Russ Gibson
John Russell Gibson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 6, 1939 in Fall River, MA
High School: Durfee (Fall River, MA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1967
Final Game: September 6, 1972
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1967 BOS AL 28 C 48 37 362.1 270 254 16 0 3 1.000 1.0 3.3 1 6.71 5.63 .989 7.22 6.15 0 16 10 10 50%
1968 BOS AL 29 C 74 65 586.0 472 428 36 8 7 .983 -7.0 -14.3 -7 7.13 6.27 .990 6.97 6.01 13 28 40 19 32%
1968 BOS AL 29 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 8.30
1969 BOS AL 30 C 83 78 695.2 518 466 41 11 2 .979 0.0 0.0 0 6.56 6.11 .987 6.65 5.59 11 28 40 28 41%
1970 SFG NL 31 C 23 18 164.2 137 126 7 4 1 .971 -3.0 -21.9 -3 7.27 5.78 .987 6.85 5.94 5 10 15 7 32%
1971 SFG NL 32 C 22 15 139.2 86 79 4 3 0 .965 0.0 0.0 0 5.35 3.77 .988 6.34 5.63 1 4 4 4 50%
1972 SFG NL 33 C 5 3 34.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -35.3 -1 4.50 3.40 .988 6.62 5.88 1 2 6 1 14%
6 Seasons C 255 216 1982.1 1500 1369 105 26 14 .983 -10.0 -6.1 -10 6.69 5.78 .988 6.84 5.86 31 88 115 69 38%
1 Season 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 8.30
6 Seasons TOT 256 216 1984.1 1503 1372 105 26 14 .983 -10.1 -6.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -10 6.70 5.77 .971 6.85 5.87 31 88 115 69 38%

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
1967 BOS AL 28 49 37 49 49 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1968 BOS AL 29 76 65 76 76 0 74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1969 BOS AL 30 85 78 85 85 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1970 SFG NL 31 24 18 24 24 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 SFG NL 32 25 15 25 25 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1972 SFG NL 33 5 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Seasons 264 216 264 264 0 255 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1967 BOS AL 28 1547 3.23 3.53 18 94% 0 0 251 10 1 9 231 16 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0%
1968 BOS AL 29 2552 3.21 3.64 32 94% 0 0 436 21 0 9 406 34 7 1 0 6 8 3 3 2 1 7 1 0 2 6 83%
1969 BOS AL 30 3105 3.54 4.11 39 90% 2 0 475 28 6 4 436 41 8 1 0 4 11 1 7 3 3 2 0 1 1 4 75%
1970 SFG NL 31 785 5.25 5.74 10 100% 2 0 125 8 0 2 114 8 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 SFG NL 32 602 3.54 4.19 3 100% 1 0 79 2 3 2 72 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SFG NL 33 154 3.71 4.50 2 100% 0 0 17 1 0 2 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 8745 3.53 4.01 104 93% 5 0 1383 70 10 28 1273 104 22 2 0 11 26 4 13 9 4 13 1 2 4 12 75%
MLB Averages 3.45 3.90 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1967 BOS AL 28 0 16 563 10 10 9 50% 10 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 35 12 1.31 1.72
1968 BOS AL 29 13 28 885 40 19 17 32% 37 13 3 3 0 3 0 0 101 23 1.08 1.18
1969 BOS AL 30 11 28 1119 40 28 23 41% 36 21 4 5 0 2 2 0 107 31 1.15 1.53
1970 SFG NL 31 5 10 294 15 7 5 32% 14 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 43 8 0.85 1.03
1971 SFG NL 32 1 4 195 4 4 3 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 8 1.26 1.64
1972 SFG NL 33 1 2 59 6 1 1 14% 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 2 1.06 0.22
6 Seasons 31 88 3115 115 69 58 38% 106 51 9 12 0 6 2 0 313 84 1.10 1.40
MLB Averages 38% 1.29 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 BOS AL 29 11 73% 91% 27% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 11 73% 91% 27% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 94% 88%

* 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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