Bob Gibson
Robert Gibson (Hoot and Gibby)
born Pack Robert Gibson
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 9, 1935 in Omaha, NE
High School: Technical (Omaha, NE)
School: Creighton University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1959
Final Game: September 3, 1975
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1981 (337/401 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 STL NL 23 P 13 9 75.2 18 6 10 2 2 .889 1.90 1.23 .956 1.99 0.82
1960 STL NL 24 P 27 12 86.2 21 7 14 0 3 1.000 2.18 0.78 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 STL NL 25 P 35 27 211.1 51 14 35 2 4 .961 2.09 1.40 .959 2.18 0.88
1962 STL NL 26 P 32 30 233.2 56 18 35 3 6 .946 2.04 1.66 .948 2.07 0.82 AS
1963 STL NL 27 P 36 33 254.2 60 27 28 5 0 .917 1.94 1.53 .953 2.06 0.84
1964 STL NL 28 P 40 36 287.1 66 24 36 6 4 .909 1.88 1.50 .955 2.14 0.84 MVP-23
1965 STL NL 29 P 38 36 299.0 63 27 33 3 1 .952 1.81 1.58 .956 2.08 0.81 AS,GG
1966 STL NL 30 P 35 35 280.1 56 26 28 2 4 .964 1.73 1.54 .946 1.96 0.74 AS,GG
1967 STL NL 31 P 24 24 175.1 42 19 23 0 0 1.000 2.16 1.75 .957 2.00 0.78 AS,MVP-22,GG
1968 STL NL 32 P 34 34 304.2 50 21 28 1 2 .980 1.45 1.44 .958 2.01 0.85 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1,GG
1969 STL NL 33 P 35 35 314.0 56 21 32 3 5 .946 1.52 1.51 .959 1.95 0.78 AS,MVP-30,GG
1970 STL NL 34 P 34 34 294.0 58 22 32 4 3 .931 1.65 1.59 .952 1.85 0.71 AS,CYA-1,MVP-4,GG
1971 STL NL 35 P 31 31 245.2 52 10 39 3 1 .942 1.80 1.58 .954 1.90 0.78 CYA-5,MVP-23,GG
1972 STL NL 36 P 34 34 278.0 59 12 46 1 3 .983 1.88 1.71 .947 1.78 0.73 AS,CYA-9,GG
1973 STL NL 37 P 25 25 195.0 37 11 24 2 2 .946 1.62 1.40 .951 1.88 0.73 GG
1974 STL NL 38 P 33 33 240.0 48 20 26 2 4 .958 1.72 1.39 .944 1.88 0.71
1975 STL NL 39 P 22 14 109.0 24 6 15 3 2 .875 1.73 0.95 .950 1.86 0.72
17 Seasons P 528 482 3884.1 817 291 484 42 46 .949 1.80 1.47 .953 1.98 0.79
17 Seasons TOT 528 482 3884.1 817 291 484 42 46 .949 1.80 1.47 .902 1.98 0.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 STL NL 23 21 9 21 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1960 STL NL 24 40 12 40 40 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
1961 STL NL 25 40 27 40 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1962 STL NL 26 42 30 42 42 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1963 STL NL 27 41 33 41 41 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
1964 STL NL 28 40 36 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 29 42 36 42 42 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1966 STL NL 30 46 35 46 46 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5
1967 STL NL 31 27 24 27 27 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1968 STL NL 32 35 34 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 STL NL 33 37 35 37 37 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1970 STL NL 34 40 34 40 40 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1971 STL NL 35 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 STL NL 36 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 37 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 38 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 STL NL 39 22 14 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 596 482 596 596 528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 55
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1959 STL NL 23 344 74% 25% 16 81% 0 6 2 2 10 7 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1960 STL NL 24 409 71% 26% 17 88% 0 7 0 4 14 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 100%
1961 STL NL 25 948 69% 27% 42 90% 0 14 3 7 35 27 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 4 0 4 100%
1962 STL NL 26 990 68% 27% 50 88% 1 18 5 10 39 29 5 3 0 3 0 2 6 4 6 0 5 60%
1963 STL NL 27 1127 72% 25% 43 84% 0 26 6 15 26 24 0 5 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 75%
1964 STL NL 28 1220 72% 25% 45 80% 1 25 1 20 36 30 2 6 0 2 4 2 4 2 3 1 6 83%
1965 STL NL 29 1264 70% 21% 50 86% 0 26 2 15 34 24 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1966 STL NL 30 1152 73% 24% 42 90% 0 26 2 14 32 25 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 4 0 9 89%
1967 STL NL 31 718 74% 24% 26 88% 1 19 0 14 23 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 STL NL 32 1184 72% 23% 38 92% 2 22 4 15 30 21 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1969 STL NL 33 1308 71% 21% 41 88% 3 21 1 17 34 27 5 3 0 1 2 0 5 5 5 0 10 80%
1970 STL NL 34 1244 71% 23% 38 89% 0 22 3 12 31 22 7 4 0 4 0 3 4 3 4 0 3 67%
1971 STL NL 35 1055 75% 27% 50 88% 2 10 2 3 40 37 0 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 7 71%
1972 STL NL 36 1161 74% 23% 62 82% 1 11 1 6 46 33 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 9 78%
1973 STL NL 37 819 75% 27% 28 86% 0 11 0 7 24 20 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 4 50%
1974 STL NL 38 1090 78% 23% 29 100% 0 20 3 11 28 21 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 2 2 6 100%
1975 STL NL 39 519 76% 19% 23 70% 2 6 1 4 15 10 1 3 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 7 86%
17 Seasons 16552 72% 24% 640 87% 13 290 36 176 497 382 59 42 2 25 15 21 47 30 42 5 101 83%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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