Kirk Gibson Stats

Kirk Gibson was born on Tuesday, May 28, 1957, in Pontiac, Michigan. Gibson was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 8, 1979, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kirk Gibson baseball stats page.
"When he (Kirk Gibson) hit that ball (during Game 1 of the 1988 World Series), it was almost surreal. As devastating a blow as it was, I remember running off the field and saying, 'Man, that was unbelievable.' " - A's Shortstop Walt Weiss in The Sporting News 25 Greatest Moments (2001)

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Kirk Gibson

Kirk Gibson Autograph on a 1985 Donruss Diamond Kings (#1)

Kirk Gibson Autograph on a 1985 Donruss Diamond Kings (#1)
 

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Birth Name:   Kirk Harold Gibson
Nickname:   None
Born On:   05-28-1957  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Pontiac, Michigan
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Kettering High School (Waterford, MI)
College:   Michigan State University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   215
First Game:   09-08-1979 (Age 22)
Last Game:   08-10-1995
Draft:   1978 : 1st Round (12th) / Signing Bonus = $150,000
Kirk Gibson

Kirk Gibson Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Kirk Gibson

Kirk Gibson Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1979 22 Tigers 12 38 3 9 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .237 .256 .395
1980 23 Tigers 51 175 23 46 2 1 9 0 16 10 0 45 1 2 1 0 .263 .303 .440
1981 24 Tigers 83 290 41 95 11 3 9 0 40 18 1 64 1 2 2 9 .328 .369 .479
1982 25 Tigers 69 266 34 74 16 2 8 0 35 25 2 41 1 1 1 2 .278 .341 .444
1983 26 Tigers 128 401 60 91 12 9 15 0 51 53 3 96 5 4 4 2 .227 .320 .414
1984 27 Tigers 149 531 92 150 23 10 27 0 91 63 6 103 3 6 8 4 .282 .363 .516
1985 28 Tigers 154 581 96 167 37 5 29 0 97 71 16 137 3 10 5 5 .287 .364 .518
1986 29 Tigers 119 441 84 118 11 2 28 0 86 68 4 107 1 4 7 8 .268 .371 .492
1987 30 Tigers 128 487 95 135 25 3 24 0 79 71 8 117 1 4 5 5 .277 .372 .489
1988 31 Dodgers 150 542 106 157 28 1 25 0 76 73 14 120 3 7 7 8 .290 .377 .483
1989 32 Dodgers 71 253 35 54 8 2 9 0 28 35 5 55 0 2 2 5 .213 .312 .368
1990 33 Dodgers 89 315 59 82 20 0 8 0 38 39 0 65 0 2 3 4 .260 .345 .400
1991 34 Royals 132 462 81 109 17 6 16 1 55 69 3 103 1 2 6 9 .236 .341 .403
1992 35 Pirates 16 56 6 11 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 12 1 0 0 1 .196 .237 .304
1993 36 Tigers 116 403 62 105 18 6 13 1 62 44 4 87 0 3 4 2 .261 .337 .432
1994 37 Tigers 98 330 71 91 17 2 23 1 72 42 3 69 2 5 3 2 .276 .358 .548
1995 38 Tigers 70 227 37 59 12 2 9 0 35 33 3 61 0 2 3 6 .260 .358 .449
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
17 Years 1,635 5,798 985 1,553 260 54 255 4 870 718 72 1,285 23 56 61 72 .268 .352 .463
Kirk Gibson

Kirk Gibson Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1979 Tigers CF 1 0 15 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1979 Tigers LF 7 7 189 13 1.9 13 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.86
1979 Tigers RF 2 1 45 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.60
1980 Tigers CF 49 41 1,149 124 2.5 123 122 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .992 2.89
1981 Tigers CF 26 24 627 69 2.7 69 68 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.97
1981 Tigers LF 8 7 192 9 1.1 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.27
1981 Tigers RF 38 32 831 69 1.8 65 65 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .942 2.11
1982 Tigers CF 64 64 1,698 174 2.7 173 169 4 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.75
1983 Tigers CF 22 18 474 53 2.4 51 51 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.91
1983 Tigers LF 29 27 702 61 2.1 61 59 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.35
1983 Tigers RF 4 3 75 7 1.8 6 6 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.16
1984 Tigers CF 1 0 18 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1984 Tigers RF 140 128 3,516 256 1.8 244 240 4 12 2 n/a n/a n/a .953 1.87
1985 Tigers CF 20 18 507 56 2.8 52 52 0 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 2.77
1985 Tigers RF 126 124 3,255 244 1.9 237 233 4 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 1.97
1986 Tigers CF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1986 Tigers RF 114 113 2,952 196 1.7 194 192 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .990 1.77
1987 Tigers CF 2 2 54 6 3.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1987 Tigers LF 119 117 3,078 263 2.2 256 250 6 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.25
1988 Dodgers CF 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1988 Dodgers LF 148 147 3,834 333 2.3 321 314 7 12 3 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.26
1989 Dodgers CF 15 15 342 31 2.1 30 30 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.37
1989 Dodgers LF 62 51 1,392 124 2.0 121 117 4 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.35
1990 Dodgers CF 70 69 1,731 165 2.4 165 162 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57
1990 Dodgers LF 11 11 273 31 2.8 30 29 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.97
1991 Royals LF 91 89 2,277 164 1.8 160 157 3 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.90
1991 Royals RF 3 2 63 5 1.7 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.14
1992 Pirates RF 13 13 336 26 2.0 26 25 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.09
1993 Tigers CF 30 27 702 75 2.5 74 74 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.85
1993 Tigers LF 2 0 12 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1994 Tigers CF 23 20 540 50 2.2 49 48 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.45
1994 Tigers RF 15 12 312 30 2.0 30 28 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.60
1995 Tigers RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
LF Totals 477 456 11,949 999 2.1 972 949 23 27 6 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.20
RF Totals 456 428 11,388 834 1.8 808 795 13 26 3 n/a n/a n/a .969 1.92
CF Totals 325 298 7,872 806 2.5 795 785 10 11 4 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.73
17 Years 1,258 1,182 31,209 2,639 2.1 2,575 2,529 46 64 13 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.23
Kirk Gibson

Kirk Gibson Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1979 Tigers 3 3 .500 2 1 0 38.0 12.7 9.5 - - -
1980 Tigers 4 7 .364 7 3 1 19.4 3.9 10.9 - - -
1981 Tigers 17 5 .773 9 3 9 32.2 4.5 7.3 - - -
1982 Tigers 9 7 .563 1 1 4 33.3 6.5 7.6 - - -
1983 Tigers 14 3 .824 22 2 66 26.7 4.2 7.9 - - -
1984 Tigers 29 9 .763 13 0 6 19.7 5.2 5.8 - - -
1985 Tigers 30 4 .882 3 0 8 20.0 4.2 6.0 - - -
1986 Tigers 34 6 .850 2 0 4 15.8 4.1 5.1 - - -
1987 Tigers 26 7 .788 5 0 4 20.3 4.2 6.2 - - -
1988 Dodgers 31 4 .886 3 0 n/a 21.7 4.5 7.1 - - -
1989 Dodgers 12 3 .800 3 0 n/a 28.1 4.6 9.0 - - -
1990 Dodgers 26 2 .929 8 0 n/a 39.4 4.8 8.3 - - -
1991 Royals 18 4 .818 11 1 30 28.9 4.5 8.4 - - -
1992 Pirates 3 1 .750 3 0 n/a 28.0 4.7 11.2 - - -
1993 Tigers 15 6 .714 13 1 76 31.0 4.6 6.5 - - -
1994 Tigers 4 5 .444 12 0 56 14.3 4.8 4.6 - - -
1995 Tigers 9 2 .818 7 0 63 25.2 3.7 6.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
17 Years 284 78 .785 124 12 327 22.7 4.5 6.7 - - -
Kirk Gibson

Kirk Gibson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1979 Detroit Tigers 23 $21,000.00 - -
1980 Detroit Tigers 23 $30,000.00 - -
1981 Detroit Tigers 23 $32,500.00 - -
1982 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1983 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - -
1984 Detroit Tigers 23 Undetermined - Stats
1985 Detroit Tigers 23 $685,000.00 - -
1986 Detroit Tigers 23 $1,200,000.00 - -
1987 Detroit Tigers 23 $1,335,000.00 - -
1988 Los Angeles Dodgers 23 $1,833,333.00 - Stats
1989 Los Angeles Dodgers 23 $1,333,333.00 - -
1990 Los Angeles Dodgers 23 $1,333,334.00 - -
1991 Kansas City Royals 30 $1,700,000.00 - -
1992 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 $1,950,000.00 - -
1993 Detroit Tigers 23 $1,100,000.00 - -
1994 Detroit Tigers 23 $1,500,000.00 - n/a
1995 Detroit Tigers 23 $1,300,000.00 - -




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