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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:49AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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
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 66 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 67 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 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 Seasons 264 855 794 49 181 34 4 8 78 2 3 44 123 .228 .267 .311 .578 62 247 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 62 152 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 63 204 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 63 204 23 1 7 8 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1967 28 BOS AL 154 -8 0 1 -1 1 3 4 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2
1968 29 BOS AL 246 -9 0 0 0 -7 4 7 -5 -0.8 2 0.2 -1.0 $ 2/3
1969 30 BOS AL 307 -15 -2 -3 -2 0 5 9 -8 -1.1 -8 -0.9 -0.2 $ 2
1970 31 SFG NL 76 -3 0 0 -1 -3 1 2 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $28,000 2
1971 32 SFG NL 59 -4 0 -1 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2
1972 33 SFG NL 13 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /2
6 Seasons 855 -40 -2 -3 -4 -10 14 24 -21 -2.9 -11 -1.2 -1.7 $28,000
SFG (3 yrs) 148 -8 0 -1 -1 -4 2 4 -8 -0.9 -4 -0.4 -0.5 $28,000
BOS (3 yrs) 707 -32 -2 -2 -3 -6 12 20 -13 -2.0 -7 -0.8 -1.2 $

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1967 BOS AL 28 C 48 37 33 362.1 270 254 16 0 3 1.000 1 3 6.71 5.63 .989 7.22 7.23 0 16 10 10 50% 0
1968 BOS AL 29 C 74 65 55 586.0 472 428 36 8 7 .983 -7 -14 7.13 6.27 .990 6.97 6.94 13 28 40 19 32% 0
1968 BOS AL 29 1B 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 13.50 3.00 .990 9.45 9.50
1969 BOS AL 30 C 83 78 65 695.2 518 466 41 11 2 .979 0 0 6.56 6.11 .987 6.65 6.65 11 28 40 28 41% 2
1970 SFG NL 31 C 23 18 16 164.2 137 126 7 4 1 .971 -3 -22 7.27 5.78 .987 6.85 6.82 5 10 15 7 32% 0
1971 SFG NL 32 C 22 15 10 139.2 86 79 4 3 0 .965 0 0 5.35 3.77 .988 6.34 6.33 1 4 4 4 50% 0
1972 SFG NL 33 C 5 3 1 34.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -35 4.50 3.40 .987 6.62 6.64 1 2 6 1 14% 0
6 Seasons C 255 216 180 1982.1 1500 1369 105 26 14 .983 -10 -6 6.69 5.78 .988 6.84 6.83 31 88 115 69 38% 2
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 13.50 3.00 .990 9.45 9.50
6 Seasons TOT 256 216 180 1984.1 1503 1372 105 26 14 .983 -10 -6 6.70 5.77 .988 6.85 6.84 31 88 115 69 38% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1968 AL  8 (2nd)
1969 AL  11 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1968 AL  13 (1st)
1969 AL  11 (4th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1968 AL  40 (5th)
1969 AL  40 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1969 AL  28 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1969 AL  6.11 (5th)

                                         

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197031San Francisco Giants$28,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$28,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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