Joe Gibbon
1960–1972 · bats R / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants
424G
.144AVG
.175OBP
.163SLG
More career statistics
38H
0HR
8RBI
0SB
61–65W–L
1,119.2IP
743K
3.52ERA
127GS
32SV
3Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,765 | 4,763 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 424 | 303 | 263 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | .144 | .175 | .163 | .338 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,119.7 | 419 | 127 | 20 | 61 | 65 | 32 | 1,053 | 505 | 438 | 74 | 414 | 743 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 1.310 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1963-09-13 to 1963-09-28
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Two Balks | 1964-09-02 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1961-09-26 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1960-05-08 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 208 | 184 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 51 | .135 | .158 | .155 |
| Away | 216 | 119 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | .157 | .160 | .176 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 48 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .043 | .138 | .043 |
| May | 68 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | .125 | .141 | .143 |
| June | 84 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | .259 | .250 | .315 |
| July | 84 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .079 | .071 | .105 |
| August | 70 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
| September | 67 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .125 | .167 | .125 |
| October | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 55 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .095 | .154 | .095 |
| cincinnati-reds | 52 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .211 | .200 | .237 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 48 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 26 | .106 | .150 | .106 |
| chicago-cubs | 48 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 43 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .100 | .185 |
| new-york-mets | 40 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .138 | .161 | .138 |
| houston-astros | 35 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .136 | .174 | .182 |
| san-francisco-giants | 26 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .182 | .179 | .182 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 19 | 4 | – | – | – | .211 | 80 | 60 |
| 1961 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 59 | 8 | – | 6 | – | .136 | 195 | 145 |
| 1962 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 17 | 3 | – | – | – | .176 | 57 | 26 |
| 1963 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 43 | 4 | – | – | – | .093 | 147 | 110 |
| 1964 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 29 | 47 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .255 | 146 | 97 |
| 1965 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 26 | 3 | – | – | – | .115 | 105 | 63 |
| 1966 |  San Francisco Giants | 37 | 15 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 81 | 48 |
| 1967 | San Francisco Giants | 28 | 24 | 1 | – | – | – | .042 | 82 | 63 |
| 1968 | San Francisco Giants | 29 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 40 | 22 |
| 1969 | Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants | 51 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 71 | 44 |
| 1970 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 41 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 41 | 26 |
| 1971 |  Cincinnati Reds | 50 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 64 | 34 |
| 1972 | Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 5 |