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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

89.2

251

174

ERA

2.91

528

482

3884.1

3117

WHIP

1.188

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-15 / in Starts: 21-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 127 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	64 (32-18-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 127 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	77 (40-24-13)

Most Driven In
D Maxvill	2
J Javier	1
M Shannon	1
P Gagliano	1
J Torre	1
J Hague	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
C Flood	4
L Brock	3
B Browne	1
Self	1
J Torre	1
J Javier	1

1969 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1969 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	376	1	Apr 8	STL		PIT	L,2-6	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.94	-0.166	3.00	-0.15%	-1.12	P
2	377	6 (4)	Apr 13	STL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9	.38	-0.013	.53	-0.01%	-0.25	P
3	378	11 (4)	Apr 19	STL		NYM	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	9	.95	-0.035	1.09	-0.02%	-0.39	P
4	379	16 (4)	Apr 25	STL	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	9	.80	-0.040	.90	-0.03%	-0.30	P
5	380	21 (4)	Apr 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	.313	.563	9	.49	0.045	.51	0.03%	0.65	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	381	26 (4)	May 6	STL		SFG	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.263	.474	9	.38	-0.028	.31	-0.01%	-0.58	P
7	382	31 (4)	May 12	STL		LAD	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.318	.348	.364	.711	9	.73	0.198	.52	0.08%	2.82	P
8	383	36 (4)	May 20	STL	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.308	.320	.628	9	.73	-0.077	.74	-0.05%	-1.16	P
9	384	38 (1)	May 22	STL	@	SFG	W,8-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.308	.320	.628	4						PR
10	385	41 (2)	May 25	STL	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.321	.367	.357	.724	9	.66	-0.006	.64	0.00%	0.27	P
11	386	45 (3)	May 30	STL		CIN	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.333	.323	.656	9	.95	-0.076	.96	-0.05%	-0.58	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	387	50 (4)	Jun 4	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.306	.294	.600	9	1.53	-0.117	1.02	-0.05%	-0.72	P
13	388	55 (4)	Jun 10	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.263	.538	9	.62	-0.063	.34	-0.02%	-1.04	P
14	389	59 (3)	Jun 15	STL		HOU	W,5-3	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.286	.256	.542	9	1.15	-0.011	.41	0.00%	-0.12	P
15	390	64 (4)	Jun 20	STL	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.283	.326	.608	9	1.12	0.048	.91	0.02%	0.34	P
16	391	69 (4)	Jun 25 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.354	.648	9	.32	0.011	.12	0.00%	0.43	P
17	392	74 (4)	Jun 29 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.296	.353	.649	9	1.24	-0.029	.81	-0.01%	-0.02	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	393	79 (4)	Jul 2	STL		NYM	L,4-6	13-14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.291	.346	.637	4	4.33	-0.094	1.62	-0.02%	-0.45	PH
19	394	81 (1)	Jul 4	STL		CHC	L,1-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.276	.327	.603	9	1.04	-0.077	.22	-0.01%	-0.45	P
20	395	85 (3)	Jul 8	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.237	.274	.322	.596	9	.39	-0.001	.09	0.00%	-0.35	P
21	396	91 (5)	Jul 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.266	.311	.577	9	.78	-0.039	.33	-0.01%	-0.31	P
22	397	96 (4)	Jul 18	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.258	.302	.559	9	.59	-0.029	.32	-0.01%	-0.30	P
23	398	99 (2)	Jul 25	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG(13)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.268	.309	.576	9	1.82	0.169	.47	0.03%	0.46	P
24	399	104 (4)	Jul 30	STL		SDP	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.270	.324	.594	9	.71	-0.042	.33	-0.01%	0.38	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	400	109 (4)	Aug 5	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.256	.307	.563	9	.84	-0.087	.37	-0.02%	-0.71	P
26	401	114 (4)	Aug 10	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.224	.250	.303	.553	9	1.63	-0.014	.90	-0.01%	-0.22	P
27	402	119 (4)	Aug 16	STL	@	ATL	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.241	.291	.532	9	.67	-0.074	.41	-0.03%	-1.19	P
28	403	124 (4)	Aug 22	STL		ATL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.229	.253	.313	.566	9	.59	0.003	.33	0.00%	-0.18	P
29	404	129 (4)	Aug 27	STL		HOU	L,1-5	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.247	.306	.553	9	1.39	-0.072	.61	-0.02%	-0.49	P
30	405	133 (3)	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.261	.318	.579	9	.71	0.046	.09	0.00%	0.70	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	406	137 (3)	Sep 6	STL		MON	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.260	.315	.576	9	2.94	-0.242	.25	-0.01%	-0.97	P
32	407	141 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,11-2	CG	5	5	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.287	.351	.638	9	.28	0.061	.03	0.00%	1.76	P
33	408	146 (4)	Sep 14	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.276	.337	.613	9	2.01	-0.197	.05	0.00%	-1.38	P
34	409	150 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.266	.324	.590	9	1.85	-0.231	.00	0.00%	-1.34	P
35	410	155 (4)	Sep 23	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.263	.318	.581	9	1.77	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
36	411	159 (3)	Sep 28	STL	@	MON	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.271	.333	.605	9	1.39	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.62	P
37	412	162 (2)	Oct 2	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.262	.322	.584	9	1.78	-0.163	.00	0.00%	-1.20	P
							22-15		127	118	11	29	6	0	1	8	3	0	36	0	5	1	0	1	5	2	.246	.262	.322	.584		1.08	-1.463	.46	-0.39%	-8.18

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Gibson Pages

Bob Gibson Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Bob Gibson Pages at Baseball Reference

More Bob Gibson Pages at Sports Reference

College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com