Bob Gibson

Robert Gibson (November 9, 1935 – October 2, 2020) was an American baseball player. He was a pitcher . He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975.

He was nicknamed " Gibby " and " Hoot " (after actor Hoot Gibson). Gibson totalled 251 wins , 3,117 strikeouts and a 2.91 earned run average (ERA) during his career. He was a nine-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion. Gibson's jersey number 45 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1975. In 1981, he was added to the Baseball Hall of Fame .

Due to Gibson's remarkable 1968 season, considered by some the greatest pitching performance, MLB decided to lower the pitching mound.

Gibson was born in Omaha, Nebraska . He was the father of three children: two with his first wife, Charline, and one with his second wife, Wendy. ^[1] He has one grandson, Max, born July 7, 2010.

In July 2019, Gibson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer . ^[2] He died on October 2, 2020 from the disease in Omaha, aged 84. ^[3]

References [ change | change source ]

↑ Gibson, Bob; Wheeler, Lonnie (1994). Stranger To The Game . New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-84794-5 . OCLC 30110624 .
↑ St. Louis Cardinals great Bob Gibson diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
↑ Cardinals Hall of Famer Bob Gibson dies at 84 after bout with cancer

Other websites [ change | change source ]

Bob Gibson at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Career statistics and player information from MLB , or ESPN , or Baseball-Reference , or Fangraphs , or The Baseball Cube , or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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[1] Gibson, Bob; Wheeler, Lonnie (1994). Stranger To The Game . New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-84794-5 . OCLC 30110624 .

[2] St. Louis Cardinals great Bob Gibson diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

[3] Cardinals Hall of Famer Bob Gibson dies at 84 after bout with cancer

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