Norwood Gibson
1903–1906 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox
86G
.138AVG
.222OBP
.167SLG
More career statistics
28H
0HR
6RBI
0SB
34–32W–L
609.0IP
258K
2.93ERA
72GS
4Rare 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 · Doubles | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 237 | 232 |
| Batting · RBI | 6 | 7 |
| Batting · Walks | 21 | 17 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,473 | 2,004 |
| Pitching · p er | 198 | 132 |
| Pitching · p h | 525 | 522 |
| Pitching · p hr | 21 | 19 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,827 | 1,830 |
| Pitching · p k | 258 | 257 |
| Pitching · p r | 304 | 294 |
| Pitching · p w | 208 | 210 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 237 | 203 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | .138 | .222 | .167 | .389 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 609.0 | 85 | 72 | 56 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 525 | 304 | 198 | 21 | 208 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 2.93 | 1.204 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1903-09-16 to 1903-09-28
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1903-07-17 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1903-06-17 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1903-05-18 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 46 | 123 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 52 | .155 | .220 | .194 |
| Away | 40 | 109 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 29 | .120 | .165 | .150 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 8 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .150 | .261 | .250 |
| May | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .167 | .231 | .208 |
| June | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .143 | .200 | .190 |
| July | 16 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | .220 | .227 | .268 |
| August | 13 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .036 | .097 | .036 |
| September | 23 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .117 | .178 | .133 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .111 | .200 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 16 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .118 | .205 | .147 |
| new-york-yankees | 15 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .094 | .091 | .094 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 13 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .105 | .143 | .184 |
| st-louis-browns | 12 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .188 | .206 | .219 |
| chicago-white-sox | 11 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | .240 | .333 | .320 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 11 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .040 | .200 | .040 |
| detroit-tigers | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .235 | .211 | .235 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 |  Boston Red Sox | 25 | 64 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .266 | 183 | 78 |
| 1904 | Boston Red Sox | 33 | 92 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .065 | 273 | 112 |
| 1905 | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 42 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .095 | 135 | 64 |
| 1906 | Boston Red Sox | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 18 | 3 |