MLB / Players

Bob Gilks

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 8 in · 178 lb
BornJuly 2, 1864 · Cincinnati, OH, USA
MLB debutAugust 25, 1887
Final gameSeptember 19, 1893
Seasons5 (1887–1893)

Cleveland Blues 1887–1888; Cleveland Spiders 1889–1890; Baltimore Orioles 1893

Percentile snapshot

1890 season — qualified batters

G
130
68.2
PA
582
69.6
AB
544
86.5
R
65
18.2
H
116
29.1
2B
10
6.8
3B
3
4.7
HR
0
0
RBI
41
9.5
BB
32
14.9
SO
38
18.2
SB
17
20.3
BA
.213
2.7
OBP
.265
2
SLG
.243
2
OPS
.507
1.4
wRC+
57.1
1.4
OPS+
47.9
1.4
wOBA
.252
1.4
sWAR
-1.7
0

of 149 qualified 1890 batters (min 421 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-0.9
6.6

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18872288831226200133750.313.352.337.69094.391.7.3312.5
188811949448459111144163736160.229.245.281.52673.068.1.250-1.1
18895322021017505201872060.238.273.281.55460.254.0.267-0.4
1890130582544651161030413238170.213.265.243.50757.147.9.252-1.7
1893166564101720070330.266.277.297.57456.852.3.274-0.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
188713137501211043742281108.03.081.3522.334.47104.1139.22.5
18884202120261983121.08.141.6191.294.32141.437.6-1.1
18904322030341595031.74.261.3581.423.58100.583.5-1.7

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

G
340
PA
1,449
AB
1,385
R
163
H
320
2B
33
3B
9
HR
1
RBI
142
BB
49
SO
104
SB
47
BA
.2310
OBP
.2650
SLG
.2700
OPS
.5350

Pitching

G (P)
21
GS
18
W
9
L
9
SV
1
CG
17
SHO
1
IP
161
SO (P)
36
BB allowed
59
ERA
3.977
WHIP
1.3880
K/9
2.02

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.