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	MRS/HG	NNL/EAS	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	160
1932	PC	IND/NvM	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	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	22	C	66	276	244	56	78	20	4	15	59	4	0	30	0		1	1	0	0	.320	.396	.619	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	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	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		2	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	HG/EAS	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	240
1940	VEZ/HG	MEX/NN2	28	C	24	117	98	34	44	7	4	12	40	3		19	6		0	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	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	225	194	43	67	9	6	10	51	3		31	0	3	0	0	0	1	.345	.436	.608	1.044	178
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	33	C	51	211	174	38	59	7	5	8	41	0		36		4	0	1			.339	.452	.575	1.027	194
1946	HG/EAS	NN2/EWA	34	C	50	192	176	34	55	12	3	13	52	0	0	16	1	0	0	0		0	.313	.370	.636	1.006	181
17	8			C	917	3889	3340	888	1219	209	79	240	1049	54	1	511	32	14	8	29	1	1	.365	.450	.690	1.141	201
162 Game Average						687	590	157	215	37	14	42	185	20	16	90	41	15	2	5	2	1	.365	.450	.690	1.141	201

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				794	3318	2862	746	1033	171	72	196	881	44	1	419	1	14	7	29	1	1	.361	.444	.676	1.120	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
11	Homestead Grays			C	481	2023	1725	472	624	102	45	126	567	18		276		8	5	17	0	1	.362	.451	.692	1.143	207
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	179

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1930	MRS/HG	NNL/EAS	123	.460	.364	6.5%			8.5%			7.3%	1.7%	.306	.144
1931	HG	IND	201	.406	.319	6.5%	7.5%					4.0%	1.1%	.251	.110
1932	PC	IND/NvM	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	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	276	.457	.327	10.9%		0.0%	7.7%			5.4%	0.8%	.299	.093
1935	PC/WES	MULT	231	.473	.353	10.8%		0.0%	8.9%			4.8%	1.5%	.275	.130
1936	PC/EAS	NN2/EWA	211	.531	.354	14.2%		0.0%	8.9%			8.5%	1.7%	.388	.127
1937	HG	NN2	183	.586	.343	13.7%	8.1%					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	HG/EAS	MULT	161	.527	.341	16.8%		0.0%	8.6%			8.7%	1.7%	.415	.111
1940	VEZ/HG	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	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	225	.463	.346	13.8%		0.0%	8.4%			4.4%	0.9%	.263	.103
1945	HG/NOS	MULT	211	.458	.330	17.1%			8.8%			3.8%	0.8%	.236	.094
1946	HG/EAS	NN2/EWA	192	.453	.338	8.3%		0.5%	9.3%	16.00		6.8%	0.9%	.324	.095
17	8		3889	.496	.346	13.1%	8.9%	5.4%	6.3%	3.19	11.45	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		3318	.487	.341	12.6%	8.5%	2.0%	1.8%	11.00	29.01	5.9%	1.1%	.316	.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	.331	0.0%	7.8%					0.0%	1.1%	.000	.114
11	Homestead Grays		2023	.497	.342	13.6%	8.9%					6.2%	1.1%	.330	.110
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	.330	40.0%	10.3%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.043

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