Bob Gibson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 189lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: November 9, 1935 in Omaha, NE us

Died: October 2, 2020 in Omaha, NE

Buried: Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, NE

High School: Tech HS (Omaha, NE)

School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)

Debut: April 15, 1959 (Age 23-157d, 11,620th in major league history)
vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 3, 1975 (Age 39-298d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1981. (Voted by BBWAA on 337/401 ballots)
View Bob Gibson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Robert Gibson

Nicknames: Hoot or Gibby

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

89.2

251

174

ERA

2.91

528

482

3884.1

3117

WHIP

1.188

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-15 / in Starts: 4-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 2

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	507	1	Apr 7	STL		MON	L,4-8	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	9	5	5	5	12	0	0	5.63	1.46	38	4	8	0	0	9	51			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.407	2.40	-0.38%	-1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	508	5	Apr 12	STL	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-7		4	6.1	11	5	5	2	0	0	0	6.28	2.38	31	8	11	0	4	10	29			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.220	2.13	-0.23%	-1.54	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
3	509	9	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	5	1	1	0	5.48	3.67	30	5	13	0	0	6	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.032	2.39	-0.04%	0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
4	510	13	Apr 23	STL	@	NYM	L,1-7	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	6.0	7	6	6	4	2	1	0	6.26	4.20	28	6	9	1	0	7	32			0	1	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.06	-0.356	1.64	-0.33%	-3.76	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d5
5	511	17	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	GS-5	L(0-3)	6	5.0	3	3	2	2	4	2	0	5.85	4.69	21	5	7	0	0	3	53			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.128	.87	-0.11%	-0.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	512	21	May 5	STL		PHI	W,11-3	GS-7	W(1-3)	4	7.0	6	3	2	3	2	0	0	5.26	4.44	31	8	12	2	2	6	54			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	.37	0.057	.38	0.04%	0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
7	513	30	May 16	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-8		10	7.1	8	3	3	4	2	1	0	5.01	4.60	31	10	8	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.31	-0.116	1.11	-0.06%	0.32	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d1
8	514	35	May 21	STL	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(1-4)	4	8.0	4	1	0	3	1	0	1	4.28	4.49	29	13	9	2	0	2	70			1	1	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	0.172	.65	0.07%	2.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
9	515	39	May 26	STL		SDP	L,6-9	GS-7		4	6.0	7	6	6	2	4	0	2	4.75	4.37	29	6	8	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.12	-0.316	.94	-0.16%	-2.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
10	516	43	May 31	STL		CIN	L,0-6	GS-5	L(1-5)	4	5.0	10	4	3	3	4	1	0	4.80	4.44	27	5	5	1	2	10	34			1	0	0	24	1	1	1	1	0	0	.79	-0.185	.72	-0.10%	-1.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	517	57	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	3-6		15	4.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	4.78	4.47	19	3	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.043	.35	-0.03%	-0.20	3b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d5
12	518	62	Jun 21	STL		CHC	L,1-6	GS-7	L(1-6)	4	7.0	11	5	5	5	3	1	0	4.93	4.58	36	12	6	0	0	10	33			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.219	.56	-0.09%	-1.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
13	519	69	Jun 27(1)	STL	@	MON	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-6)	5	6.0	5	2	2	6	1	0	0	4.79	4.63	29	7	10	1	0	5	49			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.205	1.00	0.10%	1.88	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	520	76	Jul 3	STL	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS-7	L(2-7)	5	7.0	8	7	6	6	3	0	0	5.02	4.61	35	6	12	0	0	8	32			0	0	0	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	.63	-0.430	.49	-0.20%	-3.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
15	521	82	Jul 8	STL		SFG	L,4-6	GS-5	L(2-8)	4	5.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	5.13	4.60	23	6	5	0	0	8	37			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.163	.32	-0.03%	-1.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
16	522	99	Jul 27	STL		PHI	W,9-6	4-7	W(3-8)	18	4.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	4.93	4.50	17	3	6	1	0	2		2	2	3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.86	0.218	.57	0.04%	1.39	4t -23 0 out a2	7t 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	523	105	Aug 1	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	6-GF	S(1)	4	3.2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.75	4.38	14	2	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.173	.25	0.03%	1.68	6b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 5
18	524	117	Aug 13	STL	@	HOU	W,4-3	11-GF(11)	S(2)	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.70	4.30	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.173	3.10	0.13%	0.42	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
19	525	121	Aug 16	STL	@	ATL	L,7-8	7-GF	BL(3-9)	2	2.1	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.77	4.33	12	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.73	-0.568	8.48	-0.77%	-1.47	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
20	526	126	Aug 22	STL		ATL	L,5-9	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.73	4.37	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.001	.11	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
21	527	134	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	5-6		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.67	4.31	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.011	.27	0.02%	0.68	5b 1-- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	528	139	Sep 3	STL		CHC	L,6-11	7-7	L(3-10)	4	1.0	2	5	5	3	0	1	0	5.04	4.50	8	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	-0.466	5.59	-0.63%	-4.52	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d5
							7-15		W-L:3-10,Sv:2,BSv:1	4.4	109.0	120	66	61	62	60	10	4	5.04	4.50	499	0.82		3%	3%	114	43	3	67%	10	3	0	418	18	3	6	8	3	2	1.11	-2.639	1.31	-2.73%	-14.09

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