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	37-32 / in Starts: 37-30
Longest Hitting Streak	12 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	9

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 294 PAs	35
Actual Runners on Base	165 (86-48-31)
Avg. MLBer w/ 294 PAs	31
Avg. Runners on Base	178 (87-59-31)

Most Driven In
C Lemon	9
Self	8
E Cabell	6
T Brookens	3
A Trammell	2
L Whitaker	2
L Jones	2
E Miller	1

Most Driven In By
L Herndon	9
Self	8
M Ivie	4
L Parrish	3
R Hebner	3
J Wockenfuss	2
J Turner	2
R Leach	1

1982 Batting Game Log

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1982 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	147	1	Apr 9	DET	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	1.02	-0.100	1.18	-0.07%	-0.95	CF
2	148	2	Apr 10	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	3	.96	0.073	1.06	0.05%	1.28	CF
3	149	3	Apr 11	DET	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	3	.93	0.116	.99	0.07%	0.96	CF
4	150	5 (1)	Apr 13	DET	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.133	.235	.200	.435	3	1.26	0.000	1.59	0.00%	0.11	CF
5	151	6	Apr 14	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.190	.158	.348	3	.79	-0.065	1.10	-0.05%	-0.51	CF
6	152	7	Apr 15	DET		TOR	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.160	.130	.290	3	1.27	-0.140	1.73	-0.11%	-1.38	CF
7	153	8	Apr 16	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.138	.111	.249	3	.45	-0.043	.66	-0.04%	-0.98	CF
8	154	9	Apr 17	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.097	.152	.129	.281	3	.37	-0.028	.52	-0.02%	-0.46	CF
9	155	10	Apr 18	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.135	.114	.249	3	.42	-0.046	.67	-0.04%	-1.03	DH
10	156	11	Apr 19	DET		KCR	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.171	.211	.381	3	2.22	0.432	3.07	0.36%	1.28	CF
11	157	12	Apr 20	DET		KCR	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.178	.214	.392	3	.18	-0.014	.28	-0.01%	-0.31	CF
12	158	13	Apr 21	DET		KCR	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.184	.283	.466	3	1.30	0.066	2.06	0.06%	0.44	CF
13	159	14	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.208	.300	.508	3	.92	-0.086	1.86	-0.10%	-0.76	DH
14	160	15	Apr 23	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	GS-8	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.241	.321	.562	3	.51	-0.003	1.08	-0.01%	0.25	CF
15	161	16	Apr 24	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	GS-7	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.279	.400	.679	3	.70	0.157	1.52	0.21%	1.47	CF
16	162	17	Apr 25	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.266	.379	.645	3	1.44	-0.071	3.28	-0.10%	-0.58	DH
17	163	19 (1)	Apr 28	DET	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.279	.377	.656	3	.61	0.003	1.18	0.00%	0.04	CF
18	164	20	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.359	.637	3	1.23	-0.071	2.21	-0.08%	-0.24	CF
19	165	21	Apr 30	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG(11)	6	5	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.217	.308	.391	.699	3	1.13	0.189	2.01	0.20%	3.16	CF
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
20	166	22	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	5	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.337	.423	.760	3	.97	0.163	1.80	0.18%	1.87	CF
21	167	23	May 2	DET	@	CHW	L,3-10	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.230	.337	.419	.756	3	.78	-0.031	1.51	-0.04%	-0.25	CF
22	168	24	May 4	DET		TEX	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.344	.416	.760	3	1.57	0.009	2.73	0.01%	0.09	CF
23	169	25	May 5	DET		TEX	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.351	.444	.796	3	1.87	0.245	3.45	0.27%	1.05	CF
24	170	26	May 7	DET		CHW	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.343	.430	.774	3	.70	-0.079	1.32	-0.09%	-0.88	CF
25	171	28 (1)	May 9	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.359	.444	.804	3	1.41	0.048	2.38	0.05%	0.18	CF
26	172	29	May 10	DET	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.364	.452	.816	3	.58	0.020	.90	0.02%	0.21	CF
27	173	30	May 13	DET		MIN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.360	.443	.804	3	.52	-0.041	.83	-0.04%	-0.72	CF
28	174	31	May 14	DET		MIN	W,4-2	CG(11)	6	6	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.301	.385	.495	.880	3	1.68	0.563	3.06	0.62%	3.07	CF
29	175	32	May 15	DET		MIN	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.299	.385	.486	.871	3	1.44	0.101	2.67	0.11%	1.25	CF
30	176	34 (1)	May 18	DET		OAK	W,11-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.297	.386	.477	.863	3	.39	-0.020	.79	-0.02%	-0.56	CF
31	177	35	May 19	DET		OAK	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.374	.461	.835	3	.65	-0.026	1.37	-0.03%	-0.40	CF
32	178	36	May 20	DET		OAK	W,11-3	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.382	.458	.840	3	.69	0.147	1.53	0.20%	2.23	CF
33	179	37	May 21	DET		CAL	L,7-9	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.369	.439	.808	3	.95	-0.118	2.08	-0.16%	-1.30	CF
34	180	38	May 22	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.359	.425	.784	3	.75	-0.042	1.57	-0.05%	-0.96	CF
35	181	40 (1)	May 25	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.356	.422	.778	5	4.62	-0.073	9.29	-0.09%	-0.32	PH
36	182	41	May 26	DET	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.358	.421	.779	3	1.21	-0.029	2.36	-0.04%	-0.22	CF
37	183	42	May 28	DET	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.353	.413	.766	3	.53	0.007	1.05	0.01%	-0.25	CF
38	184	43	May 29	DET	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.275	.360	.415	.776	3	.71	-0.001	1.42	0.00%	1.16	CF
39	185	44	May 30 (1)	DET	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.349	.401	.751	3	.67	-0.100	1.43	-0.13%	-1.58	CF
40	186	45	May 30 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,3-10	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.270	.351	.408	.759	3	.96	0.016	2.09	0.02%	-0.42	CF
41	187	46	May 31	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.343	.397	.740	3	1.21	-0.125	2.63	-0.16%	-1.00	CF
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
42	188	47	Jun 1	DET	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.263	.341	.394	.735	3	.55	-0.042	1.23	-0.06%	-0.60	CF
43	189	48	Jun 2	DET	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.344	.415	.759	3	1.81	0.421	4.28	0.60%	1.56	CF
44	190	49	Jun 4	DET		SEA	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.337	.405	.742	3	1.54	-0.226	3.63	-0.32%	-1.87	CF
45	191	50	Jun 6	DET		SEA	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.328	.393	.721	3	.44	-0.033	.99	-0.04%	-1.17	CF
46	192	51	Jun 8	DET		CLE	W,8-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.251	.332	.389	.720	3	.72	-0.033	1.90	-0.05%	-0.39	CF
47	193	52	Jun 9 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.332	.388	.719	3	1.43	0.021	3.69	0.03%	-0.08	CF
48	194	53	Jun 9 susp	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS-15	6	6	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.266	.341	.408	.749	3	1.21	0.085	3.14	0.13%	1.00	CF
49	195	54	Jun 11	DET	@	MIL	L,6-8	CG	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.348	.423	.771	3	1.26	0.264	3.43	0.43%	1.58	CF
50	196	55	Jun 12	DET	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.344	.423	.767	3	.78	0.028	2.01	0.04%	0.37	CF
51	197	56	Jun 13	DET	@	MIL	L,5-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.338	.414	.752	3	.29	-0.030	.76	-0.05%	-0.64	CF
52	198	57	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.341	.416	.757	1	.53	0.015	1.37	0.02%	0.25	CF
53	199	58	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.335	.408	.743	1	.94	-0.100	2.39	-0.15%	-0.80	CF
54	200	59	Jun 17	DET		MIL	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.332	.403	.735	3	1.35	-0.080	3.71	-0.13%	-0.74	CF
55	201	60	Jun 18	DET		MIL	L,2-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.329	.395	.724	3	.75	-0.023	1.97	-0.04%	-0.21	CF
56	202	61	Jun 19	DET		MIL	L,3-10	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.336	.399	.735	3	.17	0.012	.45	0.02%	0.44	CF
57	203	62	Jun 20	DET		MIL	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.335	.410	.745	3	1.25	0.092	3.11	0.14%	1.30	CF
58	204	63	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.265	.333	.412	.745	3	.85	0.095	2.51	0.17%	0.60	CF
59	205	64	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.273	.339	.424	.763	3	.84	0.249	2.25	0.40%	2.07	CF
60	206	65	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.279	.349	.446	.795	3	1.00	0.112	2.50	0.17%	1.91	CF
61	207	66	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.347	.456	.803	3	.48	-0.006	.82	-0.01%	0.11	CF
62	208	67	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.342	.448	.790	3	.97	-0.098	1.87	-0.11%	-0.87	CF
63	209	68	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.269	.337	.441	.778	3	1.16	-0.070	2.15	-0.08%	-0.62	CF
64	210	69	Jun 27	DET	@	BAL	L,1-13	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.338	.440	.778	3	.41	-0.021	.71	-0.02%	-0.73	CF
65	211	70	Jun 29	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.337	.435	.772	3	.79	-0.056	1.50	-0.07%	-0.37	CF
66	212	71	Jun 30	DET		BOS	W,12-3	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.342	.442	.783	2	.35	0.051	.57	0.05%	0.93	CF
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
67	213	72	Jul 1	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.281	.346	.449	.795	2	2.64	0.453	4.84	0.50%	1.99	CF
68	214	73	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.278	.341	.444	.785	2	1.80	-0.122	3.16	-0.13%	-0.72	CF
69	215	79 (5)	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.341	.444	.785	5						PR
							37-32		294	266	34	74	16	2	8	35	25	2	41	1	1	1	4	2	9	7	.278	.341	.444	.785		.97	1.961	1.94	2.40%	8.37

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