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Kirk Gibson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: May 28, 1957 in Pontiac, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th) of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Waterford-Kettering HS (Waterford, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: September 8, 1979 (Age 22-103d, 14,238th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 10, 1995 (Age 38-074d)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Doug Baldwin

Full Name: Kirk Harold Gibson

Nicknames: Gibby

Twitter: @23KGibby

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Dave Rozema

MVP
2x World Series
Silver Slugger
ALCS MVP
Mgr of the year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.4

5798

1553

255

.268

985

RBI

870

284

OBP

.352

SLG

.463

OPS

.815

OPS+

123

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-27 / in Starts: 21-19
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	10 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 189 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	117 (65-36-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 189 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	115 (56-39-20)

Most Driven In
Self	9
A Trammell	2
L Whitaker	1
A Cowens	1
J Wockenfuss	1
D Stegman	1
R Peters	1
R Hebner	0

Most Driven In By
Self	9
S Kemp	4
R Hebner	2
J Thompson	2
S Papi	2
A Trammell	1
C Summers	1
T Brookens	1

1980 Batting Game Log

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1980 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	13	1	Apr 10	DET	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.750	2.250	2	.84	0.247	1.07	0.19%	1.53	CF
2	14	3 (1)	Apr 12	DET	@	KCR	L,6-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	1.000	1.444	2	.89	-0.025	1.13	-0.02%	-0.29	CF
3	15	4	Apr 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.667	.974	2	1.23	-0.136	1.48	-0.10%	-1.21	CF
4	16	5	Apr 14	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.533	.783	2	.92	-0.070	1.25	-0.06%	-0.73	CF
5	17	6	Apr 16	DET	@	BOS	L,9-10	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.211	.444	.655	8	1.08	-0.016	1.43	-0.01%	0.68	PH CF
6	18	7	Apr 17	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(11)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.160	.333	.493	2	1.53	-0.231	1.83	-0.17%	-2.09	CF
7	19	8	Apr 18	DET		KCR	L,6-9	4-GF(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.138	.286	.424	8	1.90	-0.221	1.72	-0.12%	-1.45	PH CF
8	20	9	Apr 19	DET		KCR	W,8-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.152	.281	.433	2	1.73	0.003	1.41	0.00%	-0.20	CF
9	21	10	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,6-9	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.139	.257	.396	8	.76	-0.061	.68	-0.03%	-0.56	PH CF
10	22	11	Apr 21	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.139	.257	.396	5						PR
11	23	12	Apr 22	DET	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.175	.359	.534	2	1.64	0.233	1.19	0.10%	1.05	CF
12	24	13	Apr 23	DET	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.182	.349	.531	2	.87	0.002	.73	0.00%	-0.14	CF
13	25	14	Apr 25	DET		BOS	W,11-3	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.204	.340	.545	2	.45	-0.030	.52	-0.02%	0.16	CF
14	26	15	Apr 26	DET		BOS	L,7-12	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.333	.533	8	.32	-0.008	.41	-0.01%	-0.11	PH CF
15	27	16	Apr 27	DET		BOS	W,8-5	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.192	.218	.365	.584	2	.60	0.081	.69	0.06%	0.99	CF
16	28	17	Apr 29	DET		TEX	L,5-10	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.224	.364	.588	2	.57	-0.004	.59	0.00%	-0.31	CF
17	29	18	Apr 30	DET		TEX	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.222	.339	.561	2	1.02	-0.128	.92	-0.07%	-0.80	CF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	30	19	May 2	DET	@	OAK	L,6-10	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.239	.365	.604	8	1.07	0.045	1.08	0.03%	0.32	CF
19	31	20	May 3	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.224	.254	.373	.627	8	1.20	0.044	1.00	0.02%	0.61	CF
20	32	21	May 4 (1)	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.257	.293	.443	.736	8	.89	0.026	.67	0.01%	1.15	CF
21	33	22	May 4 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.295	.438	.733	7	.91	-0.026	.78	-0.01%	-0.31	CF
22	34	23	May 6	DET	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.256	.289	.423	.712	8	.30	-0.034	.24	-0.02%	-1.25	CF
23	35	24	May 7	DET	@	SEA	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.272	.302	.469	.771	8	1.48	0.059	1.25	0.03%	0.59	CF
24	36	25	May 8	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.274	.303	.464	.768	8	.73	0.082	.54	0.04%	0.76	CF
25	37	26	May 9	DET	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.281	.309	.461	.769	3	1.26	-0.016	.85	-0.01%	-0.33	CF
26	38	28 (1)	May 11	DET	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.306	.452	.758	3	.72	0.006	.63	0.00%	0.09	CF
27	39	29	May 13	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.314	.485	.798	8	.44	0.082	.44	0.05%	1.04	CF
28	40	30	May 14	DET		OAK	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.302	.465	.767	8	2.18	-0.253	2.37	-0.17%	-1.10	CF
29	41	31	May 16	DET		BAL	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.299	.461	.760	5	2.67	-0.067	3.21	-0.05%	-0.16	PR CF
30	42	32	May 18	DET		BAL	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.306	.466	.772	9	.81	0.073	.85	0.05%	0.91	PH CF
31	43	33	May 19	DET		NYY	L,0-1	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.303	.462	.764	9	1.87	-0.047	2.67	-0.04%	-0.16	PR CF
32	44	34	May 20	DET		NYY	W,12-8	CG	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.307	.454	.761	1	.70	0.001	.90	0.00%	-0.76	CF
33	45	35	May 21	DET		NYY	L,5-9	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.297	.438	.734	8	1.15	-0.115	1.58	-0.10%	-0.88	CF
34	46	36	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.289	.426	.715	8	1.49	-0.113	1.63	-0.07%	-0.70	CF
35	47	37	May 23	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.296	.419	.715	1	1.25	0.083	1.19	0.05%	0.60	CF
36	48	38	May 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.264	.302	.421	.724	3	.79	-0.002	.69	0.00%	0.22	CF
37	49	39	May 25	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG(11)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.289	.402	.690	1	1.90	-0.319	1.51	-0.15%	-1.88	CF
38	50	40	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,5-13	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.417	.702	1	.64	0.024	.69	0.02%	-0.43	CF
39	51	41	May 27	DET	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.283	.409	.692	1	.54	0.002	.47	0.00%	-0.37	CF
40	52	42	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.280	.401	.681	1	.38	-0.016	.29	-0.01%	-0.46	CF
41	53	43	May 30	DET		CAL	W,12-1	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.253	.284	.425	.709	8	.37	0.004	.25	0.00%	0.65	CF
42	54	44	May 31	DET		CAL	L,1-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.285	.419	.704	8	1.24	-0.021	.89	-0.01%	-0.10	CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	55	45	Jun 2	DET		SEA	T,3-3	CG(13)	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.287	.431	.718	8	2.49	-0.036	1.35	-0.01%	-0.02	CF
44	56	46	Jun 3	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.287	.429	.717	8	1.09	-0.003	.60	0.00%	-0.12	CF
45	57	47	Jun 4	DET		SEA	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.287	.421	.708	8	.73	0.022	.44	0.01%	-0.11	CF
46	58	48	Jun 6	DET	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.286	.417	.703	8	.93	-0.034	.75	-0.02%	-0.16	CF
47	59	49	Jun 7	DET	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.296	.440	.736	7	.83	0.108	.57	0.04%	1.33	CF
48	60	53 (3)	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,8-4	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.254	.297	.438	.735	1	1.39	-0.070	.67	-0.02%	-0.64	CF
49	61	54	Jun 13	DET		CHW	W,8-4	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.301	.441	.742	1	.08	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.72	PH CF
50	62	56 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	DET		MIL	W,6-5	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.303	.440	.743	1	1.69	0.081	1.06	0.03%	-0.24	CF
51	63	57	Jun 16 (2)	DET		MIL	L,3-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.303	.440	.743	1						PH
							23-27		189	175	23	46	2	1	9	16	10	0	45	1	1	2	3	0	4	7	.263	.303	.440	.743		1.06	-0.791	.95	-0.56%	-4.67

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