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	EAS/NNL	18	C	33	123	111	20	42	3	2	9	37	0		8			1	3			.378	.425	.685	1.110	164
1931	HG	IND	19	C	48	201	183	39	57	14	4	8	42	0		13			1	4			.311	.360	.563	.923	159
1932	PC	NvM/IND	20	LF	70	294	265	54	85	13	6	8	50	1		26			1	2			.321	.384	.506	.889	133
1933	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	21	C	69	264	240	61	95	15	7	18	74	4	0	20	0	0	0	4	0	0	.396	.442	.742	1.184	217
1934	MULT	MULT	22	C	67	278	246	56	79	20	4	15	60	4	0	30	0		1	1	0	0	.321	.397	.618	1.015	187
1935	PC/WES	MULT	23	C	52	231	204	56	77	13	5	11	63	10	1	25	0	1	0	2	0	0	.377	.445	.652	1.097	178
1936	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	24	C	51	211	178	53	70	7	4	18	67	7		30	0		0	3	0	0	.393	.481	.781	1.262	218
1937	HG	NN2	25	C	39	183	156	60	65	13	7	20	73	2		25			1	1			.417	.500	.974	1.474	272
1938	HG/EAS	NN2/EWA	26	C	47	200	166	53	61	11	4	13	54	2	0	29	0	0	1	4	0	0	.367	.464	.717	1.181	202
1939	EAS/HG	MULT	27	C	36	161	130	39	49	4	4	14	56	4	0	27	0	2	0	3	1	0	.377	.481	.792	1.273	239
1940	VEZ/HG	MEX/NN2	28	C	23	112	94	33	43	7	4	11	38	3		18	6		0	0			.457	.545	.968	1.513	286
1941	VEZ	MEX	29	C	94	434	358	100	134	31	3	33	124	7		75	25		1	0			.374	.484	.754	1.238	202
1942	HG/EAS	MULT	30	C	54	224	182	47	57	7	2	10	54	2	0	41	0	2	0	1	0	0	.313	.439	.538	.978	181
1943	MULT	MULT	31	C	78	342	281	101	124	23	9	20	112	5		60	0		1	0	0	0	.441	.541	.801	1.342	262
1944	HG/EAS	MULT	32	C	55	223	195	43	67	7	6	10	50	3		28	0		0	0	0	0	.344	.426	.595	1.021	176
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	33	C	48	198	165	37	58	7	5	8	40	0		32		4	0	1			.352	.457	.600	1.057	202
1946	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	34	C	50	194	174	35	55	11	3	13	48	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	.316	.380	.638	1.018	193
17	8			C	914	3873	3328	887	1218	206	79	239	1042	54	1	505	32	9	8	31	1	0	.366	.451	.691	1.141	202
162 Game Average						686	590	157	216	37	14	42	185	13	15	90	41	26	2	5	2	0	.366	.451	.691	1.141	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				791	3302	2850	745	1032	168	72	195	874	44	1	413	1	9	7	31	1	0	.362	.444	.677	1.121	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			.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	175
12	Homestead Grays			C	478	2007	1713	471	623	99	45	125	560	18		270		3	5	19	0		.364	.452	.693	1.145	208
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			C	304	1261	1117	275	396	65	26	70	311	25	0	130			2	12			.355	.423	.647	1.070	183
9	East All Stars			C	12	44	33	5	13	2	1	0	7	1	0	10	1	4	0	0	1	0	.394	.523	.515	1.038	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	404
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	South All Stars			C	1	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			0	0	0		.667	.750	.667	1.417	283
1	North All Stars			C	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		1	0	0			.333	.600	.333	.933	201

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1930	HG/MRS	EAS/NNL	123	.460	.364	6.5%			8.5%			7.3%	1.7%	.306	.144
1931	HG	IND	201	.406	.320	6.5%	7.5%		0.4%		16.84	4.0%	1.1%	.251	.111
1932	PC	NvM/IND	294	.406	.350	8.8%			8.1%			2.7%	0.9%	.185	.110
1933	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	264	.502	.327	7.6%		0.0%	6.5%			6.8%	1.1%	.346	.120
1934	MULT	MULT	278	.457	.327	10.8%		0.0%	7.7%			5.4%	0.8%	.297	.093
1935	PC/WES	MULT	231	.473	.353	10.8%		0.0%	8.9%			4.8%	1.5%	.275	.130
1936	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	211	.531	.354	14.2%		0.0%	8.9%			8.5%	1.7%	.388	.127
1937	HG	NN2	183	.595	.344	13.7%	8.2%					10.9%	1.6%	.558	.132
1938	HG/EAS	NN2/EWA	200	.501	.349	14.5%		0.0%	9.5%			6.5%	1.6%	.349	.131
1939	EAS/HG	MULT	161	.527	.342	16.8%		0.0%	8.7%			8.7%	1.7%	.415	.111
1940	VEZ/HG	MEX/NN2	112	.632	.353	16.1%		5.4%	9.4%	3.00		9.8%	1.2%	.511	.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	HG/EAS	MULT	224	.450	.330	18.3%		0.0%	9.6%			4.5%	1.0%	.225	.095
1943	MULT	MULT	342	.591	.352	17.5%		0.0%	9.6%			5.8%	0.6%	.359	.099
1944	HG/EAS	MULT	223	.463	.341	12.6%		0.0%	8.5%			4.5%	0.9%	.251	.102
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	198	.467	.329	16.2%			8.7%			4.0%	0.8%	.248	.095
1946	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	194	.456	.330	9.3%		0.5%	8.4%	18.00		6.7%	0.9%	.322	.086
17	8		3873	.497	.345	13.0%	8.8%	5.4%	5.2%	3.19	12.48	6.2%	1.1%	.325	.113

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		3302	.488	.340	12.5%	8.5%	2.0%	1.3%	11.00	24.27	5.9%	1.1%	.315	.111
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%	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	.469	.332	0.0%	7.9%					0.0%	1.1%	.000	.114
12	Homestead Grays		2007	.499	.340	13.5%	8.8%					6.2%	1.1%	.329	.109
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1261	.468	.341	10.3%	7.9%					5.6%	1.2%	.293	.115
9	East All Stars		44	.419	.316	22.7%	8.9%	2.3%	10.8%	10.00	0.93	0.0%	0.5%	.121	.081
1	West All Stars		6	.767	.382	16.7%	16.5%	0.0%	7.2%		2.29	0.0%	1.0%	.400	.078
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	South All Stars		4	.642	.341	25.0%	4.3%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.105
1	North All Stars		5	.353	.307	40.0%	9.3%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.044

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