Jake Gibbs
1962–1971 · bats L / throws R · New York Yankees
538G
.233AVG
.289OBP
.321SLG
More career statistics
382H
25HR
146RBI
28SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 538 | 537 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 22 | 24 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 231 | 229 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 538 | 1,795 | 1,639 | 157 | 382 | 53 | 8 | 25 | 146 | 120 | 231 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 526 | .233 | .289 | .321 | .610 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1967-06-30 to 1967-07-13
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1966-04-30 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1970-08-11 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1968-05-17 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 285 | 923 | 173 | 19 | 79 | 51 | 135 | .202 | .243 | .306 |
| Away | 252 | 872 | 209 | 6 | 67 | 69 | 94 | .267 | .319 | .337 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 54 | 196 | 40 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 21 | .223 | .281 | .302 |
| May | 84 | 264 | 49 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 34 | .214 | .292 | .275 |
| June | 87 | 285 | 55 | 6 | 21 | 28 | 32 | .217 | .291 | .320 |
| July | 109 | 361 | 77 | 7 | 37 | 20 | 46 | .231 | .269 | .339 |
| August | 123 | 410 | 104 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 49 | .271 | .298 | .365 |
| September | 79 | 274 | 57 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 45 | .223 | .248 | .293 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 66 | 225 | 50 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 30 | .246 | .289 | .365 |
| detroit-tigers | 64 | 202 | 43 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 23 | .235 | .277 | .328 |
| baltimore-orioles | 60 | 193 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | .192 | .233 | .214 |
| cleveland-guardians | 58 | 190 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 33 | .199 | .258 | .235 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 56 | 198 | 52 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 24 | .283 | .318 | .424 |
| minnesota-twins | 54 | 177 | 32 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 28 | .196 | .232 | .276 |
| california-angels | 46 | 154 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 22 | .236 | .279 | .299 |
| chicago-white-sox | 39 | 127 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 14 | .288 | .315 | .407 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  New York Yankees | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1963 | New York Yankees | 4 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1964 | New York Yankees | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1965 | New York Yankees | 37 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 7 | – | .221 | – | – |
| 1966 | New York Yankees | 62 | 182 | 47 | 3 | 20 | 5 | .258 | – | – |
| 1967 | New York Yankees | 116 | 374 | 87 | 4 | 25 | 7 | .233 | – | – |
| 1968 | New York Yankees | 123 | 423 | 90 | 3 | 29 | 9 | .213 | – | – |
| 1969 | New York Yankees | 71 | 219 | 49 | – | 18 | 3 | .224 | – | – |
| 1970 | New York Yankees | 49 | 153 | 46 | 8 | 26 | 2 | .301 | – | – |
| 1971 | New York Yankees | 70 | 206 | 45 | 5 | 21 | 2 | .218 | – | – |