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Bob Gibson
Robert Gibson (Hoot or Gibby)
born Pack Robert Gibson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.
School Creighton University

Debut April 15, 1959
  vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER
Final Game September 3, 1975
Born November 9, 1935 in Omaha, NE

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1981.

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1959 23 STL NL   3   5  13   9   2   1   3  0   75.7   77   35   28   4   39   48   1   4   333   2   0  3.33  4.22  127 1.533
 1960 24 STL NL   3   6  27  12   2   0   3  0   86.7   97   61   54   7   48   69   1   3   399   6   0  5.61  4.10   73 1.673
 1961 25 STL NL  13  12  35  27  10   2   3  1  211.3  186   91   76  13  119  166   6   8   916   7   1  3.24  4.43  137 1.443
 1962 26 STL NL  15  13  32  30  15   5   2  1  233.7  174   84   74  15   95  208  10  11   967   9   0  2.85  4.30  151 1.151 AS
 1963 27 STL NL  18   9  36  33  14   2   2  0  254.7  224  110   96  19   96  204  13   6  1088   1   1  3.39  3.58  106 1.257
 1964 28 STL NL  19  12  40  36  17   2   3  1  287.3  250  106   96  25   86  245   9   6  1191   9   0  3.01  3.82  127 1.169 MVP-23
 1965 29 STL NL  20  12  38  36  20   6   1  1  299.0  243  110  102  34  103  270  11   8  1233   6   1  3.07  3.86  126 1.157 AS
 1966 30 STL NL  21  12  35  35  20   5   0  0  280.3  210   90   76  20   78  225   5  12  1119   5   0  2.44  3.61  148 1.027 AS
 1967 31 STL NL  13   7  24  24  10   2   0  0  175.3  151   62   58  10   40  147   3   3   703   3   1  2.98  3.27  110 1.089 MVP-22,AS
 1968 32 STL NL  22   9  34  34  28  13   0  0  304.7  198   49   38  11   62  268   7   4  1161   6   0  1.12  2.90  258 0.853 MVP-1,CYA-1,AS
 1969 33 STL NL  20  13  35  35  28   4   0  0  314.0  251   84   76  12   95  269  10   4  1270   7   2  2.18  3.56  164 1.102 MVP-30,AS
 1970 34 STL NL  23   7  34  34  23   3   0  0  294.0  262  111  102  13   88  274   4   5  1213   9   1  3.12  4.14  132 1.190 MVP-4,CYA-1,AS
 1971 35 STL NL  16  13  31  31  20   5   0  0  245.7  215   96   83  14   76  185   7  10  1026  11   0  3.04  3.61  119 1.185 MVP-23,CYA-5
 1972 36 STL NL  19  11  34  34  23   4   0  0  278.0  226   83   76  14   88  208   3  10  1119  11   2  2.46  3.42  139 1.129 CYA-9,AS
 1973 37 STL NL  12  10  25  25  13   1   0  0  195.0  159   71   60  12   57  142   3   6   790   6   1  2.77  3.67  133 1.108
 1974 38 STL NL  11  13  33  33   9   1   0  0  240.0  236  111  102  24  104  129   5   2  1041  14   3  3.83  3.63   95 1.417
 1975 39 STL NL   3  10  22  14   1   0   4  2  109.0  120   66   61  10   62   60   4   6   499   6   0  5.04  3.81   76 1.670
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 17 Yr WL% .591 251 174 528 482 255  56  21  6 3884.3 3279 1420 1258 257 1336 3117 102 108 16068 118  13  2.91  3.71  127 1.188
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  11  35  32  17   3   1  0  261.3  220   95   84  17   89  209   6   7  1081   7   0  2.91  3.71  127 1.188
 Career High     23  13  40  36  28  13   4  2  314.0  262  111  102  34  119  274  13  12  1270  14   3  1.12  4.43  258 0.853
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 23 STL NL  21   26    1    3   2  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .115  .115  .192  -22    5   1   0   0   0   0
 1960 24 STL NL  40   28    4    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .179  .179  .214    4    6   1   0   0   0   0
 1961 25 STL NL  40   66    4   13   5  0   1   10   0  0   3  23  .197  .236  .318   40   21   3   2   0   1   1
 1962 26 STL NL  42   76   11   20   0  0   2    5   0  0   4  28  .263  .321  .342   71   26   6   1   0   3   1 AS
 1963 27 STL NL  41   87   12   18   3  1   3   20   0  0   8  35  .207  .274  .368   76   32   5   0   0   0   1
 1964 28 STL NL  40   96    8   15   3  1   0    4   0  0   3  38  .156  .188  .208    8   20   6   1   0   1   0 MVP-23
 1965 29 STL NL  42  104   14   25   2  0   5   19   2  0   3  26  .240  .261  .404   77   42   8   3   0   1   0 AS
 1966 30 STL NL  46  100   11   20   4  0   1    8   3  2   3  35  .200  .221  .270   36   27   7   1   0   0   0 AS
 1967 31 STL NL  27   60    7    8   0  0   0    3   0  0   8  26  .133  .235  .133    9    8   6   0   0   0   0 MVP-22,AS
 1968 32 STL NL  35   94    3   16   5  0   0    6   1  1   7  32  .170  .233  .223   39   21   7   1   0   1   1 MVP-1,AS
 1969 33 STL NL  37  118   11   29   6  0   1    8   5  2   3  36  .246  .262  .322   63   38   5   1   0   0   1 MVP-30,AS
 1970 34 STL NL  40  109   14   33   3  1   2   19   0  2   8  25  .303  .347  .404   99   44   6   1   0   0   4 MVP-4,AS
 1971 35 STL NL  31   87    5   15   0  1   2   10   1  0   3  24  .172  .204  .264   30   23   2   2   0   1   2 MVP-23
 1972 36 STL NL  34  103   12   20   6  0   5   12   0  1   1  25  .194  .202  .398   68   41   2   0   0   0   0 AS
 1973 37 STL NL  25   65    8   12   0  0   2    8   1  1   3  17  .185  .217  .277   36   18   2   1   0   0   1
 1974 38 STL NL  33   81    6   17   4  1   0    6   0  1   3  19  .210  .233  .284   44   23   1   2   0   0   1
 1975 39 STL NL  22   28    1    5   0  0   0    4   0  0   3   9  .179  .242  .179   17    5   4   2   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     596 1328  132  274  44  5  24  144  13 10  63 415  .206  .243  .301   49  400  72  18   0   8  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        361   36   74  12  1   7   39   4  3  17 113  .206  .243  .301   49  109  20   5   0   2   4
 Career High     46  118   14   33   6  1   5   20   5  2   8  38                          44   8   3   0   3   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 23 STL NL   27   24    1   1.1   110| .115  .277| .115  .344| .192  .429| .307  .773| -22  .069  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1960 24 STL NL   29   24    1   1.1   106| .179  .272| .179  .339| .214  .418| .393  .757|   4  .076  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1961 25 STL NL   75   59    5   2.3   114| .197  .282| .236  .350| .318  .438| .554  .788|  40  .210  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1962 26 STL NL   90   64    9   3.8   112| .263  .282| .321  .351| .342  .429| .663  .780|  71  .413  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1963 27 STL NL  100   75    9   3.2    97| .207  .265| .274  .328| .368  .396| .642  .724|  76  .413  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1964 28 STL NL  107   88    4   1.2   101| .156  .273| .188  .332| .208  .406| .396  .738|   8  .099 -12.3  -1.3   0%
 1965 29 STL NL  119   90   12   3.6   101| .240  .269| .261  .334| .404  .407| .665  .741|  77  .436  -3.7  -0.4 100%
 1966 30 STL NL  111   90    6   1.8    96| .200  .265| .221  .323| .270  .399| .491  .722|  36  .173  -8.7  -0.9  60%
 1967 31 STL NL   74   58    3   1.4    90| .133  .257| .235  .319| .133  .377| .368  .696|   9  .129  -7.0  -0.8   0%
 1968 32 STL NL  110   88    6   1.8    81| .170  .251| .233  .309| .223  .354| .456  .663|  39  .230  -6.8  -0.8  50%
 1969 33 STL NL  127   98   10   2.7    94| .246  .259| .262  .330| .322  .384| .584  .714|  63  .315  -6.0  -0.6  71%
 1970 34 STL NL  124   89   14   4.2   106| .303  .270| .347  .344| .404  .413| .751  .757|  99  .457  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1971 35 STL NL   95   78    5   1.7    96| .172  .264| .204  .331| .264  .387| .468  .718|  30  .172  -8.6  -0.9 100%
 1972 36 STL NL  106   86    8   2.5    91| .194  .255| .202  .323| .398  .377| .600  .701|  68  .294  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1973 37 STL NL   71   58    4   1.9    97| .185  .263| .217  .332| .277  .390| .494  .722|  36  .178  -5.9  -0.6  50%
 1974 38 STL NL   87   69    5   2.0    95| .210  .262| .233  .334| .284  .379| .517  .713|  44  .195  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1975 39 STL NL   37   29    2   1.9    99| .179  .270| .242  .342| .179  .390| .421  .732|  17  .176  -3.1  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     1489 1167  104   2.4    98| .206  .266| .243  .332| .301  .396| .544  .728|  49  .264 -94.7  -9.8  56%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1959 23 STL NL   P   13      6   10    2    2  .889  .952  1.23  0.82  1.90  1.99    9   75.7
 1960 24 STL NL   P   27      7   14    0    3 1.000  .963  0.78  0.87  2.18  2.09   12   86.7
 1961 25 STL NL   P   35     14   35    2    4  .961  .959  1.40  0.88  2.09  2.18   27  211.3
 1962 26 STL NL   P   32     18   35    3    6  .946  .948  1.66  0.82  2.04  2.07   30  233.7 AS
 1963 27 STL NL   P   36     27   28    5    0  .917  .952  1.53  0.84  1.94  2.06   33  254.7
 1964 28 STL NL   P   40     24   36    6    4  .909  .952  1.50  0.84  1.88  2.14   36  287.3
 1965 29 STL NL   P   38     27   33    3    1  .952  .955  1.58  0.81  1.81  2.08   36  299.0 GG,AS
 1966 30 STL NL   P   35     26   28    2    4  .964  .947  1.54  0.74  1.73  1.96   35  280.3 GG,AS
 1967 31 STL NL   P   24     19   23    0    0 1.000  .959  1.75  0.78  2.16  2.00   24  175.3 GG,AS
 1968 32 STL NL   P   34     21   28    1    2  .980  .959  1.44  0.85  1.45  2.01   34  304.7 GG,AS
 1969 33 STL NL   P   35     21   32    3    5  .946  .958  1.51  0.78  1.52  1.95   35  314.0 GG,AS
 1970 34 STL NL   P   34     22   32    4    3  .931  .951  1.59  0.71  1.65  1.85   34  294.0 GG,AS
 1971 35 STL NL   P   31     10   39    3    1  .942  .953  1.58  0.78  1.79  1.90   31  245.7 GG
 1972 36 STL NL   P   34     12   46    1    3  .983  .949  1.71  0.73  1.88  1.78   34  278.0 GG,AS
 1973 37 STL NL   P   25     11   24    2    2  .946  .951  1.40  0.73  1.62  1.88   25  195.0 GG
 1974 38 STL NL   P   33     20   26    2    4  .958  .945  1.39  0.71  1.73  1.88   33  240.0
 1975 39 STL NL   P   22      6   15    3    2  .875  .946  0.95  0.72  1.73  1.86   14  109.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1959 23 STL NL   P   13      6   10    2    2  .889  .952  1.23  0.82  1.90  1.99    9   75.7
 1960 24 STL NL   P   27      7   14    0    3 1.000  .963  0.78  0.87  2.18  2.09   12   86.7
 1961 25 STL NL   P   35     14   35    2    4  .961  .959  1.40  0.88  2.09  2.18   27  211.3
 1962 26 STL NL   P   32     18   35    3    6  .946  .948  1.66  0.82  2.04  2.07   30  233.7
 1963 27 STL NL   P   36     27   28    5    0  .917  .952  1.53  0.84  1.94  2.06   33  254.7
 1964 28 STL NL   P   40     24   36    6    4  .909  .952  1.50  0.84  1.88  2.14   36  287.3
 1965 29 STL NL   P   38     27   33    3    1  .952  .955  1.58  0.81  1.81  2.08   36  299.0
 1966 30 STL NL   P   35     26   28    2    4  .964  .947  1.54  0.74  1.73  1.96   35  280.3
 1967 31 STL NL   P   24     19   23    0    0 1.000  .959  1.75  0.78  2.16  2.00   24  175.3
 1968 32 STL NL   P   34     21   28    1    2  .980  .959  1.44  0.85  1.45  2.01   34  304.7
 1969 33 STL NL   P   35     21   32    3    5  .946  .958  1.51  0.78  1.52  1.95   35  314.0
 1970 34 STL NL   P   34     22   32    4    3  .931  .951  1.59  0.71  1.65  1.85   34  294.0
 1971 35 STL NL   P   31     10   39    3    1  .942  .953  1.58  0.78  1.79  1.90   31  245.7
 1972 36 STL NL   P   34     12   46    1    3  .983  .949  1.71  0.73  1.88  1.78   34  278.0
 1973 37 STL NL   P   25     11   24    2    2  .946  .951  1.40  0.73  1.62  1.88   25  195.0
 1974 38 STL NL   P   33     20   26    2    4  .958  .945  1.39  0.71  1.73  1.88   33  240.0
 1975 39 STL NL   P   22      6   15    3    2  .875  .946  0.95  0.72  1.73  1.86   14  109.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 528    291  484   42   46  .949  .953  1.47  0.79  1.80  1.98  482 3884.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       528    291  484   42   46  .949  .953  1.47  0.79  1.80  1.98  482   3884
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   3   3   3.00  2  1  0  2  27    23   9   8  31 
 1967   WS    STL BOS     W   3   3   1.00  3  0  0  3  27    14   3   5  26 
 1968   WS    STL DET     L   3   3   1.67  2  1  0  3  27    18   5   4  35 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   9   9   1.89  7  2  0  8  81    55  17  17  92 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   3   9   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   3  .222  .222  .222   0  0   1   0   0 
 1967   WS    STL BOS     W   3  11   1   1  0  0  1   1   1   2  .091  .167  .364   0  0   0   0   0 
 1968   WS    STL DET     L   3   8   2   1  0  0  1   2   1   2  .125  .222  .500   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        2-1   9  28   4   4  0  0  2   3   2   7  .143  .200  .357   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1962-1 STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-2 STL NL      0  0  0   2     1   1   1   2   1  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1965   STL NL      0  0  1   2     2   0   0   1   3  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1966   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1967   STL NL      0  0  0   2     2   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1968   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1969   STL NL      0  0  0   1     2   1   1   1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1970   STL NL      0  0  0   2     3   2   2   1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  1  0 
 1972   STL NL   *  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 6/9      1  0  0  1  11    11   4   4   5  10  0   0  0   0  0  3  1  0   3.27 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1962-1 STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-2 STL NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1965   STL NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1966   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1967   STL NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1968   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1969   STL NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1970   STL NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1972   STL NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/9      1   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1962-1
1962-2 *
1965 *
1966
1967 *
1968
1969 *
1970 *
1972 (P)

Awards
1964-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1964-ML-WS MVP
1967-ML-WS MVP
1968-NL-CYA
1968-NL-MVP
1968-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1970-NL-CYA
1970-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

Gold Gloves
1965-NL--P
1966-NL--P
1967-NL--P
1968-NL--P
1969-NL--P
1970-NL--P
1971-NL--P
1972-NL--P
1973-NL--P
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1964-NL-23-0.01
1967-NL-22-0.02
1968-NL-1-0.86
1969-NL-30-0.01
1970-NL-4-0.33
1971-NL-23-0.01
Car-176-1.24 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1968-NL-1-1.00
1970-NL-1-0.98
1971-NL-5-0.02
1972-NL-9-0.02
2 Cy Youngs
Car-12-2.02 shares

ERA
1961 NL-3.24-5
1962 NL-2.85-5
1966 NL-2.44-5
1968 NL-1.12-1
1969 NL-2.18-3
1970 NL-3.12-4
1972 NL-2.46-5
1973 NL-2.77-6

Wins
1963 NL-18-7
1964 NL-19-4
1965 NL-20-6
1966 NL-21-3
1968 NL-22-2
1969 NL-20-5
1970 NL-23-1
1972 NL-19-5
Car-251-45

Won-Loss %
1963 NL-.667-9
1966 NL-.636-10
1967 NL-.650-6
1968 NL-.710-3
1970 NL-.767-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1962 NL-1.151-7
1966 NL-1.027-4
1967 NL-1.089-8
1968 NL-.853-1
1969 NL-1.102-7
1970 NL-1.190-6
1972 NL-1.130-9
1973 NL-1.108-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1961 NL-7.92-3
1962 NL-6.70-2
1964 NL-7.83-9
1965 NL-7.31-5
1966 NL-6.74-3
1968 NL-5.85-1
1969 NL-7.19-7
1970 NL-8.02-7
1972 NL-7.32-3
1973 NL-7.34-8
Car-7.60-41

Bases on Balls/9IP
1967 NL-2.05-10
1968 NL-1.83-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1961 NL-7.07-3
1962 NL-8.01-3
1963 NL-7.21-6
1964 NL-7.67-4
1965 NL-8.13-5
1966 NL-7.22-7
1967 NL-7.55-5
1968 NL-7.92-2
1969 NL-7.71-8
1970 NL-8.39-2
1971 NL-6.78-6
1972 NL-6.73-8
1973 NL-6.55-9
Car-7.22-66

Innings
1963 NL-254.7-9
1964 NL-287.3-3
1965 NL-299.0-3
1966 NL-280.3-4
1968 NL-304.7-3
1969 NL-314.0-4
1970 NL-294.0-3
1972 NL-278.0-4
Car-3884.3-45

Strikeouts
1961 NL-166-5
1962 NL-208-3
1963 NL-204-5
1964 NL-245-2
1965 NL-270-3
1966 NL-225-4
1968 NL-268-1
1969 NL-269-2
1970 NL-274-2
1971 NL-185-6
1972 NL-208-3
Car-3117-13

Games Started
1964 NL-36-5
1968 NL-34-10
1972 NL-34-8
Car-482-58

Comp. Games
1962 NL-15-8
1963 NL-14-6
1964 NL-17-4
1965 NL-20-3
1966 NL-20-3
1968 NL-28-2
1969 NL-28-1
1970 NL-23-2
1971 NL-20-3
1972 NL-23-2
1973 NL-13-7
Car-255-73

Shutouts
1962 NL-5-1
1965 NL-6-6
1966 NL-5-1
1968 NL-13-1
1969 NL-4-8
1970 NL-3-6
1971 NL-5-1
1972 NL-4-6
Car-56-13

Home Runs Allow.
1964 NL-25-3
1965 NL-34-1
1974 NL-24-1
Car-257-84

Bases On Balls Allow.
1961 NL-119-1
1962 NL-95-5
1963 NL-96-2
1964 NL-86-2
1965 NL-103-6
1966 NL-78-5
1969 NL-95-6
1972 NL-88-5
1974 NL-104-6
Car-1336-26

Hits Allowed
1963 NL-224-9
1964 NL-250-5
1965 NL-243-8
1969 NL-251-7
1970 NL-262-9
1972 NL-226-9
Car-3279-90

SO to Walk
1962 NL-2.19-10
1964 NL-2.85-10
1967 NL-3.68-2
1968 NL-4.32-2
1969 NL-2.83-7
1970 NL-3.11-3
1973 NL-2.49-5

Losses
Car-174-83

Earned Runs Allow.
1963 NL-96-4
1964 NL-96-8
1965 NL-102-4
1974 NL-102-7
Car-1258-90

Wild Pitches
1961 NL-8-10
1962 NL-11-6
1966 NL-12-4
1971 NL-10-7
1972 NL-10-6
Car-108-63

Hit Batsmen
1961 NL-6-5
1962 NL-10-6
1963 NL-13-2
1964 NL-9-5
1965 NL-11-5
1968 NL-7-10
1969 NL-10-4
1971 NL-7-5
Car-102-58

Batters Faced
1963 NL-1088-7
1964 NL-1191-3
1965 NL-1233-3
1966 NL-1119-7
1968 NL-1161-3
1969 NL-1270-4
1970 NL-1213-4
1972 NL-1119-4
Car-16068-45

Adjusted ERA+
1961 NL-137-2
1962 NL-151-1
1964 NL-127-10
1965 NL-126-8
1966 NL-148-5
1968 NL-258-1
1969 NL-164-4
1970 NL-132-3
1972 NL-139-5
1973 NL-133-6
Car-127-44

Oldest Player
1973 NL-37-7
1974 NL-38-4
1975 NL-39-1

    

Black Ink: Pitching - 20 (89) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 204 (35) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 54.0 (28) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 221.5 (17) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Before 1957 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

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