Kirk Gibson
Kirk Gibson
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Kirk Gibson
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record 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 BFW Year Team Team
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 Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League 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 Record World 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 Record Fielding 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 Record League 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 Record World 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
Transactions Transactions
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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