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Kirk
Gibson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: May 28, 1957 in Usa, MI, PONTIAC
 
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
1979 22 MIL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 7 6 4 5 5
1980 23 MIL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
1981 24 MIL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 7 6 5 6 6
1982 25 MIL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 7 6 5 6 6
1983 26 PIT NL $ 2,928,571   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 7 6 5 6 6
1984 27 PIT NL $ 3,021,429   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 7 6 5 6 6
1985 28 PIT NL $ 4,207,143   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 7 6 5 6 6
1986 29 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 7 6 5 6 6
1987 30 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6
1988 31 PIT NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6
1989 32 PHN NL $ 7,500,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 6 5 4 5 5
1990 33 PHN NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 3 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 3 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
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
1979 22 MIL NL 114 408 53 91 16 5 13 60 5 3 25 96 .223 .271 .382 .653 43.4 5.2
    AAA   25 102 17 26 5 0 6 11 2 0 14 17 .255 .345 .480 .825 17.6  
1980 23 MIL NL 154 589 83 158 30 12 16 85 32 15 49 108 .268 .324 .441 .766 81.5 17.0
1981 24 MIL NL 135 439 59 101 21 3 14 56 28 12 51 71 .230 .310 .387 .698 52.5 10.0
1982 25 MIL NL 138 460 62 122 23 6 14 72 28 8 47 70 .265 .335 .433 .767 66.2 14.4
1983 26 PIT NL 155 566 71 140 31 8 20 74 16 9 59 104 .247 .318 .436 .754 79.8 16.2
1984 27 PIT NL 153 563 79 153 22 6 26 83 25 9 78 112 .272 .360 .471 .831 96.1 17.9
1985 28 PIT NL 154 573 72 136 35 6 17 77 20 6 76 91 .237 .327 .408 .735 79.5 16.4
1986 29 PIT NL 150 554 81 130 24 8 19 60 17 10 68 109 .235 .318 .410 .728 74.4 15.3
1987 30 PIT NL 154 558 78 138 34 3 20 89 17 11 55 123 .247 .318 .427 .744 75.9 14.2
1988 31 PIT NL 155 560 81 155 37 5 14 57 13 4 66 117 .277 .356 .436 .792 85.0 17.1
1989 32 PIT NL 101 366 52 93 24 3 7 45 17 6 38 84 .254 .327 .393 .720 48.1 8.9
  PHN NL 50 173 34 49 6 1 9 24 8 3 16 37 .283 .346 .486 .831 28.7 6.2
  TOT   151 539 86 142 30 4 16 69 25 9 54 121 .263 .333 .423 .756 76.8 15.0
1990 33 PHN NL 142 459 64 121 31 7 18 81 19 9 47 105 .264 .337 .479 .817 69.4 15.6
12 Years Sim 1755 6268 869 1587 334 73 207 863 245 105 675 1227 .253 .327 .429 .756 880.5 174.3
1 Years AAA 25 102 17 26 5 0 6 11 2 0 14 17 .255 .342 .480 .822 17.6  
162 Game Average 578 80 146 30 6 19 79 22 9 62 113 .253 .327 .429 .756 81.3  
Career Highs 155 589 86 158 37 12 26 89 32 15 78 123 .277 .360 .479 .831 96.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4708 678 1235 257 57 163 659 207 84 557 813 .262 .341 .445 .786 724.4
vs LH   1560 191 352 77 16 44 204 38 21 118 414 .226 .283 .380 .663 167.2
Home 866 3039 429 767 164 34 97 410 132 41 323 620 .252 .326 .424 .751 431.5
Away 889 3229 440 820 170 39 110 453 113 64 352 607 .254 .328 .433 .761 460.1
RISP   1606 0 397 85 22 46 601 0 0 240 302 .247 .338 .413 .752 237.9
Pinch Hitting   117 20 28 3 2 6 25 4 1 17 24 .239 .333 .453 .786 19.0
Close/Late   752 108 208 35 16 32 102 0 0 119 145 .277 .377 .493 .870 138.7
Mar/Apr 258 923 130 224 60 9 22 103 39 11 115 188 .243 .330 .399 .729 126.2
May 307 1124 160 288 57 11 43 159 46 17 93 217 .256 .314 .441 .755 157.1
June 296 1012 131 264 51 7 36 150 38 21 116 216 .261 .338 .432 .770 148.6
July 285 1023 147 261 47 17 38 152 39 19 119 210 .255 .334 .446 .780 154.0
August 309 1101 158 279 66 10 32 147 42 21 123 202 .253 .330 .419 .749 153.2
Sep/Oct 300 1085 143 271 53 19 36 152 41 16 109 194 .250 .319 .433 .752 152.4
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
1979 22 MIL NL RF 73 70 613.0 134 3 3 0 .979 2.01 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 38 37 305.7 96 3 1 2 .990 2.92 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 23 MIL NL RF 151 148 1319.0 272 6 9 1 .969 1.90 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 24 MIL NL RF 116 109 979.3 195 4 5 2 .975 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 7 0 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 25 MIL NL RF 109 108 954.0 224 4 2 0 .991 2.15 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    LF 6 3 30.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 3 27.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 26 PIT NL RF 4 4 33.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 27 PIT NL RF 6 0 12.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 28 PIT NL LF 6 5 46.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 6 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1986 29 PIT NL LF 5 3 36.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 0 10.0 7 0 1 0 .875 6.30 0 0 .000 0  
1987 30 PIT NL LF 42 42 356.0 49 2 0 1 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 7 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 31 PIT NL RF 148 146 1285.0 246 9 3 5 .988 1.79 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
1989 32 PIT NL RF 52 52 464.7 89 2 3 1 .968 1.76 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 46 39 365.6 77 2 3 0 .963 1.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 5.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PHN NL RF 25 25 216.6 42 1 2 0 .956 1.79 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 23 20 170.4 36 1 1 0 .974 1.95 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 77 77 681.3 131 3 5 1 .964 1.77   2.6
      LF 69 59 536.0 113 3 4 0 .967 1.95   0.0
      CF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1990 33 PHN NL RF 124 111 1006.3 201 6 6 1 .972 1.85 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    LF 12 0 23.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.39 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 7.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 810 773 6891.3 1417 35 33 10 .978 1.90 0 0 .000 0 20.3
  LF 151 112 1049.0 183 6 4 1 .979 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  CF 74 40 397.0 127 3 2 2 .985 2.95 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1038 926 8355.3 1734 46 39 13 .979 1.92 0 0 .000 0 21.1
Career Highs   153 148 1322.0 273 9 9 5 1.000 3.14 0 0 .000 0  
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
1982 25 MIL NL 10 31 5 6 2 0 1 4 6 1 8 5 .194 .359 .355 .714
Career Post-Season Batting 10 31 5 6 2 0 1 4 6 1 8 5 .194 .359 .355 .714
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1984-6-.471
 OPS
1984-7-.831
 XR
1984-6-96.1
 Games
1983-9-155
 Total Bases
1984-7-265
 Triples
1980-1-12
1983-5-8
1986-5-8
1990-3-7
Homeruns
1984-6-26
 Stolen Bases
1980-8-32
 Caught Stealing
1980-4-15
1981-9-12
 Walks
1984-8-78
1985-8-76
 Strikeouts
1979-10-96
1984-10-112
1987-8-123
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Willie Kirkland (930)
  2. Cliff Cook (928)
  3. Reggie Smith (925)
  4. Ron Swoboda (916)
  5. Al Ferrara (915)
  6. Roger Maris (911)
  7. George Hendrick (909)
  8. Otto Velez (907)
  9. Bobby Del Greco (902)
  10. Bob Watson (895)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1979
Had first career hit on 5/1/1979, off Britt Burns (MIA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1979, off Jim Colborn (PHN)
Injured on 5/13/1979 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1980, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 4/6/1981 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1982, hitting .563 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Milwaukee to Pittsburgh on 2/8/1983 (Going to PIT: CF Kirk Gibson. Going to MIL: P Lee Smith)
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Washington on 4/6/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1984, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,207,143 through salary arbitration
10/13/1985: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/28/1986 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia on 7/31/1989 (Going to PHN: CF Kirk Gibson, LF Bo Jackson, RF John Christensen. Going to PIT: 1B Carmen Castillo, 2B Bill Lyons, LF Jim Tracy)
7/31/1989: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1990, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
 
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