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, 11,711th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1957	22	PIT-min	A	9	4	.692	1.83	17	15		10	4		108.0	70	32	22	4	42		119	6	2	4				1.037	5.8	0.3	3.5	9.9	2.83	LIN WL
1958	23	PIT-min	AAA	6	13	.316	3.80	26	26		4	1		147.0	136	79	62	9	87	5	127	11	1	9				1.517	8.3	0.6	5.3	7.8	1.46	CLB IL
1959	24	PIT-min	AAA	16	9	.640	2.60	29	28		11	4		201.0	148	72	58	13	65	6	152	8	0	3				1.060	6.6	0.6	2.9	6.8	2.34	CLB IL
1960	25	PIT	NL	4	2	.667	4.03	27	9	6	0	0	0	80.1	87	40	36	5	31	5	60	0	0	2	351	94	3.00	1.469	9.7	0.6	3.5	6.7	1.94
1961	26	PIT	NL	13	10	.565	3.32	30	29	1	7	3	0	195.1	185	85	72	16	57	4	145	4	0	3	816	119	3.09	1.239	8.5	0.7	2.6	6.7	2.54
1962	27	PIT-min	B	0	0		0.00	3	3		0	0		15.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	16	0	0	0				0.533	3.6	0.0	1.2	9.6	8.00	KIN CARL
1962	27	PIT	NL	3	4	.429	3.63	19	8	2	0	0	0	57.0	53	29	23	4	24	3	26	0	0	4	242	109	3.88	1.351	8.4	0.6	3.8	4.1	1.08
1963	28	PIT	NL	5	12	.294	3.30	37	22	3	5	0	1	147.1	147	61	54	7	54	15	110	5	1	3	640	100	2.80	1.364	9.0	0.4	3.3	6.7	2.04
1964	29	PIT	NL	10	7	.588	3.68	28	24	3	3	0	0	146.2	145	66	60	10	54	10	97	6	2	6	630	95	3.40	1.357	8.9	0.6	3.3	6.0	1.80
1965	30	PIT	NL	4	9	.308	4.51	31	15	4	1	0	1	105.2	85	57	53	7	34	6	63	4	0	2	436	78	3.26	1.126	7.2	0.6	2.9	5.4	1.85
1966	31	SFG	NL	4	6	.400	3.67	37	10	6	1	0	1	81.0	86	41	33	4	16	1	48	2	0	5	342	102	2.68	1.259	9.6	0.4	1.8	5.3	3.00
1967	32	SFG	NL	6	2	.750	3.07	28	10	3	3	1	1	82.0	65	31	28	4	33	4	63	3	0	3	339	109	2.95	1.195	7.1	0.4	3.6	6.9	1.91
1968	33	SFG	NL	1	2	.333	1.58	29	0	10	0	0	1	40.0	33	10	7	3	19	4	22	2	0	4	168	192	3.84	1.300	7.4	0.7	4.3	5.0	1.16
1969	34	TOT	NL	6	4	.600	2.40	51	0	31	0	0	11	71.1	53	24	19	6	30	6	44	3	0	3	294	148	3.76	1.164	6.7	0.8	3.8	5.6	1.47
1969	34	SFG	NL	1	3	.250	3.60	16	0	8	0	0	2	20.0	15	10	8	1	13	4	9	1	0	0	89	100	4.36	1.400	6.8	0.5	5.9	4.1	0.69
1969	34	PIT	NL	5	1	.833	1.93	35	0	23	0	0	9	51.1	38	14	11	5	17	2	35	2	0	3	205	183	3.52	1.071	6.7	0.9	3.0	6.1	2.06
1970	35	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	4.83	41	0	13	0	0	5	41.0	44	25	22	2	24	8	26	2	0	5	190	81	3.91	1.659	9.7	0.4	5.3	5.7	1.08
1971	36	CIN	NL	5	6	.455	2.94	50	0	33	0	0	11	64.1	54	25	21	3	32	11	34	1	1	2	271	112	3.54	1.337	7.6	0.4	4.5	4.8	1.06
1972	37	TOT	NL	0	0		11.74	11	0	5	0	0	0	7.2	16	11	10	3	6	3	5	1	1	1	46	32	8.92	2.870	18.8	3.5	7.0	5.9	0.83
1972	37	CIN	NL	0	0		54.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	14	44.40	12.000	81.0	27.0	27.0	27.0	1.00
1972	37	HOU	NL	0	0		9.82	9	0	4	0	0	0	7.1	13	9	8	2	5	2	4	1	1	0	41	36	7.31	2.455	16.0	2.5	6.1	4.9	0.80
13 Yrs				61	65	.484	3.52	419	127	120	20	4	32	1119.2	1053	505	438	74	414	80	743	33	5	43	4765	102	3.27	1.310	8.5	0.6	3.3	6.0	1.79
162 Game Avg.				8	8	.484	3.52	52	16	15	2	0	4	139	131	63	55	9	52	10	93	4	1	5	593	102	3.27	1.310	8.5	0.6	3.3	6.0	1.79
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PIT (8 yrs)				44	46	.489	3.61	248	107	55	16	3	16	824.2	784	377	331	56	295	53	562	23	3	28	3510	101	3.23	1.308	8.6	0.6	3.2	6.1	1.91
SFG (4 yrs)				12	13	.480	3.07	110	20	27	4	1	5	223.0	199	92	76	12	81	13	142	8	0	12	938	113	3.14	1.256	8.0	0.5	3.3	5.7	1.75
CIN (2 yrs)				5	6	.455	3.20	52	0	34	0	0	11	64.2	57	27	23	4	33	12	35	1	1	3	276	103	3.75	1.392	7.9	0.6	4.6	4.9	1.06
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		9.82	9	0	4	0	0	0	7.1	13	9	8	2	5	2	4	1	1	0	41	36	7.31	2.455	16.0	2.5	6.1	4.9	0.80

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