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Bob Gibson Bats R, Throws R Born November 9, 1935

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Pitching   Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA *lgERA *ERA+
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 23 STL NL   3   5  13   9   2   1  0   75.7   77   28   4   39   48  3.33  4.22  127
 1960 24 STL NL   3   6  27  12   2   0  0   86.7   97   54   7   48   69  5.61  4.10   73
 1961 25 STL NL  13  12  35  27  10   2  1  211.3  186   76  13  119  166  3.24  4.39  136
 1962 26 STL NL  15  13  32  30  15   5  1  233.7  174   74  15   95  208  2.85  4.26  149
 1963 27 STL NL  18   9  36  33  14   2  0  254.7  224   96  19   96  204  3.39  3.55  105
 1964 28 STL NL  19  12  40  36  17   2  1  287.3  250   96  25   86  245  3.01  3.82  127
 1965 29 STL NL  20  12  38  36  20   6  1  299.0  243  102  34  103  270  3.07  3.86  126
 1966 30 STL NL  21  12  35  35  20   5  0  280.3  210   76  20   78  225  2.44  3.60  148
 1967 31 STL NL  13   7  24  24  10   2  0  175.3  151   58  10   40  147  2.98  3.27  110
 1968 32 STL NL  22   9  34  34  28  13  0  304.7  198   38  11   62  268  1.12  2.90  258
 1969 33 STL NL  20  13  35  35  28   4  0  314.0  251   76  12   95  269  2.18  3.56  163
 1970 34 STL NL  23   7  34  34  23   3  0  294.0  262  102  13   88  274  3.12  4.13  132
 1971 35 STL NL  16  13  31  31  20   5  0  245.7  215   83  14   76  185  3.04  3.60  119
 1972 36 STL NL  19  11  34  34  23   4  0  278.0  226   76  14   88  208  2.46  3.42  139
 1973 37 STL NL  12  10  25  25  13   1  0  195.0  159   60  12   57  142  2.77  3.66  132
 1974 38 STL NL  11  13  33  33   9   1  0  240.0  236  102  24  104  129  3.83  3.58   94
 1975 39 STL NL   3  10  22  14   1   0  2  109.0  120   61  10   62   60  5.04  3.77   75
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Yr WL% .591 251 174 528 482 255  56  6 3884.3 3279 1258 257 1336 3117  2.91  3.70  127
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+----+
 Seasonal Avg    16  11  35  32  17   3  0  261.5  220   84  17   89  209  2.91  3.70  127
 Career High     23  13  40  36  28  13  2  314.0  262  102  34  119  274  1.12  4.39  258

* indicates the value is park adjusted

Batting   Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+
 1959 23 STL NL  21   26    1    3   2  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .115  .115  .192    5   1   0   0   0
 1960 24 STL NL  40   28    4    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .179  .179  .214    6   1   0   0   0
 1961 25 STL NL  40   66    4   13   5  0   1   10   0  0   3  23  .197  .236  .318   21   3   2   0   1
 1962 26 STL NL  42   76   11   20   0  0   2    5   0  0   4  28  .263  .321  .342   26   6   1   0   3
 1963 27 STL NL  41   87   12   18   3  1   3   20   0  0   8  35  .207  .274  .368   32   5   0   0   0
 1964 28 STL NL  40   96    8   15   3  1   0    4   0  0   3  38  .156  .188  .208   20   6   1   0   1
 1965 29 STL NL  42  104   14   25   2  0   5   19   2  0   3  26  .240  .261  .404   42   8   3   0   1
 1966 30 STL NL  46  100   11   20   4  0   1    8   3  2   3  35  .200  .221  .270   27   7   1   0   0
 1967 31 STL NL  27   60    7    8   0  0   0    3   0  0   8  26  .133  .235  .133    8   6   0   0   0
 1968 32 STL NL  35   94    3   16   5  0   0    6   1  1   7  32  .170  .233  .223   21   7   1   0   1
 1969 33 STL NL  37  118   11   29   6  0   1    8   5  2   3  36  .246  .262  .322   38   5   1   0   0
 1970 34 STL NL  40  109   14   33   3  1   2   19   0  2   8  25  .303  .347  .404   44   6   1   0   0
 1971 35 STL NL  31   87    5   15   0  1   2   10   1  0   3  24  .172  .204  .264   23   2   2   0   1
 1972 36 STL NL  34  103   12   20   6  0   5   12   0  1   1  25  .194  .202  .398   41   2   0   0   0
 1973 37 STL NL  25   65    8   12   0  0   2    8   1  1   3  17  .185  .217  .277   18   2   1   0   0
 1974 38 STL NL  33   81    6   17   4  1   0    6   0  1   3  19  .210  .233  .284   23   1   2   0   0
 1975 39 STL NL  22   28    1    5   0  0   0    4   0  0   3   9  .179  .242  .179    5   4   2   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     596 1328  132  274  44  5  24  144  13 10  63 415  .206  .243  .301  400  72  18   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg.       360   35   74  11  1   6   39   3  2  17 112  .206  .243  .301  108  19   4   0   2
 Career High     46  118   14   33   6  1   5   20   5  2   8  38                     44   8   3   0   3

Postseason Pitching

 Year Round Tm  Opp  G  ERA    W-L  SV CG   IP   H  ER  BB  SO
+------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1964 WS    STL NYY  3   3.00  2-1   0  2  27.0  23   9   8  31
 1967 WS    STL BOS  3   1.00  3-0   0  3  27.0  14   3   5  26
 1968 WS    STL DET  3   1.67  2-1   0  3  27.0  18   5   4  35
+------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 World Series     9   1.89  7-2   0  8  81.0  55  17  17  92
+------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting

 Year Round Tm  Opp  G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB
+------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1964 WS    STL NYY  3   9  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  3  .222  .222  .222  0
 1967 WS    STL BOS  3  11  1  1  0  0  1   1  1  2  .091  .167  .364  0
 1968 WS    STL DET  3   8  2  1  0  0  1   2  1  2  .125  .222  .500  0
+------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
  3 World Series     9  28  4  4  0  0  2   3  2  7  .143  .200  .357  0
+------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank

All-Star 1962 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1972	Awards 1964-ML-WS MVP 1965-NL-GG-P 1966-NL-GG-P 1967-NL-GG-P 1967-ML-WS MVP 1968-NL-CYA 1968-NL-GG-P 1968-NL-MVP 1969-NL-GG-P 1970-NL-CYA 1970-NL-GG-P 1971-NL-GG-P 1972-NL-GG-P 1973-NL-GG-P	ERA 1961-3.24-5 1962-2.85-5 1966-2.44-5 1968-1.12-1 1969-2.18-3 1970-3.12-4 1972-2.46-5 1973-2.77-6	Wins 1963-18-7 1964-19-4 1965-20-6 1966-21-3 1968-22-2 1969-20-5 1970-23-1 1972-19-5 Car-251-39	Won-Loss % 1963-.667-9 1966-.636-10 1967-.650-7 1968-.710-3 1970-.767-2	(BB + H)/9IP 1962-10.36-7 1966-9.25-4 1967-9.81-8 1968-7.68-1 1969-9.92-7 1970-10.71-6 1972-10.17-9 1973-9.97-4
Hits Allowed/9IP 1961-7.92-4 1962-6.70-2 1964-7.83-9 1965-7.31-4 1966-6.74-3 1968-5.85-1 1969-7.19-7 1970-8.02-7 1972-7.32-3 1973-7.34-8 Car-7.60-45	Base on Balls/9IP 1967-2.05-10 1968-1.83-9	Innings 1963-254.7-9 1964-287.3-3 1965-299.0-3 1966-280.3-4 1968-304.7-3 1969-314.0-4 1970-294.0-3 1972-278.0-4 Car-3884.3-40	Strikeouts 1961-166-5 1962-208-3 1963-204-5 1964-245-2 1965-270-3 1966-225-4 1968-268-1 1969-269-2 1970-274-2 1971-185-6 1972-208-3 Car-3117-11	Comp. Games 1962-15-8 1963-14-6 1964-17-4 1965-20-3 1966-20-3 1968-28-2 1969-28-1 1970-23-2 1971-20-3 1972-23-2 1973-13-7 Car-255-71	Shutouts 1962-5-1 1965-6-6 1966-5-1 1968-13-1 1969-4-8 1970-3-6 1971-5-1 1972-4-6 Car-56-12
Home Runs Allow. 1964-25-3 1965-34-1 1974-24-1 Car-257-57	Base On Balls Allow. 1961-119-1 1962-95-5 1963-96-2 1964-86-2 1965-103-6 1966-78-5 1969-95-6 1972-88-5 1974-104-6 Car-1336-23	Hits Allowed 1963-224-9 1964-250-5 1965-243-8 1969-251-7 1970-262-9 1972-226-9 Car-3279-81	Losses Car-174-78

Black Ink: Pitching - 20
Gray Ink: Pitching - 201
HOF Standards: Pitching - 54.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 198.5 (100+ likely HOFer)

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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