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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	DET	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	3 (1)	Apr 12	DET	@	KCR	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	4	Apr 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	CF
4	5	Apr 14	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	6	Apr 16	DET	@	BOS	L,9-10	GF	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
6	7	Apr 17	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
7	8	Apr 18	DET		KCR	L,6-9	GF	40	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH CF
8	9	Apr 19	DET		KCR	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	10	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,6-9	GF	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
10	12 (1)	Apr 22	DET	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	13	Apr 23	DET	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
12	14	Apr 25	DET		BOS	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
13	15	Apr 26	DET		BOS	L,7-12	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
14	16	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
15	17	Apr 29	DET		TEX	L,5-10	CG	38	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	18	Apr 30	DET		TEX	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19	May 2	DET	@	OAK	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
18	20	May 3	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
19	21	May 4 (1)	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	22	May 4 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
21	23	May 6	DET	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	24	May 7	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
23	25	May 8	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	26	May 9	DET	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	28 (1)	May 11	DET	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	29	May 13	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
27	30	May 14	DET		OAK	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	31	May 16	DET		BAL	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
29	32	May 18	DET		BAL	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
30	33	May 19	DET		NYY	L,0-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
31	34	May 20	DET		NYY	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	35	May 21	DET		NYY	L,5-9	CG	49	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
33	36	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	37	May 23	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	38	May 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
36	39	May 25	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	43	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
37	40	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,5-13	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	41	May 27	DET	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
39	42	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
40	43	May 30	DET		CAL	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	44	May 31	DET		CAL	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45	Jun 2	DET		SEA	T,3-3	CG	51	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	46	Jun 3	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	47	Jun 4	DET		SEA	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	48	Jun 6	DET	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	49	Jun 7	DET	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
47	53 (3)	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,8-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	54	Jun 13	DET		CHW	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
49	56 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	DET		MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							49gm		383.1	122	1	1	124	0