Sam Gibson
1926–1944 · bats L / throws R · AGS, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants, New York Yankees, PIR
132G
.248AVG
.259OBP
.292SLG
More career statistics
50H
0HR
14RBI
0SB
32–38W–L
588.1IP
208K
4.28ERA
75GS
5SV
1Rare feat
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 | 2,645 | 2,644 |
| Pitching · p er | 280 | 289 |
| Pitching · p h | 676 | 675 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,765 | 1,767 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | 211 | 202 | 17 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | .248 | .259 | .292 | .551 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 588.3 | 131 | 75 | 33 | 32 | 38 | 5 | 676 | 352 | 280 | 27 | 249 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 4.28 | 1.572 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1926-07-05 to 1926-07-20
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1927-07-13 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1926-08-16 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1927-09-30 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 69 | 99 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .198 | .212 | .264 |
| Away | 63 | 112 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | .288 | .286 | .315 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 16 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .320 | .346 | .320 |
| May | 22 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .276 | .267 | .310 |
| June | 20 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .312 | .333 | .438 |
| July | 27 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .240 | .231 | .280 |
| August | 26 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .297 | .343 |
| September | 21 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .149 | .146 | .191 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 16 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .161 | .161 | .161 |
| st-louis-browns | 14 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .300 | .290 | .367 |
| cleveland-guardians | 14 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .324 | .343 | .382 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 14 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .286 | .292 |
| boston-red-sox | 12 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .217 | .227 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .167 | .294 |
| new-york-yankees | 10 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .240 | .240 | .320 |
| chicago-cubs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 |  Detroit Tigers | 36 | 72 | 18 | – | 2 | – | .250 | 197 | 60 |
| 1927 | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 66 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .212 | 184 | 77 |
| 1928 | Detroit Tigers | 20 | 42 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .286 | 119 | 29 |
| 1930 |  New York Yankees | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .333 | 6 | 3 |
| 1932 |  New York Giants | 41 | 19 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .263 | 81 | 39 |