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	0	8	5		1	3			.378	.425	.685	1.110	170
1931	HG	IND	19	C	50	209	191	42	61	15	4	9	45	0	0	13	3		1	4			.319	.366	.581	.947	167
1932	PC	IND/NvM	20	LF	71	299	269	56	88	14	6	9	53	1		27	1		1	2			.327	.391	.524	.915	139
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	21	C	73	284	260	66	103	17	7	20	80	4	0	19	0	0	1	4		0	.396	.439	.746	1.185	215
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	55	242	215	59	81	13	6	11	64	10	1	25	0	1	0	2	0	0	.377	.442	.647	1.088	177
1936	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	24	C	55	225	190	56	76	8	4	19	71	7	0	32	0		0	3			.400	.486	.784	1.271	226
1937	HG	NN2	25	C	41	192	164	63	69	13	8	21	80	3		26			1	1			.421	.503	.982	1.484	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	197
1939	EAS/HG	MULT	27	C	40	172	141	43	53	5	5	15	52	3	0	26	0	2	1	3	1	0	.376	.473	.801	1.275	234
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	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	0		.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	961	4078	3501	933	1281	220	85	252	1093	59	1	535	43	9	12	29	1	0	.366	.451	.693	1.145	202
162 Game Average						687	590	157	216	37	14	42	184	10	2	90	23	56	2	5	9	0	.366	.451	.693	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				838	3507	3023	791	1095	182	78	208	925	49	1	443	12	9	11	29	1	0	.362	.445	.680	1.126	201
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	511	2155	1831	503	663	109	50	134	596	23	0	299	9	3	8	17	0	0	.362	.454	.696	1.149	207
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			C	317	1316	1169	288	417	69	27	74	326	25	0	132	1		3	12			.357	.423	.652	1.075	185
8	East All Stars			C	11	42	32	5	13	1	1	0	6	1	0	9	1	4	0	0	1	0	.406	.524	.500	1.024	216
1	West All Stars			C	1	6	5	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	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%		4.1%	8.4%	1.60		7.3%	1.6%	.306	.139
1931	HG	IND	209	.415	.319	6.2%	7.5%	1.4%	1.2%	4.33	6.38	4.3%	1.1%	.262	.110
1932	PC	IND/NvM	299	.416	.351	9.0%	0.6%	0.3%	8.2%	27.00		3.0%	0.9%	.197	.112
1933	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	284	.502	.330	6.7%		0.0%	6.8%			7.0%	1.1%	.350	.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	242	.471	.352	10.3%		0.0%	8.9%			4.5%	1.5%	.270	.128
1936	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	225	.539	.350	14.2%		0.0%	8.8%			8.4%	1.6%	.384	.124
1937	HG	NN2	192	.599	.348	13.5%	8.2%					10.9%	1.5%	.561	.132
1938	HG/NAS	NAA/NN2	222	.498	.352	14.0%			9.5%			5.9%	1.5%	.333	.130
1939	EAS/HG	MULT	172	.528	.346	15.1%		0.0%	9.0%			8.7%	1.6%	.426	.116
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	.344	13.5%		0.0%	8.4%			4.8%	0.9%	.273	.103
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	216	.461	.330	17.1%		0.5%	8.8%	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		4078	.499	.347	13.1%	8.9%	3.3%	4.6%	3.77	5.69	6.2%	1.1%	.327	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		3507	.491	.342	12.6%	8.6%	1.6%	1.8%	5.83	8.84	5.9%	1.1%	.318	.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		2155	.502	.343	13.9%	9.0%	2.4%	1.3%	3.56	8.18	6.2%	1.1%	.334	.110
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1316	.470	.341	10.0%	8.0%	0.3%	0.8%	27.00	11.02	5.6%	1.2%	.295	.115
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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