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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)
Team: Cardinals 1959-1975

Final Game: September 3, 1975 (Age 39)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1981 (337/401 ballots).
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1959 23 STL NL 21 27 26 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .115 .115 .192 .308 -22 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1960 24 STL NL 40 29 28 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .179 .179 .214 .393 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 25 STL NL 40 75 66 4 13 5 0 1 10 0 0 3 23 .197 .236 .318 .554 41 21 1 1 3 2 0 1
1962 26 STL NL 42 90 76 11 20 0 0 2 5 0 0 4 28 .263 .321 .342 .664 71 26 1 3 6 1 0 1 AS
1963 27 STL NL 41 100 87 12 18 3 1 3 20 0 0 8 35 .207 .274 .368 .642 76 32 1 0 5 0 0 1
1964 28 STL NL 40 107 96 8 15 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 38 .156 .188 .208 .396 8 20 0 1 6 1 0 1 MVP-23
1965 29 STL NL 42 119 104 14 25 2 0 5 19 2 0 3 26 .240 .261 .404 .665 78 42 0 1 8 3 0 1 AS,GG
1966 30 STL NL 46 111 100 11 20 4 0 1 8 3 2 3 35 .200 .221 .270 .491 36 27 0 0 7 1 0 1 AS,GG
1967 31 STL NL 27 74 60 7 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 26 .133 .235 .133 .369 9 8 0 0 6 0 0 1 AS,MVP-22,GG
1968 32 STL NL 35 110 94 3 16 5 0 0 6 1 1 7 32 .170 .233 .223 .456 39 21 1 1 7 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1,GG
1969 33 STL NL 37 127 118 11 29 6 0 1 8 5 2 3 36 .246 .262 .322 .584 63 38 1 0 5 1 0 1 AS,MVP-30,GG
1970 34 STL NL 40 124 109 14 33 3 1 2 19 0 2 8 25 .303 .347 .404 .751 100 44 4 0 6 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4,GG
1971 35 STL NL 31 95 87 5 15 0 1 2 10 1 0 3 24 .172 .204 .264 .469 30 23 2 1 2 2 0 1 CYA-5,MVP-23,GG
1972 36 STL NL 34 106 103 12 20 6 0 5 12 0 1 1 25 .194 .202 .398 .600 68 41 0 0 2 0 0 1 AS,CYA-9,GG
1973 37 STL NL 25 71 65 8 12 0 0 2 8 1 1 3 17 .185 .217 .277 .494 37 18 1 0 2 1 0 1 GG
1974 38 STL NL 33 87 81 6 17 4 1 0 6 0 1 3 19 .210 .233 .284 .517 44 23 1 0 1 2 0 1
1975 39 STL NL 22 37 28 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 9 .179 .242 .179 .421 17 5 0 0 4 2 0 1
17 Yrs 596 1489 1328 132 274 44 5 24 144 13 10 63 415 .206 .243 .301 .545 50 400 13 8 72 18 0
162 Game Avg. 162 405 361 36 74 12 1 7 39 4 3 17 113 .206 .243 .301 .545 50 109 4 2 20 5 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1959 23 STL NL 21 27 -5 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 1
1960 24 STL NL 40 29 -4 0 0 0 3 -0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 1
1961 25 STL NL 40 75 -7 -0 -0 0 9 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 1
1962 26 STL NL 42 90 -3 0 -0 0 11 8 0.8 3 11 0.8 .519 .505 0.8 0.0 11 1 AS
1963 27 STL NL 41 100 -2 0 0 0 11 10 1.1 4 13 1.1 .526 .507 1.1 0.0 13 1
1964 28 STL NL 40 107 -12 -0 0 0 12 0 0.0 4 4 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 4 $30,000 1 MVP-23
1965 29 STL NL 42 119 -2 -1 1 0 14 12 1.3 4 17 1.3 .532 .508 1.3 0.0 17 $40,000 1 AS,GG
1966 30 STL NL 46 111 -10 -0 1 0 12 3 0.4 4 7 0.4 .507 .502 0.3 0.1 7 $50,000 1 AS,GG
1967 31 STL NL 27 74 -7 -0 0 0 8 1 0.2 3 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $60,000 1 AS,MVP-22,GG
1968 32 STL NL 35 110 -7 0 -0 0 11 5 0.6 4 9 0.6 .517 .504 0.6 0.0 9 $85,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1,GG
1969 33 STL NL 37 127 -7 -0 0 0 15 8 0.9 4 12 0.9 .524 .505 0.9 0.0 12 $125,000 1 AS,MVP-30,GG
1970 34 STL NL 40 124 -1 -2 -0 0 15 12 1.2 4 16 1.2 .530 .507 1.2 0.0 16 $125,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4,GG
1971 35 STL NL 31 95 -9 -0 -0 0 10 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 4 $150,000 1 CYA-5,MVP-23,GG
1972 36 STL NL 34 106 -4 -1 1 0 11 6 0.7 3 10 0.7 .521 .504 0.7 0.0 10 $150,000 1 AS,CYA-9,GG
1973 37 STL NL 25 71 -5 0 0 0 8 3 0.3 2 6 0.3 .515 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 $160,000 1 GG
1974 38 STL NL 33 87 -6 -1 -0 0 9 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $160,000 1
1975 39 STL NL 22 37 -4 -0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $175,000 1
17 Seasons 596 1489 -95 -4 3 0 166 71 8.0 53 124 8.0 .513 .503 7.7 0.3 124 $1,310,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1959 23 STL NL 27 24 1 1.1 110 .188 .115 .277 .115 .344 .192 .429 .308 .773 -22 .068 -4.6 -0.5 .217 .077 .077
1960 24 STL NL 29 24 1 1.1 106 .238 .179 .272 .179 .339 .214 .418 .393 .757 4 .076 -3.9 -0.4 .261 .036 .036
1961 25 STL NL 75 59 5 2.3 113 .273 .197 .280 .236 .348 .318 .437 .554 .785 41 .210 -5.8 -0.6 .463 .167 .121 .0
1962 26 STL NL 90 64 9 3.8 112 .383 .263 .283 .321 .352 .342 .429 .664 .780 71 .413 -3.4 -0.3 .579 .132 .079 .0
1963 27 STL NL 100 75 9 3.2 97 .306 .207 .265 .274 .328 .368 .396 .642 .725 76 .414 -3.1 -0.3 .571 .253 .161 .0
1964 28 STL NL 107 88 4 1.2 101 .254 .156 .274 .188 .332 .208 .406 .396 .739 8 .098 -12.3 -1.3 .296 .083 .052
1965 29 STL NL 119 90 12 3.6 101 .263 .240 .268 .261 .333 .404 .405 .665 .738 78 .436 -3.6 -0.4 .608 .212 .163 2.9
1966 30 STL NL 111 90 6 1.8 96 .292 .200 .265 .221 .324 .270 .399 .491 .722 36 .173 -8.7 -0.9 .378 .110 .070 1.5
1967 31 STL NL 74 58 3 1.4 90 .235 .133 .257 .235 .319 .133 .377 .369 .697 9 .129 -7.0 -0.8 .308 .133 .000
1968 32 STL NL 110 88 6 1.8 81 .254 .170 .251 .233 .309 .223 .354 .456 .663 39 .230 -6.8 -0.8 .363 .128 .053 .0
1969 33 STL NL 127 98 10 2.7 95 .341 .246 .259 .262 .330 .322 .384 .584 .714 63 .317 -6.0 -0.6 .478 .127 .076 1.7
1970 34 STL NL 124 89 14 4.2 105 .373 .303 .269 .347 .342 .404 .411 .751 .754 100 .457 -0.3 -0.0 .610 .156 .101 .0
1971 35 STL NL 95 78 5 1.7 96 .206 .172 .264 .204 .331 .264 .387 .469 .718 30 .172 -8.6 -0.9 .378 .138 .092 1.3
1972 36 STL NL 106 86 8 2.5 91 .205 .194 .255 .202 .324 .398 .377 .600 .701 68 .294 -5.0 -0.5 .488 .204 .204 .0
1973 37 STL NL 71 58 4 1.9 97 .213 .185 .262 .217 .332 .277 .390 .494 .722 37 .178 -5.9 -0.6 .382 .138 .092 1.3
1974 38 STL NL 87 69 5 2.0 95 .266 .210 .262 .233 .334 .284 .379 .517 .714 44 .195 -6.2 -0.6 .379 .099 .074
1975 39 STL NL 37 29 2 1.9 99 .238 .179 .270 .242 .342 .179 .390 .421 .732 17 .176 -3.1 -0.3 .348 .107 .000
17 Yrs 1489 1167 104 2.4 98 .276 .206 .266 .243 .332 .301 .396 .545 .727 50 .264 -94.4 -9.9 .440 .145 .095 16.9
162 Game Avg. 405 317 28 2.4 98 .276 .206 .266 .243 .332 .301 .396 .545 .727 50 .264 -94.4 -9.9 .440 .145 .095 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 28 STL NL WS NYY W 3 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 1 0 0
1967 31 STL NL WS BOS W 3 12 11 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .364 .530 4 1 0 0 0 0
1968 32 STL NL WS DET L 3 10 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .500 .722 4 0 0 1 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 9 32 28 4 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 7 .143 .200 .357 .557 10 1 0 2 0 0
3 WS 9 32 28 4 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 7 .143 .200 .357 .557 10 1 0 2 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 STL NL 26 DNP
1962 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 30 DNP
1967 STL NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 STL NL 32 DNP
1969 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 STL NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 STL NL 36 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (6 GP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1959 23 STL NL 27 0.0% 37.0% 0.0% 7.4% 67% 2.6 26.0 1.50 59%
1960 24 STL NL 29 0.0% 24.1% 0.0% 3.5% 20% 4.0 28.0 1.83 72%
1961 25 STL NL 75 1.3% 30.7% 4.0% 8.0% 46% 7.67 2.9 66.0 6.6 0.41 59%
1962 26 STL NL 90 2.2% 31.1% 4.4% 2.2% 10% 7.00 2.7 38.0 15.2 0.73 52%
1963 27 STL NL 100 3.0% 35.0% 8.0% 7.0% 39% 4.38 2.5 29.0 4.4 1.11 49%
1964 28 STL NL 107 0.0% 35.5% 2.8% 3.7% 27% 12.67 2.5 24.0 0.92 55%
1965 29 STL NL 119 4.2% 21.9% 2.5% 5.9% 28% 8.67 4.0 20.8 5.5 0.85 64%
1966 30 STL NL 111 0.9% 31.5% 2.7% 4.5% 25% 11.67 2.9 100.0 12.5 0.89 59%
1967 31 STL NL 74 0.0% 35.1% 10.8% 0.0% 0% 3.25 2.3 20.0 1.29 46%
1968 32 STL NL 110 0.0% 29.1% 6.4% 4.6% 31% 4.57 2.9 15.7 1.35 57%
1969 33 STL NL 127 0.8% 28.4% 2.4% 5.5% 24% 12.00 3.3 118.0 14.8 0.61 65%
1970 34 STL NL 124 1.6% 20.2% 6.5% 4.8% 18% 3.13 4.4 54.5 5.7 1.38 67%
1971 35 STL NL 95 2.1% 25.3% 3.2% 3.2% 20% 8.00 3.6 43.5 8.7 0.64 66%
1972 36 STL NL 106 4.7% 23.6% 0.9% 10.4% 55% 25.00 4.1 20.6 8.6 0.82 69%
1973 37 STL NL 71 2.8% 23.9% 4.2% 2.8% 17% 5.67 3.8 32.5 8.1 0.54 66%
1974 38 STL NL 87 0.0% 21.8% 3.5% 5.8% 29% 6.33 4.3 13.5 0.75 74%
1975 39 STL NL 37 0.0% 24.3% 8.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.1 7.0 0.47 57%
17 Yrs 1489 1.6% 27.9% 4.2% 4.9% 27% 6.59 3.2 55.3 9.2 0.85 61%
MLB Averages 2.1% 14.6% 8.5% 6.2% 28% 1.71 6.1 42.6 8.9 1.09 73%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1959 23 STL NL -4.6 -0.5 28 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 1.04 -0.4 -0.2 -5.2 -0.5 0.95 -5.1 0
1960 24 STL NL -3.9 -0.4 29 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.00 -0.4 -0.0 -5.7 -0.6 1.04 -4.5 0
1961 25 STL NL -5.8 -0.6 76 -0.4 0.9 -1.4 .89 -0.3 -0.1 -2.5 -0.2 0.87 -5.0 0
1962 26 STL NL -3.4 -0.3 92 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 .96 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.97 -2.8 0
1963 27 STL NL -3.1 -0.3 102 0.4 2.0 -1.6 .98 0.1 0.2 5.6 0.6 1.00 3.1 1.36 1
1964 28 STL NL -12.3 -1.3 110 -1.1 0.9 -1.9 .90 -1.1 -0.1 -12.8 -1.3 0.92 -12.0 0
1965 29 STL NL -3.6 -0.4 121 -0.2 1.7 -2.0 .95 0.0 -0.2 3.1 0.3 1.00 1.8 1.09 1
1966 30 STL NL -8.7 -0.9 117 -1.2 1.3 -2.5 1.15 -1.1 0.1 -13.0 -1.4 1.00 -10.7 3.23 6
1967 31 STL NL -7.0 -0.8 74 -0.8 0.3 -1.2 .82 -0.8 -0.2 -7.8 -0.9 0.93 -8.2 0
1968 32 STL NL -6.8 -0.8 114 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 .89 -0.9 -0.1 -5.3 -0.6 0.91 -6.2 0
1969 33 STL NL -6.0 -0.6 135 -1.4 1.3 -2.8 1.08 -0.8 -0.5 -7.9 -0.8 0.94 -8.5 4.33 1
1970 34 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 126 -0.2 2.2 -2.5 1.16 -0.1 -0.1 1.9 0.2 1.03 -0.3 3.82 2
1971 35 STL NL -8.6 -0.9 96 -0.5 1.0 -1.4 .75 -0.8 0.2 -6.7 -0.7 0.97 -8.3 0
1972 36 STL NL -5.0 -0.5 109 -0.8 1.2 -2.1 .93 -0.6 -0.3 -7.7 -0.8 1.01 -3.8 0
1973 37 STL NL -5.9 -0.6 75 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 .97 -0.4 -0.2 -2.9 -0.3 0.95 -3.3 0
1974 38 STL NL -6.2 -0.6 88 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 .95 -0.7 0.5 -4.4 -0.5 0.90 -6.9 0
1975 39 STL NL -3.1 -0.3 37 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 .98 -0.3 -0.0 -3.9 -0.4 0.99 -3.3 0
17 Yrs -94.4 -9.9 1529 -9.4 17.8 -27.2 .97 -8.8 -0.9 -77.2 -8.1 0.96 -83.9 3.07 11
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1959 23 STL NL 0 0 33% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 24 STL NL 0 0 80% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29% 5 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
1961 25 STL NL 0 0 19% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 29% 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 1
1962 26 STL NL 1 0 36% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 11 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 27 STL NL 2 0 39% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28% 9 7 2 2 2 0 7 4 3
1964 28 STL NL 1 0 42% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 38% 4 4 0 1 0 1 3 1 2
1965 29 STL NL 3 0 38% 43 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 25% 10 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
1966 30 STL NL 0 0 46% 35 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 46% 7 4 3 2 2 0 4 0 3
1967 31 STL NL 1 0 44% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38% 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
1968 32 STL NL 1 0 13% 31 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 33 STL NL 0 0 32% 38 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 36% 5 5 0 0 0 0 6 2 4
1970 34 STL NL 0 0 31% 52 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 60% 9 5 4 2 1 1 4 0 4
1971 35 STL NL 0 0 18% 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1972 36 STL NL 1 0 44% 18 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1973 37 STL NL 1 0 46% 28 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 60% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1974 38 STL NL 1 0 30% 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1975 39 STL NL 0 0 13% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs 12 0 34% 497 13 10 57% 11 9 2 1 0 0 7 3 12 0 1 2 3 26 38% 85 60 23 11 8 3 43 13 27
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Batting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1959 23 STL NL 27 37% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 14 1 7% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 24 STL NL 29 55% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 7 2 29% 27 1 4% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1961 25 STL NL 75 44% 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 60% 11 1 9% 16 4 25% 39 9 23% 6 3 50% 4 2 50% 0
1962 26 STL NL 90 24% 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 6 86% 24 1 4% 22 6 27% 58 5 9% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
1963 27 STL NL 100 40% 18 1 0 0 0 1.36 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 5 5 100% 22 1 5% 19 4 21% 72 17 24% 7 3 43% 2 1 50% 0
1964 28 STL NL 107 27% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 16 0 0% 19 6 32% 60 4 7% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1965 29 STL NL 119 35% 25 1 1 0 1 1.09 5 1 6 4 1 2 3 0 8 8 100% 31 0 0% 28 11 39% 78 16 21% 10 7 70% 5 2 40% 0
1966 30 STL NL 111 41% 20 6 2 0 1 3.23 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 7 100% 19 0 0% 23 10 43% 75 7 9% 8 4 50% 3 3 100% 0
1967 31 STL NL 74 34% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 12 0 0% 13 5 38% 51 3 6% 6 2 33% 1 1 100% 0
1968 32 STL NL 110 24% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 16 1 6% 19 5 26% 58 6 10% 6 3 50% 2 1 50% 0
1969 33 STL NL 127 33% 29 1 0 0 0 4.33 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 100% 15 1 7% 14 4 29% 64 7 11% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
1970 34 STL NL 124 26% 33 2 0 0 0 3.82 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 6 86% 31 4 13% 24 5 21% 93 18 19% 8 6 75% 1 1 100% 0
1971 35 STL NL 95 35% 15 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 67% 16 2 13% 15 3 20% 56 8 14% 9 4 44% 2 1 50% 0
1972 36 STL NL 106 25% 20 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 2 3 3 2 0 4 2 50% 19 0 0% 22 3 14% 71 7 10% 9 1 11% 4 1 25% 0
1973 37 STL NL 71 18% 12 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 5 2 40% 14 1 7% 14 3 21% 40 6 15% 2 2 100% 6 5 83% 0
1974 38 STL NL 87 34% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 1 8% 13 3 23% 45 6 13% 4 3 75% 2 1 50% 0
1975 39 STL NL 37 38% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 7 0 0% 12 6 50% 27 4 15% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
17 Yrs 1489 32% 274 11 3 0 2 3.07 24 2 43 14 10 11 13 1 87 72 83% 276 13 5% 286 80 28% 928 125 13% 92 46 50% 37 21 57% 0
MLB Averages 53% 76% 11% 31% 14% 48% 52%
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 23 21 27 26 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .115 .115 .192 .308 -22 5 0 0 1 0 0
1960 24 61 56 54 5 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .148 .148 .204 .352 -9 11 0 0 2 0 0
1961 25 101 131 120 9 21 8 0 1 12 0 0 3 40 .175 .198 .267 .465 19 32 1 1 5 2 0
1962 26 143 221 196 20 41 8 0 3 17 0 0 7 68 .209 .248 .296 .544 40 58 2 4 11 3 0
1963 27 184 321 283 32 59 11 1 6 37 0 0 15 103 .208 .256 .318 .574 51 90 3 4 16 3 0
1964 28 224 428 379 40 74 14 2 6 41 0 0 18 141 .195 .239 .290 .529 40 110 3 5 22 4 0
1965 29 266 547 483 54 99 16 2 11 60 2 0 21 167 .205 .244 .315 .558 48 152 3 6 30 7 0
1966 30 312 658 583 65 119 20 2 12 68 5 2 24 202 .204 .240 .307 .547 46 179 3 6 37 8 0
1967 31 339 732 643 72 127 20 2 12 71 5 2 32 228 .198 .239 .291 .530 43 187 3 6 43 8 0
1968 32 374 842 737 75 143 25 2 12 77 6 3 39 260 .194 .239 .282 .521 42 208 4 7 50 9 0
1969 33 411 969 855 86 172 31 2 13 85 11 5 42 296 .201 .242 .288 .530 45 246 5 7 55 10 0
1970 34 451 1093 964 100 205 34 3 15 104 11 7 50 321 .213 .254 .301 .555 52 290 9 7 61 11 0
1971 35 482 1188 1051 105 220 34 4 17 114 12 7 53 345 .209 .250 .298 .548 50 313 11 8 63 13 0
1972 36 516 1294 1154 117 240 40 4 22 126 12 8 54 370 .208 .246 .307 .552 51 354 11 8 65 13 0
1973 37 541 1365 1219 125 252 40 4 24 134 13 9 57 387 .207 .244 .305 .549 51 372 12 8 67 14 0
1974 38 574 1452 1300 131 269 44 5 24 140 13 10 60 406 .207 .243 .304 .547 50 395 13 8 68 16 0
1975 39 596 1489 1328 132 274 44 5 24 144 13 10 63 415 .206 .243 .301 .545 50 400 13 8 72 18 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1959 23 22 29 28 2 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 10 .143 .143 .250 .393 1 21
1960 24 42 30 29 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 .172 .172 .207 .379 1 40
1961 25 42 76 67 3 12 5 0 1 9 0 3 24 .179 .219 .299 .518 4 40
1962 26 42 89 75 10 19 0 0 2 4 0 4 28 .253 .313 .333 .647 7 42
1963 27 41 100 87 12 18 3 1 3 21 0 8 35 .207 .274 .368 .642 9 41
1964 28 40 108 97 9 16 3 1 0 4 0 3 38 .165 .196 .216 .413 4 40
1965 29 42 119 104 14 25 2 0 5 19 2 3 26 .240 .261 .404 .665 11 42
1966 30 46 113 102 13 22 4 0 1 9 3 3 35 .216 .236 .284 .520 7 46
1967 31 27 74 60 7 8 0 0 0 3 0 8 26 .133 .235 .133 .369 2 27
1968 32 35 113 96 4 18 6 0 0 7 1 8 32 .188 .255 .250 .505 6 35
1969 33 37 129 120 12 31 6 0 1 9 5 3 36 .258 .274 .333 .608 11 37
1970 34 40 123 108 14 32 3 1 2 18 0 8 25 .296 .342 .398 .740 15 40
1971 35 31 96 88 5 16 0 1 2 11 1 3 24 .182 .213 .273 .485 5 31
1972 36 36 112 109 14 22 7 0 6 14 0 1 26 .202 .209 .431 .640 9 34
1973 37 25 71 65 8 12 0 0 2 8 1 3 17 .185 .217 .277 .494 4 25
1974 38 33 88 82 7 18 4 1 0 7 0 3 19 .220 .241 .293 .534 6 33
1975 39 22 35 27 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 9 .148 .194 .148 .342 1 22
17 Yrs 603 1505 1344 139 282 47 5 25 149 13 63 417 .210 .246 .308 .554 103 596
162 Game Avg. 162 404 361 37 76 13 1 7 40 3 17 112 .210 .246 .308 .554 28 596
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact



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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA (84.0%)
Selected to HOF in 1981 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1962-1
1962-2 *
1965 *
1966
1967 *
1968
1969 *
1970 *
1972 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1964 NL Babe Ruth Award
1964 ML WS MVP
1967 ML WS MVP
1968 NL Cy Young
1968 NL MVP
1968 NL pitching_title
1968 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1970 NL Cy Young
1970 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 NL (23, 1%)
1967 NL (22, 2%)
1968 NL (1, 86%)
1969 NL (30, 1%)
1970 NL (4, 33%)
1971 NL (23, 1%)
1 MVP
1.24 Career Shares (186th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 NL (1, 100%)
1970 NL (1, 98%)
1971 NL (5, 3%)
1972 NL (9, 3%)
2 Cy Youngs
2.04 Career Shares (13th)

Gold Gloves
1965 NL (P)
1966 NL (P)
1967 NL (P)
1968 NL (P)
1969 NL (P)
1970 NL (P)
1971 NL (P)
1972 NL (P)
1973 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1962 NL  6.4 (6th)
1965 NL  7.6 (9th)
1968 NL  11.9 (1st)
1969 NL  11.3 (1st)
1970 NL  10.1 (1st)
1972 NL  7.7 (5th)
Career  89.9 (45th)

Oldest s c a p y
1973 NL  born 1935-11-09 (7th)
1974 NL  born 1935-11-09 (4th)
1975 NL  born 1935-11-09 (1st)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bill Hutchinson (958)
  2. Dizzy Trout (957)
  3. Freddie Fitzsimmons (956)
  4. Don Drysdale (954) *
  5. Chief Bender (954) *
  6. Vern Law (949)
  7. Hal Schumacher (949)
  8. Bill Sherdel (949)
  9. Bert Cunningham (948)
  10. Early Wynn (948) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Freddie Fitzsimmons (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Vern Law (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jason Marquis (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tom Hughes (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hal Schumacher (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Freddie Fitzsimmons (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Freddie Fitzsimmons (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Warren Spahn (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Warren Spahn (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Warren Spahn (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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