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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-8 / in Starts: 12-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	7 games
Most Games w/o RBI	2 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1984	ALCS g1	Oct 2	DET	@	KCR	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	3	.41	-0.025	12.87	-0.52%	-0.55	RF
2	1984	ALCS g2	Oct 3	DET	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG(11)	5	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.889	1.389	3	.98	0.135	27.86	2.61%	1.78	RF
3	1984	ALCS g3	Oct 5	DET		KCR	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.417	.500	.750	1.250	3	.70	0.084	12.29	0.82%	0.86	RF
4	1984	WS g1	Oct 9	DET	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.313	.421	.563	.984	3	1.02	-0.104	53.17	-3.24%	-0.93	RF
5	1984	WS g2	Oct 10	DET	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.350	.435	.550	.985	3	1.24	0.105	63.79	3.39%	1.07	RF
6	1984	WS g3	Oct 12	DET		SDP	W,5-2	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.318	.464	.500	.964	3	.62	0.040	38.82	1.40%	0.94	RF
7	1984	WS g4	Oct 13	DET		SDP	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.308	.438	.462	.899	3	.39	-0.022	24.85	-0.78%	-0.77	RF
8	1984	WS g5	Oct 14	DET		SDP	W,8-4	CG	5	4	3	3	0	0	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.367	.486	.700	1.186	3	.88	0.284	43.03	7.64%	4.02	RF
1987 Postseason			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
9	1987	ALCS g1	Oct 7	DET	@	MIN	L,5-8	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	3	1.08	0.081	28.14	1.16%	0.54	LF
10	1987	ALCS g2	Oct 8	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.500	.722	3	1.19	-0.124	31.49	-1.85%	-1.36	LF
11	1987	ALCS g3	Oct 10	DET		MIN	W,7-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.154	.214	.385	.599	3	1.41	-0.101	29.37	-1.31%	-0.66	LF
12	1987	ALCS g4	Oct 11	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.353	.616	3	1.54	0.116	46.91	2.43%	0.74	LF
13	1987	ALCS g5	Oct 12	DET		MIN	L,5-9	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.476	.851	3	.84	0.128	14.64	1.38%	2.14	LF
1988 Postseason			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
14	1988	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	.97	-0.088	25.24	-1.26%	-1.01	LF
15	1988	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD		NYM	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	3	.38	-0.025	9.70	-0.36%	-0.04	LF
16	1988	NLCS g3	Oct 8	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	3	.59	0.014	18.65	0.37%	0.16	LF
17	1988	NLCS g4	Oct 9	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG(12)	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.294	.505	3	1.50	0.284	48.19	6.05%	0.01	LF
18	1988	NLCS g5	Oct 10	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-9	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.250	.455	.705	3	.42	0.018	17.37	0.64%	1.47	LF
19	1988	NLCS g6	Oct 11	LAD		NYM	L,1-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.385	.599	3	1.15	-0.117	43.92	-2.77%	-1.12	LF
20	1988	NLCS g7	Oct 12	LAD		NYM	W,6-0	GS-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.154	.233	.385	.618	3	1.04	0.012	86.25	0.55%	0.15	LF
21	1988	WS g1	Oct 15	LAD		OAK	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.258	.519	.777	9	4.83	0.870	252.67	26.96%	1.80	PH
									92	78	13	22	2	0	7	21	12	2	19	1	0	1		0	9	1	.282	.380	.577	.957

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