Bob Gibson

Robert "Bob" Gibson (born November 9, 1935) is a retired American baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1959–1975). Nicknamed "Hoot" and "Gibby", Gibson tallied 251 wins, 3,117 strikeouts, and a 2.91 earned run average (ERA) during his career. A nine-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won two Cy Young Awards and the 1968 National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. In 1981, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

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Filmography

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Selected Bob Gibson film and TV show credits.

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2011

Curt Flood

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

2008

2008 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2005

Costas Now (TV Show)

2004

ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV Show)

2002

The Tim McCarver Show (TV Show)

2002

A City on Fire: The Story of the '68 Detroit Tigers (TV Show)

2000

When It Was a Game 3 (TV Show)

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1993

Late Show with David Letterman (TV Show)

1993

1993 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1991

Charlie Rose (TV Show)

1980

1980 World Series (TV Show)

1978

Race for the Pennant (TV Show)

1976

Monday Night Baseball (TV Show)

1972

1972 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1970

1970 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1969

1969 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1968

1968 World Series (TV Show)

1967

Gentle Ben (TV Show)

1967

The Joey Bishop Show (TV Show)

1967

1967 World Series (TV Show)

1967

1967 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1965

1965 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1964

The Hollywood Palace (TV Show)

1964

1964 World Series (TV Show)

1952

The Bob Hope Show (TV Show)

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Show)

Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Bob Gibson.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1959	STL	3-5	3.33	13	9	2	1	0	75	77	35	28	39	48
1960	STL	3-6	5.61	27	12	2	0	0	86	97	61	54	48	69
1961	STL	13-12	3.24	35	27	10	2	1	211	186	91	76	119	166
1962	STL	15-13	2.85	32	30	15	5	1	233	174	84	74	95	208
1963	STL	18-9	3.39	36	33	14	2	0	254	224	110	96	96	204
1964	STL	19-12	3.01	40	36	17	2	1	287	250	106	96	86	245
1965	STL	20-12	3.07	38	36	20	6	1	299	243	110	102	103	270
1966	STL	21-12	2.44	35	35	20	5	0	280	210	90	76	78	225
1967	STL	13-7	2.98	24	24	10	2	0	175	151	62	58	40	147
1968	STL	22-9	1.12	34	34	28	13	0	304	198	49	38	62	268
1969	STL	20-13	2.18	35	35	28	4	0	314	251	84	76	95	269
1970	STL	23-7	3.12	34	34	23	3	0	294	262	111	102	88	274
1971	STL	16-13	3.04	31	31	20	5	0	245	215	96	83	76	185
1972	STL	19-11	2.46	34	34	23	4	0	278	226	83	76	88	208
1973	STL	12-10	2.77	25	25	13	1	0	195	159	71	60	57	142
1974	STL	11-13	3.83	33	33	9	1	0	240	236	111	102	104	129
1975	STL	3-10	5.04	22	14	1	0	2	109	120	66	61	62	60
Career		251-174	-	528	482	255	56	6	-	3279	1420	1258	1336	3117

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Bob Gibson.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1959	STL	21	9	75	6	10	2	2	0.889
1960	STL	40	12	86	7	14	0	3	1.000
1961	STL	40	27	211	14	35	2	4	0.961
1962	STL	42	30	233	18	35	3	6	0.946
1963	STL	41	33	254	27	28	5	0	0.917
1964	STL	40	36	287	24	36	6	4	0.909
1965	STL	42	36	299	27	33	3	1	0.952
1966	STL	46	35	280	26	28	2	4	0.964
1967	STL	27	24	175	19	23	0	0	1.000
1968	STL	35	34	304	21	28	1	2	0.980
1969	STL	37	35	314	21	32	3	5	0.946
1970	STL	40	34	294	22	32	4	3	0.931
1971	STL	31	31	245	10	39	3	1	0.942
1972	STL	34	34	278	12	46	1	3	0.983
1973	STL	25	25	195	11	24	2	2	0.946
1974	STL	33	33	240	20	26	2	4	0.958
1975	STL	22	14	109	6	15	3	2	0.875
Career		596	482	-	291	484	42	46	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Bob Gibson.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1959	STL	21	26	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.115	0.115	0.192
1960	STL	40	28	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.179	0.179	0.214
1961	STL	40	66	4	13	5	0	1	10	0	3	23	0.197	0.236	0.318
1962	STL	42	76	11	20	0	0	2	5	0	4	28	0.263	0.321	0.342
1963	STL	41	87	12	18	3	1	3	20	0	8	35	0.207	0.274	0.368
1964	STL	40	96	8	15	3	1	0	4	0	3	38	0.156	0.188	0.208
1965	STL	42	104	14	25	2	0	5	19	2	3	26	0.240	0.261	0.404
1966	STL	46	100	11	20	4	0	1	8	3	3	35	0.200	0.221	0.270
1967	STL	27	60	7	8	0	0	0	3	0	8	26	0.133	0.235	0.133
1968	STL	35	94	3	16	5	0	0	6	1	7	32	0.170	0.233	0.223
1969	STL	37	118	11	29	6	0	1	8	5	3	36	0.246	0.262	0.322
1970	STL	40	109	14	33	3	1	2	19	0	8	25	0.303	0.347	0.404
1971	STL	31	87	5	15	0	1	2	10	1	3	24	0.172	0.204	0.264
1972	STL	34	103	12	20	6	0	5	12	0	1	25	0.194	0.202	0.398
1973	STL	25	65	8	12	0	0	2	8	1	3	17	0.185	0.217	0.277
1974	STL	33	81	6	17	4	1	0	6	0	3	19	0.210	0.233	0.284
1975	STL	22	28	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	3	9	0.179	0.242	0.179
Career		596	1328	132	274	44	5	24	144	13	63	415	-	-	-

First Name	Robert
Last Name	Gibson
Full Name at Birth	Robert Gibson
Other Names	Hoot Gibby
Age	77
Date of Birth	November 9, 1935
Birthplace	Omaha, NE
Height	6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight	189 lbs (85.7 kg)
Star Sign	Scorpio
Nationality	American
High School	Technical (Omaha, NE)
University	Creighton University
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	15 April 1959
Last MLB Game	3 September 1975
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1981 (337/401 ballots).