Kirk Gibson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: May 28, 1957 in Pontiac, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th) of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Waterford-Kettering HS (Waterford, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: September 8, 1979 (Age 22-103d, 14,238th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 10, 1995 (Age 38-074d)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Doug Baldwin

Full Name: Kirk Harold Gibson

Nicknames: Gibby

Twitter: @23KGibby

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Dave Rozema

MVP
2x World Series
Silver Slugger
ALCS MVP
Mgr of the year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.4

5798

1553

255

.268

985

RBI

870

284

OBP

.352

SLG

.463

OPS

.815

OPS+

123

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-37 / in Starts: 29-37
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	8

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 292 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	181 (96-60-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 292 PAs	30
Avg. Runners on Base	177 (87-58-31)

Most Driven In
Self	9
W Randolph	6
A Griffin	3
M Duncan	2
O Hershiser	2
M Scioscia	2
M Davis	1
J Shelby	1

Most Driven In By
E Murray	12
Self	9
M Hatcher	3
J Hamilton	2
M Davis	2
W Randolph	2
J Shelby	1
M Scioscia	1

1989 Batting Game Log

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1989 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	1044	1	Apr 3	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	3	.93	0.168	1.55	0.17%	2.06	LF
2	1045	2	Apr 5	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.714	1.048	3	1.71	-0.080	2.74	-0.08%	-0.38	LF
3	1046	3	Apr 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.417	.667	1.083	3	1.24	0.135	1.90	0.12%	1.27	LF
4	1047	4	Apr 7	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.375	.500	.875	3	.83	-0.003	1.38	0.00%	-0.32	LF
5	1048	5	Apr 9	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.235	.333	.412	.745	3	2.29	0.283	3.58	0.27%	1.22	LF
6	1049	6	Apr 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.346	.545	.892	3	2.53	0.382	4.22	0.38%	1.62	LF
7	1050	7	Apr 11	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.400	.640	1.040	3	1.31	0.127	2.31	0.14%	1.16	LF
8	1051	8	Apr 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.412	.593	1.004	3	1.05	0.031	1.71	0.03%	0.29	LF
9	1052	9	Apr 13	LAD		HOU	L,2-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.378	.533	.912	2	1.31	-0.105	1.93	-0.09%	-0.89	LF
10	1053	10	Apr 14	LAD		HOU	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.303	.415	.545	.960	2	1.30	0.049	1.79	0.04%	0.48	LF
11	1054	11	Apr 15	LAD		HOU	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.415	.545	.960	5						LF
12	1055	12	Apr 16	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.405	.529	.934	6	.10	-0.003	.14	0.00%	-0.09	LF
13	1056	13	Apr 17	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.383	.474	.857	2	1.41	-0.104	2.20	-0.10%	-0.80	CF LF
14	1057	15 (1)	Apr 19	LAD		CIN	W,3-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.375	.462	.837	5	.09	-0.002	.14	0.00%	-0.20	PH LF
15	1058	16	Apr 21	LAD		SFG	W,8-2	GS-8	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.262	.385	.452	.837	2	.61	0.117	1.04	0.12%	1.02	LF
16	1059	17	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.277	.386	.468	.854	2	1.73	-0.020	3.20	-0.02%	0.77	LF
17	1060	18	Apr 23	LAD		SFG	W,7-6	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.397	.468	.865	9	1.12	0.012	1.89	0.01%	0.35	PH
18	1061	19	Apr 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-0	GS-5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.393	.460	.853	3	.66	-0.016	.97	-0.01%	-0.06	LF
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
19	1062	41 (21)	May 23	LAD		PHI	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.385	.444	.829	3	.89	-0.015	1.33	-0.01%	-0.06	LF
20	1063	42	May 24	LAD		PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.391	.491	.883	3	.53	0.122	.68	0.09%	0.92	CF
21	1064	43	May 25	LAD		PHI	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.384	.467	.850	3	.52	0.027	.80	0.03%	-0.46	CF
22	1065	44	May 26	LAD		NYM	L,2-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.368	.444	.813	3	.67	-0.048	1.06	-0.05%	-0.70	CF
23	1066	45	May 27	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.239	.358	.418	.776	3	1.02	-0.122	1.52	-0.11%	-1.84	CF
24	1067	46	May 28	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	9-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.361	.420	.782	9	1.47	0.023	2.16	0.02%	0.15	PH LF
25	1068	47	May 29	LAD		MON	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.247	.356	.411	.767	3	1.50	-0.155	2.45	-0.15%	-0.93	CF
26	1069	48	May 30	LAD		MON	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.256	.359	.423	.782	3	1.22	-0.014	1.76	-0.01%	0.55	CF
27	1070	49	May 31	LAD		MON	W,9-4	GS-9	5	5	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.381	.470	.851	3	.90	0.085	1.23	0.07%	2.04	CF
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
28	1071	50	Jun 1	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.376	.453	.830	3	.24	-0.003	.39	0.00%	-0.62	LF
29	1072	51	Jun 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.362	.433	.795	3	1.13	-0.109	1.68	-0.10%	-0.51	LF
30	1073	52	Jun 3	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-14	7	6	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.366	.458	.824	3	1.45	0.044	2.09	0.04%	1.28	LF
31	1074	53	Jun 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG(13)	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.277	.373	.455	.828	3	1.12	0.063	1.28	0.04%	0.91	LF
32	1075	54	Jun 5 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	W,7-0	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.385	.462	.847	3	.70	0.110	.56	0.05%	1.36	LF
33	1076	55	Jun 5 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.381	.481	.862	3	.93	0.180	.89	0.10%	1.02	LF
34	1077	56	Jun 6	LAD	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.279	.377	.468	.845	3	2.04	-0.208	2.28	-0.14%	-1.30	LF
35	1078	57	Jun 7	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.370	.466	.836	3	1.00	0.122	1.02	0.07%	0.33	LF
36	1079	58	Jun 9	LAD		CIN	L,0-4	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.368	.462	.829	3	.40	-0.010	.57	-0.01%	-0.09	LF
37	1080	59	Jun 10	LAD		CIN	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.357	.446	.803	3	.52	-0.050	.56	-0.03%	-0.65	LF
38	1081	60	Jun 11	LAD		CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.354	.435	.790	1	.77	-0.024	.69	-0.01%	-0.35	CF LF
39	1082	61	Jun 12	LAD		CIN	W,9-2	CG	5	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.376	.465	.840	1	.52	0.177	.52	0.11%	2.41	LF
40	1083	62	Jun 13	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.279	.386	.488	.874	1	.88	0.127	1.04	0.09%	1.14	LF
41	1084	63	Jun 14	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.382	.504	.886	1	1.30	0.097	1.60	0.07%	1.17	LF
42	1085	64	Jun 15	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.279	.389	.500	.889	1	1.80	0.474	2.50	0.40%	1.56	LF
43	1086	65	Jun 16	LAD		ATL	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.386	.493	.878	1	1.02	-0.084	1.34	-0.07%	-0.86	LF
44	1087	66	Jun 17	LAD		ATL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.376	.479	.856	1	1.36	-0.137	1.48	-0.09%	-0.88	LF
45	1088	67	Jun 18	LAD		ATL	W,5-3	CG	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.281	.391	.493	.884	3	.72	0.078	.75	0.05%	1.19	LF
46	1089	68	Jun 19	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.388	.483	.871	1	1.11	-0.025	1.17	-0.02%	-0.34	LF
47	1090	69	Jun 20	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.379	.471	.850	3	1.38	-0.138	1.41	-0.09%	-0.96	LF
48	1091	70	Jun 21	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.374	.459	.833	1	.37	-0.036	.34	-0.02%	-0.42	LF
49	1092	71	Jun 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.366	.447	.814	1	1.33	-0.132	1.61	-0.10%	-1.01	LF
50	1093	72	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259	.367	.446	.813	3	.51	0.050	.51	0.03%	0.72	LF
51	1094	73	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.251	.358	.433	.791	3	.97	-0.110	.93	-0.06%	-2.17	LF
52	1095	74	Jun 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.356	.446	.802	3	.77	0.134	.89	0.09%	1.35	LF
53	1096	75	Jun 27	LAD		SDP	L,3-5	CG(17)	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.343	.426	.769	3	1.81	-0.357	1.43	-0.17%	-1.70	LF
54	1097	76	Jun 28	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.339	.420	.760	3	1.13	-0.052	.81	-0.02%	-0.86	LF
55	1098	78 (1)	Jun 30	LAD		PIT	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.336	.415	.751	3	1.82	-0.205	.90	-0.06%	-0.94	LF
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
56	1099	79	Jul 1	LAD		PIT	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.335	.408	.743	3	1.60	-0.114	.78	-0.03%	-0.73	LF
57	1100	80	Jul 2	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.329	.400	.729	3	.81	-0.081	.41	-0.03%	-0.85	LF
58	1101	81	Jul 3	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.323	.392	.716	3	2.09	-0.183	1.34	-0.07%	-1.15	LF
59	1102	83 (1)	Jul 5	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.326	.391	.718	3	1.38	0.012	.67	0.00%	0.17	LF
60	1103	84	Jul 6	LAD	@	STL	L,2-14	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.329	.390	.720	3	.48	0.042	.19	0.01%	1.01	LF
61	1104	85	Jul 7	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.323	.381	.704	3	1.31	-0.161	.38	-0.03%	-1.20	LF
62	1105	86	Jul 8	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.324	.379	.703	3	.38	-0.027	.12	-0.01%	-0.25	LF
63	1106	87	Jul 9	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-11	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.322	.375	.697	3	.52	-0.073	.14	-0.01%	-0.93	LF
64	1107	88	Jul 13	LAD		STL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.321	.377	.698	3	.88	-0.040	.24	-0.01%	-0.66	LF
65	1108	89	Jul 14	LAD		STL	L,2-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.225	.323	.390	.713	3	.32	0.108	.10	0.02%	1.69	LF
66	1109	91 (1)	Jul 16	LAD		STL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.319	.383	.701	3	.57	-0.058	.12	-0.01%	-0.69	CF LF
67	1110	92	Jul 17	LAD		CHC	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.314	.377	.690	3	1.43	-0.138	.32	-0.02%	-1.02	CF LF
68	1111	93	Jul 18	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.218	.315	.379	.694	3	1.12	0.279	.14	0.02%	0.73	CF LF
69	1112	94	Jul 19	LAD		CHC	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.314	.377	.691	3	.35	-0.021	.05	0.00%	-0.32	CF
70	1113	96 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.216	.313	.372	.685	3	.88	-0.055	.09	0.00%	-1.06	CF LF
71	1114	97	Jul 22	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.312	.368	.679	6	.48	-0.002	.05	0.00%	-0.09	CF LF
							34-37		292	253	35	54	8	2	9	28	35	5	55	2	0	2	3	5	12	3	.213	.312	.368	.679		1.09	0.338	1.23	0.85%	2.55

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