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	29-41 / in Starts: 24-39
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	15 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 265 PAs	35
Actual Runners on Base	178 (90-63-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 265 PAs	31
Avg. Runners on Base	168 (82-55-30)

Most Driven In
Self	9
T Fryman	7
L Whitaker	3
C Fielder	3
B Higginson	2
C Curtis	2
A Trammell	2
J Flaherty	2

Most Driven In By
Self	9
B Higginson	5
D Bautista	5
J Flaherty	4
C Gomez	3
T Fryman	2
F Stubbs	2
R Pemberton	2

1995 Batting Game Log

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1995 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	1566	3 (2)	Apr 28	DET	@	SEA	L,2-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.81	-0.088	.85	-0.06%	-1.96	DH
2	1567	5 (1)	Apr 30	DET	@	SEA	W,10-1	GS-6	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	5	.78	0.029	.76	0.02%	0.72	DH
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
3	1568	6	May 2	DET		CLE	L,1-11	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	5	.49	0.057	.52	0.04%	0.29	DH
4	1569	7	May 3	DET		CLE	L,7-14	CG	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	5	.36	-0.030	.34	-0.02%	0.26	DH
5	1570	8	May 4	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.444	.706	1.150	5	.45	0.113	.39	0.06%	1.28	DH
6	1571	9	May 5	DET		BOS	L,7-10	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.350	.409	.600	1.009	5	1.11	0.034	1.18	0.02%	0.70	DH
7	1572	10	May 6	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.444	.565	1.010	5	1.10	0.054	1.06	0.03%	0.63	DH
8	1573	12 (1)	May 9 susp	DET	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.452	.556	1.007	5	1.53	0.122	1.16	0.06%	0.80	DH
9	1574	13	May 10	DET	@	MIL	L,2-13	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.367	.441	.533	.975	5	.62	-0.006	.51	0.00%	-0.27	DH
10	1575	14	May 11	DET	@	MIL	W,8-0	GS-8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.364	.447	.545	.993	5	.54	0.081	.42	0.04%	2.83	DH
11	1576	15	May 12	DET	@	TEX	W,6-1	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.476	.556	1.032	5	1.17	0.106	.94	0.05%	1.25	DH
12	1577	16	May 13	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.457	.600	1.057	5	.78	-0.015	.69	-0.01%	0.95	DH
13	1578	17	May 14	DET	@	TEX	W,8-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.390	.468	.610	1.078	3	.41	0.018	.33	0.01%	1.33	PH
14	1579	18	May 16	DET	@	BAL	W,9-8	CG	5	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.481	.600	1.081	5	1.47	0.125	1.38	0.07%	0.27	DH
15	1580	19	May 17	DET	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.388	.464	.592	1.056	5	.41	-0.032	.43	-0.02%	-0.27	DH
16	1581	20	May 18	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.373	.467	.569	1.035	5	1.07	0.059	1.04	0.03%	0.03	DH
17	1582	21	May 19	DET		TOR	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.438	.527	.965	5	.91	-0.096	.84	-0.05%	-0.75	DH
18	1583	22	May 20	DET		TOR	W,10-6	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.357	.446	.536	.982	7	1.47	0.143	1.26	0.07%	1.83	PH
19	1584	24 (1)	May 22	DET		SEA	W,10-8	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.449	.576	1.026	5	1.22	0.194	1.17	0.11%	1.41	DH
20	1585	26 (1)	May 24	DET		MIN	W,14-3	GS-8	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.432	.594	1.026	4	.51	-0.050	.52	-0.03%	1.05	DH
21	1586	27	May 25	DET		MIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.338	.423	.618	1.041	4	.95	0.252	1.06	0.17%	0.44	DH
22	1587	28	May 26	DET		CHW	W,8-7	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.430	.667	1.097	6	3.70	0.892	3.92	0.57%	1.86	PH
23	1588	29	May 27	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.410	.630	1.040	5	1.54	-0.170	1.73	-0.11%	-1.38	DH
24	1589	30	May 28	DET		CHW	L,12-14	CG	6	6	2	4	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.354	.427	.722	1.148	5	1.02	0.243	1.06	0.15%	2.62	DH
25	1590	31	May 29	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.430	.707	1.137	5	1.05	-0.014	1.11	-0.01%	-0.42	DH
26	1591	32	May 30	DET	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.337	.418	.674	1.093	5	.80	-0.058	.79	-0.04%	-0.70	DH
27	1592	33	May 31	DET	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.431	.667	1.098	5	1.42	0.059	1.55	0.04%	0.78	DH
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	1593	34	Jun 2	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(15)	7	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.344	.440	.656	1.096	5	1.80	-0.044	1.61	-0.02%	-0.29	DH
29	1594	36 (1)	Jun 4	DET	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.447	.646	1.093	5	1.27	0.158	.98	0.07%	0.55	DH
30	1595	37	Jun 5	DET	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.330	.432	.620	1.052	5	.37	-0.041	.30	-0.02%	-0.85	DH
31	1596	38	Jun 6	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.429	.614	1.042	9	1.52	-0.041	1.16	-0.02%	-0.12	PH
32	1597	39	Jun 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.415	.590	1.005	5	1.60	-0.166	1.10	-0.07%	-1.19	DH
33	1598	40	Jun 8	DET	@	MIN	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.402	.569	.970	5	.64	-0.071	.39	-0.03%	-0.77	DH
34	1599	45 (4)	Jun 13	DET		NYY	L,4-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.405	.563	.967	5	.64	0.055	.58	0.03%	0.60	DH
35	1600	46	Jun 14	DET		NYY	L,3-12	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.301	.410	.558	.968	5	.39	0.010	.32	0.01%	0.04	DH
36	1601	47	Jun 15	DET		NYY	W,9-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.299	.410	.547	.957	5	.53	-0.013	.40	-0.01%	-1.56	DH
37	1602	48	Jun 16	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.410	.545	.955	5	.74	0.028	.61	0.01%	-0.10	DH
38	1603	49	Jun 17	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.396	.524	.920	5	1.27	-0.198	1.24	-0.12%	-1.87	DH
39	1604	51 (1)	Jun 19	DET		TEX	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.277	.386	.508	.893	5	1.74	-0.261	1.78	-0.16%	-1.70	DH
40	1605	53 (1)	Jun 21	DET		TEX	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.378	.496	.874	5	.97	-0.079	.88	-0.04%	-0.92	DH
41	1606	54	Jun 23	DET		MIL	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.265	.375	.485	.860	5	.87	-0.052	.82	-0.03%	-1.27	DH
42	1607	58 (3)	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.378	.504	.882	5	.70	0.073	.85	0.05%	0.63	DH
43	1608	59	Jun 28	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.373	.493	.866	5	.31	0.024	.35	0.02%	-0.31	DH
44	1609	60	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.370	.493	.863	5	1.07	-0.098	1.57	-0.09%	-1.07	DH
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
45	1610	62 (1)	Jul 1	DET	@	BOS	W,11-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.265	.367	.490	.857	5	.65	-0.005	1.03	-0.01%	0.00	DH
46	1611	63	Jul 2	DET	@	BOS	L,11-12	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.266	.367	.487	.854	5	.92	0.104	1.58	0.11%	1.69	DH
47	1612	64	Jul 3	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.361	.478	.838	5	.58	-0.045	.69	-0.03%	-0.63	DH
48	1613	66 (1)	Jul 5	DET		SEA	W,8-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.261	.359	.478	.836	8	1.71	0.022	2.23	0.02%	-0.19	PH
49	1614	68 (1)	Jul 7	DET		KCR	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.364	.491	.854	5	.82	0.121	1.30	0.12%	1.37	DH
50	1615	69	Jul 8	DET		KCR	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.361	.481	.843	5	1.01	-0.028	1.64	-0.03%	-0.39	DH
51	1616	70	Jul 9	DET		KCR	W,4-2	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.369	.488	.857	5	.70	0.028	1.12	0.03%	0.36	DH
52	1617	72 (1)	Jul 14	DET		CAL	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.372	.485	.857	5	1.24	-0.016	1.97	-0.02%	0.04	DH
53	1618	74 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	DET		CAL	L,6-13	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.366	.476	.843	5	.55	-0.050	.78	-0.04%	-1.03	DH
54	1619	75	Jul 17	DET	@	SEA	L,6-10	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.365	.474	.838	9	3.40	-0.084	4.41	-0.07%	-0.39	PH RF
55	1620	76	Jul 18	DET	@	SEA	L,6-10	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.362	.474	.837	5	.96	-0.013	1.15	-0.01%	-0.26	DH
56	1621	77	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.258	.365	.472	.837	5	1.60	-0.106	1.67	-0.07%	-0.25	DH
57	1622	78	Jul 20	DET	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.358	.462	.820	4	1.03	-0.105	.99	-0.06%	-1.04	DH
58	1623	79	Jul 21	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.355	.452	.806	4	1.15	-0.110	1.00	-0.06%	-1.06	DH
59	1624	82 (2)	Jul 25	DET		OAK	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.362	.455	.817	5	.89	0.093	.67	0.04%	1.87	DH
60	1625	83	Jul 26	DET		OAK	W,10-4	CG	4	3	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.368	.469	.837	5	.66	0.059	.59	0.03%	1.89	DH
61	1626	84	Jul 27	DET		OAK	L,3-11	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.368	.467	.835	5	.63	0.022	.59	0.01%	0.34	DH
62	1627	85	Jul 28	DET	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.370	.472	.843	5	1.51	0.194	1.30	0.10%	0.67	DH
63	1628	86	Jul 29	DET	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG(16)	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.262	.364	.466	.830	5	1.63	-0.323	1.30	-0.15%	-1.34	DH
64	1629	87	Jul 30	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.366	.467	.833	5	1.45	-0.063	.95	-0.03%	-0.46	DH
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
65	1630	89 (1)	Aug 2	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.460	.824	5	.78	-0.015	.39	-0.01%	-0.43	DH
66	1631	90	Aug 3	DET		BOS	L,2-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.360	.454	.813	5	.70	-0.061	.43	-0.02%	-0.83	DH
67	1632	91	Aug 4	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.358	.455	.813	5	1.18	0.019	.54	0.01%	-0.21	DH
68	1633	93 (1)	Aug 6	DET		NYY	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.357	.452	.809	8	3.35	-0.083	.71	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
69	1634	94	Aug 8	DET	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.359	.453	.812	5	1.24	-0.008	.27	0.00%	0.12	DH
70	1635	96 (1)	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	L,2-7	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.358	.449	.808	5	1.14	-0.030	.11	0.00%	-0.14	DH
							29-41		265	227	37	59	12	2	9	35	33	3	61	3	0	2	2	6	9	2	.260	.358	.449	.808		1.02	0.823	.97	0.64%	4.75

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