Josh Gibson

Joshua Gibson

Born: December 21, 1911 in Buena Vista, GA
Died: January 20, 1947 in Pittsburgh, PA
(35 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 213

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972
• Buried: Allegheny Cemetery (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Relatives: Jerry Gibson (Brother)

Fielding

Glossary

Catcher

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	WP	SB	CS	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	A2	PB
1934	EAS	EWA	22	1	1	6.0	7	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.000	1.000	13.50	11.00	0.4	71.6	0.4	0.0
1936	EAS	EWA	24	1	0	5.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.000	1.000	12.60	6.50	-0.7	-144.6	0.0	-0.7
1942	EAS	EWA	30	2	2	18.0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.958	.974	11.50	9.25	0.2	11.8	0.2	0.0
1942	HG	WS	30	4		29.0	24	6	2	2	1		8		.938	.947	9.31	8.88	0.7	22.5	1.0	-0.3
1939	EAS	EWA	27	2	2	17.0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	.968	8.47	7.94	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0
1943	EAS	EWA	31	1	1	8.0	6	1	0	0	0	0	2		1.000	1.000	7.88	6.88	0.1	8.3	0.1	0.0
1943	HG	WS	31	6		58.2	45	5	5	1	0	0	3		.909	.913	7.67	6.09	-0.3	-4.3	-0.3	0.0
1934	PC	NN2	22	56		463.2	348	47	10	5	4		32		.975	.979	7.67	6.80	1.5	3.2	0.5	1.0
1935	PC	NN2	23	34	32	281.0	200	31	2	2	1		6		.991	.980	7.40	6.46	0.6	2.0	1.2	-0.7
1935	WES	EWA	23	1	1	11.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	.900	.950	7.36	7.89	-0.4	-38.2	-0.4	0.0
1933	PC	NN2	21	48		389.0	278	35	5	9	3		15		.984	.972	7.24	6.52	-2.1	-5.3	-0.1	-1.9
1945	NOS	NSA	33	1	1	9.0	6	1	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	7.00	5.00	0.2	26.2	0.2	0.0
1946	EAS	EWA	34	2	2	12.0	5	4	0	0	0		3	3	1.000	.962	6.75	6.62	0.9	74.3	0.9	0.0
1931	HG	IND	19	38	38	323.0	211	31	3	6	1		13		.988	.973	6.74	5.93	2.6	8.2	1.7	0.9
1932	PC	IND	20	36	33	282.0	183	23	4	2	1		8		.981	.983	6.57	6.68	0.3	1.0	-2.5	2.8
1935	PC	NLC	23	7	7	61.0	39	5	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	6.49	6.97	0.4	6.5	0.4	0.0
1937	HG	NN2	25	36	36	321.2	205	23	4	5	1		2		.983	.977	6.38	6.16	-1.1	-3.4	-0.6	-0.5
1946	HG	NN2	34	43	41	336.1	203	35	7	4	2		25		.971	.981	6.37	6.11	4.1	12.1	3.0	1.1
1938	HG	NN2	26	43	40	345.1	211	28	2	2	0		1		.992	.974	6.23	6.14	3.0	8.7	1.5	1.5
1945	HG	NN2	33	41	40	354.2	212	33	5	2	9		9		.980	.972	6.22	6.91	-2.6	-7.4	0.4	-3.0
1944	HG	WS	32	5	5	45.0	31	0	0	0	2		3		1.000	1.000	6.20	5.56	-0.2	-3.4	-0.2	0.0
1936	PC	NN2	24	40	38	342.1	196	30	10	2	2		11		.958	.976	5.94	6.19	5.3	15.4	0.0	5.2
1943	HG	NN2	31	62		499.1	283	31	5	1	5	0	12		.984	.971	5.66	6.08	0.3	0.6	-1.2	1.5
1944	HG	NN2	32	42	40	346.2	185	29	7	3	6		9		.968	.970	5.56	6.10	-3.1	-9.0	-1.3	-1.8
1943	SAS	NSA	31	1		9.0	3	2	0	1	0	0	1		1.000	1.000	5.00	7.41	0.2	17.7	0.2	0.0
1940	HG	NN2	28	1	1	9.0	4	1	1	0	0		0		.833	.968	5.00	6.35	0.4	49.0	0.1	0.4
1945	HG	WS	33	4	4	35.0	18	1	1	0	0		1		.950	.968	4.89	3.80	-0.5	-13.2	-0.5	0.0
1933	EAS	EWA	21	1	0	2.0	1	0	1	0			1	0	.500	.929	4.50	6.88	-0.1	-45.9	-0.1	0.0
1944	EAS	EWA	32	1	1	8.0	3	1	0	0	0		1		1.000	1.000	4.50	4.24	-0.2	-27.9	-0.2	0.0
1930	HG	EAS	18	30	26	138.2	54	13	1	1	1		7		.985	.978	4.35	5.56	0.6	4.3	1.3	-0.7
1932	PC	NvM	20	3	3	21.0	7	2	0	0	1		2		1.000	.990	3.86	7.27	-0.7	-31.6	0.4	-1.1
1939	HG	NN2	27	27
1940	VEZ	MEX	28	22
1930	MRS	NNL	18	1
1939	HG	NLP	27	2
1941	VEZ	MEX	29	94
1938	EAS	EWA	26	1	1											1.000		6.35
1939	HG	NLC	27	5
1942	HG	NN2	30	43
17	8			788	396	4787.1	3017	426	77	49	42	1	177	8	.978	.975	6.47	6.34	9.8	2.1	6.3	3.5

Glossary

Left Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1937	HG	NN2	25	1	1	9.0	2	0	1	0	.667	.944	2.00	1.64	0.3	36.9	0.4	-0.1
1932	PC	NvM	20	6	3	37.0	7	1	2	0	.800	.850	1.95	1.30	1.3	34.6	0.8	0.4
1931	HG	IND	19	8	8	70.0	11	1	0	0	1.000	.960	1.54	1.94	-1.4	-19.8	-1.3	-0.1
1943	HG	NN2	31	1		6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.937	1.50	1.70	-0.1	-12.5	0.0	-0.1
1933	PC	NN2	21	8		62.0	8	2	0	0	1.000	.950	1.45	1.64	-0.2	-2.6	-1.0	0.8
1932	PC	IND	20	31	29	253.0	36	3	2	0	.951	.961	1.39	1.49	-0.5	-2.0	-1.2	0.7
1934	PC	NN2	22	3		24.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	.939	1.13	1.54	-0.6	-25.5	-0.5	-0.1
1938	HG	NN2	26	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.946	1.13	1.76	-0.2	-27.3	-0.2	0.0
1934	EAS	EWA	22	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		1.000	0.00	2.50	-0.5	-171.6	-0.5	0.0
1936	PC	NN2	24	1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0		.955	0.00	1.80	-1.1	-123.2	-1.0	-0.1
1942	HG	NN2	30	1
9	3			62	43	481.0	69	7	5	0	.938	.949	1.42	1.58	-3.0	-6.1	-4.4	1.5

Glossary

First Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1938	HG	NN2	26	2	2	14.0	17	2	0	0	1.000	.985	12.21	10.78	1.0	68.7	1.0
1933	PC	NN2	21	4		25.0	29	2	3	1	.912	.974	11.16	10.43	0.8	30.7	0.8
1946	HG	NN2	34	2	2	13.0	16	0	0	1	1.000	.978	11.08	10.48	-0.2	-17.4	-0.2
1937	HG	NN2	25	1	1	9.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	.987	11.00	10.93	0.3	33.7	0.3
1934	PC	NN2	22	6		44.0	49	3	0	3	1.000	.986	10.64	10.82	0.7	15.6	0.7
1935	PC	NN2	23	8	7	70.1	67	6	3	6	.961	.983	9.34	10.45	1.2	16.9	1.2
1936	PC	NN2	24	6	6	40.0	36	3	2	5	.951	.982	8.78	10.47	0.4	9.2	0.4
1945	HG	NN2	33	2	2	18.0	13	4	1	1	.944	.978	8.50	10.62	1.8	98.1	1.8
1940	HG	NN2	28	1	1	7.0	6	0	1	0	.857	.985	7.71	10.86	-0.3	-39.9	-0.3
1944	HG	NN2	32	2	1	10.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	.981	7.20	10.98	-0.5	-49.9	-0.5
1939	HG	NN2	27	1
1942	HG	NN2	30	1
12	2			36	22	250.1	251	21	10	17	.965	.982	9.78	10.60	5.0	20.1	5.0

Glossary

Right Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1931	HG	IND	19	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	1	1.000	.942	4.00	1.93	1.3	149.2	0.2	1.1
1930	HG	EAS	18	1	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	.958	2.57	1.97	0.4	61.5	0.5	-0.1
1933	PC	NN2	21	4		31.0	7	1	0	1	1.000	.962	2.32	1.77	1.4	45.7	1.1	0.3
1943	HG	NN2	31	10		68.0	14	2	1	0	.941	.931	2.12	1.54	2.6	37.6	2.0	0.5
1935	PC	NN2	23	3	3	25.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	.939	1.44	1.75	-0.5	-19.2	-0.2	-0.2
1932	PC	IND	20	3	1	15.0	1	1	1	0	.667	.955	1.20	1.58	-0.3	-21.7	-0.9	0.5
1944	HG	NN2	32	6	4	40.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	.956	0.90	1.52	-1.8	-43.9	-1.5	-0.3
1945	HG	NN2	33	2	1	11.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.949	0.82	1.53	-0.5	-48.5	-0.5	-0.1
1936	PC	NN2	24	2	2	15.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.951	0.60	1.80	-1.3	-83.5	-1.1	-0.1
1942	HG	NN2	30	2
10	2			34	12	221.0	36	6	2	2	.955	.946	1.71	1.64	1.4	6.3	-0.4	1.8

Glossary

Third Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1937	HG	NN2	25	1	0	1.2	0	1	1	0	.500	.928	5.40	2.85	0.4	261.6	0.4
1935	PC	NN2	23	1	0	6.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	.922	4.50	2.79	-0.1	-20.7	-0.1
1936	PC	NN2	24	1	0	4.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	.910	4.50	2.72	0.7	177.0	0.7
1946	HG	NN2	34	1	1	7.0	1	2	1	0	.750	.918	3.86	2.93	0.4	52.8	0.4
1934	PC	NN2	22	3		15.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	.931	3.00	2.83	0.1	4.1	0.1
1938	HG	NN2	26	3	3	20.0	0	3	1	0	.750	.927	1.35	2.52	-0.3	-14.5	-0.3
1933	PC	NN2	21	3		15.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	.928	1.20	2.67	-1.0	-63.5	-1.0
7	2			13	4	68.2	6	13	3	1	.864	.925	2.49	2.70	0.2	3.1	0.2

Glossary

Pinch Hitter

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G
1930	HG	EAS	18	1
1944	HG	NN2	32	1
1945	HG	NN2	33	1
1946	HG	NN2	34	3
4	1			6

Glossary

Center Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	E	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1936	PC	NN2	24	1	1	9.0	4	1	.800	.959	4.00	2.31	1.1	120.1	1.1	-0.1
1931	HG	IND	19	2	1	14.0	3	1	.750	.974	1.93	2.31	-0.2	-12.8	-0.1	-0.1
1934	PC	NN2	22	1		9.0	1	0	1.000	.980	1.00	2.16	-0.7	-72.5	-0.6	0.0
3	2			4	2	32.0	8	2	.800	.972	2.25	2.27	0.2	7.8	0.4	-0.2

Glossary

Pitcher

Year	Team	Lg	Age		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg
1935	PC	NN2	23		1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0			.953		0.00	2.58
1	1				1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0		.000	.953		0.00	2.58

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