Kirk Gibson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: May 28, 1957 in Pontiac, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th) of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Waterford-Kettering HS (Waterford, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: September 8, 1979 (Age 22-103d, 14,238th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 10, 1995 (Age 38-074d)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Doug Baldwin

Full Name: Kirk Harold Gibson

Nicknames: Gibby

Twitter: @23KGibby

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Dave Rozema

MVP
2x World Series
Silver Slugger
ALCS MVP
Mgr of the year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.4

5798

1553

255

.268

985

RBI

870

284

OBP

.352

SLG

.463

OPS

.815

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 13	KCR		NYY	L,8-9	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	11 (5)	Apr 20	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	26 (14)	May 8	KCR	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	27	May 10	KCR	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	32 (4)	May 15	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-4	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
6	38 (5)	May 22	KCR		SEA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	39	May 24	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	40	May 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,11-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	41	May 26	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	42	May 27	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
11	43	May 28	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
12	44	May 29	KCR	@	SEA	L,0-8	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	46 (1)	May 31	KCR		MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	47	Jun 1	KCR		MIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	48	Jun 2	KCR		MIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	49	Jun 4	KCR		TEX	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	50	Jun 5	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	51	Jun 6	KCR		TEX	W,4-3	CG	77	18.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
19	52	Jun 7	KCR		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	53	Jun 8	KCR		CHW	L,7-14	GS	28	5.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
21	54	Jun 9	KCR		CHW	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	LF
22	55	Jun 11	KCR	@	BAL	W,11-0	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	56	Jun 12	KCR	@	BAL	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	57	Jun 13	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	58	Jun 14	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	59	Jun 15	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	60	Jun 16	KCR	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	62 (1)	Jun 18	KCR	@	TEX	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	63	Jun 19	KCR	@	TEX	W,15-2	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
30	64	Jun 20	KCR		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	65	Jun 22	KCR		BAL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	66	Jun 23 (1)	KCR		BAL	L,8-11	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	67	Jun 23 (2)	KCR		BAL	L,8-9	CG	61	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
34	69 (1)	Jun 25	KCR		CAL	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	71 (1)	Jun 28	KCR	@	OAK	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	72	Jun 29	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	73	Jun 30	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	85 (11)	Jul 15	KCR		TOR	L,3-5	CG	55	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
39	86	Jul 16	KCR		TOR	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	87	Jul 17	KCR		BAL	W,9-8	CG	69	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
41	88	Jul 18	KCR		BAL	W,5-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	89	Jul 19	KCR		DET	L,0-17	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	90	Jul 20	KCR		DET	W,8-4	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
44	91	Jul 21	KCR		DET	W,8-4	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	92	Jul 23	KCR		MIL	W,8-7	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	93	Jul 24	KCR		MIL	W,7-4	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	94	Jul 25	KCR		MIL	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	96 (1)	Jul 27	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	97	Jul 28	KCR	@	TOR	W,10-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	98	Jul 30	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	99	Jul 31	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	100	Aug 1	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS	45	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
53	101	Aug 2	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	102	Aug 3	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	103	Aug 4	KCR	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
56	104	Aug 5	KCR		BOS	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	105	Aug 6	KCR		BOS	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	106	Aug 7	KCR		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	107	Aug 9	KCR		CLE	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
60	109 (1)	Aug 11	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	GS	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	111 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-1	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	112	Aug 14	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	113	Aug 15	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	114	Aug 16	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	117 (2)	Aug 19	KCR		NYY	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	118	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	120 (1)	Aug 22	KCR		TEX	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
68	122 (1)	Aug 24	KCR		TEX	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	123	Aug 25	KCR		TEX	L,4-8	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	124	Aug 26	KCR		CHW	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
71	125	Aug 27	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
72	126	Aug 28	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	127	Aug 30	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
74	128	Aug 31	KCR	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS	32	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	129	Sep 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	130	Sep 2	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
77	131	Sep 3	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-0	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	132	Sep 4	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	133	Sep 5	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-11	GS	39	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	134	Sep 6	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	135	Sep 7	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-4	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	137 (1)	Sep 9	KCR		MIN	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	138	Sep 10	KCR		MIN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	139	Sep 11	KCR		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	140	Sep 13	KCR		SEA	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
86	141	Sep 14	KCR		SEA	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	142	Sep 15	KCR		SEA	L,7-14	GS	46	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
88	143	Sep 16	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-9	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	144	Sep 17	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	146 (1)	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	L,5-10	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
91	147	Sep 20	KCR	@	SEA	W,3-0	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	149 (1)	Sep 22	KCR	@	SEA	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	150	Sep 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	152 (1)	Sep 25	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-8	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							94gm		780.1	162	3	4	169	0