Joe
Gibbon
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: April 10, 1935 in Usa, MS, HICKORY
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 25 BRK NL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 7
1961 26 BRK NL $ 300,000 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 8
1962 27 WAS NL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1963 28 PIT NL $ 300,000 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1964 29 PIT NL $ 350,000 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 9 8 9
1965 30 MIN AL $ 611,429 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1966 31 MIN AL $ 1,017,143 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
1967 32 LAD NL   4 4 4 4 5 4 4 8 8 8
1968 33 MON NL $ 1,100,000 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 8 8 8
1969 34 MON NL $ 1,100,000 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 3 2 2 4 3 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 29 PIT NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 30 MIN AL $ 611,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 31 MIN AL $ 1,017,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 32 LAD NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 33 MON NL $ 1,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 34 MON NL $ 1,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,100,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1960 25 BRK NL 15 8 .652 35 35 3 0 0 253.3 205 82 18 64 141 2.91 .221 .275 .329 .604 22.9
1961 26 BRK NL 13 10 .565 40 40 2 0 0 253.0 248 100 24 87 168 3.56 .258 .323 .371 .694 15.3
1962 27 WAS NL 12 13 .480 34 34 1 0 0 221.7 200 93 18 79 142 3.78 .242 .307 .354 .660 10.5
    AAA   4 2 .667 6 6 0 0 0 44.7 40 18 1 14 46 3.63 .235 .293 .306 .599  
1963 28 WAS NL 6 7 .462 22 22 0 0 0 141.0 130 62 15 56 63 3.96 .246 .323 .376 .699 6.2
  PIT NL 1 3 .250 14 14 0 0 0 55.7 80 42 10 26 24 6.79 .336 .403 .525 .928 0.0
  TOT   7 10 .412 36 36 0 0 0 196.7 210 104 25 82 87 4.76 .274 .348 .422 .770 6.2
1964 29 PIT NL 1 1 .500 23 0 0 0 2 31.3 28 11 0 15 11 3.16 .243 .328 .304 .633 2.6
1965 30 MIN AL 5 3 .625 34 0 0 0 4 44.0 35 14 3 25 23 2.86 .216 .317 .327 .645 5.4
1966 31 MIN AL 2 2 .500 12 0 0 0 1 11.3 12 7 2 8 8 5.56 .267 .377 .511 .888 0.3
1967 32 LAD NL 3 7 .300 70 0 0 0 5 81.0 90 41 7 35 44 4.56 .280 .347 .422 .770 2.7
1968 33 MON NL 2 1 .667 15 0 0 0 1 19.7 28 21 2 9 8 9.61 .326 .389 .500 .889 0.0
1969 34 AAA   2 2 .500 32 0 0 0 2 53.3 69 24 5 26 37 4.05 .308 .380 .415 .795  
9 Years Sim 60 55 .522 299 145 6 0 13 1112.0 1056 473 99 404 632 3.83 .251 .318 .372 .690 65.9
2 Years AAA 6 4 .600 38 6 0 0 2 98.0 109 42 6 40 83 3.86 .277 .343 .368 .711  
Season Average 6 6 .500 33 16 0 0 1 123.6 117 52 11 44 70 3.83 .251 .318 .372 .690  
Career Highs 15 13 .667 70 40 3 0 5 253.3 248 104 25 87 168 9.61 .326 .389 .511 .889  
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   731 333 70 276 404   .254 .320 .383 .703
vs LH   325 140 29 128 228   .243 .309 .350 .659
Home 31 22 .585 147 69 2 0 5 547.3 510 226 40 196 313 3.72 .249 .315 .357 .672
Away 29 33 .468 152 76 4 0 8 564.6 546 247 59 208 319 3.94 .252 .318 .387 .705
Mar/Apr 10 7 .588 51 18 0 0 6 160.3 133 47 7 49 79 2.64 .226 .285 .307 .593
May 13 9 .591 55 27 1 0 3 215.6 202 94 18 80 130 3.92 .250 .318 .369 .686
June 11 8 .579 49 25 3 0 2 207.6 185 80 19 61 126 3.47 .237 .293 .363 .655
July 8 13 .381 47 24 1 0 1 182.0 172 81 16 73 98 4.01 .251 .324 .376 .699
August 11 9 .550 50 28 0 0 0 187.7 195 88 26 78 113 4.22 .267 .338 .427 .765
Sep/Oct 7 9 .438 47 23 1 0 1 158.6 169 83 13 63 86 4.71 .272 .339 .383 .722
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
1960 25 BRK NL 35 81 5 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 35 .148 .146 .173 .319 0.3 0.0
1961 26 BRK NL 40 82 5 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 38 .122 .153 .146 .299 0.0 0.0
1962 27 WAS NL 34 69 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 .072 .072 .087 .159 -3.0 0.0
1963 28 WAS NL 22 41 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .146 .167 .171 .337 0.1 0.0
  PIT NL 14 16 1 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 7 .188 .188 .438 .625 1.5 0.3
  TOT   36 57 4 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 26 .158 .172 .246 .418 1.6 0.3
1964 29 PIT NL 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1965 30 MIN AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1966 31 MIN AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1967 32 LAD NL 70 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1968 33 MON NL 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
9 Years Sim 299 299 17 37 7 0 1 17 0 0 4 130 .124 .135 .157 .292 -1.3 0.3
162 Game Average 162 9 20 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 70 .124 .135 .157 .292 -0.7  
Career Highs 70 82 5 12 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 38 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.6  
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   160 12 21 3 0 1 11 0 0 3 62 .131 .146 .169 .315 -0.2
vs LH   139 5 16 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 68 .115 .121 .144 .265 -2.6
Home 127 139 10 21 4 0 1 7 0 0 0 61 .151 .151 .201 .353 1.0
Away 98 160 7 16 3 0 0 10 0 0 4 69 .100 .121 .119 .240 -3.8
RISP   61 0 11 1 0 0 15 0 0 2 26 .180 .203 .197 .400 1.6
Close/Late   12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
Mar/Apr 25 39 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .179 .175 .231 .406 0.9
May 35 60 5 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 .117 .117 .150 .267 -1.1
June 34 55 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 .182 .182 .200 .382 0.9
July 24 53 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 .038 .056 .038 .093 -3.6
August 28 47 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .106 .125 .128 .253 -1.0
Sep/Oct 40 45 5 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 18 .133 .170 .222 .392 1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1960 25 BRK NL P 35 35 253.3 18 40 5 1 .921 2.06    
1961 26 BRK NL P 40 40 253.0 12 48 1 5 .984 2.13    
1962 27 WAS NL P 34 34 221.7 15 40 4 4 .932 2.23    
1963 28 WAS NL P 22 22 141.0 12 16 0 0 1.000 1.79    
  PIT NL P 14 14 55.7 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.94    
  TOT   P 36 36 196.7 17 23 0 0 1.000 1.83    
1964 29 PIT NL P 23 0 31.3 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.72    
1965 30 MIN AL P 34 0 44.0 4 7 1 0 .917 2.25    
1966 31 MIN AL P 12 0 11.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.79    
1967 32 LAD NL P 70 0 81.0 8 9 3 1 .850 1.89    
1968 33 MON NL P 15 0 19.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.75    
Career Totals   299 145 1112.0 76 178 14 12 .948 2.06    
Career Highs   70 40 253.3 18 48 5 5 1.000 2.75    
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
1963 28 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .200 .000 .200
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .200 .000 .200
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1960-5-2.91
Winning Pct
1960-8-.652
Games Pitched
1967-9-70
Games Started
1961-10-40
Walks per 9IP
1960-8-2.3
Hits per 9IP
1960-6-7.3
WHiP
1960-4-1.06
OAVG
1960-7-.221
OOBP
1960-5-.275
OSLG
1960-5-.329
OOPS
1960-4-.604
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1960
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1960, off Bob Bruce (CIN)
Earned first career win on 4/4/1960
Injured on 9/7/1960 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Washington to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1963 (Going to WAS: 2B Elio Chacon. Going to PIT: P Joe Gibbon, 1B Gordy Coleman)
Hit first career homerun on 9/23/1963, off Billy Muffett (DET)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $611,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Minnesota on 2/7/1965 (Going to MIN: P Joe Gibbon, P Bob Duliba, CF Willie Mays. Going to PIT: LF Willie Davis, CF Charlie James)
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,017,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/9/1967 to a 3-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
Released by Los Angeles on 10/20/1967
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/6/1968 to a 4-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year