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Historical player · 1959–1975 · ★ Hall of Fame 1981

Bob Gibson

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 189 · Born 11/9/1935 · From Omaha, NE USA · Debut 1959-04-15 · Final 1975-09-03

Career · batting

596

1,328

274

RBI

144

AVG/OPS

0.206 · 0.545

Career · pitching

528

482

3,884.3

W-L

251-174

3,117

ERA

2.91

WHIP

1.19

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1959–1975

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#134 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 H. Smith

Hits

274

#221 on the Cardinals

↑ 3 B. Bescher

↓ 1 D. Brain

RBI

144

#183 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 D. Blasingame

↓ 2 B. O'Farrell

#262 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 W. Barbeau

↓ 1 L. Camp

Runs

132

#219 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 D. Bushong

↓ 1 T. Peña

#279 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 D. Cooley

↓ 1 J. Barry

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#2,905 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Andrews

↓ 1 S. Wood

Hits

274

#3,985 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Rios

↓ 1 D. Wilson

RBI

144

#3,564 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Ayala

↓ 1 K. Wood

#3,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 F. Abbott

↓ 1 C. Abrams

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1959	Cardinals	NL	21	26	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.115	0.115	0.192
1960	Cardinals	NL	40	28	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.179	0.179	0.214
1961	Cardinals	NL	40	66	4	13	5	0	1	10	0	3	23	0.197	0.236	0.318
1962	Cardinals	NL	42	76	11	20	0	0	2	5	0	4	28	0.263	0.321	0.342
1963	Cardinals	NL	41	87	12	18	3	1	3	20	0	8	35	0.207	0.274	0.368
1964	Cardinals	NL	40	96	8	15	3	1	0	4	0	3	38	0.156	0.188	0.208
1965	Cardinals	NL	42	104	14	25	2	0	5	19	2	3	26	0.240	0.261	0.404
1966	Cardinals	NL	46	100	11	20	4	0	1	8	3	3	35	0.200	0.221	0.270
1967	Cardinals	NL	27	60	7	8	0	0	0	3	0	8	26	0.133	0.235	0.133
1968	Cardinals	NL	35	94	3	16	5	0	0	6	1	7	32	0.170	0.233	0.223
1969	Cardinals	NL	37	118	11	29	6	0	1	8	5	3	36	0.246	0.262	0.322
1970	Cardinals	NL	40	109	14	33	3	1	2	19	0	8	25	0.303	0.347	0.404
1971	Cardinals	NL	31	87	5	15	0	1	2	10	1	3	24	0.172	0.204	0.264
1972	Cardinals	NL	34	103	12	20	6	0	5	12	0	1	25	0.194	0.202	0.398
1973	Cardinals	NL	25	65	8	12	0	0	2	8	1	3	17	0.185	0.217	0.277
1974	Cardinals	NL	33	81	6	17	4	1	0	6	0	3	19	0.210	0.233	0.284
1975	Cardinals	NL	22	28	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	3	9	0.179	0.242	0.179
Career			596	1,328	132	274	44	5	24	144	13	63	415	0.206	0.244	0.301

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1959	Cardinals	NL	3	5	13	9	0	75.7	77	28	39	48	3.33	1.53
1960	Cardinals	NL	3	6	27	12	0	86.7	97	54	48	69	5.61	1.67
1961	Cardinals	NL	13	12	35	27	1	211.3	186	76	119	166	3.24	1.44
1962	Cardinals	NL	15	13	32	30	1	233.7	174	74	95	208	2.85	1.15
1963	Cardinals	NL	18	9	36	33	0	254.7	224	96	96	204	3.39	1.26
1964	Cardinals	NL	19	12	40	36	1	287.3	250	96	86	245	3.01	1.17
1965	Cardinals	NL	20	12	38	36	1	299.0	243	102	103	270	3.07	1.16
1966	Cardinals	NL	21	12	35	35	0	280.3	210	76	78	225	2.44	1.03
1967	Cardinals	NL	13	7	24	24	0	175.3	151	58	40	147	2.98	1.09
1968	Cardinals	NL	22	9	34	34	0	304.7	198	38	62	268	1.12	0.85
1969	Cardinals	NL	20	13	35	35	0	314.0	251	76	95	269	2.18	1.10
1970	Cardinals	NL	23	7	34	34	0	294.0	262	102	88	274	3.12	1.19
1971	Cardinals	NL	16	13	31	31	0	245.7	215	83	76	185	3.04	1.18
1972	Cardinals	NL	19	11	34	34	0	278.0	226	76	88	208	2.46	1.13
1973	Cardinals	NL	12	10	25	25	0	195.0	159	60	57	142	2.77	1.11
1974	Cardinals	NL	11	13	33	33	0	240.0	236	102	104	129	3.83	1.42
1975	Cardinals	NL	3	10	22	14	2	109.0	120	61	62	60	5.04	1.67
Career			251	174	528	482	6	3,884.3	3,279	1,258	1,336	3,117	2.91	1.19

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	528	482	3,884.7	291	484	42	46

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1981	BBWAA	337	301	Inducted