MLB / Players

Joe Gibbon

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 4 in · 200 lb
BornApril 10, 1935 · Hickory, MS, USA
MLB debutApril 17, 1960
Final gameJuly 11, 1972
Seasons13 (1960–1972)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1960–1965; San Francisco Giants 1966–1968; Pittsburgh Pirates 1969; San Francisco Giants 1969; Pittsburgh Pirates 1970; Cincinnati Reds 1971–1972; Houston Astros 1972

Percentile snapshot

1961 season — qualified pitchers

G
30
12.1
GS
29
42.4
W
13
50
L
10
60.6
SV
0
0
CG
7
30.3
SHO
3
69.7
H
185
69.7
ER
72
83.3
BB
57
69.7
SO
145
68.2
HR
16
77.3
IP
195.3
36.4
ERA
3.32
74.2
WHIP
1.239
72.7
K/9
6.68
87.9
FIP
3.18
92.4
FIP-
79.8
89.4
ERA+
120.3
74.2
sWAR
3.2
56.1

of 67 qualified 1961 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
101.8
45.4
sWAR
11.6
88.5

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19602725192400002500.211.286.211.49642.339.3.2450.6
196131715918110612200.136.148.186.334-21.8-11.4.1503.2
19621918170300000500.176.176.176.353-15.0-4.2.1620.7
196340474314000011500.093.114.093.207-57.1-39.5.1001.2
1964295447312100121400.255.286.277.56259.660.4.2621.5
196531302603000021300.115.179.115.294-19.4-14.8.151-0.3
19663716151300011600.200.250.200.45024.526.8.2170.8
196728262401100011200.042.080.083.163-66.9-52.5.0830.9
196829110000000000.000.000.000.000-136.8-100.0.0001.1
1969511080000000600.000.000.000.000-125.9-100.0.0001.6
197041330000000100.000.000.000.000-118.8-100.0.000-0.1
197150211000000000.000.000.000.000-130.3-100.0.0001.0
197211000000000000-0.7

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19602794200087363160580.34.031.4696.723.1283.492.80.6
196130291310073185725714516195.33.321.2396.683.1879.8120.33.2
19621983400053232426457.03.631.3514.113.98101.8107.70.7
1963372251215014754541107147.33.301.3646.722.8286.199.51.2
1964282410703014560549710146.73.681.3575.953.54101.095.31.5
1965311549110855334637105.74.511.1265.373.3895.878.2-0.3
196637104611086331648481.03.671.2595.332.8076.799.40.8
196728106213165283363482.03.071.1956.913.0792.9107.60.9
1968290121003371922340.01.581.3004.954.00134.8188.21.1
196951064110053193044671.32.401.1645.553.90111.2146.41.6
19704100150044222426241.04.831.6595.714.12104.981.3-0.1
197150056110054213234364.32.941.3374.763.63107.4115.11.0
19721100000016106537.711.742.8705.879.05269.428.8-0.7

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
424
PA
303
AB
263
R
9
H
38
2B
3
3B
1
HR
0
RBI
8
BB
10
SO
99
SB
0
BA
.1445
OBP
.1752
SLG
.1635
OPS
.3387

Pitching

G (P)
419
GS
127
W
61
L
65
SV
32
CG
20
SHO
4
IP
1,120
SO (P)
743
BB allowed
414
ERA
3.521
461st-lowest career ERA
WHIP
1.3102
K/9
5.97
386th-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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1964-06-25PIT @ NYM Gameday413000003
1961-06-23PHI @ PIT Gameday201010103
1966-08-22CIN @ SF Gameday202000102
1960-06-30SF @ PIT Gameday212000002
1964-05-12CIN @ PIT Gameday302000002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1961-05-31ATL @ PIT Gameday9.06113101
1963-09-13SF @ PIT Gameday8.27444101
1961-07-20CHC @ PIT Gameday9.0400390
1961-05-20PIT @ PHI Gameday7.0722190
1961-10-01CIN @ PIT Gameday9.0711180

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.