Bob Gibson

Full Name: Robert Gibson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/189	First Game: April 15, 1959
Birthdate: November 9, 1935	Final Game: September 3, 1975
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska	MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981

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[edit] Biography

Born on November 9, 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska, Bob Gibson (Robert Gibson) played for the St. Louis Cardinals for his entire 17 year career. Gibson broke into the bigs on April 15, 1959 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.33 ERA in 75.2 innings pitched in 1959, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Gibson's best season was 1968, when he posted a 1.12 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 268 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1959	STL	N	13	9	3	5	3.33	48	35	28	2	1	0	75.2	77	4	39	2	4	1
1960	STL	N	27	12	3	6	5.61	69	61	54	2	0	0	86.2	97	7	48	6	3	1
1961	STL	N	35	27	13	12	3.24	166	91	76	10	2	1	211.1	186	13	119	7	8	6
1962	STL	N	32	30	15	13	2.85	208	84	74	15	5	1	233.2	174	15	95	9	11	10
1963	STL	N	36	33	18	9	3.39	204	110	96	14	2	0	254.2	224	19	96	1	6	13
1964	STL	N	40	36	19	12	3.01	245	106	96	17	2	1	287.1	250	25	86	9	6	9
1965	STL	N	38	36	20	12	3.07	270	110	102	20	6	1	299	243	34	103	6	8	11
1966	STL	N	35	35	21	12	2.44	225	90	76	20	5	0	280.1	210	20	78	5	12	5
1967	STL	N	24	24	13	7	2.98	147	62	58	10	2	0	175.1	151	10	40	3	3	3
1968	STL	N	34	34	22	9	1.12	268	49	38	28	13	0	304.2	198	11	62	6	4	7
1969	STL	N	35	35	20	13	2.18	269	84	76	28	4	0	314	251	12	95	7	4	10
1970	STL	N	34	34	23	7	3.12	274	111	102	23	3	0	294	262	13	88	9	5	4
1971	STL	N	31	31	16	13	3.04	185	96	83	20	5	0	245.2	215	14	76	11	10	7
1972	STL	N	34	34	19	11	2.46	208	83	76	23	4	0	278	226	14	88	11	10	3
1973	STL	N	25	25	12	10	2.77	142	71	60	13	1	0	195	159	12	57	6	6	3
1974	STL	N	33	33	11	13	3.83	129	111	102	9	1	0	240	236	24	104	14	2	5
1975	STL	N	22	14	3	10	5.04	60	66	61	1	0	2	109	120	10	62	6	6	4
Total			528	482	251	174	2.91	3117	1420	1258	255	56	6	3884.1	3279	257	1336	118	108	102

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1959	STL	N	P	13	9	75.2	6	10	2	2	2	2	1	0	.889
1960	STL	N	P	27	12	86.2	7	14	0	3	1	2	5	0	1.000
1961	STL	N	P	35	27	211.1	14	35	2	4	9	9	6	0	.961
1962	STL	N	P	32	30	233.2	18	35	3	6	4	9	2	0	.946
1963	STL	N	P	36	33	254.2	27	28	5	0	5	21	9	0	.917
1964	STL	N	P	40	36	287.1	24	36	6	4	7	12	2	0	.909
1965	STL	N	P	38	36	299	27	33	3	1	6	12	3	0	.952
1966	STL	N	P	35	35	280.1	26	28	2	4	5	9	9	0	.964
1967	STL	N	P	24	24	175.1	19	23	0	0	2	3	6	1	1.000
1968	STL	N	P	34	34	304.2	21	28	1	2	5	6	5	0	.980
1969	STL	N	P	35	35	314	21	32	3	5	5	16	8	0	.946
1970	STL	N	P	34	34	294	22	32	4	3	6	17	5	0	.931
1971	STL	N	P	31	31	245.2	10	39	3	1	6	10	3	0	.942
1972	STL	N	P	34	34	278	12	46	1	3	5	16	9	0	.983
1973	STL	N	P	25	25	195	11	24	2	2	6	9	6	0	.946
1974	STL	N	P	33	33	240	20	26	2	4	3	33	6	0	.958
1975	STL	N	P	22	14	109	6	15	3	2	1	10	3	0	.875
Total			P	528	482	3884.1	291	484	42	46	78	196	88	1	.949

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1959	STL	N	21	26	1	3	0	1	.115	.115	.192	2	0	0	10	0	1	0	0
1960	STL	N	40	28	4	5	0	1	.179	.179	.214	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0
1961	STL	N	40	66	4	13	1	10	.197	.236	.318	5	0	3	23	1	3	0	1
1962	STL	N	43	76	11	20	2	5	.263	.321	.342	0	0	4	28	3	6	0	1
1963	STL	N	41	87	12	18	3	20	.207	.274	.368	3	1	8	35	0	5	0	1
1964	STL	N	40	96	8	15	0	4	.156	.188	.208	3	1	3	38	1	6	0	0
1965	STL	N	42	104	14	25	5	19	.240	.261	.404	2	0	3	26	1	8	2	0
1966	STL	N	46	100	11	20	1	8	.200	.221	.270	4	0	3	35	0	7	3	0
1967	STL	N	27	60	7	8	0	3	.133	.235	.133	0	0	8	26	0	6	0	0
1968	STL	N	35	94	3	16	0	6	.170	.233	.223	5	0	7	32	1	7	1	1
1969	STL	N	37	118	11	29	1	8	.246	.262	.322	6	0	3	36	0	5	5	1
1970	STL	N	40	109	14	33	2	19	.303	.347	.404	3	1	8	25	0	6	0	4
1971	STL	N	31	87	5	15	2	10	.172	.204	.264	0	1	3	24	1	2	1	2
1972	STL	N	34	103	12	20	5	12	.194	.202	.398	6	0	1	25	0	2	0	0
1973	STL	N	25	65	8	12	2	8	.185	.217	.277	0	0	3	17	0	2	1	1
1974	STL	N	33	81	6	17	0	6	.210	.233	.284	4	1	3	19	0	1	0	1
1975	STL	N	22	28	1	5	0	4	.179	.242	.179	0	0	3	9	0	4	0	0
Total			597	1328	132	274	24	144	.206	.243	.301	44	5	63	415	8	72	13	13