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	SB	CS	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	A2	PB
1930	MRS	NNL	18	1	1	8.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.965	2.25	6.49	0.4	46.3	0.1	0.3
1930	HG	IND	18	30	26	244.2	166	22	6	2	5	17	0	.969	.978	6.92	5.75	-0.6	-2.5	1.9	-2.5
1931	HG	IND	19	40	40	339.0	228	32	3	6	1	13	0	.989	.973	6.90	5.97	2.6	7.6	1.6	0.9
1932	PC	IND	20	36	33	282.0	183	23	4	2	1	8	0	.981	.983	6.57	6.72	0.4	1.6	-2.3	2.8
1932	PC	NVM	20	3	3	21.0	7	2	0	0	1	2	0	1.000	.990	3.86	7.27	-0.7	-31.6	0.4	-1.1
1933	PC	NN2	21	51	48	412.0	290	40	6	9	3	15	0	.982	.972	7.21	6.54	-1.0	-2.3	0.9	-1.9
1933	EAS	EWA	21	1	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.929	4.50	6.88	-0.1	-43.9	-0.1	0.0
1934	PC	NN2	22	57	55	472.2	349	48	10	5	4	32	1	.975	.979	7.56	6.67	1.9	4.0	0.9	1.0
1934	EAS	EWA	22	1	1	6.0	7	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.000	1.000	13.50	11.00	0.4	71.6	0.4	0.0
1935	PC	NN2	23	35	33	286.0	204	32	2	2	1	6	0	.992	.981	7.43	6.48	0.4	1.4	1.1	-0.7
1935	WES	EWA	23	1	1	11.0	8	1	1	0	1	2	1	.900	.955	7.36	8.72	-0.4	-36.7	-0.4	0.0
1935	PC	NLP	23	7	7	61.0	39	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	6.49	6.97	0.4	6.5	0.4	0.0
1936	PC	NN2	24	42	40	360.1	211	30	10	2	2	11	0	.960	.979	6.02	6.28	4.5	12.6	-0.5	5.0
1936	EAS	EWA	24	1	0	5.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	12.60	7.00	-0.8	-163.4	-0.1	-0.7
1937	HG	NN2	25	38	38	337.2	215	24	4	5	1	3	0	.984	.977	6.37	6.27	-0.7	-2.1	-0.2	-0.5
1938	HG	NN2	26	46	43	369.1	232	29	2	2	1	4	1	.992	.974	6.36	6.14	2.5	6.9	1.3	1.3
1938	NAS	NAA	26	2	2	9.0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	12.00	7.85	0.9	101.1	0.1	0.8
1939	HG	NN2	27	29	28	240.2	131	23	1	1	1	8	2	.994	.974	5.76	6.10	3.1	12.8	2.1	1.0
1939	EAS	EWA	27	2	2	17.0	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.000	.967	8.47	7.68	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0
1939	HG	NLP	27	2	2	17.0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	.979	7.94	8.54	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0
1939	HG	NLC	27	5	5	39.0	21	5	2	0	1	0	0	.929	.932	6.00	6.27	-0.5	-11.9	-0.5	0.0
1940	HG	NN2	28	1	1	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.833	.968	5.00	6.37	0.4	49.1	0.1	0.4
1940	VEZ	MEX	28	22
1941	VEZ	MEX	29	94
1942	HG	NN2	30	54	53	462.1	272	28	5	2	4	11	0	.984	.981	5.84	6.40	0.7	1.6	-6.5	7.2
1942	HG	NVS	30	1	1	8.0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	10.13	7.94	0.2	19.6	0.2	0.0
1942	EAS	EWA	30	2	2	18.0	23	2	1	0	0	1	2	.962	.976	12.50	10.00	0.4	20.8	0.4	0.0
1942	HG	WS	30	4	4	29.0	24	6	2	2	1	8	0	.938	.947	9.31	8.88	0.7	22.5	1.0	-0.3
1943	HG	NN2	31	62	57	490.1	283	30	5	1	6	12	1	.984	.969	5.75	6.05	1.3	2.7	-0.9	2.2
1943	EAS	EWA	31	1	1	8.0	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.000	7.88	6.88	0.1	8.3	0.1	0.0
1943	NNS	NLA	31	1	1	9.0	3	2	0	1	0	1		1.000	1.000	5.00	6.35	0.0	-3.8	0.0	0.0
1943	HG	WS	31	6	6	58.2	45	5	5	1	0	3		.909	.913	7.67	6.09	-0.3	-4.3	-0.3	0.0
1944	HG	NN2	32	43	41	354.2	188	29	7	3	6	9	0	.969	.970	5.51	6.08	-3.2	-8.9	-1.5	-1.7
1944	EAS	EWA	32	1	1	8.0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	4.50	4.24	-0.2	-27.9	-0.2	0.0
1944	HG	WS	32	5	5	45.0	31	0	0	0	2	3	0	1.000	1.000	6.20	5.56	-0.2	-3.4	-0.2	0.0
1945	HG	NN2	33	42	41	363.2	221	34	5	2	9	8	0	.981	.973	6.31	6.98	-2.6	-7.0	0.4	-2.9
1945	HG	WS	33	4	4	34.0	18	1	1	0	0	2	0	.950	.968	5.03	3.86	-0.4	-12.2	-0.4	0.0
1945	NOS	NSA	33	1	1	9.0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	7.00	5.00	0.2	26.2	0.2	0.0
1946	HG	NN2	34	43	41	336.1	203	35	7	4	2	25	0	.971	.981	6.37	6.11	4.1	12.1	3.0	1.1
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
17	9			819	670	5795.1	3680	506	92	53	54	211	14	.978	.975	6.50	6.35	15.1	2.6	3.7	11.4

Glossary

Left Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1931	HG	IND	19	8	8	70.0	11	1	0	1.000	.961	1.54	1.94	-1.3	-18.7	-1.2	-0.1
1932	PC	IND	20	31	29	253.0	36	3	2	.951	.958	1.39	1.50	-1.0	-4.1	-1.6	0.6
1932	PC	NVM	20	6	3	37.0	7	1	2	.800	.850	1.95	1.30	1.3	34.6	0.8	0.4
1933	PC	NN2	21	8	8	62.0	8	2	0	1.000	.951	1.45	1.63	-0.1	-1.9	-0.9	0.8
1934	PC	NN2	22	3	3	24.0	3	0	0	1.000	.944	1.13	1.59	-0.7	-27.8	-0.5	-0.1
1934	EAS	EWA	22	1	0	3.0	0	0	0		1.000	0.00	2.50	-0.5	-176.5	-0.5	0.0
1936	PC	NN2	24	1	1	9.0	0	0	0		.959	0.00	1.77	-1.1	-121.9	-1.0	-0.1
1937	HG	NN2	25	1	1	9.0	2	0	1	.667	.943	2.00	1.65	0.3	37.7	0.4	-0.1
1938	HG	NN2	26	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	1.000	.947	1.13	1.80	-0.2	-28.8	-0.2	0.0
1942	HG	NN2	30	3	3	24.0	7	0	0	1.000	.952	2.63	1.63	1.5	61.1	1.6	-0.1
1943	HG	NN2	31	1	0	6.0	1	0	0	1.000	.934	1.50	1.70	-0.1	-13.2	0.0	-0.1
9	3			64	57	505.0	76	7	5	.943	.948	1.48	1.59	-2.0	-3.9	-3.3	1.3

Glossary

First Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1933	PC	NN2	21	4	2	25.0	29	2	3	1	.912	.973	11.16	10.41	0.8	31.7	0.8
1934	PC	NN2	22	6	5	44.0	45	4	0	3	1.000	.987	10.02	10.76	1.1	25.4	1.1
1935	PC	NN2	23	9	8	78.1	79	6	3	6	.966	.984	9.77	10.56	0.9	11.3	0.9
1936	PC	NN2	24	7	7	46.0	43	3	2	6	.958	.981	9.00	10.41	0.3	5.4	0.3
1937	HG	NN2	25	1	1	9.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	.986	11.00	10.89	0.3	33.6	0.3
1938	HG	NN2	26	2	2	14.0	17	2	0	0	1.000	.984	12.21	10.83	1.0	68.2	1.0
1939	HG	NN2	27	1	1	5.0	7	1	0	1	1.000	.989	14.40	10.65	0.6	113.1	0.6
1940	HG	NN2	28	1	1	7.0	6	0	1	0	.857	.985	7.71	10.86	-0.3	-40.4	-0.3
1942	HG	NN2	30	2	2	15.0	11	1	0	1	1.000	.982	7.20	10.51	-0.2	-12.2	-0.2
1944	HG	NN2	32	2	1	10.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	.980	7.20	10.95	-0.5	-49.7	-0.5
1945	HG	NN2	33	2	2	18.0	13	4	1	1	.944	.978	8.50	10.60	1.8	98.1	1.8
1946	HG	NN2	34	2	2	13.0	16	0	0	1	1.000	.978	11.08	10.48	-0.2	-17.3	-0.2
12	2			39	34	284.1	284	24	10	20	.969	.982	9.75	10.60	5.4	19.1	5.4

Glossary

Right Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1930	HG	IND	18	1	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	.957	2.57	1.94	0.4	63.9	0.5	-0.1
1931	HG	IND	19	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	1	1.000	.943	4.00	1.92	1.4	151.1	0.2	1.1
1932	PC	IND	20	3	1	15.0	1	1	1	0	.667	.955	1.20	1.56	-0.3	-21.2	-0.9	0.5
1933	PC	NN2	21	4	4	31.0	7	1	0	1	1.000	.960	2.32	1.76	1.5	47.0	1.1	0.3
1935	PC	NN2	23	4	4	34.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	.942	1.85	1.75	0.3	7.5	0.6	-0.3
1936	PC	NN2	24	2	2	15.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.957	0.60	1.81	-1.3	-85.4	-1.2	-0.1
1942	HG	NN2	30	3	3	23.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	.962	1.17	1.64	-0.9	-37.0	-0.7	-0.1
1943	HG	NN2	31	11	11	78.0	16	2	1	0	.947	.932	2.08	1.55	2.5	32.3	2.0	0.5
1944	HG	NN2	32	6	4	40.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	.956	0.90	1.54	-1.8	-45.0	-1.5	-0.3
1945	HG	NN2	33	2	1	11.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.950	0.82	1.52	-0.5	-48.5	-0.5	-0.1
10	2			37	31	263.0	44	6	2	2	.962	.947	1.71	1.64	1.3	4.8	-0.3	1.5

Glossary

Pinch Hitter

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G
1930	HG	IND	18	1
1933	PC	NN2	21	5
1936	PC	NN2	24	1
1936	EAS	EWA	24	1
1942	HG	NN2	30	1
1943	HG	WS	31	1
1944	HG	NN2	32	1
1945	HG	NN2	33	1
1946	HG	NN2	34	3
8	3			15

Glossary

Third Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1933	PC	NN2	21	4	2	20.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	.924	1.35	2.66	-0.8	-42.3	-0.8
1934	PC	NN2	22	3	2	15.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	.935	3.00	2.86	0.0	2.8	0.0
1935	PC	NN2	23	1	0	6.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	.921	4.50	2.84	-0.1	-22.5	-0.1
1936	PC	NN2	24	1	0	4.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	.913	4.50	2.72	0.7	181.1	0.7
1937	HG	NN2	25	1	0	1.2	0	1	1	0	.500	.926	5.40	2.90	0.4	261.4	0.4
1938	HG	NN2	26	4	4	29.0	0	5	1	0	.833	.928	1.55	2.51	0.1	2.3	0.1
1946	HG	NN2	34	1	1	7.0	1	2	1	0	.750	.918	3.86	2.93	0.4	52.8	0.4
7	2			15	9	82.2	6	16	3	1	.880	.926	2.40	2.69	0.7	7.9	0.7

Glossary

Center Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	E	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1931	HG	IND	19	2	1	14.0	3	1	.750	.974	1.93	2.30	-0.2	-11.1	-0.1	-0.1
1934	PC	NN2	22	1	1	9.0	1	0	1.000	.983	1.00	2.19	-0.7	-74.4	-0.6	0.0
1936	PC	NN2	24	1	1	9.0	4	1	.800	.961	4.00	2.29	1.1	118.6	1.1	-0.1
3	2			4	3	32.0	8	2	.800	.973	2.25	2.27	0.2	7.6	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			.956		0.00	2.66
1	1				1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0		.000	.956		0.00	2.66

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