Bob Gibson
Robert Louis Gibson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 19, 1957 in Philadelphia, PA
School: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1983
Final Game: July 25, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1983 26 MIL AL 3 4 .429 3.90 27 7 16 0 0 2 80.2 71 40 35 6 46 2 46 1 1 5 357 96 1.450 7.9 0.7 5.1 5.1 1.00
1984 27 MIL AL 2 5 .286 4.96 18 9 4 1 1 0 69.0 61 43 38 10 47 2 54 0 1 5 312 78 1.565 8.0 1.3 6.1 7.0 1.15
1985 28 MIL AL 6 7 .462 3.90 41 1 25 0 0 11 92.1 86 44 40 10 49 3 53 1 0 4 392 107 1.462 8.4 1.0 4.8 5.2 1.08
1986 29 MIL AL 1 2 .333 4.72 11 1 5 0 0 0 26.2 23 18 14 3 23 1 11 0 0 3 123 92 1.725 7.8 1.0 7.8 3.7 0.48
1987 30 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
5 Seasons 12 18 .400 4.24 98 18 50 1 1 13 269.2 241 145 127 29 166 8 166 2 2 17 1188 94 1.509 8.0 1.0 5.5 5.5 1.00
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .400 4.24 57 11 29 1 1 8 158 141 85 74 17 97 5 97 1 1 10 696 94 1.509 8.0 1.0 5.5 5.5 1.00
MIL (4 yrs) 12 18 .400 4.25 97 18 50 1 1 13 268.2 241 145 127 29 165 8 164 2 2 17 1184 94 1.511 8.1 1.0 5.5 5.5 0.99
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
AL (4 yrs) 12 18 .400 4.25 97 18 50 1 1 13 268.2 241 145 127 29 165 8 164 2 2 17 1184 94 1.511 8.1 1.0 5.5 5.5 0.99
NL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 26 MIL AL 27 357 300 40 71 13 1 6 15 3 46 46 .237 .334 .347 .681 .256 104 5 1 4 6 2
1984 27 MIL AL 18 312 258 43 61 8 0 10 12 2 47 54 .236 .352 .384 .736 .260 99 2 0 5 2 2
1985 28 MIL AL 41 392 331 44 86 16 1 10 9 7 49 53 .260 .353 .405 .758 .279 134 14 1 7 4 3
1986 29 MIL AL 11 123 99 18 23 5 1 3 3 3 23 11 .232 .374 .394 .768 .233 39 1 0 0 1 1
1987 30 NYM NL 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 98 1188 991 145 241 42 3 29 39 15 166 166 .243 .349 .379 .728 .262 376 22 2 16 13 8
162 Game Avg. 57 696 581 85 141 25 2 17 23 9 97 97 .243 .349 .379 .728 .262 220 13 1 9 8 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1983 26 MIL AL 27 7 2 2 3 0 1 3 4 .429 2 1 0 0 4 57% 51 72 37 9 1 0 7 4.1 3.7 5.7
1984 27 MIL AL 18 9 2 5 2 0 2 4 5 .444 0 1 1 1 4 44% 45 85 23 18 12 1 2 4.6 5.3 5.3
1985 28 MIL AL 41 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 37 37 37 11 2 0 0 2.0 2.6 6.0
1986 29 MIL AL 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 18 18 18 8 4 0 1 6.0 0.0 1.3
4 Seasons 97 18 4 9 5 0 4 7 11 .389 2 2 1 1 9 50% 45 85 18 46 19 1 10 4.3 4.4 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1983 26 MIL AL 27 20 16 1 2 5 2 3 40% 6 0 18 9 50% 7 0.948 7 2 11 6 1 13 12 8 15 3 15 0 6.1
1984 27 MIL AL 18 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 6 0.814 1 2 6 0 1 8 6 3 7 1 7 2 7.0
1985 28 MIL AL 41 40 25 6 6 14 11 3 79% 17 3 36 16 44% 7 1.261 19 8 13 21 7 12 23 17 27 6 27 4 6.5
1986 29 MIL AL 11 10 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 9 0.704 3 2 4 1 3 6 4 6 7 0 7 1 7.6
1987 30 NYM NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.560 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
5 Seasons 98 80 50 8 9 19 13 6 68% 23 3 74 37 50% 0.990 30 14 35 28 12 40 45 35 56 10 56 7 6.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1983 26 MIL AL 357 52% 1.7% 12.9% 12.9% 5.6% 28% 0.75 71% 72 5 7%
1984 27 MIL AL 312 60% 3.2% 17.3% 15.1% 5.8% 30% 0.70 63% 64 2 3%
1985 28 MIL AL 392 43% 2.6% 13.5% 12.5% 6.9% 31% 1.09 69% 83 14 17%
1986 29 MIL AL 123 54% 2.4% 8.9% 18.7% 7.3% 39% 0.39 70% 34 1 3%
1987 30 NYM NL 4 75% 0.0% 50.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.00 25% 1 0 0%
5 Seasons 1188 51% 2.4% 14.0% 14.0% 6.2% 31% 0.79 68% 254 22 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1983 26 MIL AL 357 71 6 0 12 5 1 1 5 24 16 2 67% 6 5 0 142 15 3 83% 13 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
1984 27 MIL AL 312 61 10 1 4 4 6 8 2 11 8 0 73% 2 5 0 136 12 2 86% 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1985 28 MIL AL 392 86 10 1 12 4 6 4 6 28 15 2 54% 3 4 3 159 9 7 56% 8 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 13 0
1986 29 MIL AL 123 23 3 1 3 2 1 3 0 7 4 0 57% 3 3 0 53 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 30 NYM NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1188 241 29 3 31 15 14 16 13 70 43 4 61% 14 17 3 492 39 15 72% 35 13 4 2 0 0 3 1 45 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1983 26 3 4 .429 3.90 27 7 16 0 0 2 80.2 71 40 35 6 46 2 46 1 1 5 357 96 1.450 7.9 0.7 5.1 5.1 1.00 96
1984 27 5 9 .357 4.39 45 16 20 1 1 2 149.2 132 83 73 16 93 4 100 1 2 10 669 87 1.503 7.9 1.0 5.6 6.0 1.08 87
1985 28 11 16 .407 4.20 86 17 45 1 1 13 242.0 218 127 113 26 142 7 153 2 2 14 1061 94 1.488 8.1 1.0 5.3 5.7 1.08 94
1986 29 12 18 .400 4.25 97 18 50 1 1 13 268.2 241 145 127 29 165 8 164 2 2 17 1184 94 1.511 8.1 1.0 5.5 5.5 0.99 94
1987 30 12 18 .400 4.24 98 18 50 1 1 13 269.2 241 145 127 29 166 8 166 2 2 17 1188 94 1.509 8.0 1.0 5.5 5.5 1.00 94

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1983 26 3 5 .375 4.68 77.0 76 44 40 6 49 44 1 1.623 8.9 5.7 5.1 0.90 0.7 27
1984 27 2 5 .286 5.82 65.0 66 47 42 11 51 51 0 1.800 9.1 7.1 7.1 1.00 1.5 18
1985 28 4 5 .444 4.34 85.0 86 46 41 10 49 49 1 1.588 9.1 5.2 5.2 1.00 1.1 41
1986 29 1 1 .500 4.50 26.0 23 14 13 3 23 11 0 1.769 8.0 8.0 3.8 0.48 1.0 11
1987 30 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00 0.0 1
5 Seasons 10 16 .385 4.82 254.0 251 151 136 30 173 157 2 1.669 8.9 5.6 0.91 1.1 98

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