Josh Gibson

1930–1946 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASW, Homestead Grays, Memphis Red Sox, NAS, NNL, NNS, Pittsburgh Crawfords

606G

.400AVG

.481OBP

.774SLG

More career statistics

726H

159HR

381RBI

31SB

1.2IP

0.00ERA

1GS

10Rare feats

Recorded totals from Retrosheet, including regular-season tiebreakers. These are sums of available game records, not a claim to a complete official MLB career. Historical Negro League coverage can include games outside MLB’s recognized 1920–1948 window. Sources and coverage.

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
606	2,104	1,816	531	726	111	46	159	381	287	18	31	7	1	2	1,406	.400	.481	.774	1.255

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
1.7	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.600

Streaks

19longest hitting streak · 1943-05-30 to 1943-07-25

47longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
78	Three Triples	1944-08-08	1 in 3,855 games	box score ↗
61	The Cycle	1936-09-19	1 in 694 games	box score ↗
61	Five Runs Scored	1937-05-23	1 in 688 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	354	1173	427	93	213	172	11	.426	.511	.839
Away	252	931	299	66	168	115	7	.368	.445	.694

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	6	29	12	4	4	4	0	.480	.552	1.040
May	147	518	165	38	117	62	2	.361	.438	.720
June	133	439	165	34	82	68	6	.442	.531	.842
July	153	543	177	40	75	78	5	.382	.470	.737
August	105	382	122	27	85	59	5	.379	.474	.758
September	56	172	78	16	18	16	0	.503	.547	.929
October	6	21	7	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.381

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
philadelphia-stars	124	477	148	33	77	51	2	.350	.417	.690
newark-eagles	96	301	95	14	55	45	2	.368	.465	.636
baltimore-elite-giants	71	239	92	22	62	40	3	.460	.552	.900
new-york-cubans	67	191	76	15	50	26	2	.461	.534	.855
chicago-american-giants	50	183	69	13	17	16	4	.413	.464	.784
new-york-black-yankees	41	148	53	9	39	27	2	.438	.541	.785
WEG	31	109	41	12	23	18	0	.451	.541	1.000
homestead-grays	23	86	26	4	9	14	0	.361	.465	.625

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1933	Pittsburgh Crawfords	65	212	86	17	15	3	.406	–	–
1934	Pittsburgh Crawfords	61	200	67	14	20	3	.335	–	–
1935	Pittsburgh Crawfords	55	188	68	13	25	11	.362	1	–
1936	Pittsburgh Crawfords	63	194	79	23	41	7	.407	–	–
1937	Homestead Grays	32	116	52	14	25	2	.448	–	–
1938	Homestead Grays	55	154	60	15	20	1	.390	–	–
1939	Homestead Grays	31	88	39	12	21	–	.443	–	–
1942	Homestead Grays	37	101	35	8	28	1	.347	–	–
1943	Homestead Grays	47	146	82	14	73	2	.562	–	–
1944	Homestead Grays	56	144	55	8	42	1	.382	–	–
1945	Homestead Grays	50	114	47	9	25	–	.412	–	–
1946	Homestead Grays	54	159	56	12	46	–	.352	–	–