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Joe Gibbon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: April 10, 1935 in Hickory, MS us

Died: February 20, 2019 in Newton, MS

Buried: Garlandville Methodist Church Cemetery, Newton, MS

High School: Hickory HS (Hickory, MS)

School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

Debut: April 17, 1960 (Age 25-007d, 11,704th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: July 11, 1972 (Age 37-092d)
vs. CHC 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: Joseph Charles Gibbon

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1960 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.0

ERA

3.52

419

127

1119.2

743

WHIP

1.310

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-15 / in Starts: 15-14
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 71 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	70 (43-16-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 71 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (23-13-7)

Most Driven In
H Smith	2
D Hoak	1
S Burgess	1
B Mazeroski	1
D Leppert	1

Most Driven In By
B Virdon	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	28	4 (3)	Apr 14	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.62	-0.042	1.46	-0.06%	-0.70	P
2	29	9 (4)	Apr 20	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	1.23	-0.063	3.67	-0.11%	-0.47	P
3	30	15 (5)	Apr 30 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	1.05	-0.054	3.60	-0.11%	-0.48	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	31	19 (3)	May 6	PIT		LAD	W,9-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	.30	-0.033	.89	-0.06%	-1.56	P
5	32	24 (4)	May 13	PIT		CIN	W,13-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	9	.50	-0.028	1.58	-0.05%	-0.53	P
6	33	29 (4)	May 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	9	.63	-0.048	1.82	-0.08%	-0.70	P
7	34	34 (4)	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,2-12	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	9						P
8	35	39 (4)	May 31	PIT		MLN	W,9-1	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.125	.243	9	.43	-0.016	1.05	-0.02%	0.51	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	36	45 (5)	Jun 6	PIT	@	LAD	L,7-8	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.167	.325	9	1.96	-0.052	6.99	-0.11%	-0.59	P
10	37	51 (5)	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.150	.293	9	1.48	-0.094	4.21	-0.16%	-1.27	P
11	38	57 (5)	Jun 18 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.095	.136	.143	.279	9	1.43	-0.062	3.17	-0.08%	-0.53	P
12	39	60 (2)	Jun 23	PIT		PHI	L,11-12	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.130	.167	.261	.428	9	.44	0.019	.95	0.03%	1.56	P
13	40	65 (4)	Jun 28	PIT		LAD	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.154	.179	.269	.448	9	.30	-0.008	.47	-0.01%	0.31	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	41	71 (5)	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.172	.259	.432	9	.42	-0.011	1.14	-0.02%	-0.11	P
15	42	76 (4)	Jul 8	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.194	.276	.469	9	1.34	0.061	1.52	0.04%	0.45	P
16	43	77	Jul 9	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.194	.276	.469	9						PR
17	44	79 (1)	Jul 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.188	.267	.454	9	1.53	-0.062	1.79	-0.04%	-0.55	P
18	45	83 (3)	Jul 20	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.176	.250	.426	9	.49	-0.031	.62	-0.02%	-0.55	P
19	46	88 (4)	Jul 25	PIT		SFG	L,7-16	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.171	.242	.414	9	.37	-0.010	.18	0.00%	-0.11	P
20	47	93 (4)	Jul 30	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.167	.235	.402	9	1.41	-0.039	.12	0.00%	-0.36	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	48	96 (2)	Aug 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.158	.222	.380	9	.62	-0.034	.02	0.00%	-0.34	P
22	49	103 (6)	Aug 9	PIT		STL	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.150	.211	.361	9	1.44	-0.067	.07	0.00%	-0.64	P
23	50	109 (5)	Aug 15	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.143	.200	.343	9	.78	-0.042	.02	0.00%	-0.31	P
24	51	116 (6)	Aug 22	PIT		MLN	W,4-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.156	.209	.365	9	.55	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.54	P
25	52	121 (4)	Aug 27 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.149	.200	.349	9	1.64	-0.105	.03	0.00%	-1.18	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	53	126 (4)	Sep 1	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.146	.196	.341	9	1.64	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
27	54	131 (4)	Sep 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.140	.188	.328	9	1.80	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
28	55	137 (5)	Sep 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.132	.176	.309	9	.45	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
29	56	144 (6)	Sep 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.127	.170	.297	9	.82	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
30	57	149 (4)	Sep 26 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.138	.179	.317	9	.37	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.68	P
31	58	154 (4)	Oct 1	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.148	.186	.334	9	1.14	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
							16-15		71	59	1	8	1	1	0	6	1	0	22	0	10	1	1	1	0	0	.136	.148	.186	.334		.84	-1.054	1.15	-0.89%	-10.82

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