	74%		Home Run
11	11	5	1	1965-09-29	STL	@	SFG	Gaylord Perry	ahead 4-0	t 8	1	123	4	9	1	0.017	100%		Home Run (LF-CF); McCarver Scores; Shannon Scores; Maxvill Scores
1966 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1966-05-10	STL	@	CHC	Ted Abernathy	ahead 4-0	t 7	2	---	1	9	1	0.028	97%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
1969 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1969-06-20	STL	@	NYM	Tug McGraw	behind 2-4	t 7	0	---	1	9	1	0.124	29%		Home Run
1970 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1970-06-12	STL	@	SFG	Skip Pitlock	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	---	1	9	1	0.087	76%		Home Run
15	15	2	1	1970-06-30	STL		CHC	Joe Decker	behind 1-4	b 3	0	---	1	9	1	0.092	33%		Home Run
1971 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1971-04-16	STL	@	SDP	Danny Coombs	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	9	1	0.183	79%		Home Run; Melendez Scores
17	17	2	1	1971-07-30	STL	@	PHI	Chris Short	ahead 3-1	t 7	1	---	1	9	1	0.079	90%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1972 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1972-06-04	STL	@	LAD	Pete Richert	ahead 2-0	t 9	2	1--	2	9	1	0.055	99%		Home Run; Maxvill Scores
19	19	2	1	1972-06-21	STL		SDP	Mark Schaeffer	ahead 10-1	b 7	2	12-	3	9	1	0.000	100%		Home Run; Carbo Scores; Maxvill Scores
20	20	3	1	1972-07-12	STL		ATL	Ron Schueler	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1	9	1	0.054	92%		Home Run
21	21	4	1	1972-07-21	STL	@	ATL	George Stone	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---	1	9	1	0.122	79%		Home Run
22	22	5	1	1972-08-30	STL		SFG	Jim Willoughby	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	1	9	1	0.203	57%		Home Run
1973 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1973-06-21	STL		MON	Bill Stoneman	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1	9	1	0.056	91%		Home Run
24	24	2	1	1973-07-26 (1)	STL		NYM	John Strohmayer	ahead 6-1	b 5	0	123	4	9	1	0.012	100%		Home Run; Reitz Scores; Carbo Scores; Tyson Scores

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.

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