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Paul Gibson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: January 4, 1960 in Southampton, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Center Moriches HS (Center Moriches, NY).

High School: Center Moriches HS (Center Moriches, NY)

Debut: April 8, 1988 (Age 28-095d, 15,460th in major league history)
vs. KCR 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 27, 1996 (Age 36-144d)
vs. CAL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Full Name: Paul Marshall Gibson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.3

W

L

ERA

4.07

G

319

GS

SV

IP

556.2

SO

345

WHIP

1.448

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1978	18	CIN-min	A	9	6	.600	3.02	24	22		4	2	0	140.0	106	57	47	6	71	0	71	1	0	8				1.264	6.8	0.4	4.6	4.6	1.00	SHL WCRS
1979	19	CIN-min	A	3	8	.273	3.07	24	22		2	0	0	129.0	121	56	44	5	46	7	58	4	1	5				1.295	8.4	0.3	3.2	4.0	1.26	TAM FLOR
1980	20	CIN-min	A	6	15	.286	4.93	28	26		2	2	1	146.0	171	97	80	5	53	0	74	0	0	5				1.534	10.5	0.3	3.3	4.6	1.40	CDR MIDW
1981	21	DET-min	A	4	3	.571	2.95	20	3	9	2	0	0	64.0	64	25	21	1	21	2	38	4	1	4				1.328	9.0	0.1	3.0	5.3	1.81	LAK FLOR
1982	22	DET-min	AA	3	3	.500	2.68	44	0	33	0	0	12	77.1	60	25	23	6	39	2	71	3	1	2				1.280	7.0	0.7	4.5	8.3	1.82	BIR SOUL
1983	23	MIN-min	AA	1	7	.125	6.10	40	5	16	0	0	3	76.2	91	59	52	8	56	2	45	1	0	7				1.917	10.7	0.9	6.6	5.3	0.80	ORL SOUL
1984	24	MIN-min	AA	7	7	.500	3.87	27	12	7	3	1	1	121.0	125	71	52	9	54	0	64	1	0	6				1.479	9.3	0.7	4.0	4.8	1.19	ORL SOUL
1985	25	DET-min	AA	8	8	.500	4.12	36	14	5	2	2	1	144.1	135	73	66	13	63	1	79	0	0	4				1.372	8.4	0.8	3.9	4.9	1.25	BIR SOUL
1986	26	DET-min	AAA,AA	8	7	.533	3.59	39	15	12	2	0	3	133.0	137	61	53	12	47	5	112	2	0	8				1.383	9.3	0.8	3.2	7.6	2.38	NVL,GLF AA,EL
1987	27	DET-min	AAA	14	7	.667	3.47	27	27	0	7	2	0	179.0	173	83	69	14	57	6	118	3	1	6				1.285	8.7	0.7	2.9	5.9	2.07	TOL IL
1988	28	DET	AL	4	2	.667	2.93	40	1	18	0	0	0	92.0	83	33	30	6	34	8	50	2	1	3	390	131	3.70	1.272	8.1	0.6	3.3	4.9	1.47
1989	29	DET	AL	4	8	.333	4.64	45	13	16	0	0	0	132.0	129	71	68	11	57	12	77	6	1	4	573	83	4.11	1.409	8.8	0.8	3.9	5.3	1.35
1990	30	DET	AL	5	4	.556	3.05	61	0	17	0	0	3	97.1	99	36	33	10	44	12	56	1	1	1	422	131	4.38	1.469	9.2	0.9	4.1	5.2	1.27
1991	31	DET	AL	5	7	.417	4.59	68	0	28	0	0	8	96.0	112	51	49	10	48	8	52	3	0	4	432	91	4.72	1.667	10.5	0.9	4.5	4.9	1.08
1992	32	NYM-min	AAA	0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	14			1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	TID IL
1992	32	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	5.23	43	1	12	0	0	0	62.0	70	37	36	7	25	0	49	0	0	1	273	68	3.88	1.532	10.2	1.0	3.6	7.1	1.96
1993	33	NYM-NYY-min	AAA	2	1	.667	0.64	17	1	12	0	0	8	28.0	14	2	2	0	6	0	36	0	0	0	104			0.714	4.5	0.0	1.9	11.6	6.00	NFK,CLB IL
1993	33	TOT	MLB	3	1	.750	3.48	28	0	10	0	0	0	44.0	45	21	17	5	11	0	37	0	0	1	184	121	3.53	1.273	9.2	1.0	2.3	7.6	3.36
1993	33	NYM	NL	1	1	.500	5.19	8	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	14	6	5	1	2	0	12	0	0	1	42	81	2.41	1.846	14.5	1.0	2.1	12.5	6.00
1993	33	NYY	AL	2	0	1.000	3.06	20	0	9	0	0	0	35.1	31	15	12	4	9	0	25	0	0	0	142	138	3.81	1.132	7.9	1.0	2.3	6.4	2.78
1994	34	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		3.38	5	0	4	0	0	1	5.1	5	2	2	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	24			1.688	8.4	1.7	6.8	5.1	0.75	CLB IL
1994	34	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	4.97	30	0	15	0	0	0	29.0	26	17	16	5	17	3	21	1	1	1	130	93	5.79	1.483	8.1	1.6	5.3	6.5	1.24

1995	35	TOR-PIT-min	AAA	0	3	.000	4.33	45	0	17	0	0	4	43.2	45	27	21	1	15	3	45	3	0	4	192			1.374	9.3	0.2	3.1	9.3	3.00	SYR,CGY IL,PCL
1996	36	NYY-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	7.04	9	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	8	6	6	3	9	1	4	0	0	0	38			2.217	9.4	3.5	10.6	4.7	0.44	CLB IL
1996	36	NYY	AL	0	0		6.23	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	6	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	86	4.79	1.385	12.5	2.1	0.0	6.2
8 Yrs				22	24	.478	4.07	319	15	118	0	0	11	556.2	570	269	252	55	236	43	345	13	4	15	2423	98	4.22	1.448	9.2	0.9	3.8	5.6	1.46
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.478	4.07	65	3	24	0	0	2	113	116	55	51	11	48	9	70	3	1	3	493	98	4.22	1.448	9.2	0.9	3.8	5.6	1.46

DET (4 yrs)				18	21	.462	3.88	214	14	79	0	0	11	417.1	423	191	180	37	183	40	235	12	3	12	1817	102	4.22	1.452	9.1	0.8	3.9	5.1	1.28
NYY (3 yrs)				3	1	.750	4.06	54	0	26	0	0	0	68.2	63	35	31	10	26	3	49	1	1	1	291	110	4.71	1.296	8.3	1.3	3.4	6.4	1.88
NYM (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	5.22	51	1	13	0	0	0	70.2	84	43	41	8	27	0	61	0	0	2	315	69	3.70	1.571	10.7	1.0	3.4	7.8	2.26

AL (7 yrs)				21	22	.488	3.91	268	14	105	0	0	11	486.0	486	226	211	47	209	43	284	13	4	13	2108	103	4.29	1.430	9.0	0.9	3.9	5.3	1.36
NL (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	5.22	51	1	13	0	0	0	70.2	84	43	41	8	27	0	61	0	0	2	315	69	3.70	1.571	10.7	1.0	3.4	7.8	2.26