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: 17-18 / in Starts: 15-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	41	2	Apr 13	STL	@	MLN	L,4-5	4-9		99	5.2	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	1.69	21	5	6	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.344	3.73	0.55%	2.38	4b --- 0 out d2	9b 12- 2 out tie
2	42	6	Apr 17	STL	@	LAD	W,9-5	GS-7		3	6.2	7	4	4	5	4	1	1	2.92	4.03	31	11	9	4	1	1	43			0	1	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.03	-0.111	2.90	-0.19%	-0.44	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d2
3	43	11	Apr 23(2)	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.44	3.17	25	8	4	0	2	7	50			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.080	2.97	-0.12%	-0.07	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
4	44	13	Apr 26	STL		MLN	L,1-8	2-3		2	1.1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.20	3.18	8	2	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.123	1.98	-0.21%	-1.98	2t 12- 2 out d3	3t 3 out d6
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
5	45	18	May 3	STL		PIT	W,3-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	6	7.2	5	1	1	2	4	1	1	2.63	3.53	31	11	8	2	3	5	67			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.394	2.08	0.47%	3.31	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a2
6	46	21	May 10	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	4-6		6	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	2.37	3.43	12	3	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.145	2.56	0.20%	1.54	4b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
7	47	25	May 16	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.23	3.32	6	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.074	.91	0.08%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
8	48	30	May 21(2)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	11	0	0	1.74	2.91	34	8	7	1	3	4	86			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.25	0.577	1.20	0.33%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	49	34	May 25	STL		LAD	L,0-1	GS-8	L(2-1)	3	8.0	5	1	1	5	8	1	0	1.64	3.10	32	9	8	2	0	2	71			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.307	1.86	0.32%	3.43	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	50	39	May 30	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	7.0	5	4	3	6	6	0	0	1.92	3.14	32	9	11	2	1	0	53			1	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	-0.274	2.03	-0.28%	-0.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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	51	44	Jun 4	STL	@	MLN	L,1-7	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	7.0	8	7	7	5	8	2	0	2.70	3.47	33	4	8	0	1	8	36			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	0	.56	-0.315	.85	-0.29%	-3.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
12	52	49	Jun 9	STL		CIN	W,8-4	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	11	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.86	3.33	40	16	7	1	1	11	51			0	0	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.083	1.89	0.11%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	53	55	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(4-3)	6	9.0	5	2	2	6	4	0	0	2.77	3.37	37	15	7	2	1	5	67			0	0	0	30	2	1	1	1	1	0	1.09	0.339	1.29	0.24%	2.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	54	60	Jun 20(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	5	3	3	3	7	0	0	2.79	3.24	35	12	8	0	1	5	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.66	0.307	.58	0.16%	1.62	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
15	55	64	Jun 24	STL		SFG	L,1-6	GS-5	L(5-4)	3	5.0	7	5	5	5	9	1	0	3.12	3.31	27	3	4	2	0	6	37			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.221	.54	-0.08%	-2.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
16	56	69	Jun 28	STL		MLN	L,3-8	GS-5	L(5-5)	3	4.1	8	7	4	3	2	2	0	3.34	3.59	24	6	7	1	1	6	24			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	1	.72	-0.288	.20	-0.05%	-4.80	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d7
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
17	57	75	Jul 5	STL	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	W(6-5)	6	9.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.15	3.49	33	15	10	4	0	0	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.209	.08	0.02%	3.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
18	58	81	Jul 13	STL		MLN	L,3-6	GS-3	L(6-6)	7	3.0	6	5	4	2	2	1	0	3.39	3.60	17	4	4	1	1	5	29			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.280	.10	-0.02%	-3.34	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
19	59	83	Jul 15	STL		MLN	W,12-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.36	3.62	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
20	60	88	Jul 18(2)	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	W(7-6)	2	9.0	9	5	5	5	9	1	1	3.48	3.65	41	9	15	4	3	2	53			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.36	-0.102	.24	-0.01%	-0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	61	93	Jul 23	STL		LAD	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	7.0	3	2	2	5	5	0	0	3.43	3.63	27	8	8	6	0	1	63			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.129	.32	0.03%	1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	62	96	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-GF	BL(7-8)	3	1.0	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	3.54	3.72	8	1	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.74	-0.655	.34	-0.04%	-3.33	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
23	63	100	Jul 30(2)	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS-9		2	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	1	3.44	3.62	36	9	11	0	3	7	69			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.345	.05	0.01%	2.20	1b start tie	9b 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
24	64	106	Aug 6(2)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(8-8)	6	9.0	6	2	1	4	9	1	0	3.29	3.60	37	12	9	1	2	3	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.375	.04	0.01%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
25	65	112	Aug 13	STL	@	LAD	L,0-8	GS-2	L(8-9)	6	2.0	5	4	2	3	2	0	0	3.37	3.62	14	2	7	5	1	0	33			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.251	.06	-0.01%	-2.91	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
26	66	117	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-4	L(8-10)	4	4.0	4	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.51	3.60	18	6	1	0	0	4	39			2	0	0	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.225	.02	0.00%	-1.95	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
27	67	121	Aug 23	STL		LAD	W,8-7	3-6		4	3.0	4	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.56	3.63	17	3	8	3	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.183	.03	0.00%	-1.62	3t 1-3 2 out d2	6t 123 2 out d2
28	68	124	Aug 26	STL		SFG	W,8-5	GS-9	W(9-10)	2	8.1	10	5	5	6	5	1	0	3.65	3.71	40	8	11	1	1	10	42			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.04	0.112	.10	0.01%	-0.59	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
29	69	129	Aug 31	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	1	3.52	3.64	36	11	9	1	2	5	75			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.587	.09	0.03%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
30	70	134	Sep 5	STL		CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(10-11)	4	7.0	6	4	2	4	3	0	0	3.48	3.63	31	11	7	0	1	6	52			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.05	-0.060	.04	0.00%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
31	71	137	Sep 9	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	7-7		3	0.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.53	3.66	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-1.00	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 12- 0 out a1
32	72	140	Sep 12	STL		MLN	W,4-1	CG	W(11-11)	2	9.0	5	1	1	6	9	1	0	3.41	3.68	35	8	7	1	2	5	76			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.403	.00	0.00%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	73	145	Sep 18	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS-6	L(11-12)	5	6.0	7	3	1	2	4	0	0	3.35	3.64	24	8	3	1	1	7	52			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	2	0	1	.97	-0.111	.00	0.00%	0.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
34	74	150	Sep 24	STL		LAD	W,8-7	GS-7	W(12-12)	5	6.1	9	5	3	5	6	0	0	3.38	3.62	31	12	8	3	0	0	40			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	3	0	2	.92	0.125	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
35	75	155	Oct 1	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-12)	6	9.0	6	0	0	5	7	0	0	3.24	3.58	36	9	9	2	3	6	77			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.637	.00	0.00%	4.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							17-18		W-L:13-12,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.0	211.1	186	91	76	119	166	13	6	3.24	3.58	916	1.17		11%	7%	132	56	4	75%	9	6	0	778	43	3	7	22	7	8	1.06	2.027	.82	1.28%	16.31

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