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Jake
Gibbs		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 7, 1938 in Usa, MS, GRENADA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1969   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 23 BOS AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 7 8 8
1963 24 BOS AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 8
1964 25 BOS AL     6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 7
1965 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1966 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1967 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1968 29 BOS AL $ 685,714   9 9 8 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1969 30 BOS AL $ 2,078,571   8 8 8 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1970 31 TOR AL $ 2,078,571   8 8 8 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1971 32 TOR AL $ 2,250,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1972 33 TOR AL $ 2,250,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 7 7 7
1973 34 TOR AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 6
1974 35 TOR AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5
1975 36 TOR AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5
1976 37 TOR AL $ 570,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 5 4
1977 38 TOR AL $ 570,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   9 9 8 3 4 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 23 AAA   133 509 62 132 16 3 13 55 7 5 37 62 .259 .310 .379 .689 59.4  
1963 24 AAA   137 529 54 129 8 3 20 66 6 6 40 53 .244 .297 .384 .681 61.0  
1964 25 AAA   117 258 29 84 8 0 7 32 1 3 27 27 .326 .389 .438 .827 42.0  
1965 26 BOS AL 68 161 17 44 5 0 4 19 2 2 8 17 .273 .314 .379 .693 17.9 2.9
1966 27 BOS AL 106 199 31 60 9 0 4 32 4 0 19 27 .302 .354 .407 .761 30.4 6.4
1967 28 BOS AL 118 192 22 61 6 0 1 20 0 1 22 21 .318 .394 .365 .758 25.7 5.2
1968 29 BOS AL 119 400 54 120 9 1 8 41 3 7 58 39 .300 .388 .388 .775 61.1 14.3
1969 30 BOS AL 122 400 59 118 11 3 4 44 4 2 37 30 .295 .352 .368 .720 52.1 9.9
1970 31 BOS AL 31 54 15 25 3 0 2 15 1 1 4 6 .463 .508 .630 1.138 13.6 4.5
  TOR AL 72 267 28 69 8 0 1 23 5 3 21 33 .258 .315 .300 .615 25.7 3.7
  TOT   103 321 43 94 11 0 3 38 6 4 25 39 .293 .348 .355 .703 39.3 8.2
1971 32 TOR AL 142 539 76 150 27 3 8 58 13 7 49 71 .278 .343 .384 .727 65.4 12.5
1972 33 TOR AL 143 488 63 144 13 1 10 58 3 1 53 60 .295 .363 .387 .751 65.1 12.5
1973 34 TOR AL 88 301 42 82 7 1 4 30 2 1 26 38 .272 .331 .342 .673 35.2 4.7
1974 35 TOR AL 134 457 47 124 10 4 6 53 5 6 42 85 .271 .333 .350 .683 53.2 5.4
1975 36 TOR AL 71 208 21 45 7 1 1 18 2 1 11 43 .216 .258 .274 .532 14.2 0.0
1976 37 TOR AL 22 48 4 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 10 .188 .188 .292 .479 2.3 0.0
    AAA   16 26 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .346 .577 2.0  
    A   56 191 30 51 10 2 3 29 0 1 31 34 .267 .369 .387 .757 28.4  
1977 38 AA   92 369 41 106 15 2 1 35 1 4 35 57 .287 .349 .347 .696 43.9  
12 Years Sim 1236 3714 479 1051 117 14 54 417 44 32 350 480 .283 .346 .366 .711 462.0 81.9
4 Years AAA 403 1322 149 351 32 6 41 156 14 14 104 146 .266 .323 .392 .715 164.5  
1 Years AA 92 369 41 106 15 2 1 35 1 4 35 57 .287 .349 .347 .696 43.9  
1 Years A 56 191 30 51 10 2 3 29 0 1 31 34 .267 .369 .387 .757 28.4  
6 Years Minors 551 1882 220 508 57 10 45 220 15 19 170 237 .270 .333 .383 .716 236.8  
162 Game Average 486 62 137 15 1 7 54 5 4 45 62 .283 .346 .366 .711 60.5  
Career Highs 143 539 76 150 27 4 10 58 13 7 58 85 .318 .394 .407 .775 65.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2847 380 848 80 8 43 350 35 27 279 328 .298 .361 .377 .738 387.0
vs LH   867 99 203 37 6 11 67 9 5 71 152 .234 .295 .329 .624 83.6
Home 610 1833 226 536 66 5 28 212 21 13 163 232 .292 .351 .380 .731 242.1
Away 626 1881 253 515 51 9 26 205 23 19 187 248 .274 .340 .352 .692 228.5
RISP   892 0 259 28 2 10 334 0 0 111 115 .290 .363 .360 .723 123.1
Pinch Hitting   296 41 102 13 0 4 58 5 2 25 29 .345 .396 .429 .825 47.8
Close/Late   529 52 143 14 1 7 77 0 0 42 76 .270 .323 .340 .663 58.9
Mar/Apr 225 624 81 184 22 1 11 78 9 5 43 87 .295 .341 .386 .727 80.1
May 209 607 73 160 26 3 3 62 4 4 58 89 .264 .329 .331 .660 66.4
June 182 557 65 162 19 2 10 61 7 5 44 72 .291 .342 .386 .728 72.4
July 200 611 72 159 14 0 9 56 7 6 74 84 .260 .342 .327 .669 72.1
August 221 703 99 211 20 2 13 84 8 6 69 82 .300 .365 .390 .755 98.9
Sep/Oct 199 612 89 175 16 6 8 76 9 6 62 66 .286 .351 .371 .722 80.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1965 26 BOS AL C 39 34 292.7 245 19 2 0 .992 8.12 32 11 .344 1 1.2
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 27 BOS AL C 37 36 300.7 232 10 5 1 .980 7.24 27 5 .185 1 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 28 BOS AL C 43 31 267.0 223 10 1 0 .996 7.85 18 6 .333 0 1.1
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 29 BOS AL C 105 89 838.0 641 52 8 1 .989 7.44 93 32 .344 4 3.9
1969 30 BOS AL C 113 94 865.3 640 48 8 1 .989 7.16 98 36 .367 3 3.1
1970 31 BOS AL C 25 21 107.7 78 5 0 0 1.000 6.94 12 4 .333 0 0.7
  TOR AL C 59 48 534.8 388 26 2 0 .995 6.97 61 17 .279 1 0.1
  TOT   C 84 69 642.5 466 31 2 0 .996 6.96 73 21 .288 1 0.8
1971 32 TOR AL C 138 132 1205.3 871 57 14 3 .985 6.93 123 33 .268 2 4.0
1972 33 TOR AL C 139 119 1110.3 765 56 5 0 .994 6.65 102 39 .382 5 7.6
1973 34 TOR AL C 84 72 657.7 423 33 4 0 .991 6.24 65 18 .277 2 3.2
1974 35 TOR AL C 132 121 1095.3 547 49 6 2 .990 4.90 118 33 .280 3 6.1
1975 36 TOR AL C 66 56 514.7 305 20 1 0 .997 5.68 47 15 .319 3 2.9
1976 37 TOR AL C 18 10 102.3 53 4 2 1 .966 5.01 13 4 .308 0 0.3
  C 998 863 7891.8 5411 389 58 9 .990 6.61 809 253 .313 25 34.2
  SS 2 0 7.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1001 863 7900.8 5412 390 58 10 .990 6.61 809 253 .313 25 34.2
Career Highs   139 132 1205.3 871 57 14 3 .997 8.04 123 39 .382 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 27 BOS AL 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000
1968 29 BOS AL 6 13 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 .308 .400 .308 .708
1969 30 BOS AL 14 28 3 5 1 0 1 5 0 1 3 1 .179 .258 .321 .579
1971 32 TOR AL 7 30 6 9 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 .300 .364 .367 .730
Career Post-Season Batting 32 76 13 19 3 0 2 9 1 2 7 13 .250 .321 .368 .690
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  6. Charlie Lau (923)
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  8. Mickey Cochrane (923)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 77th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1962
Had first career hit on 4/3/1965, off Gaylord Perry (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1965, off Clay Carroll (KCR)
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $685,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1969, hitting .632 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to Toronto on 7/1/1970 (Going to TOR: C Jake Gibbs. Going to BOS: P John Miller)
9/22/1970: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $2,250,000 per year, for 2 years
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/1/1973 with a Broken Finger, out for 7 weeks
7/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $570,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/5/1977 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks
 
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