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: 24-10 / in Starts: 24-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	281	1	Apr 10	STL		ATL	W,2-1	GS-7		99	7.0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.81	25	8	13	0	1	3	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.159	2.01	0.20%	1.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	282	5	Apr 15	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	1	1.93	3.67	31	6	11	1	3	5	57			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.159	3.19	-0.24%	-0.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	283	10	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	L(0-1)	4	9.0	10	5	3	1	8	1	0	2.35	3.17	37	8	10	0	3	10	58			1	1	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	.44	-0.225	1.20	-0.37%	-1.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
4	284	14	Apr 26	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.97	2.73	33	9	11	2	3	7	73			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.30	0.461	4.40	0.93%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	285	19	May 1	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG(12)	W(2-1)	4	12.0	7	1	0	5	7	0	0	1.43	2.66	47	14	14	0	3	7	88			0	0	0	41	2	0	2	1	0	2	1.74	0.681	6.88	1.62%	3.43	1b start tie	12b 3 out a2
6	286	24	May 6	STL		NYM	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(3-1)	4	11.0	3	1	1	1	11	0	0	1.31	2.26	36	8	13	0	3	3	97			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.662	4.90	1.50%	3.14	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
7	287	28	May 12	STL		HOU	L,2-3	GS-8	L(3-2)	5	8.0	11	3	2	2	10	0	1	1.43	2.10	38	6	9	0	2	10	58			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	-0.191	8.06	-0.50%	0.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	288	32	May 17	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(3-3)	4	9.2	7	1	1	4	5	0	0	1.36	2.16	40	8	16	1	3	7	72			0	0	0	34	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.86	0.205	8.59	0.57%	2.43	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
9	289	37	May 22	STL		LAD	L,0-2	GS-8	L(3-4)	4	8.0	1	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.34	2.11	27	8	10	1	2	1	80			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.191	2.73	0.42%	2.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	290	42	May 28	STL		SFG	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(3-5)	5	8.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	0	1.52	2.35	28	9	9	1	3	4	66			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.187	2.63	-0.37%	0.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
11	291	47	Jun 2(1)	STL	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	7	3	3	3	8	1	1	1.66	2.45	38	9	10	0	3	7	66			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.193	2.61	0.39%	0.42	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
12	292	52	Jun 6	STL	@	HOU	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-5)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.52	2.40	31	13	8	3	1	3	84			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.314	3.17	0.86%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	293	58	Jun 11	STL	@	ATL	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-5)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	1	1.40	2.41	31	12	7	0	1	5	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	4	0	0	.47	0.179	2.67	0.61%	3.45	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
14	294	62	Jun 15	STL		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	13	0	0	1.30	2.20	31	4	10	1	3	4	92			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.510	5.62	1.74%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	295	66	Jun 20	STL		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-5)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.21	2.15	32	11	9	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.646	7.85	2.26%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	296	72	Jun 26(1)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-5)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	1.14	2.06	30	8	12	1	2	3	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.436	6.12	1.57%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
17	297	77	Jul 1	STL	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.13	2.07	36	9	12	0	4	9	67			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.228	6.44	0.90%	2.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
18	298	82	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	4	9	0	0	1.06	2.05	37	8	10	0	3	6	80			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.346	5.80	1.13%	3.45	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
19	299	86	Jul 12	STL		HOU	W,8-1	CG	W(12-5)	5	9.0	3	1	1	0	8	0	0	1.06	1.97	30	14	5	1	0	3	85			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.319	2.76	0.75%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
20	300	94	Jul 21(1)	STL		NYM	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-5)	8	9.0	7	0	0	0	13	0	0	1.01	1.85	34	10	4	0	2	7	86			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.556	3.30	0.87%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	301	99	Jul 25	STL		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(14-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	1	0.96	1.84	33	7	14	3	2	4	82			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.300	1.15	0.27%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
22	302	105	Jul 30	STL	@	NYM	W,7-1	CG	W(15-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	1	0.96	1.82	35	9	11	0	3	5	80			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.36	0.180	.31	0.09%	2.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
23	303	110	Aug 4	STL		CHC	L,5-6	GS-11		4	11.0	12	5	4	3	10	2	0	1.08	1.92	47	13	9	0	3	12	62			0	0	0	43	0	0	1	3	0	2	1.84	-0.458	1.67	-0.25%	-0.86	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
24	304	115	Aug 9	STL	@	ATL	W,1-0	SHO	W(16-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.04	1.89	31	8	14	0	1	4	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.723	.65	0.21%	3.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	305	120	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(17-5)	4	9.0	8	1	1	3	7	0	0	1.04	1.89	36	10	8	1	2	8	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.440	1.19	0.22%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
26	306	125	Aug 19	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	1.00	1.84	31	7	11	2	4	0	92			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.578	.21	0.07%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
27	307	130	Aug 24	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	L(18-6)	4	9.0	6	6	3	2	15	1	0	1.07	1.81	37	7	7	1	1	6	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	2	1.14	-0.535	.23	-0.06%	-2.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
28	308	134	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	W,8-0	SHO	W(19-6)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	14	0	0	1.03	1.76	34	2	11	0	2	4	90			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.172	.16	0.04%	3.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
Sept				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
29	309	139	Sep 2	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(20-6)	4	10.0	4	0	0	3	8	0	0	0.99	1.76	36	8	13	2	1	4	89			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.779	.06	0.02%	4.03	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
30	310	142	Sep 6(1)	STL		SFG	L,2-3	GS-8	L(20-7)	3	8.0	9	3	2	0	7	0	0	1.03	1.72	33	9	8	0	0	9	61			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.145	.00	0.00%	0.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
31	311	148	Sep 11	STL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	W(21-7)	4	9.0	11	4	4	2	6	1	1	1.13	1.78	41	6	15	0	4	11	53			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.170	.03	0.00%	-0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	312	152	Sep 17	STL	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(21-8)	5	8.0	4	1	1	2	10	1	0	1.13	1.79	29	8	5	0	0	4	78			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.156	.00	0.00%	2.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
33	313	157	Sep 22	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(21-9)	4	8.0	7	3	2	5	11	1	0	1.16	1.83	35	6	7	1	2	6	64			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	-0.309	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
34	314	160	Sep 27	STL		HOU	W,1-0	SHO	W(22-9)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	11	0	0	1.12	1.77	31	8	6	0	2	6	86			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.639	.00	0.00%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							24-10		W-L:22-9	4.2	304.2	198	49	38	62	268	11	7	1.12	1.77	1161	0.85		3%	11%	192	76		---%	6	5	0	1075	23	0	6	19	2	13	1.12	8.014	2.91	15.44%	65.80

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