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Bob
Gibson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 9, 1935 in Usa, NE, OMAHA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
All-Star Selections 1960    1962   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1960 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1961 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 7
1962 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1963 27 PIT NL $ 4,507,143 9 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1964 28 PIT NL $ 4,507,143 9 6 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1965 29 PIT NL $ 4,507,143 9 6 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1966 30 PIT NL $ 700,000 8 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
1967 31 PIT NL $ 700,000 8 5 6 5 4 5 4 6 6 6
1968 32 PIT NL $ 700,000 8 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1969 33 PIT NL $ 700,000 8 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1970 34 NYG NL $ 1,768,000 8 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 8
1971 35 OAK AL $ 2,280,000 8 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7
1972 36 BOS AL $ 3,500,000 7 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
1973 37 BOS AL $ 300,000 5 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,507,143 9 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 27 PIT NL $ 4,507,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 28 PIT NL $ 4,507,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 29 PIT NL $ 4,507,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 30 PIT NL $ 700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 31 PIT NL $ 700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 32 PIT NL $ 700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 33 PIT NL $ 700,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 34 NYG NL $ 1,768,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 35 OAK AL $ 2,280,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 36 BOS AL $ 3,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 37 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,507,143   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1959 23 PIT NL 8 9 .471 20 20 5 1 0 155.7 144 74 17 59 132 4.28 .247 .316 .401 .718 10.5
    AAA   9 6 .600 18 18 1 0 0 121.3 88 36 4 48 145 2.67 .196 .273 .247 .520  
1960 24 PIT NL 22 15 .595 44 44 26 5 0 353.0 288 138 26 121 261 3.52 .223 .288 .328 .617 26.3
1961 25 PIT NL 19 15 .559 42 42 12 1 0 321.7 282 132 31 102 273 3.69 .230 .294 .368 .663 21.3
1962 26 PIT NL 27 10 .730 43 43 20 1 0 340.3 288 112 26 102 261 2.96 .229 .285 .352 .637 29.0
1963 27 PIT NL 6 3 .667 12 12 3 0 0 81.0 85 42 6 37 61 4.67 .274 .349 .397 .746 3.0
1964 28 PIT NL 9 17 .346 29 29 12 0 0 226.0 208 109 31 91 151 4.34 .244 .318 .403 .721 6.4
1965 29 PIT NL 12 27 .308 42 42 11 1 0 307.3 319 172 48 122 210 5.04 .266 .335 .448 .784 4.1
1966 30 PIT NL 9 19 .321 32 32 6 0 0 240.7 251 138 41 100 161 5.16 .268 .337 .459 .797 1.4
1967 31 PIT NL 7 15 .318 25 25 9 1 0 182.0 176 90 21 90 112 4.45 .254 .341 .402 .743 7.4
1968 32 PIT NL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 1 8.7 5 1 0 4 7 1.04 .167 .265 .167 .431 1.7
1969 33 PIT NL 11 12 .478 27 27 8 0 0 206.7 203 115 31 98 130 5.01 .255 .337 .415 .752 7.6
1970 34 COL NL 10 8 .556 21 21 5 2 0 153.3 132 59 13 58 87 3.46 .228 .300 .335 .635 11.3
  NYG NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 14.7 14 6 1 5 14 3.68 .250 .311 .339 .651 1.0
  TOT   11 9 .550 23 23 6 2 0 168.0 146 65 14 63 101 3.48 .230 .301 .335 .636 12.3
1971 35 OAK AL 16 8 .667 26 26 5 1 0 202.0 188 78 18 91 135 3.48 .245 .328 .353 .681 14.3
    AAA   0 1 .000 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 29 12 3 15 22 4.15 .290 .383 .470 .853  
1972 36 BOS AL 7 21 .250 40 27 4 0 2 207.0 241 139 32 115 121 6.04 .287 .371 .468 .840 1.2
1973 37 BOS AL 1 8 .111 11 11 0 0 0 64.0 76 51 9 48 20 7.17 .309 .415 .463 .878 0.0
    AAA   5 8 .385 17 17 0 0 0 103.3 121 76 14 58 58 6.62 .290 .377 .434 .811  
15 Years Sim 165 188 .467 423 403 127 13 3 3064.0 2900 1456 351 1243 2136 4.28 .249 .321 .394 .715 146.4
3 Years AAA 14 15 .483 39 39 1 0 0 250.7 238 124 21 121 225 4.45 .246 .330 .351 .681  
Season Average 11 12 .478 28 26 8 0 0 204.3 193 97 23 82 142 4.28 .249 .321 .394 .715  
Career Highs 27 27 .730 44 44 26 5 2 353.0 319 172 48 122 273 7.17 .309 .415 .468 .878  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1418 705 168 532 1252   .235 .297 .372 .669
vs LH   1482 751 183 711 884   .263 .346 .417 .763
Home 86 86 .500 206 196 58 8 1 1539.6 1400 679 162 612 1040 3.97 .240 .313 .379 .691
Away 79 102 .436 217 207 69 5 2 1524.3 1500 777 189 631 1096 4.59 .257 .329 .409 .738
Mar/Apr 28 30 .483 71 56 25 1 3 453.3 402 198 43 189 330 3.93 .238 .314 .377 .691
May 25 23 .521 63 61 15 1 0 447.0 430 213 43 207 299 4.29 .253 .334 .388 .722
June 27 29 .482 60 60 14 2 0 453.3 451 237 59 166 333 4.71 .255 .319 .409 .728
July 31 30 .508 71 71 28 5 0 537.6 510 229 53 190 388 3.83 .250 .313 .380 .693
August 23 41 .359 80 80 26 2 0 606.6 577 312 82 252 404 4.63 .249 .322 .412 .734
Sep/Oct 31 35 .470 78 75 22 3 0 566.0 530 267 71 239 382 4.25 .247 .323 .392 .715
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
1959 23 PIT NL 20 46 3 10 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 14 .217 .280 .239 .519 3.3 0.1
    AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1960 24 PIT NL 44 116 2 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 47 .129 .144 .147 .291 -0.5 0.0
1961 25 PIT NL 42 113 5 17 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 47 .150 .172 .168 .341 0.9 0.0
1962 26 PIT NL 43 114 7 24 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 41 .211 .224 .219 .443 4.8 0.0
1963 27 PIT NL 12 29 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .138 .167 .138 .305 0.1 0.0
1964 28 PIT NL 29 72 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 31 .167 .189 .194 .384 1.7 0.0
1965 29 PIT NL 42 97 4 15 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 36 .155 .163 .247 .411 3.5 0.0
1966 30 PIT NL 32 80 3 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 30 .113 .123 .163 .286 -1.2 0.0
1967 31 PIT NL 26 59 6 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .203 .226 .203 .429 2.8 0.0
1968 32 PIT NL 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
10 Years Sim 301 728 35 118 9 0 4 26 1 2 14 283 .162 .182 .191 .373 15.2 0.1
1 Years AAA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 391 18 63 4 0 2 13 0 1 7 152 .162 .182 .191 .373 8.2  
Career Highs 44 116 7 24 2 0 3 5 1 1 3 47 .217 .280 .247 .519 4.8  
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   444 17 67 4 0 2 13 1 2 9 185 .151 .173 .173 .347 2.7
vs LH   284 18 51 5 0 2 13 0 0 5 98 .180 .196 .218 .414 7.8
Home 149 340 18 50 5 0 3 12 1 0 8 141 .147 .169 .188 .357 4.0
Away 149 388 16 68 4 0 1 14 0 2 6 142 .175 .194 .193 .387 6.5
RISP   156 0 15 1 0 1 21 0 0 2 54 .096 .107 .122 .229 -4.2
Close/Late   68 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 .118 .167 .132 .299 -0.9
Mar/Apr 49 129 5 21 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 44 .163 .169 .163 .332 0.5
May 44 99 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 38 .101 .119 .111 .230 -3.3
June 40 107 5 16 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 45 .150 .173 .150 .322 0.0
July 51 117 6 21 0 0 2 6 0 0 3 40 .179 .213 .231 .444 4.2
August 58 149 9 27 5 0 1 8 0 0 4 64 .181 .201 .235 .436 5.2
Sep/Oct 54 127 7 23 3 0 1 5 1 0 2 52 .181 .200 .228 .428 4.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1959 23 PIT NL P 20 20 155.7 9 16 0 2 1.000 1.45    
1960 24 PIT NL P 44 44 353.0 19 54 0 7 1.000 1.86    
1961 25 PIT NL P 42 42 321.7 29 46 2 3 .974 2.10    
1962 26 PIT NL P 43 43 340.3 18 51 3 5 .958 1.82    
1963 27 PIT NL P 12 12 81.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1964 28 PIT NL P 29 29 226.0 13 37 1 2 .980 1.99    
1965 29 PIT NL P 42 42 307.3 20 49 3 2 .958 2.02    
1966 30 PIT NL P 32 32 240.7 13 36 2 3 .961 1.83    
1967 31 PIT NL P 25 25 182.0 13 35 0 3 1.000 2.37    
1968 32 PIT NL P 7 0 8.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1969 33 PIT NL P 27 27 206.7 13 23 2 2 .947 1.57    
1970 34 COL NL P 21 21 153.3 3 23 1 0 .963 1.53    
  NYG NL P 2 2 14.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.23    
  TOT   P 23 23 168.0 3 25 1 0 .966 1.50    
1971 35 OAK AL P 26 26 202.0 9 19 3 1 .903 1.25    
1972 36 BOS AL P 40 27 207.0 11 23 0 1 1.000 1.48    
1973 37 BOS AL P 11 11 64.0 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.83    
  P 423 403 3064.0 177 430 17 33 .973 1.78    
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   424 403 3066.0 177 430 18 33 .971 1.78    
Career Highs   44 44 353.0 29 54 3 7 1.000 2.37    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1961 25 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 15.3 17 10 3 10 15 5.87 .270 .370 .460 .830
1962 26 PIT NL 3 1 .750 6 6 3 1 0 52.7 43 22 2 16 32 3.76 .223 .282 .326 .609
1971 35 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 5.3 6 3 0 4 3 5.07 .300 .417 .450 .867
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 2 .714 9 8 3 1 0 73.3 66 35 5 30 50 4.30 .239 .314 .366 .680
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
1961 25 PIT NL 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
1962 26 PIT NL 6 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .188 .188 .188 .375
Career Post-Season Batting 8 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .190 .190 .190 .381
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1960-9-3.52
1962-10-2.96
1970-10-3.48
 Wins
1960-4-22
1961-8-19
1962-2-27
1971-10-16
 Losses
1964-9-17
1965-1-27
1966-6-19
1972-1-21
CAR-42-188
 Winning Pct
1960-10-.595
1962-5-.730
 Games Started
1960-1-44
1961-7-42
1962-7-43
1965-8-42
 Complete Games
1960-1-26
1961-7-12
1962-4-20
Shutouts
1960-2-5
1961-10-1
1970-6-2
 Innings Pitched
1960-2-353.0
1961-5-321.7
1962-5-340.3
 Hits Allowed
1960-10-288
1965-7-319
 Homeruns Allowed
1965-1-48
1966-2-41
1969-5-31
1972-5-32
CAR-42-351
 Strikeouts
1960-7-261
1961-8-273
1962-7-261
 Walks Allowed
1960-2-121
1961-6-102
1962-6-102
1965-2-122
1966-5-100
1969-9-98
1972-5-115
Hits per 9IP
1960-8-7.3
1970-7-7.8
 WHiP
1960-10-1.16
 OAVG
1960-8-.223
1961-10-.230
1970-7-.230
 OOBP
1960-10-.288
 OSLG
1960-4-.328
1970-4-.335
 OOPS
1960-5-.617
1970-5-.636
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 72    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Mickey Lolich (954)
  2. Bill Singer (932)
  3. Bert Blyleven (929)
  4. Al Javery (924)
  5. Tug McGraw (918)
  6. Ray Scarborough (914)
  7. Dick Drott (907)
  8. Jim Maloney (903)
  9. Cliff Fannin (901)
  10. Frank Baumann (901)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Tommy John (990)
  2. Harry Gumbert (990)
  3. Bud Daley (990)
  4. Tim McNamara (987)
  5. George Winn (986)
  6. Jim Maloney (986)
  7. Red Munger (984)
  8. Joe Coleman (984)
  9. Johnny Allen (983)
  10. Bill Zuber (982)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1959
Injured on 4/2/1959 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 7/6/1959, off Jack Harshman (SDP)
Earned first career win on 7/6/1959
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1960, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1961, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Injured on 7/9/1962 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,507,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/22/1963 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,507,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,507,143 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 7/25/1965, off Jim Maloney (SDP)
10/22/1965: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $700,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/23/1967 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 8-9 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/6/1970 to a 4-year deal worth $1,852,938 per year
3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Colorado
Released by Colorado on 7/31/1970
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 9/1/1970 to a 1-year deal worth $1,768,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1971 to a 1-year deal worth $2,280,000 per year
Injured on 5/30/1971 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 10/3/1971 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/14/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
9/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $300,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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