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Kirk Gibson Kirk Gibson
Full name: Kirk Harold Gibson
Born: May 28, 1957, Pontiac, Michigan
First Game: September 8, 1979; Final Game: August 10, 1995
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 3" Weight: 215
NL MVP (1988)
ALCS MVP (1984)
NL Silver Slugger as OF (1988)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1979 DET A Daily Splits   12    38    3    9   3   0   1    4    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   1   0    3   3  .237  .256  .395  -0.4 1979 DET A
1980 DET A Daily Splits   51   175   23   46   2   1   9   16   10   0   45   1   1   2   0   3   0    4   7  .263  .303  .440  -0.5 1980 DET A
1981 DET A Daily Splits   83   290   41   95  11   3   9   40   18   1   64   2   1   2   0   1   9   17   5  .328  .369  .479   0.9 1981 DET A
1982 DET A Daily Splits   69   266   34   74  16   2   8   35   25   2   41   1   1   1   0   4   2    9   7  .278  .341  .444   0.2 1982 DET A
1983 DET A Daily Splits  128   401   60   91  12   9  15   51   53   3   96   4   5   4   0   8   2   14   3  .227  .320  .414  -0.1 1983 DET A
1984 DET A Daily Splits  149   531   92  150  23  10  27   91   63   6  103   8   3   6   0   7   4   29   9  .282  .363  .516   1.5 1984 DET A
1985 DET A Daily Splits  154   581   96  167  37   5  29   97   71  16  137   5   3  10   0   9   5   30   4  .287  .364  .518   2.0 1985 DET A
1986 DET A Daily Splits  119   441   84  118  11   2  28   86   68   4  107   7   1   4   0  10   8   34   6  .268  .371  .492   0.9 1986 DET A
1987 DET A Daily Splits  128   487   95  135  25   3  24   79   71   8  117   5   1   4   0  10   5   26   7  .277  .372  .489   2.2 1987 DET A
1988 LA  N Daily Splits  150   542  106  157  28   1  25   76   73  14  120   7   3   7   0   6   8   31   4  .290  .377  .483   4.4 1988 LA  N
1989 LA  N Daily Splits   71   253   35   54   8   2   9   28   35   5   55   2   0   2   0   3   5   12   3  .213  .312  .368  -0.1 1989 LA  N
1990 LA  N Daily Splits   89   315   59   82  20   0   8   38   39   0   65   3   0   2   0   2   4   26   2  .260  .345  .400   0.9 1990 LA  N
1991 KC  A Daily Splits  132   462   81  109  17   6  16   55   69   3  103   6   1   2   0   2   9   18   4  .236  .341  .403  -0.2 1991 KC  A
1992 PIT N Daily Splits   16    56    6   11   0   0   2    5    3   0   12   0   1   0   0   2   1    3   1  .196  .237  .304  -0.4 1992 PIT N
1993 DET A Daily Splits  116   403   62  105  18   6  13   62   44   4   87   4   0   3   0   5   2   15   6  .261  .337  .432  -0.1 1993 DET A
1994 DET A Daily Splits   98   330   71   91  17   2  23   72   42   3   69   3   2   5   0   4   2    4   5  .276  .358  .548   0.8 1994 DET A
1995 DET A Daily Splits   70   227   37   59  12   2   9   35   33   3   61   3   0   2   0   3   6    9   2  .260  .358  .449   0.1 1995 DET A
Total NL                 326  1166  206  304  56   3  44  147  150  19  252  12   4  11   0  13  18   72  10  .261  .348  .427   4.8 Total NL        
Total AL                1309  4632  779 1249 204  51 211  723  568  53 1033  49  19  45   0  67  54  212  68  .270  .352  .472   7.3 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1635  5798  985 1553 260  54 255  870  718  72 1285  61  23  56   0  80  72  284  78  .268  .352  .463  12.1 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1984 DET A Daily Splits    3    12    2    5   1   0   1    2    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .417  .500  .750 1984 DET A
1987 DET A Daily Splits    5    21    4    6   1   0   1    4    3   0    8   0   0   0   0   0   0    3   0  .286  .375  .476 1987 DET A
1988 LA  N Daily Splits    7    26    2    4   0   0   2    6    3   2    6   0   0   1   0   0   0    2   0  .154  .233  .385 1988 LA  N
Total NL                   7    26    2    4   0   0   2    6    3   2    6   0   0   1   0   0   0    2   0  .154  .233  .385 Total NL        
Total AL                   8    33    6   11   2   0   2    6    5   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   0    4   0  .333  .421  .576 Total AL        
Total            Splits   15    59    8   15   2   0   4   12    8   2   15   0   0   1   0   0   0    6   0  .254  .338  .492 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1984 DET A Daily Splits    5    18    4    6   0   0   2    7    4   0    4   1   0   0   0   0   0    3   1  .333  .478  .667 1984 DET A
1988 LA  N Daily Splits    1     1    1    1   0   0   1    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000 1988 LA  N
Total            Splits    6    19    5    7   0   0   3    9    4   0    4   1   0   0   0   0   0    3   1  .368  .500  .842 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1979 DET A Daily  OF   10    8    8    83      15    0    0    0   0 1.000     7    1    2 
1979 DET A        LF    7    7    7    63      13    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 DET A        RF    2    1    1    15       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 DET A        CF    1    0    0     5       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 DET A Daily  OF   49   41   37   383.1   122    1    1    0   0  .992     0   49    0 
1980 DET A        CF   49   41   37   383.1   122    1    1    0   0  .992
1980 DET A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1981 DET A Daily  OF   68   63   52   550.2   142    1    4    0   0  .973     8   26   38 
1981 DET A        RF   38   32   25   277.2    65    0    4    0   0  .942
1981 DET A        CF   26   24   20   209      68    1    0    0   0 1.000
1981 DET A        DH    9    7    7                                      -
1981 DET A        LF    8    7    7    64       9    0    0    0   0 1.000
1982 DET A Daily  OF   64   64   60   566.1   167    4    1    3   0  .994     0   64    0 
1982 DET A        CF   64   64   60   566.1   169    4    1    3   0  .994
1982 DET A        DH    4    3    3                                      -
1983 DET A Daily  DH   66   56   50                                      -
1983 DET A        OF   54   48   37   417     116    2    3    0   0  .975    29   22    4 
1983 DET A        LF   29   27   21   234      59    2    0    0   0 1.000
1983 DET A        CF   22   18   14   158      51    0    2    0   0  .962
1983 DET A        RF    4    3    2    25       6    0    1    0   0  .857
1984 DET A Daily  OF  140  128  116  1178     245    4   12    2   0  .954     0    1  140 
1984 DET A        RF  140  128  116  1172     240    4   12    2   0  .953
1984 DET A        DH    6    6    5                                      -
1984 DET A        CF    1    0    0     6       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1985 DET A Daily  OF  143  142  128  1255     286    1   11    0   0  .963     0   20  126 
1985 DET A        RF  126  124  111  1085.1   232    3    7    0   0  .971
1985 DET A        CF   20   18   17   169.2    52    0    4    0   0  .929
1985 DET A        DH    8    8    8                                      -
1986 DET A Daily  OF  114  113  108   986.2   190    2    2    1   0  .990     0    1  114 
1986 DET A        RF  114  113  108   984.2   192    2    2    1   0  .990
1986 DET A        DH    4    4    4                                      -
1986 DET A        CF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1987 DET A Daily  OF  121  119  105  1044.1   253    6    7    0   0  .974   119    2    0 
1987 DET A        LF  119  117  103  1026.1   250    6    7    0   0  .973
1987 DET A        DH    4    4    4                                      -
1987 DET A        CF    2    2    2    18       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1988 LA  N Daily  OF  148  147  126  1281.2   311    6   12    3   0  .964   148    1    0 
1988 LA  N        LF  148  147  126  1278.2   314    7   12    3   0  .964
1988 LA  N        CF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
1989 LA  N Daily  OF   70   66   50   578.2   146    3    3    2   0  .980    62   15    0 
1989 LA  N        LF   62   51   44   464.2   117    4    3    3   0  .976
1989 LA  N        CF   15   15    6   114      30    0    1    0   0  .968
1990 LA  N Daily  OF   81   80   57   668.1   191    4    1    1   0  .995    11   70    0 
1990 LA  N        CF   70   69   49   577.1   162    3    0    1   0 1.000
1990 LA  N        LF   11   11    8    91      29    1    1    0   0  .968
1991 KC  A Daily  OF   94   91   56   780.1   162    3    4    0   0  .976    91    0    3 
1991 KC  A        LF   91   89   54   759.1   157    3    4    0   0  .976
1991 KC  A        DH   30   29   28                                      -
1991 KC  A        RF    3    2    2    21       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1992 PIT N Daily  OF   13   13   12   112      25    1    0    0   0 1.000     0    0   13 
1992 PIT N        RF   13   13   12   112      25    1    0    0   0 1.000
1993 DET A Daily  DH   76   75   67                                      -
1993 DET A        OF   32   27   22   238      76    0    1    0   0  .987     2   30    0 
1993 DET A        CF   30   27   22   234      74    0    1    0   0  .987
1993 DET A        LF    2    0    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1994 DET A Daily  DH   56   54   49                                      -
1994 DET A        OF   38   32   28   284      76    3    1    0   0  .988     0   23   15 
1994 DET A        CF   23   20   19   180      48    1    1    0   0  .980
1994 DET A        RF   15   12    9   104      28    2    0    0   0 1.000
1995 DET A Daily  DH   63   63   57                                      -
1995 DET A        RF    1    0    0     1.2     0    0    0    0   0     -
1995 DET A        OF    1    0    0     1.2     0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
Total             OF 1240 1182 1002 10409    2523   41   63   12   0  .976   477  325  456 
Total             LF  477  456  370  3985     949   23   27    6   0  .973
Total             RF  456  428  386  3798.1   794   12   26    3   0  .969
Total             DH  327  309  282                                      -
Total             CF  325  298  246  2625.2   785   10   11    4   0  .986
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1984 DET A Daily  OF    3    3    3    29       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    3 
1984 DET A        RF    3    3    3    29       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1987 DET A Daily  OF    5    5    5    43       0    0    0    0   0     -     5    0    0 
1987 DET A        LF    5    5    5    43      10    0    0    0   0 1.000
1988 LA  N Daily  OF    7    7    3    56.1     0    0    0    0   0     -     7    0    0 
1988 LA  N        LF    7    7    3    56.1    17    1    1    0   0  .947
Total             OF   15   15   11   128.1     0    0    0    0   0     -    12    0    3 
Total             LF   12   12    8    99.1    27    1    1    0   0  .966
Total             RF    3    3    3    29       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1984 DET A Daily  OF    5    5    5    44       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    5 
1984 DET A        RF    5    5    5    44       5    1    1    0   0  .857
Total             OF    5    5    5    44       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    5 
Total             RF    5    5    5    44       5    1    1    0   0  .857
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

TransactionsTransactions
Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (June 6, 1978).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).

Signed by Detroit Tigers (January 8, 1986).

Granted free agency (January 22, 1988).

Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 29, 1988).

Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).

Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 1, 1990).

Traded by Kansas City Royals to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Neal Heaton
(March 10, 1992).

Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 5, 1992).

Signed by Detroit Tigers (February 10, 1993).

Granted free agency (November 5, 1993).

Signed by Detroit Tigers (February 4, 1994).

Granted free agency (October 28, 1994).

Signed by Detroit Tigers (April 7, 1995).


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