Joe Gibbon
[edit] Biography
Born on April 10, 1935 in Hickory, Mississippi, Joe Gibbon (Joseph Charles Gibbon) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros over the course of his 13 year career. Gibbon broke into the bigs on April 17, 1960 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.03 ERA in 80.1 innings pitched in 1960, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Gibbon's best season was 1961, when he posted a 3.32 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 145 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| 27
| 9
| 4
| 2
| 4.03
| 60
| 40
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 80.1
| 87
| 5
| 31
| 5
| 2
| 0
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| 30
| 29
| 13
| 10
| 3.32
| 145
| 85
| 72
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 195.1
| 185
| 16
| 57
| 4
| 3
| 4
|
| 1962
| PIT
| N
| 19
| 8
| 3
| 4
| 3.63
| 26
| 29
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 53
| 4
| 24
| 3
| 4
| 0
|
| 1963
| PIT
| N
| 37
| 22
| 5
| 12
| 3.30
| 110
| 61
| 54
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 147.1
| 147
| 7
| 54
| 15
| 3
| 5
|
| 1964
| PIT
| N
| 28
| 24
| 10
| 7
| 3.68
| 97
| 66
| 60
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 146.2
| 145
| 10
| 54
| 10
| 6
| 6
|
| 1965
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 15
| 4
| 9
| 4.51
| 63
| 57
| 53
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 105.2
| 85
| 7
| 34
| 6
| 2
| 4
|
| 1966
| SF
| N
| 37
| 10
| 4
| 6
| 3.67
| 48
| 41
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 81
| 86
| 4
| 16
| 1
| 5
| 2
|
| 1967
| SF
| N
| 28
| 10
| 6
| 2
| 3.07
| 63
| 31
| 28
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 82
| 65
| 4
| 33
| 4
| 3
| 3
|
| 1968
| SF
| N
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1.58
| 22
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 40
| 33
| 3
| 19
| 4
| 4
| 2
|
| 1969
| SF
| N
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3.60
| 9
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 15
| 1
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 1
|
| 1969
| PIT
| N
| 35
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 1.93
| 35
| 14
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 51.1
| 38
| 5
| 17
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| 1969
| TOT
| N
| 51
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 2.40
| 44
| 24
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 71.1
| 53
| 6
| 30
| 6
| 3
| 3
|
| 1970
| PIT
| N
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4.83
| 26
| 25
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 41
| 44
| 2
| 24
| 8
| 5
| 2
|
| 1971
| CIN
| N
| 50
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 2.94
| 34
| 25
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 64.1
| 54
| 3
| 32
| 11
| 2
| 1
|
| 1972
| HOU
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.82
| 4
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.1
| 13
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1972
| CIN
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 54.00
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.1
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1972
| TOT
| N
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.74
| 5
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.2
| 16
| 3
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 419
| 127
| 61
| 65
| 3.52
| 743
| 505
| 438
| 20
| 4
| 32
| 1119.2
| 1053
| 74
| 414
| 80
| 43
| 33
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| P
| 27
| 9
| 80.1
| 2
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| P
| 30
| 29
| 195.1
| 3
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 3
| 4
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| PIT
| N
| P
| 19
| 8
| 57
| 2
| 16
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1963
| PIT
| N
| P
| 37
| 22
| 147.1
| 7
| 30
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 3
| 0
| .925
|
| 1964
| PIT
| N
| P
| 28
| 24
| 146.2
| 5
| 34
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 2
| 1
| .867
|
| 1965
| PIT
| N
| P
| 31
| 15
| 105.2
| 3
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 4
| 1
| .963
|
| 1966
| SF
| N
| P
| 37
| 10
| 81
| 3
| 21
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 1
| .923
|
| 1967
| SF
| N
| P
| 28
| 10
| 82
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| SF
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 40
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| SF
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| PIT
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 51.1
| 0
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| .857
|
| 1969
| TOT
| N
| P
| 51
| 0
| 71.1
| 0
| 22
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| .917
|
| 1970
| PIT
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 41
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| .909
|
| 1971
| CIN
| N
| P
| 50
| 0
| 64.1
| 1
| 18
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| .905
|
| 1972
| HOU
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 7.1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| CIN
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1972
| TOT
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 7.2
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 419
| 127
| 1119.2
| 38
| 254
| 20
| 14
| 0
| 24
| 55
| 30
| 8
| .936
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1960
| PIT
| N
| 27
| 19
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .211
| .286
| .211
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 59
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 6
| .136
| .148
| .186
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1962
| PIT
| N
| 19
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .176
| .176
| .176
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| PIT
| N
| 40
| 43
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .093
| .114
| .093
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| PIT
| N
| 29
| 47
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 1
| .255
| .286
| .277
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 26
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .115
| .179
| .115
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1966
| SF
| N
| 37
| 15
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .250
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| SF
| N
| 28
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .042
| .080
| .083
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| SF
| N
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| SF
| N
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| PIT
| N
| 35
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| TOT
| N
| 51
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| PIT
| N
| 41
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| CIN
| N
| 50
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| HOU
| N
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| CIN
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| TOT
| N
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 424
| 263
| 9
| 38
| 0
| 8
| .144
| .175
| .163
| 3
| 1
| 10
| 99
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1957).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ozzie Virgil to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Matty Alou (December 1, 1965).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Ron Kline (June 10, 1969).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 26, 1970).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (April 1, 1971).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (May 11, 1972).
- Signed by Houston Astros (May 25, 1972).
- Released by Houston Astros (July 21, 1972).
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