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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

89.2

251

174

ERA

2.91

528

482

3884.1

3117

WHIP

1.188

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-15 / in Starts: 21-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 2

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	184	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	T,10-10	GS-4		99	3.1	6	5	5	2	3	1	0	13.50	6.42	17	5	1	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.209	2.15	-0.28%	-2.66	1b start a 5	4b 1-- 1 out a3
2	185	5	Apr 17	STL		CIN	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	8	0	0	4	11	0	0	3.65	2.76	38	7	8	3	0	8	78			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.150	.80	0.15%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
3	186	9	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	6	3	3	7	8	0	1	3.38	3.03	41	10	9	1	0	6	64			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	0.252	1.74	0.24%	1.31	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
4	187	12	Apr 28	STL	@	MLN	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.37	2.88	35	13	9	1	0	3	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.93	0.356	1.30	0.30%	4.03	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	188	16	May 2(1)	STL		PIT	W,9-5	GS-9	W(4-0)	3	8.0	12	5	5	0	9	2	0	3.05	3.01	35	6	8	2	0	12	47			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.15	-0.194	1.95	-0.20%	-2.09	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a4
6	189	21	May 7	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-0)	4	9.0	1	0	0	3	8	0	1	2.47	2.83	31	6	12	6	0	1	90			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.565	1.93	0.62%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	190	25	May 11	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	10	3	3	6	9	0	0	2.56	2.78	40	9	6	0	0	10	58			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	2	0	0	2.12	0.307	2.86	0.25%	0.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	191	29	May 16(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	W(7-0)	4	9.0	10	3	2	0	7	0	0	2.48	2.53	37	9	11	2	0	10	64			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.37	0.224	2.50	0.25%	1.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	192	34	May 20	STL		PHI	W,12-2	CG	W(8-0)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	8	1	0	2.42	2.57	32	5	11	4	0	6	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.112	.57	0.17%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
10	193	39	May 25	STL	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(8-1)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	1	2.40	2.50	32	8	8	2	0	6	67			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.065	6.02	0.17%	1.33	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	194	44	May 30	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(8-2)	4	9.2	6	3	1	4	6	0	0	2.25	2.51	40	13	12	0	0	5	71			2	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.51	-0.091	4.90	-0.18%	0.87	1b start tie	10b 123 2 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	195	49	Jun 4	STL		HOU	L,2-5	CG	L(8-3)	4	9.0	5	5	5	4	6	2	0	2.50	2.76	35	9	11	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.266	3.07	-0.35%	-0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
13	196	52	Jun 8	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	L(8-4)	3	9.0	9	5	5	5	2	3	0	2.70	3.20	39	14	9	2	0	9	46			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.11	-0.217	2.26	-0.26%	-0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	197	56	Jun 12	STL		MLN	L,1-4	GS-8	L(8-5)	3	8.0	10	4	4	1	10	2	0	2.82	3.23	35	7	7	2	0	10	55			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.071	.97	-0.06%	-0.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
15	198	62	Jun 17	STL		PIT	L,1-4	GS-8	L(8-6)	4	8.0	8	3	3	3	9	1	1	2.86	3.24	35	11	3	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	0	.80	-0.034	.54	-0.01%	0.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
16	199	66	Jun 22(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	3	4	3	2	5	3	0	2.93	3.47	23	4	9	1	0	3	55			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.192	.50	-0.08%	-1.13	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
17	200	72	Jun 27(1)	STL		CHC	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	12	0	1	2.74	3.30	35	3	12	1	0	5	87			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.180	.11	0.04%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	201	78	Jul 2	STL	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	13	1	1	2.76	3.27	38	7	6	0	0	7	70			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.167	.39	0.04%	0.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
19	202	83	Jul 7	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG(13)	L(10-7)	4	13.0	11	4	4	3	12	1	0	2.76	3.20	51	17	8	1	0	11	78			0	1	0	46	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.78	0.107	2.01	0.07%	2.34	1t start tie	13t 3 out d2
20	203	87	Jul 11(2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	2-5		3	4.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.69	3.21	17	6	4	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	1	1	1	.47	0.030	.31	0.01%	1.44	2b -2- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d4
21	204	89	Jul 16	STL		NYM	W,8-5	GS-8	W(11-7)	4	7.0	7	5	5	1	5	4	0	2.84	3.44	29	6	10	2	1	7	47			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.210	.34	-0.07%	-1.59	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a3
22	205	94	Jul 21	STL	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-7	L(11-8)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.83	3.38	26	7	8	1	0	4	64			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.012	.59	-0.01%	0.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
23	206	99	Jul 26	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-8	W(12-8)	4	7.1	9	4	2	1	4	0	1	2.82	3.34	33	6	12	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.049	.92	-0.02%	-0.84	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a3
24	207	103	Jul 31	STL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	W(13-8)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	9	2	1	2.83	3.40	37	8	10	1	0	6	69			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.019	.56	0.01%	1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	208	109	Aug 5	STL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	W(14-8)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	10	0	0	2.75	3.30	33	8	9	1	0	4	83			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.428	.58	0.16%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	209	113	Aug 10	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	GS-6	L(14-9)	4	6.0	8	5	5	2	4	2	0	2.88	3.39	28	3	11	1	0	8	38			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.379	.20	-0.05%	-2.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
27	210	118	Aug 15	STL		CIN	W,12-7	GS-7		4	7.0	10	7	7	4	9	3	1	3.08	3.52	36	3	9	0	0	10	34			0	0	0	31	3	0	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.435	.06	-0.02%	-3.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
28	211	123	Aug 20	STL	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	11	1	1	3.00	3.47	32	4	12	5	1	3	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.105	.00	0.00%	2.83	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
29	212	129	Aug 25	STL		CHC	L,3-6	GS-7	L(15-10)	4	7.0	12	6	6	2	7	1	0	3.14	3.46	34	11	2	0	0	12	34			1	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-2.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
30	213	131	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	14-GF(14)	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	3.46	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	0.095	.03	0.00%	0.22	14b 1-- 2 out a1	14b end a 1
31	214	134	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-10)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.02	3.40	30	7	13	1	0	2	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.509	.01	0.00%	4.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	215	138	Sep 5(1)	STL		NYM	W,3-0	SHO	W(17-10)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.91	3.34	31	12	6	5	0	2	88			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.575	.01	0.00%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	216	143	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	3	0	4	1	1	2.95	3.36	25	4	10	3	0	6	50			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-1.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
34	217	145	Sep 14	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-8	W(18-10)	3	7.2	6	2	1	5	11	0	0	2.90	3.31	35	9	4	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.50	0.163	.00	0.00%	1.17	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a1
35	218	150	Sep 19	STL		LAD	L,0-5	GS-8	L(18-11)	4	7.1	7	5	5	6	8	2	0	2.98	3.39	35	2	12	1	0	7	46			2	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	1	0	.75	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.61	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d5
36	219	153	Sep 24	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-8	L(18-12)	4	7.0	8	4	4	3	6	0	0	3.04	3.35	31	6	8	5	0	8	48			2	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.56	-0.245	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out a1
37	220	158	Sep 29	STL	@	SFG	W,8-6	GS-9	W(19-12)	4	8.1	6	5	5	4	6	1	0	3.10	3.38	35	9	10	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.353	.00	0.00%	-1.10	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out a3
38	221	162	Oct 3	STL	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	W(20-12)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.07	3.33	35	7	14	0	0	9	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.07	0.205	.00	0.00%	1.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
							22-15		W-L:20-12,Sv:1	3.7	299.0	243	110	102	103	270	34	11	3.07	3.33	1232	0.86		9%	0%	242	62	2	50%	12	3	0	1096	28	2	6	21	8	13	1.04	1.692	1.16	0.91%	27.37

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