Russ Gibson

John Russell Gibson

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 6, 1939 in Fall River, MA
High School: Durfee HS (Fall River, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1967
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Giants 1967-1972

Final Game: September 6, 1972
Died: July 27, 2008 in Swansea, MA
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Swansea, MA
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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
1957	18	BOS-min	D	43	147	147		47	10	1	2						.320	.320	.442	.762		65							LAF,CRN · MIDW,NYPL
1958	19	BOS-min	D	106	358	358		91	14	1	4						.254	.254	.332	.587		119							WLO · MIDW
1959	20	BOS-min	B	82	239	239		64	10	2	1						.268	.268	.339	.607		81							RAL · CARL
1960	21	BOS-min	B	84	287	287		86	12	7	7						.300	.300	.463	.763		133							RAL · CARL
1961	22	BOS-min	B	110	360	360		99	18	7	11						.275	.275	.456	.731		164							WSM · CARL
1962	23	BOS-min	A	116	440	384	43	100	24	6	7	59	0		49	90	.260	.341	.409	.750		157		0	3	4	9		YOR · EL
1963	24	BOS-min	AAA	80	236	221	26	54	8	3	7	33	1	0	15	42	.244	.292	.403	.695		89							SLE · PCL
1964	25	BOS-min	AAA	130	501	467	47	129	20	1	17	69	2	3	28	78	.276	.315	.433	.747		202		0	2	4			SLE · PCL
1965	26	BOS-min	AAA	116	413	376	32	81	13	3	10	52	2	2	30	69	.215	.272	.346	.618		130		1	1	5			TTO · IL
1966	27	BOS-min	AAA	100	361	339	37	99	13	2	9	50	0	3	20	47	.292	.330	.422	.751		143		0	0	2			TTO · IL
1967	28	BOS-min	AA	19	62	59	4	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	11	.220	.258	.237	.495		14							PFD · EL
1967	28	BOS	AL	49	154	138	8	28	7	0	1	15	0	0	12	31	.203	.263	.275	.539	54	38	7	0	2	2	3	2
1968	29	BOS	AL	76	246	231	15	52	11	1	3	20	1	2	8	38	.225	.247	.320	.567	66	74	5	0	3	4	1	2/3
1969	30	BOS	AL	85	307	287	21	72	9	1	3	27	1	1	15	25	.251	.289	.321	.609	67	92	11	1	2	2	1	2
1970	31	SFG	NL	24	76	69	3	16	6	0	0	6	0	0	7	12	.232	.303	.319	.621	68	22	4	0	0	0	1	2
1971	32	SFG	NL	25	59	57	2	11	1	1	1	7	0	0	2	13	.193	.220	.298	.519	47	17	2	0	0	0	0	2
1972	33	SFG-min	AAA	31	76	70	3	15	2	0	0	13	0	0	5	18	.214	.263	.243	.506		17		0	0	1			PHX · PCL
1972	33	SFG	NL	5	13	12	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.333	.500	38	4	2	0	1	0	0	/2
6 Yrs				264	855	794	49	181	34	4	8	78	2	3	44	123	.228	.267	.311	.578	63	247	31	1	8	8	6
162 Game Avg.				162	525	487	30	111	21	2	5	48	1	2	27	75	.228	.267	.311	.578	63	152	19	1	5	5	4

SFG (3 yrs)				54	148	138	5	29	7	2	1	16	0	0	9	29	.210	.259	.312	.570	57	43	8	0	1	0	1
BOS (3 yrs)				210	707	656	44	152	27	2	7	62	2	3	35	94	.232	.269	.311	.580	64	204	23	1	7	8	5

NL (3 yrs)				54	148	138	5	29	7	2	1	16	0	0	9	29	.210	.259	.312	.570	57	43	8	0	1	0	1
AL (3 yrs)				210	707	656	44	152	27	2	7	62	2	3	35	94	.232	.269	.311	.580	64	204	23	1	7	8	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1967	28	BOS	AL	49	154	-8	-0	-1	1	2	-6	-0.8	4	-2	-0.4	.485	.496	-0.4	0.3	-3	$	2
1968	29	BOS	AL	76	246	-9	-0	-0	-7	4	-13	-1.7	7	-6	-1.1	.479	.490	-0.1	-0.5	1	$	2/3
1969	30	BOS	AL	85	307	-15	-2	-2	0	5	-14	-1.6	8	-5	-0.8	.482	.491	-0.7	0.5	-5	$	2
1970	31	SFG	NL	24	76	-3	0	-1	-3	1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.475	.496	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$28,000	2
1971	32	SFG	NL	25	59	-4	-0	-0	0	1	-3	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	2
1972	33	SFG	NL	5	13	-1	-0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.447	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
6 Seasons				264	855	-40	-2	-4	-10	13	-44	-5.4	24	-20	-3.1	.480	.495	-1.6	0.2	-10	$28,000

SFG (3 yrs)				54	148	-8	-0	-1	-4	2	-12	-1.2	4	-7	-0.8	.477	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$28,000
BOS (3 yrs)				210	707	-31	-2	-3	-6	10	-32	-4.1	20	-13	-2.3	.482	.492	-1.2	0.3	-6	$

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
1967	28	BOS	AL	154	121	9	2.0	91	.250	.203	.253	.263	.324	.275	.379	.539	.703	54	.243	-8.0	-0.9	.427	.159	.072	.0
1968	29	BOS	AL	246	193	17	2.4	85	.253	.225	.245	.247	.316	.320	.363	.567	.679	66	.328	-10.0	-1.1	.435	.126	.095	1.5
1969	30	BOS	AL	307	231	24	2.8	100	.264	.251	.261	.289	.339	.321	.394	.609	.733	67	.321	-14.0	-1.5	.476	.122	.070	1.5
1970	31	SFG	NL	76	57	6	2.8	103	.281	.232	.266	.303	.338	.319	.406	.621	.745	68	.287	-2.9	-0.3	.509	.188	.087
1971	32	SFG	NL	59	48	3	1.7	92	.233	.193	.259	.220	.325	.298	.379	.519	.703	47	.166	-4.4	-0.5	.396	.140	.105	.0
1972	33	SFG	NL	13	13	0	0.0	93	.250	.167	.259	.167	.327	.333	.382	.500	.710	38	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.333	.167	.167
6 Yrs				855	663	59	2.4	94	.258	.228	.255	.267	.328	.311	.382	.578	.710	63	.286	-40.5	-4.4	.450	.137	.083	3.2
162 Game Avg.				525	407	36	2.4	94	.258	.228	.255	.267	.328	.311	.382	.578	.710	63	.286	-40.5	-4.4	.450	.137	.083	2

SFG (3 yrs)				148	118	9	2.1	97	.259	.210	.262	.259	.332	.312	.393	.570	.725	57	.201	-8.5	-0.9	.444	.167	.101	.0
BOS (3 yrs)				707	545	50	2.5	93	.258	.232	.254	.269	.328	.311	.380	.580	.707	64	.306	-32.0	-3.5	.451	.131	.079	3.1

NL (3 yrs)				148	118	9	2.1	97	.259	.210	.262	.259	.332	.312	.393	.570	.725	57	.201	-8.5	-0.9	.444	.167	.101	.0
AL (3 yrs)				707	545	50	2.5	93	.258	.232	.254	.269	.328	.311	.380	.580	.707	64	.306	-32.0	-3.5	.451	.131	.079	3.1

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
1967	28	BOS	AL	WS	STL	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	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	GO/AO	IP%
1967	28	BOS	AL	154	0.7%	20.1%	7.8%	5.2%	29%	2.58	4.5	138.0	9.2	1.00	70%
1968	29	BOS	AL	246	1.2%	15.5%	3.3%	6.1%	29%	4.75	6.1	77.0	11.6	1.16	79%
1969	30	BOS	AL	307	1.0%	8.1%	4.9%	4.2%	18%	1.67	11.5	95.7	10.6	1.16	85%
1970	31	SFG	NL	76	0.0%	15.8%	9.2%	7.9%	38%	1.71	5.8		11.5	1.75	75%
1971	32	SFG	NL	59	1.7%	22.0%	3.4%	5.1%	27%	6.50	4.4	57.0	8.1	1.92	73%
1972	33	SFG	NL	13	0.0%	30.8%	0.0%	7.7%	50%		3.0		4.0	8.00	62%
6 Yrs				855	0.9%	14.4%	5.2%	5.4%	25%	2.80	6.5	99.3	10.2	1.24	78%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.1%	8.5%	5.9%	27%	1.78	5.9	45.4	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1967	28	BOS	AL	-8.0	-0.9	160	-1.2	2.3	-3.5	1.12	-0.9	-0.2	-7.8	-0.8	1.01	-8.1	1.55	4
1968	29	BOS	AL	-10.2	-1.2	251	-1.0	2.9	-3.9	.90	-0.6	-0.5	-10.8	-1.2	0.96	-5.7	2.23	4
1969	30	BOS	AL	-14.3	-1.5	311	-0.5	4.8	-5.3	.96	-0.9	0.3	-15.1	-1.5	1.02	-11.7	1.91	4
1970	31	SFG	NL	-3.0	-0.3	77	-0.7	0.9	-1.6	.96	-0.3	-0.5	-3.4	-0.3	0.92	-3.3	1.20	1
1971	32	SFG	NL	-4.4	-0.5	59	-0.5	0.8	-1.4	1.10	-0.4	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.95	-3.7	4.02	2
1972	33	SFG	NL	-1.2	-0.1	13	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.11	-0.2	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	1.11	-1.8	0.56	1
6 Yrs				-41.1	-4.4	871	-4.2	11.8	-16.0	.98	-3.2	-1.1	-41.7	-4.4	0.99	-34.2	2.04	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	28	BOS	AL	3	18%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
1968	29	BOS	AL	4	21%	89	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	50%	7	5	2	1	1	0	4	0	4
1969	30	BOS	AL	1	21%	127	1	1	50%	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	2	56%	5	2	3	0	0	0	11	4	6
1970	31	SFG	NL	1	13%	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	2	1
1971	32	SFG	NL	0	8%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1972	33	SFG	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				9	19%	309	2	3	40%	1	1	1	1	1	2	10	12	45%	17	12	5	3	2	1	20	6	12

Situational Hitting*

						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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1967	28	BOS	AL	154	25%	28			4	0	0	0	1.55	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	40	7	18%	17	8	47%	108	15	14%	11	5	45%	3	1	33%	0
1968	29	BOS	AL	246	28%	52			4	1	0	0	2.23	3	0	7	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	100%	42	5	12%	28	14	50%	151	17	11%	14	8	57%	13	7	54%	0
1969	30	BOS	AL	307	31%	72			4	1	1	1	1.91	3	0	17	1	2	0	3	0	3	2	67%	67	11	16%	33	8	24%	229	26	11%	15	7	47%	14	7	50%	0
1970	31	SFG	NL	76	20%	16			1	0	0	0	1.20	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	4	33%	5	3	60%	45	9	20%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
1971	32	SFG	NL	59	14%	11			2	0	0	0	4.02	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	13	2	15%	5	1	20%	35	7	20%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
1972	33	SFG	NL	13	31%	2			1	0	0	1	0.56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	2	40%	5	2	40%	12	3	25%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				855	27%	181			16	2	1	2	2.04	8	0	32	4	4	3	5	0	10	8	80%	179	31	17%	93	36	39%	580	77	13%	48	25	52%	33	18	55%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

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
1967	28	49	154	138	8	28	7	0	1	15	0	0	12	31	.203	.263	.275	.539	54	38	7	0	2	2	3
1968	29	125	400	369	23	80	18	1	4	35	1	2	20	69	.217	.253	.304	.557	62	112	12	0	5	6	4
1969	30	210	707	656	44	152	27	2	7	62	2	3	35	94	.232	.269	.311	.580	64	204	23	1	7	8	5
1970	31	234	783	725	47	168	33	2	7	68	2	3	42	106	.232	.272	.312	.584	64	226	27	1	7	8	6
1971	32	259	842	782	49	179	34	3	8	75	2	3	44	119	.229	.268	.311	.579	63	243	29	1	7	8	6
1972	33	264	855	794	49	181	34	4	8	78	2	3	44	123	.228	.267	.311	.578	63	247	31	1	8	8	6

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	28	49	155	139	9	29	7	0	1	16	0	12	31	.209	.268	.281	.549	11	49
1968	29	76	254	238	19	59	12	1	3	25	1	9	38	.248	.271	.345	.615	23	76
1969	30	85	308	288	21	73	9	1	3	28	1	15	25	.253	.291	.323	.614	27	85
1970	31	24	76	69	3	16	6	0	0	6	0	7	12	.232	.303	.319	.621	7	24
1971	32	25	59	57	2	11	1	1	1	7	0	2	13	.193	.220	.298	.519	4	25
1972	33	5	14	13	0	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	4	.231	.231	.538	.769	1	5
6 Yrs		264	866	804	54	191	35	5	8	87	2	45	123	.238	.276	.323	.600	73	264
162 Game Avg.		162	531	493	33	117	21	3	5	53	1	28	75	.238	.276	.323	.600	45	264

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