Kirk Gibson
Born: May 28, 1957, Pontiac, MIHeight: 6'3" Weight: 215 Bats: Left Throws: Left
College: Michigan State
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1979 Detroit AL 22 12 38 3 9 15 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 .237 .395 .256 1980 Detroit AL 23 51 175 23 46 77 2 1 9 16 1 2 4 7 10 0 1 45 0 .263 .440 .303 1981 Detroit AL 24 83 290 41 95 139 11 3 9 40 1 2 17 5 17 1 2 64 9 .328 .479 .369 1982 Detroit AL 25 69 266 34 74 118 16 2 8 35 1 1 9 7 23 2 1 41 2 .278 .444 .341 1983 Detroit AL 26 128 401 60 91 166 12 9 15 51 5 4 14 3 50 3 4 96 2 .227 .414 .320 1984 Detroit AL 27 149 531 92 150 274 23 10 27 91 3 6 29 9 57 6 8 103 4 .282 .516 .363 1985 Detroit AL 28 154 581 96 167 301 37 5 29 97 3 10 30 4 55 16 5 137 5 .287 .518 .364 1986 Detroit AL 29 119 441 84 118 217 11 2 28 86 1 4 34 6 64 4 7 107 8 .268 .492 .371 1987 Detroit AL 30 128 487 95 135 238 25 3 24 79 1 4 26 7 63 8 5 117 5 .277 .489 .372 1988 Los Angeles NL 31 150 542 106 157 262 28 1 25 76 3 7 31 4 59 14 7 120 8 .290 .483 .377 1989 Los Angeles NL 32 71 253 35 54 93 8 2 9 28 0 2 12 3 30 5 2 55 5 .213 .368 .312 1990 Los Angeles NL 33 89 315 59 82 126 20 0 8 38 0 2 26 2 39 0 3 65 4 .260 .400 .345 1991 Kansas City AL 34 132 462 81 109 186 17 6 16 55 1 2 18 4 66 3 6 103 9 .236 .403 .341 1992 Pittsburgh NL 35 16 56 6 11 17 0 0 2 5 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 12 1 .196 .304 .237 1993 Detroit AL 36 116 403 62 105 174 18 6 13 62 0 3 15 6 40 4 4 87 2 .261 .432 .337 1994 Detroit AL 37 98 330 71 91 181 17 2 23 72 2 5 4 5 39 3 3 69 2 .276 .548 .358 1995 Detroit AL 38 70 227 37 59 102 12 2 9 35 0 2 9 2 30 3 3 61 6 .260 .449 .358 TOTALS 1635 5798 985 1553 2686 260 54 255 870 23 56 284 78 646 72 61 1285 72 .268 .463 .352
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1979 Detroit AL LF 63.0 7 0 0 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 1979 Detroit AL RF 15.0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 1979 Detroit AL CF 5.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 1980 Detroit AL CF 383.1 41 8 4 49 122 1 1 0 .992 2.89 1981 Detroit AL RF 277.2 32 6 7 38 65 0 4 0 .942 2.11 1981 Detroit AL CF 209.0 24 2 4 26 68 1 0 0 1.000 2.97 1981 Detroit AL LF 64.0 7 1 0 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 1982 Detroit AL CF 566.1 64 0 4 64 169 4 1 3 .994 2.75 1983 Detroit AL LF 234.0 27 2 6 29 59 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 1983 Detroit AL CF 158.0 18 4 4 22 51 0 2 0 .962 2.91 1983 Detroit AL RF 25.0 3 1 1 4 6 0 1 0 .857 2.16 1984 Detroit AL RF 1172.0 128 12 12 140 240 4 12 2 .953 1.87 1984 Detroit AL CF 6.0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1985 Detroit AL RF 1085.1 124 2 13 126 232 3 7 0 .971 1.95 1985 Detroit AL CF 169.2 18 2 1 20 52 0 4 0 .929 2.76 1986 Detroit AL RF 984.2 113 1 5 114 192 2 2 1 .990 1.77 1986 Detroit AL CF 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1987 Detroit AL LF 1026.1 117 2 14 119 250 6 7 0 .973 2.24 1987 Detroit AL CF 18.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1988 Los Angeles NL LF 1278.2 147 1 21 148 314 7 12 3 .964 2.26 1988 Los Angeles NL CF 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1989 Los Angeles NL LF 464.2 51 11 7 62 117 4 3 3 .976 2.34 1989 Los Angeles NL CF 114.0 15 0 9 15 30 0 1 0 .968 2.37 1990 Los Angeles NL CF 577.1 69 1 20 70 162 3 0 1 1.000 2.57 1990 Los Angeles NL LF 91.0 11 0 3 11 29 1 1 0 .968 2.97 1991 Kansas City AL LF 759.1 89 2 35 91 157 3 4 0 .976 1.90 1991 Kansas City AL RF 21.0 2 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 1992 Pittsburgh NL RF 112.0 13 0 1 13 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 1993 Detroit AL CF 234.0 27 3 5 30 74 0 1 0 .987 2.85 1993 Detroit AL LF 4.0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 1994 Detroit AL CF 180.0 20 3 1 23 48 1 1 0 .980 2.45 1994 Detroit AL RF 104.0 12 3 3 15 28 2 0 0 1.000 2.60 1995 Detroit AL RF 1.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
- Placed on disabled list by Detroit Tigers, (April 13, 1980).
- Activated by Detroit Tigers, (May 21, 1980).
- Placed on disabled list by Detroit Tigers, (June 18, 1980).
- Activated by Detroit Tigers, (October 6, 1980).
- Placed on disabled list by Detroit Tigers, (July 22, 1982).
- Activated by Detroit Tigers, (October 4, 1982).
- 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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