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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

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

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#	Players	Pos	HoF		Score	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
	Josh Gibson	C		1000	162	589	156	215	37	14	42	184	91	11	10	.366	.452	.692

1	Rogers Hornsby	2B	✔		841	162	586	113	210	39	12	22	114	74	49	10	.359	.434	.577
2	Mike Piazza	C	✔		836	162	586	89	180	29	1	36	113	64	94	1	.308	.377	.545
3	Gary Sanchez	C		823	162	617	103	176	29	0	49	121	59	163	3	.285	.354	.568
4	Babe Ruth	RF	✔		805	162	544	141	186	33	9	46	143	133	86	8	.342	.474	.690
5	Buster Posey	C		785	162	588	79	181	35	1	20	93	63	80	3	.308	.376	.474
6	Mickey Cochrane	C	✔		782	162	565	114	181	36	7	13	91	94	24	7	.320	.419	.478
7	Corey Seager	SS		781	162	622	102	190	40	3	26	82	66	139	4	.305	.374	.502
8	Yogi Berra	C	✔		779	162	577	90	164	25	4	27	109	54	32	2	.285	.348	.482
9	Willson Contreras	C		778	162	528	70	147	29	1	28	91	60	138	6	.278	.356	.494
10	Bill Dickey	C	✔		777	162	570	84	178	31	7	18	109	61	26	3	.313	.382	.486
11	Ross Barnes	2B		773	162	777	227	279	47	14	2	114	37	21	24	.359	.388	.464
12	Javy Lopez	C		772	162	573	73	165	29	2	28	93	38	104	1	.287	.337	.491
13	Nomar Garciaparra	SS		771	162	631	105	197	42	6	26	106	46	63	11	.313	.361	.521
14	Ted Williams	LF	✔		769	162	545	127	188	37	5	37	130	143	50	2	.344	.482	.634
15	Carlos Correa	SS		769	162	622	94	180	37	2	30	112	75	138	13	.289	.366	.499
16	Gabby Hartnett	C	✔		766	162	524	71	156	32	5	19	96	57	57	2	.297	.370	.489
17	Troy Tulowitzki	SS		764	162	604	96	175	33	3	28	98	64	113	7	.290	.361	.495
18	Johnny Bench	C	✔		762	162	575	82	154	29	2	29	103	67	96	5	.267	.342	.476
19	Jorge Posada	C		762	162	540	80	147	34	1	24	94	83	129	2	.273	.374	.474
20	Wilin Rosario	C		757	162	548	74	150	30	1	26	87	26	128	4	.273	.306	.473
21	Babe Phelps	C		756	162	472	53	147	32	4	12	77	36	35	2	.310	.362	.472
22	Francisco Lindor	SS		756	162	641	97	188	37	4	23	85	56	97	18	.293	.349	.474
23	Alex Rodriguez	SS		755	162	615	118	181	32	2	41	121	78	133	19	.295	.380	.550
24	Ivan Rodriguez	C	✔		754	162	611	86	181	36	3	20	85	33	94	8	.297	.334	.464
25	Roy Campanella	C	✔		753	162	561	84	155	24	2	32	114	71	67	3	.276	.360	.500
26	Charlie Gehringer	2B	✔		751	162	618	124	198	40	10	13	100	83	26	13	.320	.404	.481
27	Arky Vaughan	SS	✔		751	162	590	105	187	32	11	9	83	84	25	11	.318	.406	.454
28	Joe Cronin	SS	✔		750	162	578	94	174	39	9	13	109	81	53	7	.302	.390	.468
29	Joe DiMaggio	CF	✔		749	162	637	130	207	36	12	34	143	74	34	3	.325	.398	.579
30	Lou Gehrig	1B	✔		748	162	599	141	204	40	12	37	149	113	59	8	.340	.447	.632
31	Ernie Lombardi	C	✔		748	162	512	53	157	24	2	17	87	38	23	1	.306	.358	.460
32	Derek Jeter	SS		747	162	660	113	204	32	4	15	77	64	109	21	.310	.377	.440
33	Levi Meyerle	3B		745	162	761	161	271	45	16	5	147	5	7	10	.356	.360	.479
34	Bubbles Hargrave	C		744	162	482	60	149	29	11	6	71	41	31	6	.310	.372	.452
35	Honus Wagner	SS	✔		743	162	605	101	198	37	15	6	100	56	19	42	.327	.391	.466
36	Nap Lajoie	2B	✔		742	162	626	98	212	43	11	5	104	34	6	25	.338	.380	.467
37	Jimmy Wood	2B		741	162	773	257	257	52	19	5	132	40	10	48	.333	.365	.468
38	Jocko Milligan	C		740	162	622	92	178	40	10	10	104	44	28	9	.286	.341	.433
39	Carlton Fisk	C	✔		740	162	568	83	153	27	3	24	86	55	90	8	.269	.341	.457
40	Robinson Cano	2B		739	162	633	93	193	42	3	24	96	45	85	4	.305	.354	.494
41	Ted Simmons	C		738	162	573	71	163	32	3	16	92	56	46	1	.285	.348	.437
42	Barry Larkin	SS	✔		738	162	590	99	174	33	6	15	71	70	61	28	.295	.371	.444
43	Trea Turner	SS		736	162	621	109	188	31	11	20	70	39	124	66	.303	.347	.489
44	Glenn Wright	SS		735	162	601	85	176	29	11	14	105	30	59	6	.294	.328	.447
45	Manny Sanguillen	C		734	162	566	63	168	23	6	7	65	25	37	4	.296	.326	.398
46	Trevor Story	SS		734	162	586	90	149	35	5	34	103	56	215	10	.254	.323	.505
47	Emil Gross	C		733	162	645	92	190	44	14	5	70	33	34	0	.295	.329	.427
48	Ty Cobb	CF	✔		733	162	610	120	224	39	16	6	103	67	19	48	.366	.433	.512
49	Bill DeLancey	C		733	162	442	58	128	24	7	14	63	63	55	1	.289	.380	.472
50	Paul Lo Duca	C		732	162	583	72	166	33	1	12	72	40	44	3	.286	.337	.409
51	Spud Davis	C		731	162	473	43	146	27	2	9	72	43	36	1	.308	.369	.430
52	Walker Cooper	C		731	162	517	63	147	26	4	19	89	34	39	2	.285	.332	.464
53	Chris Hoiles	C		731	162	511	75	134	22	0	27	81	79	112	1	.262	.366	.467
54	Billy Earle	C		730	162	530	116	152	23	14	7	84	72	41	47	.286	.378	.419
55	Jimmie Foxx	1B	✔		730	162	569	122	185	32	9	37	134	102	92	6	.325	.428	.609
56	Buck Ewing	C	✔		729	162	661	139	200	31	22	9	109	48	36	44	.303	.351	.456
57	Thurman Munson	C		729	162	608	79	177	26	4	13	80	50	65	5	.292	.346	.410
58	Jonathan Lucroy	C		729	162	567	68	160	31	4	16	76	52	90	5	.281	.343	.433
59	Cal McVey	C		728	162	768	170	266	40	13	3	137	9	16	8	.346	.354	.447
60	Miguel Tejada	SS		728	162	629	92	180	35	2	23	97	41	81	6	.285	.336	.456
61	Brian McCann	C		728	162	565	70	149	28	1	27	96	59	97	3	.264	.339	.457
62	Eddie Collins	2B	✔		727	162	570	104	190	25	11	3	75	86	16	43	.333	.424	.429
63	Ted Easterly	C		727	162	464	49	139	20	9	2	60	25	11	10	.301	.338	.394
64	Brian Harper	C		727	162	510	55	151	30	1	10	69	22	30	1	.296	.329	.419
65	Aledmys Diaz	SS		727	162	588	87	165	38	3	20	72	46	87	7	.281	.336	.459
66	Ed McKean	SS		726	162	675	120	204	27	15	6	110	62	15	32	.302	.364	.416
67	Jack Clements	C		725	162	600	87	172	32	8	11	96	47	42	8	.286	.347	.421
68	Vern Stephens	SS		725	162	612	94	175	29	4	23	111	65	65	2	.286	.355	.460
69	Elston Howard	C		722	162	541	62	148	22	5	17	77	38	79	1	.274	.322	.427
70	Jeff Kent	2B		722	162	599	93	173	39	3	27	107	56	107	7	.290	.356	.500
71	Jose Altuve	2B		722	162	652	93	206	40	4	14	66	44	76	38	.316	.362	.453
72	Earl Smith	C		721	162	426	42	129	22	4	9	67	47	20	3	.303	.374	.432
73	Smoky Burgess	C		721	162	428	46	126	22	3	12	64	46	26	1	.295	.362	.446
74	Terry Steinbach	C		720	162	563	67	152	29	2	17	78	44	98	2	.271	.326	.420
75	Salvador Perez	C		720	162	603	66	164	31	2	23	84	23	98	1	.272	.301	.442
76	Luke Appling	SS	✔		719	162	592	88	184	29	7	3	75	87	35	12	.310	.399	.398
77	Gary Carter	C	✔		719	162	563	72	148	26	2	23	86	60	70	3	.263	.335	.439
78	Hanley Ramirez	SS		719	162	617	103	179	37	3	26	89	64	119	28	.291	.362	.490
79	Earle Brucker	C		718	162	475	58	138	36	5	8	71	65	44	1	.290	.376	.439
80	Wally Schang	C		717	162	467	68	132	23	8	5	62	75	50	11	.284	.393	.401
81	J. T. Realmuto	C		717	162	590	71	165	33	5	15	66	33	111	11	.280	.322	.428
82	George Wright	SS		716	162	788	182	238	35	17	3	90	18	33	11	.302	.317	.399
83	King Kelly	RF	✔		716	162	656	151	202	40	11	8	106	61	47	41	.308	.368	.438
84	Duke Kenworthy	2B		715	162	562	90	171	40	12	10	83	38	44	35	.304	.360	.473
85	Lou Boudreau	SS	✔		715	162	593	85	175	38	6	7	78	78	30	5	.295	.380	.415
86	Matt Nokes	C		715	162	491	56	125	17	1	24	76	36	71	1	.254	.308	.441
87	Joe Mauer	C		715	162	603	89	186	38	3	13	82	83	89	5	.308	.391	.443
88	Stan Lopata	C		714	162	494	71	126	22	5	22	75	75	94	3	.254	.351	.452
89	Mike Lieberthal	C		714	162	564	71	154	34	1	20	82	45	76	1	.274	.337	.446
90	Jose Reyes	SS		714	162	671	105	192	34	12	13	64	52	80	47	.286	.337	.430
91	Al Simmons	LF	✔		713	162	641	110	214	39	11	22	134	45	54	6	.334	.380	.535
92	Ben Petrick	C		713	162	452	77	116	25	3	18	63	53	119	3	.257	.336	.448
93	Joe Jackson	RF		712	162	606	106	216	37	20	7	95	63	19	25	.356	.423	.517
94	Tony Lazzeri	2B	✔		712	162	586	92	171	31	11	17	111	81	80	14	.292	.380	.467
95	Charlie Hollocher	SS		711	162	626	88	191	31	7	3	51	59	20	21	.305	.370	.392
96	Lance Parrish	C		711	162	576	70	145	25	2	26	87	50	124	2	.252	.313	.441
97	Manny Ramirez	LF		711	162	580	109	181	39	1	39	129	94	128	3	.312	.411	.585
98	Mike Trout	CF		711	162	595	121	182	35	7	35	100	100	153	29	.306	.410	.566
99	Tris Speaker	CF	✔		710	162	592	109	204	46	13	7	89	80	13	25	.345	.428	.500
100	Ed Delahanty	LF	✔		709	162	663	141	229	46	16	9	129	65	22	40	.346	.411	.505

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