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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	2	Apr 10	DET		CLE	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 11	DET		CLE	W,11-10	CG	51	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
4	4	Apr 13	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	6	Apr 16	DET		MIL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 17	DET		MIL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	8	Apr 19	DET		KCR	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
9	9	Apr 20	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	10	Apr 21	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	51	13.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
11	11	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	12	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	13	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	4	0	1	5	0	RF
14	14	Apr 25	DET	@	MIL	L,7-11	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	15	Apr 26	DET	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	16	Apr 27	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	17	Apr 28	DET	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
18	18	Apr 30	DET		MIN	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20 (1)	May 3	DET		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	21	May 4	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	22	May 5	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
22	23	May 7	DET	@	TEX	W,10-1	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
23	24	May 8	DET	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	25	May 10	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
25	26	May 11	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	RF
26	28 (1)	May 13	DET		TEX	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	29	May 14	DET		TEX	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
28	30	May 15	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
29	31	May 16	DET	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	32	May 17	DET	@	OAK	W,10-2	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	35 (2)	May 20	DET	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	36	May 21	DET	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
33	37	May 22	DET	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	38	May 24	DET	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	39	May 25	DET	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
36	40	May 26	DET	@	SEA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
37	41	May 27	DET	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
38	42	May 29	DET		OAK	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
39	43	May 30	DET		OAK	W,3-2	GS	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	44	May 31	DET		CAL	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	45	Jun 1	DET		CAL	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	46	Jun 2	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	47	Jun 3	DET		SEA	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	48	Jun 4	DET		SEA	L,6-7	CG	50	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
45	49	Jun 5	DET		SEA	W,5-2	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
46	50	Jun 6	DET	@	TOR	L,0-2	CG	43	11.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
47	51	Jun 7	DET	@	TOR	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	52	Jun 8	DET	@	TOR	W,10-1	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	53	Jun 9	DET	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	54	Jun 10	DET		BAL	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	55	Jun 12	DET		BAL	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
52	56	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
53	57	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,10-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	58	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
55	59	Jun 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
56	60	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
57	61	Jun 19	DET		BOS	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
58	62	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,10-9	CG	50	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	63	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
60	64	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	65	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	66	Jun 24	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	67	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	68	Jun 26	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
65	69	Jun 28	DET		TOR	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	70	Jun 29	DET		TOR	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	71	Jun 30	DET		TOR	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
69	73	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	74	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
71	75	Jul 4	DET	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
72	76	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	77	Jul 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	78	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
75	79	Jul 8	DET		CHW	L,4-9	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	80	Jul 9	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	90 (9)	Jul 22	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	GS	38	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	91	Jul 23	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	92	Jul 24	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	93	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
81	95 (1)	Jul 27	DET	@	MIN	L,4-11	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	96	Jul 28	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
83	97	Jul 29	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
84	98	Jul 30	DET		KCR	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	99	Jul 31	DET		KCR	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	100	Aug 2	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
87	101	Aug 3	DET		MIL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	102	Aug 4 (1)	DET		MIL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	103	Aug 4 (2)	DET		MIL	L,4-14	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
90	104	Aug 5	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
91	105	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	106	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
93	107	Aug 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	108	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
95	109	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
96	110	Aug 12	DET	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
97	111	Aug 13	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	51	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
98	112	Aug 14	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
99	113	Aug 15	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
100	114	Aug 16	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
101	115	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
102	117 (1)	Aug 19	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	118	Aug 20	DET	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
104	119	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
105	120	Aug 22	DET	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	53	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
106	121	Aug 23	DET	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	0	0	1	1	0	CF
107	122	Aug 24	DET	@	CAL	W,13-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
108	123	Aug 25	DET	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
109	124	Aug 26	DET	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
110	125	Aug 27	DET	@	SEA	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
111	126	Aug 29	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	43	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
112	127	Aug 30	DET		OAK	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
113	128	Aug 31	DET		OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	129	Sep 1	DET		OAK	W,14-3	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
115	130	Sep 2	DET		CAL	L,1-11	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	131	Sep 3	DET		CAL	W,14-8	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
117	132	Sep 4	DET		CAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
118	133	Sep 6	DET		SEA	L,4-8	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
119	135 (1)	Sep 8	DET		SEA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
120	136	Sep 9	DET	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
121	137	Sep 10	DET	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
122	138	Sep 11	DET	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
123	139	Sep 13	DET		BAL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
124	140	Sep 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
125	141	Sep 14 (2)	DET		BAL	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
126	142	Sep 15	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
127	143	Sep 16	DET		BAL	L,7-14	CG	53	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
128	144	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
129	145	Sep 18	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
130	146	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
131	147	Sep 20	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
132	149 (1)	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
133	150	Sep 23	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
134	151	Sep 24	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
135	152	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
136	153	Sep 27	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
137	155 (1)	Sep 29	DET		BOS	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
138	156	Oct 1	DET		TOR	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
139	157	Oct 2	DET		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
140	158	Oct 3	DET		TOR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
141	159	Oct 4	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
142	160	Oct 5	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
143	161	Oct 6	DET	@	BAL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							146gm		1255.0	284	3	11	298	0