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)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1930	HG/MRS	IND/NNL	18	C	33	123	111	20	42	3	2	9	37	0		8			1	3			.378	.425	.685	1.110	171
1931	HG	IND	19	C	50	209	191	42	61	15	4	9	45	0		13			1	4			.319	.366	.581	.947	167
1932	PC	IND/NVM	20	LF	71	299	269	56	88	14	6	9	53	1		27	0		1	2			.327	.391	.524	.915	139
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	21	C	72	279	255	65	101	16	7	20	79	4	0	19	0	0	1	4		0	.396	.440	.749	1.189	217
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	22	C	67	281	249	56	78	19	4	15	59	4	0	30	0		1	1			.313	.389	.602	.992	181
1935	PC/WES	MULT	23	C	56	247	220	62	84	13	6	13	69	10	1	25	0	1	0	2		0	.382	.445	.673	1.118	184
1936	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	24	C	51	211	178	53	70	7	4	18	66	7	0	30	0		0	3			.393	.481	.781	1.262	217
1937	HG	NN2	25	C	39	183	156	60	65	13	7	20	73	2		25			1	1			.417	.500	.974	1.474	271
1938	HG/NAS	NAA/NN2	26	C	52	222	186	60	69	13	5	13	59	3		31		0	1	4		0	.371	.463	.704	1.168	198
1939	EAS/HG	MULT	27	C	38	167	134	41	51	5	4	15	51	3	0	25	0	2	1	7		0	.381	.481	.813	1.295	239
1940	HG/VEZ	MEX/NN2	28	C	24	117	98	34	44	7	4	12	40	3		19	6		0	0			.449	.538	.969	1.508	285
1941	VEZ	MEX	29	C	94	434	358	100	134	31	3	33	124	7		75	25		1	0			.374	.484	.754	1.238	203
1942	EAS/HG	MULT	30	C	69	296	236	61	77	10	4	14	69	6	0	57	1	2	2	1		0	.326	.461	.581	1.042	191
1943	MULT	MULT	31	C	79	345	281	101	124	24	9	20	115	5	0	63	0		1	0			.441	.545	.804	1.349	264
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	32	C	56	229	198	44	68	9	6	11	52	3	0	31	0	3	0	0			.343	.432	.616	1.048	181
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	33	C	52	216	178	38	59	7	5	8	41	0		37	1	1	0	1			.331	.447	.562	1.008	188
1946	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	34	C	50	192	176	34	55	12	3	13	52	0	0	16	1	0	0	0		0	.313	.370	.636	1.006	179
17	9			C	953	4050	3474	927	1270	218	83	252	1084	58	1	531	34	9	12	33		0	.366	.451	.694	1.145	202
162 Game Average						688	591	158	216	37	14	43	184	10	7	90	35	56	2	6		0	.366	.451	.694	1.145	202

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
16	Negro Leagues				830	3479	2996	785	1084	180	76	208	916	48	1	439	3	9	11	33		0	.362	.445	.681	1.126	200
2	vs Latin Leagues				116	542	450	132	177	38	7	44	162	10		91	31		1	0			.393	.496	.802	1.299	220
1	vs Major Leagues				7	29	28	10	9	0	0	0	6	0		1	0		0	0			.321	.345	.321	.666	59

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Memphis Red Sox			C	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	169
11	Homestead Grays			C	507	2141	1816	498	657	109	48	133	588	22	0	297	1	3	8	20		0	.362	.454	.694	1.148	207
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			C	313	1302	1157	287	412	67	27	75	325	25	0	130	0		3	12			.356	.422	.655	1.078	184
8	East All Stars			C	11	42	32	5	13	1	1	0	6	1	0	9	1	4	0	1		0	.406	.537	.500	1.037	218
1	West All Stars			C	1	6	5	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	.800	.833	1.200	2.033	434
1	NNL All Stars II			C	2	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	0		0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	173
2	Azules de Veracruz			C	116	542	450	132	177	38	7	44	162	10		91	31		1	0			.393	.496	.802	1.299	220
1	NNL South All Stars			C	1	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0			.667	.750	.667	1.417	299
1	North All Stars			C	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0			.333	.600	.333	.933	179

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1930	HG/MRS	IND/NNL	123	.462	.357	6.5%			8.4%			7.3%	1.6%	.306	.139
1931	HG	IND	209	.415	.319	6.2%	7.5%					4.3%	1.1%	.262	.110
1932	PC	IND/NVM	299	.417	.351	9.0%		0.0%	8.2%			3.0%	0.9%	.197	.112
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	279	.505	.329	6.8%		0.0%	6.7%			7.2%	1.2%	.353	.122
1934	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	281	.447	.327	10.7%		0.0%	7.6%			5.3%	0.8%	.289	.092
1935	PC/WES	MULT	247	.480	.352	10.1%		0.0%	8.9%			5.3%	1.5%	.291	.129
1936	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	211	.531	.355	14.2%		0.0%	8.9%			8.5%	1.7%	.388	.128
1937	HG	NN2	183	.594	.344	13.7%	8.1%					10.9%	1.6%	.558	.133
1938	HG/NAS	NAA/NN2	222	.498	.351	14.0%			9.5%			5.9%	1.5%	.333	.130
1939	EAS/HG	MULT	167	.524	.346	15.0%		0.0%	9.0%			9.0%	1.6%	.433	.117
1940	HG/VEZ	MEX/NN2	117	.629	.353	16.2%		5.1%	9.4%	3.17		10.3%	1.2%	.520	.127
1941	VEZ	MEX	434	.540	.381	17.3%	11.3%	5.8%	8.5%	3.00	1.33	7.6%	1.1%	.380	.125
1942	EAS/HG	MULT	296	.475	.339	19.3%		0.3%	9.7%	57.00		4.7%	1.0%	.254	.102
1943	MULT	MULT	345	.595	.353	18.3%		0.0%	10.0%			5.8%	0.6%	.363	.099
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	229	.464	.343	13.5%		0.0%	8.4%			4.8%	0.9%	.273	.103
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	216	.461	.330	17.1%		0.5%	8.7%	37.00		3.7%	0.8%	.230	.095
1946	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	192	.453	.341	8.3%		0.5%	9.3%	16.00		6.8%	0.9%	.324	.096
17	9		4050	.498	.347	13.1%	8.9%	4.8%	7.6%	3.38	1.87	6.2%	1.1%	.328	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		3479	.490	.342	12.6%	8.6%	2.2%	5.1%	7.67	3.91	6.0%	1.1%	.319	.112
2	vs Latin Leagues		542	.560	.375	16.8%	10.9%	5.7%	8.8%	2.94	1.25	8.1%	1.1%	.409	.125
1	vs Major Leagues		29	.325	.385	3.4%	8.7%	0.0%	0.0%		0.00	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Memphis Red Sox		4	.467	.336	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	1.2%	.000	.121
11	Homestead Grays		2141	.501	.343	13.9%	9.0%	1.9%	2.5%	11.00	5.19	6.2%	1.1%	.333	.110
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1302	.470	.342	10.0%	8.0%	0.0%	1.1%		4.10	5.8%	1.2%	.299	.116
8	East All Stars		42	.405	.312	21.4%	8.6%	2.4%	12.6%	9.00	0.77	0.0%	0.5%	.094	.083
1	West All Stars		6	.769	.365	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	7.3%		2.29	0.0%	1.0%	.400	.078
1	NNL All Stars II		4	.564	.416	0.0%	13.8%					0.0%	1.2%	.250	.164
2	Azules de Veracruz		542	.560	.375	16.8%	10.9%	5.7%	8.8%	2.94	1.25	8.1%	1.1%	.409	.125
1	NNL South All Stars		4	.663	.336	25.0%	5.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.088
1	North All Stars		5	.353	.330	40.0%	10.3%	20.0%	1.3%	2.00	8.00	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.043

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