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Josh Gibson

Joshua Gibson

Born: December 21, 1911 in Buena Vista, GA
Died: January 20, 1947 in Pittsburgh, PA
(35 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 213

About Graph

Biographical
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Notes:

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972
Buried: Allegheny Cemetery (Pittsburgh, PA)
Relatives: Jerry Gibson (Brother)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1930	HG / MRS	IND / NNL	18	C	33	123	111	20	42	3	2	9	37	0	8	1	3	.378	.425	.685	1.110	171
1931	HG	IND	19	C	48	201	183	39	57	14	4	8	42	0	13	1	4	.311	.360	.563	.923	161
1932	PC	IND / NVM	20	LF	71	299	269	56	88	14	6	9	53	1	27	0	1	2	.327	.391	.524	.915	139
1933	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	21	C	70	269	245	61	97	15	7	18	75	4	0	19	0	0	1	4	0	.396	.442	.735	1.176	215
1934	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	22	C	66	276	244	56	78	19	4	15	59	4	0	30	0	1	1	.320	.396	.615	1.011	186
1935	PC / WES	MULT	23	C	52	231	204	56	77	13	5	11	63	10	1	25	0	1	0	2	0	0	.377	.445	.652	1.097	177
1936	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	24	C	51	211	178	53	70	7	4	18	66	7	0	30	0	0	3	.393	.481	.781	1.262	217
1937	HG	NN2	25	C	39	183	156	60	65	13	7	20	73	2	25	1	1	.417	.500	.974	1.474	271
1938	HG / NAS	NAA / NN2	26	C	49	207	172	55	63	12	4	13	55	3	30	0	1	4	0	.366	.463	.709	1.172	198
1939	EAS / HG	MULT	27	C	37	163	130	40	50	5	4	14	49	3	0	25	0	3	1	3	4	0	.385	.475	.808	1.283	236
1940	HG / VEZ	MEX / NN2	28	C	24	117	98	34	44	7	4	12	40	3	19	6	0	0	.449	.538	.969	1.508	285
1941	VEZ	MEX	29	C	94	434	358	100	134	31	3	33	124	7	75	25	1	0	.374	.484	.754	1.238	203
1942	EAS / HG	MULT	30	C	69	295	236	61	77	10	4	14	69	6	0	56	1	2	2	1	0	.326	.459	.581	1.040	191
1943	MULT	MULT	31	C	79	345	281	101	124	24	9	20	115	5	0	63	0	1	0	.441	.545	.804	1.349	265
1944	EAS / HG	MULT	32	C	56	229	198	44	68	9	6	11	52	3	0	31	0	3	0	0	0	.343	.432	.616	1.048	181
1945	HG / NOS	MULT	33	C	52	216	178	38	59	7	5	8	41	0	37	1	1	0	1	0	.331	.447	.562	1.008	189
1946	EAS / HG	EWA / NN2	34	C	50	192	176	34	55	12	3	13	52	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	.313	.370	.636	1.006	179
17	9			C	940	3991	3417	908	1248	215	81	246	1065	58	1	529	34	10	12	29	4	0	.365	.452	.692	1.143	202
162 Game Average						688	589	156	215	37	14	42	184	10	3	91	35	30	2	5	14	0	.365	.452	.692	1.143	202

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
16	Negro Leagues				817	3420	2939	766	1062	177	74	202	897	48	1	437	3	10	11	29	4	0	.361	.445	.678	1.123	200
2	vs Latin Leagues				116	542	450	132	177	38	7	44	162	10	91	31	1	0	.393	.496	.802	1.299	220
1	vs Major Leagues				7	29	28	10	9	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	.321	.345	.321	.666	59

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Memphis Red Sox			C	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	169
11	Homestead Grays			C	501	2114	1790	489	646	107	47	131	579	22	0	296	1	4	8	17	3	0	.361	.453	.693	1.146	207
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			C	306	1271	1126	277	401	66	26	71	315	25	0	130	0	3	12	.356	.424	.650	1.074	184
8	East All Stars			C	11	41	32	5	13	1	1	0	6	1	0	8	1	4	0	0	1	0	.406	.512	.500	1.012	215
1	West All Stars			C	1	6	5	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.800	.833	1.200	2.033	444
1	NNL All Stars II			C	2	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	173
2	Azules de Veracruz			C	116	542	450	132	177	38	7	44	162	10	91	31	1	0	.393	.496	.802	1.299	220
1	NNL South All Stars			C	1	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	299
1	North All Stars			C	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	179

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1930	HG / MRS	IND / NNL	123	.462	.357	6.5%		8.3%			7.3%	1.6%		.306	.139
1931	HG	IND	201	.406	.318	6.5%	7.5%				4.0%	1.1%		.251	.110
1932	PC	IND / NVM	299	.416	.351	9.0%		0.0%	8.2%			3.0%	0.9%		.197	.112
1933	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	269	.500	.327	7.1%		0.0%	6.6%			6.7%	1.1%		.339	.120
1934	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	276	.455	.327	10.9%		0.0%	7.7%			5.4%	0.8%		.295	.093
1935	PC / WES	MULT	231	.473	.353	10.8%		0.0%	8.9%			4.8%	1.5%		.275	.130
1936	EAS / PC	EWA / NN2	211	.531	.355	14.2%		0.0%	8.9%			8.5%	1.7%		.388	.127
1937	HG	NN2	183	.594	.344	13.7%	8.1%				10.9%	1.6%		.558	.133
1938	HG / NAS	NAA / NN2	207	.498	.351	14.5%		9.6%			6.3%	1.6%		.343	.132
1939	EAS / HG	MULT	163	.521	.346	15.3%		0.0%	9.1%			8.6%	1.6%		.423	.115
1940	HG / VEZ	MEX / NN2	117	.629	.353	16.2%		5.1%	9.4%		3.17		10.3%	1.2%		.520	.127
1941	VEZ	MEX	434	.540	.381	17.3%	11.3%		5.8%	8.5%		3.00	1.33		7.6%	1.1%		.380	.125
1942	EAS / HG	MULT	295	.474	.339	19.0%		0.3%	9.6%		56.00		4.7%	1.1%		.254	.103
1943	MULT	MULT	345	.595	.352	18.3%		0.0%	9.9%			5.8%	0.6%		.363	.098
1944	EAS / HG	MULT	229	.464	.343	13.5%		0.0%	8.3%			4.8%	0.9%		.273	.104
1945	HG / NOS	MULT	216	.461	.330	17.1%		0.5%	8.8%		37.00		3.7%	0.8%		.230	.095
1946	EAS / HG	EWA / NN2	192	.453	.341	8.3%		0.5%	9.3%		16.00		6.8%	0.9%		.324	.096
17	9		3991	.498	.347	13.3%	8.9%		4.8%	6.6%		3.35	3.61		6.2%	1.1%		.326	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		3420	.489	.342	12.8%	8.6%		2.2%	3.1%		7.33	8.02		5.9%	1.1%		.317	.112
2	vs Latin Leagues		542	.560	.375	16.8%	10.9%		5.7%	8.8%		2.94	1.25		8.1%	1.1%		.409	.125
1	vs Major Leagues		29	.325	.385	3.4%	8.7%		0.0%	0.0%		0.00		0.0%	1.2%		.000	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Memphis Red Sox		4	.467	.336	0.0%	7.6%				0.0%	1.2%		.000	.121
11	Homestead Grays		2114	.500	.343	14.0%	9.0%		1.9%	1.4%		11.00	10.25		6.2%	1.1%		.332	.110
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords		1271	.469	.342	10.2%	8.0%		0.0%	1.1%		4.10		5.6%	1.2%		.294	.116
8	East All Stars		41	.396	.310	19.5%	8.4%		2.4%	12.5%		8.00	0.76		0.0%	0.5%		.094	.083
1	West All Stars		6	.766	.358	16.7%	15.8%		0.0%	7.4%		2.14		0.0%	1.1%		.400	.077
1	NNL All Stars II		4	.564	.416	0.0%	13.8%				0.0%	1.2%		.250	.164
2	Azules de Veracruz		542	.560	.375	16.8%	10.9%		5.7%	8.8%		2.94	1.25		8.1%	1.1%		.409	.125
1	NNL South All Stars		4	.663	.336	25.0%	5.6%				0.0%	0.0%		.000	.088
1	North All Stars		5	.353	.330	40.0%	10.3%		20.0%	1.3%		2.00	8.00		0.0%	0.0%		.000	.043

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