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: 21-13 / in Starts: 21-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	415	1	Apr 15	STL		MON	L,2-3	GS-6		99	6.0	3	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.00	5.40	24	7	9	0	0	3	57			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.011	1.26	-0.01%	0.57	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	416	5	Apr 19	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(0-1)	3	8.0	11	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.93	3.18	33	6	11	1	2	10	60			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.189	1.69	0.16%	2.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
3	417	9	Apr 25	STL	@	ATL	L,3-9	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	6.0	5	6	5	2	3	2	1	3.60	4.40	27	7	9	0	2	5	41			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.36	-0.342	.34	-0.20%	-3.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
4	418	13	Apr 30	STL	@	HOU	L,6-7	GS-3	L(0-3)	4	2.2	5	6	6	4	4	0	0	5.56	4.34	16	1	2	0	0	5	24			1	1	0	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.42	-0.529	1.53	-0.34%	-5.02	1b start a 3	3b -2- 2 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
5	419	17	May 5	STL		ATL	L,1-2	CG	L(0-4)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	1	0	4.55	4.04	38	11	11	0	2	6	71			2	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	3	.72	0.052	.57	0.02%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
6	420	21	May 10	STL		HOU	L,7-10	GS-8		4	7.0	7	6	6	2	6	1	0	5.12	3.92	30	6	9	0	0	7	43			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.129	.75	-0.07%	-1.97	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
7	421	27	May 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(0-5)	4	8.0	11	4	3	1	2	1	1	4.82	3.98	36	14	7	1	3	11	47			0	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.45	-0.190	1.00	-0.08%	-0.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
8	422	32	May 20	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	10	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.45	3.73	34	10	7	1	2	9	56			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.90	0.059	.34	0.01%	1.42	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
9	423	36	May 25	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(1-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	10	1	0	4.10	3.44	34	5	12	0	2	7	75			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.284	.28	0.05%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	424	41	May 31	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-5)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.59	3.25	30	10	10	1	2	3	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.803	.27	0.09%	4.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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	425	45	Jun 4	STL	@	LAD	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.20	3.05	28	7	9	1	2	5	82			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.20	0.511	.12	0.03%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
12	426	49	Jun 9	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.08	2.86	34	7	10	2	4	4	76			1	1	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	0.334	.22	0.04%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	427	58	Jun 21	STL		SDP	W,14-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	11	7.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.95	2.71	24	5	10	1	0	3	73			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.088	.03	0.01%	1.99	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
14	428	62	Jun 26	STL		MON	W,4-3	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	6	3	2	3	7	0	0	2.87	2.63	34	10	8	0	2	6	69			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.381	.53	0.09%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
15	429	68	Jul 1(1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	7	4	4	2	7	1	0	2.96	2.66	35	7	12	0	4	7	62			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.250	.69	0.10%	-0.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
16	430	73	Jul 7	STL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	W(8-5)	5	9.0	4	1	1	5	2	1	0	2.82	2.83	36	10	15	1	2	4	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	0.345	1.04	0.20%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
17	431	77	Jul 12	STL		ATL	W,7-0	SHO	W(9-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.63	2.76	35	10	11	0	1	6	79			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.61	0.221	.55	0.12%	3.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
18	432	82	Jul 17	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	13	0	0	2.59	2.57	36	5	8	1	2	9	73			1	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.09	0.339	1.25	0.12%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
19	433	86	Jul 21	STL	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	1	0	2.49	2.64	36	11	10	1	2	7	71			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.84	0.656	1.06	0.23%	3.24	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
20	434	90	Jul 28	STL	@	MON	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(11-6)	6	8.0	9	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.54	2.67	34	10	8	0	3	9	51			0	3	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.084	.43	-0.03%	0.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
21	435	96	Aug 2	STL		PIT	W,10-5	CG(7)	W(12-6)	4	7.0	12	5	5	4	5	0	0	2.70	2.67	36	7	8	2	0	12	34			0	0	0	32	3	0	2	1	0	0	.62	-0.292	.23	-0.07%	-2.01	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
22	436	101	Aug 7	STL		NYM	W,3-2	GS-10		4	10.0	7	2	2	5	8	1	0	2.65	2.72	42	10	13	0	2	6	73			1	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.317	.16	0.02%	2.28	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
23	437	105	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-6	L(12-7)	4	6.0	5	6	5	6	2	1	0	2.81	2.86	27	7	7	0	0	5	36			1	0	0	19	1	1	1	2	2	0	.93	-0.305	.10	-0.02%	-3.46	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d5
24	438	109	Aug 16	STL	@	SDP	W,6-4	GS-8	W(13-7)	3	7.1	8	4	4	1	6	2	0	2.89	2.93	32	11	6	0	2	8	51			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-1.62	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
25	439	114	Aug 21	STL	@	LAD	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-7)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.76	2.88	35	11	9	2	2	7	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.461	.01	0.00%	3.81	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
26	440	119	Aug 26	STL		SDP	W,9-3	GS-8	W(15-7)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.74	2.83	32	10	8	0	4	6	66			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.46	0.049	.00	0.00%	1.42	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
27	441	123	Aug 30	STL		SFG	L,2-3	CG	L(15-8)	3	9.0	6	3	3	2	14	0	0	2.75	2.71	35	4	9	2	2	6	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.093	.00	0.00%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
28	442	128	Sep 4(1)	STL		MON	L,0-1	CG	L(15-9)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	8	0	1	2.68	2.67	36	12	6	0	2	7	75			1	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	.94	0.258	.00	0.00%	2.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
29	443	135	Sep 9	STL	@	NYM	L,1-3	GS-7	L(15-10)	4	7.0	5	3	1	3	6	0	0	2.64	2.64	29	7	10	1	2	3	62			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.07	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
30	444	140	Sep 14	STL	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	W(16-10)	4	9.0	7	2	2	5	8	0	0	2.61	2.63	36	8	8	1	2	7	68			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.278	.00	0.00%	1.93	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
31	445	144	Sep 19	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(17-10)	4	10.0	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.51	2.61	35	12	14	0	0	5	82			1	0	0	33	0	0	1	2	1	1	1.56	0.616	.00	0.00%	3.28	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
32	446	147	Sep 23(1)	STL		CHC	L,0-2	CG	L(17-11)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.49	2.60	35	10	9	0	3	6	69			0	1	0	29	1	0	2	0	1	0	1.54	0.086	.00	0.00%	1.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
33	447	152	Sep 29	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(18-11)	5	9.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.44	2.59	33	10	12	2	4	3	79			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.377	.00	0.00%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
34	448	156	Oct 4	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(19-11)	4	9.0	13	3	3	3	11	0	0	2.46	2.54	41	9	5	1	0	13	57			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.337	.00	0.00%	0.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							21-13		W-L:19-11	4.0	278.0	226	83	76	88	208	14	3	2.46	2.54	1118	0.92		4%	10%	220	64		---%	16	9	0	1010	24	7	11	20	7	11	1.10	5.199	.41	0.47%	37.32

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