MLB / Players

Bob Gibson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 189 lb

BornNovember 9, 1935 · Omaha, NE, USA

MLB debutApril 15, 1959

Final gameSeptember 3, 1975

Seasons17 (1959–1975)

St. Louis Cardinals 1959–1975

Percentile snapshot

1974 season — qualified pitchers

15.5

39.3

23.8

35.7

41.7

SHO

13.1

236

41.7

102

26.2

104

10.7

129

14.3

240.0

54.8

ERA

3.83

29.8

WHIP

1.417

K/9

4.84

FIP

4.17

7.1

FIP-

116.5

3.6

ERA+

93.6

27.4

sWAR

1.9

29.8

of 85 qualified 1974 pitchers (min 161 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

126.2

sWAR

82.4

99.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1959	21	27	26	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	.115	.115	.192	.308	-41.4	-21.7	.134	1.4
1960	40	29	28	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	.179	.179	.214	.393	-11.6	3.9	.177	-0.8
1961	40	75	66	4	13	5	0	1	10	3	23	0	0	.197	.236	.318	.554	33.7	40.8	.247	4.9
1962	42	90	76	11	20	0	0	2	5	4	28	0	0	.263	.321	.342	.664	72.9	72.6	.307	6.7
1963	41	100	87	12	18	3	1	3	20	8	35	0	0	.207	.274	.368	.642	77.0	77.2	.294	3.9
1964	40	107	96	8	15	3	1	0	4	3	38	0	0	.156	.188	.208	.396	-2.9	8.1	.185	5.8
1965	42	119	104	14	25	2	0	5	19	3	26	2	0	.240	.261	.404	.665	75.1	80.5	.293	6.3
1966	46	111	100	11	20	4	0	1	8	3	35	3	2	.200	.221	.270	.491	28.1	35.2	.223	7.2
1967	27	74	60	7	8	0	0	0	3	8	26	0	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	15.1	10.0	.198	2.6
1968	35	110	94	3	16	5	0	0	6	7	32	1	1	.170	.233	.223	.456	36.9	39.7	.225	10.9
1969	37	127	118	11	29	6	0	1	8	3	36	5	2	.246	.262	.322	.584	58.7	63.7	.269	9.3
1970	40	124	109	14	33	3	1	2	19	8	25	0	2	.303	.347	.404	.751	101.9	99.6	.345	7.5
1971	31	95	87	5	15	0	1	2	10	3	24	1	0	.172	.204	.264	.469	18.9	30.1	.217	4.3
1972	34	106	103	12	20	6	0	5	12	1	25	0	1	.194	.202	.398	.600	60.1	68.5	.267	6.8
1973	25	71	65	8	12	0	0	2	8	3	17	1	1	.185	.217	.277	.494	31.2	37.3	.229	4.2
1974	33	87	81	6	17	4	1	0	6	3	19	0	1	.210	.233	.284	.517	38.2	45.4	.241	1.9
1975	22	37	28	1	5	0	0	0	4	3	9	0	0	.179	.242	.179	.421	12.1	17.0	.212	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1959	13	9	3	5	0	2	1	77	28	39	48	4	75.7	3.33	1.533	5.71	3.63	87.3	124.7	1.4
1960	27	12	3	6	0	2	0	97	54	48	69	7	86.7	5.61	1.673	7.17	3.80	94.7	71.6	-0.8
1961	35	27	13	12	1	10	2	186	76	119	166	13	211.3	3.24	1.443	7.07	3.67	84.8	133.7	4.9
1962	32	30	15	13	1	15	5	174	74	95	208	15	233.7	2.85	1.151	8.01	3.12	73.7	148.6	6.7
1963	36	33	18	9	0	14	2	224	96	96	204	19	254.7	3.39	1.257	7.21	3.15	89.3	104.0	3.9
1964	40	36	19	12	1	17	2	250	96	86	245	25	287.3	3.01	1.169	7.67	3.17	83.6	126.1	5.8
1965	38	36	20	12	1	20	6	243	102	103	270	34	299.0	3.07	1.157	8.13	3.45	93.0	120.8	6.3
1966	35	35	21	12	0	20	5	210	76	78	225	20	280.3	2.44	1.027	7.22	2.88	78.9	149.8	7.2
1967	24	24	13	7	0	10	2	151	58	40	147	10	175.3	2.98	1.089	7.55	2.46	74.6	110.6	2.6
1968	34	34	22	9	0	28	13	198	38	62	268	11	304.7	1.12	.853	7.92	1.94	66.4	259.5	10.9
1969	35	35	20	13	0	28	4	251	76	95	269	12	314.0	2.18	1.102	7.71	2.44	68.2	164.6	9.3
1970	34	34	23	7	0	23	3	262	102	88	274	13	294.0	3.12	1.190	8.39	2.50	60.6	132.0	7.5
1971	31	31	16	13	0	20	5	215	83	76	185	14	245.7	3.04	1.185	6.78	2.79	77.9	117.9	4.3
1972	34	34	19	11	0	23	4	226	76	88	208	14	278.0	2.46	1.129	6.73	2.67	78.4	138.4	6.8
1973	25	25	12	10	0	13	1	159	60	57	142	12	195.0	2.77	1.108	6.55	2.82	77.7	130.9	4.2
1974	33	33	11	13	0	9	1	236	102	104	129	24	240.0	3.83	1.417	4.84	4.17	116.5	93.6	1.9
1975	22	14	3	10	2	1	0	120	61	62	60	10	109.0	5.04	1.670	4.95	4.52	121.1	74.2	-0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

596

1,489

1,328

132

274

RBI

144

415

.2063

OBP

.2435

SLG

.3012

OPS

.5447

Pitching

G (P)

528

382nd-most career G (P)

482

64th-most career GS

251

47th-most career W

174

85th-most career L

255

73rd-most career CG

SHO

13th-most career SHO

3,884

46th-most career IP

SO (P)

3,117

16th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,336

27th-most career BB allowed

ERA

2.915

148th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1881

139th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

7.22

180th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1965-09-29	STL @ SF Gameday	4	3	3	0	1	4	6
1962-07-08	STL @ NYM Gameday	5	3	3	0	1	2	6
1964-09-19	STL @ CIN Gameday	4	1	3	3	0	0	6
1961-07-05	STL @ LAD Gameday	5	1	2	1	1	2	6
1970-06-12	STL @ SF Gameday	4	1	2	1	1	1	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1968-10-02	DET @ STL Gameday	9.0	5	0	0	1	17	0
1970-05-23	STL @ PHI Gameday	9.0	4	1	1	1	16	0
1968-08-24	PIT @ STL Gameday	9.0	6	6	3	2	15	1
1970-04-26	CIN @ STL Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	2	15	0
1966-05-06	SF @ STL Gameday	9.0	3	4	3	2	14	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1981 (BBWAA)

9× Gold Glove2× World Series MVP2× Cy Young Award1× Most Valuable Player8× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.