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High Level

Major Leagues

Proper Name

Kirk Harold Gibson

Stat Years

1978-1995 [mlb] 1979-1995

Height/Weight

6-3 / 215

Bats/Throws

Left / Left

Positions

OF (1359) ... DH (327) ... P (27)

Draft Position

Born Date/Place

1957-05-28 in Pontiac, Michigan [64.185]

High School

Waterford-Kettering (Waterford,MI)

Colleges

Michigan State University (East Lansing,Michigan)

Draft

Selected by the Detroit Tigers in Round #1 (#12 overall) of the 1978 Amateur Entry Draft (June-Reg Phase)

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MLB Debut

1979-09-08 - Boxscore (Age: 22.103)

Service Time

Organizations

DET [13] LAN [3] KCA [1] PIT [1]

ID Numbers

tbc id: 11862 ... retro id: gibsk001 ... mlbam id: 114752

Relations

Father of Cam Gibson

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Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Org Major League Parent Organization. For college teams, might include RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Unif Uniform Number, if available Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Pos Defensive Position Detail Includes links to additional MLB stat detail including Game Logs, Splits and Extended Statistics Exp Experience in # of years. For Player stats, refers to nth PRO season. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid G Games Played (or Pitched) AB At Bats R Runs H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home Runs RBI Runs Batted In SB Stolen Bases (Total) CS Caught Stealings BB Walks SO Strikeouts HP Hit by Pitch SH Sacrifice Hits SF Sacrifice Flies IW Intentional Walks DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) AVG Batting Average ( H/AB ) OBP On Base Percentage ( H+BB+HBP / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) SLG Slugging Percentage ( TB / AB ) OPS On Base Plus Slugging (OBP + SLG) PA Plate Appearances TB Total Bases (Singles + (2*Doubles) + (3*Triples) + (4*Home Runs)) XBH Extra Base Hits (Doubles+Triples+Home Runs) secA Seconday Average. Measures extra bases earned by player (BB+(TB-H)+(SB-CS) / AB ISO Isolated Power. Measures the portion of a slugging percentage that is for extra base hits. (SLG-BAVG). babip Batting Average on Balls Put in Play. (H/(AB-SO)) XBH% Extra Base Hit Percentage (XBH/H)

Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. G Games Played (or Pitched) GS Games Started Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position PO Putouts A Fielding assists E Errors DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) TC Total Chances (PO+A+E) TSC Total Successful Chances (PO+A) FPCT Fielding Percentage (TSC/TC) RFg Range Factor by Game (Total Successful Chances/Games) Rfi Range Factor by Inning (Total Successful Chances/Innings) Team Share Share of team's games played at that position. Will add up to more than 100% since the formula is player games at position / team games. Player Share Share of player's games played at that position Team Rank Rank of games for team at that position.

Fielding Positional Grid by Year

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Year	Category	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1978	Minor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	-
1979	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
1979	Minor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	65	-
1980	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	1
1981	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	67	9
1982	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64	4
1983	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54	66
1984	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139	6
1985	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	144	8
1986	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	114	4
1987	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	121	4
1987	Minor	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	148	-
1989	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	70	-
1990	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81	-
1990	Minor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
1991	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	94	30
1992	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-
1993	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	76
1994	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	56
1995	MLB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	63
Totals		27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1359	327

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Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie College Indy/Intl/+
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Org	Unif	Age	Pos	Detail	Exp	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HP	SH	SF	IW	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PA	TB	XBH	secA	ISO	babip	BB%	SO%	SOBB	ABHR	HR%	XBH%
1978	Lakeland Tigers	FSL	A+	det	-	21	of	---	1	54	175	27	42	5	4	8	40	13	1	22	54	3	0	4	0	0	.240	.328	.451	.779	204	79	17	.406	.211	.291	10.78	26.47	2.45	21.9	3.92	40.5
1979	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	det	-	22	of	---	2	89	327	50	80	13	5	9	42	20	2	34	110	6	1	1	0	0	.245	.326	.398	.724	369	130	27	.312	.153	.340	9.21	29.81	3.24	36.3	2.44	33.8
1979	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	22	of	L-S-E-P	2	12	38	3	9	3	0	1	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.256	.395	.651	39	15	4	.184	.158	.235	2.56	7.69	3.00	38.0	2.56	44.4
1980	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	23	of	L-S-E-P	3	51	175	23	46	2	1	9	16	4	7	10	45	1	1	2	0	0	.263	.303	.440	.743	189	77	12	.217	.177	.301	5.29	23.81	4.50	19.4	4.76	26.1
1981	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	24	of	L-S-E-P	4	83	290	41	95	11	3	9	40	17	5	18	64	2	1	2	1	9	.328	.369	.479	.848	313	139	23	.255	.151	.393	5.75	20.45	3.56	32.2	2.88	24.2
1982	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	25	of	L-S-E-P	5	69	266	34	74	16	2	8	35	9	7	25	41	1	1	1	2	2	.278	.341	.444	.785	294	118	26	.267	.166	.303	8.50	13.95	1.64	33.2	2.72	35.1
1983	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	26	dh-of	L-S-E-P	6	128	401	60	91	12	9	15	51	14	3	53	96	4	5	4	3	2	.227	.320	.414	.734	467	166	36	.347	.187	.259	11.35	20.56	1.81	26.7	3.21	39.6
1984	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	27	of	L-S-E-P	7	149	531	92	150	23	10	27	91	29	9	63	103	8	3	6	6	4	.282	.363	.516	.879	611	274	60	.390	.234	.302	10.31	16.86	1.63	19.7	4.42	40.0
1985	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	28	of	L-S-E-P	8	154	581	96	167	37	5	29	97	30	4	71	137	5	3	10	16	5	.287	.364	.518	.882	670	301	71	.398	.231	.325	10.60	20.45	1.93	20.0	4.33	42.5
1986	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	29	of	L-S-E-P	9	119	441	84	118	11	2	28	86	34	6	68	107	7	1	4	4	8	.268	.371	.492	.863	521	217	41	.442	.224	.290	13.05	20.54	1.57	15.8	5.37	34.8
1987	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	-	30	p	---	10	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
1987	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	-	30	p	---	10	6	17	2	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.381	.235	.616	21	4	0	.294	.000	.286	19.05	14.29	0.75	0.0	0.00	0.0
1987	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	30	of	L-S-E-P	10	128	487	95	135	25	3	24	79	26	7	71	117	5	1	4	8	5	.277	.372	.489	.861	568	238	52	.396	.212	.317	12.50	20.60	1.65	20.3	4.23	38.5
1988	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	23	31	of	L-S-E-P	11	150	542	106	157	28	1	25	76	31	4	73	120	7	3	7	14	8	.290	.377	.483	.860	632	262	54	.378	.193	.327	11.55	18.99	1.64	21.7	3.96	34.4
1989	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	23	32	of	L-S-E-P	12	71	253	35	54	8	2	9	28	12	3	35	55	2	0	2	5	5	.213	.312	.368	.680	292	93	19	.328	.155	.236	11.99	18.84	1.57	28.1	3.08	35.2
1990	Albuquerque Dukes	PCL	AAA	lan	-	33	of	---	13	5	14	6	6	2	0	1	4	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	.429	.556	.786	1.342	18	11	3	.714	.357	.500	22.22	16.67	0.75	14.0	5.56	50.0
1990	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	lan	23	33	of	L-S-E-P	13	89	315	59	82	20	0	8	38	26	2	39	65	3	0	2	0	4	.260	.345	.400	.745	359	126	28	.340	.140	.303	10.86	18.11	1.67	39.4	2.23	34.2
1991	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	30	34	of	L-S-E-P	14	132	462	81	109	17	6	16	55	18	4	69	103	6	1	2	3	9	.236	.341	.403	.744	540	186	39	.346	.167	.270	12.78	19.07	1.49	28.9	2.96	35.8
1992	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	pit	25	35	of	L-S-E-P	15	16	56	6	11	0	0	2	5	3	1	3	12	0	1	0	0	1	.196	.237	.304	.541	60	17	2	.196	.108	.214	5.00	20.00	4.00	28.0	3.33	18.2
1993	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	36	dh	L-S-E-P	16	116	403	62	105	18	6	13	62	15	6	44	87	4	0	3	4	2	.261	.337	.432	.769	454	174	37	.303	.171	.301	9.69	19.16	1.98	31.0	2.86	35.2
1994	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	37	dh-of	L-S-E-P	17	98	330	71	91	17	2	23	72	4	5	42	69	3	2	5	3	2	.276	.358	.548	.906	382	181	42	.397	.272	.280	10.99	18.06	1.64	14.4	6.02	46.2
1995	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	38	dh	L-S-E-P	18	70	227	37	59	12	2	9	35	9	2	33	61	3	0	2	3	6	.260	.358	.449	.807	265	102	23	.366	.189	.314	12.45	23.02	1.85	25.2	3.40	39.0
MLB Totals (17 yrs)										1635	5798	985	1553	260	54	255	870	284	78	718	1285	61	23	56	72	72	.268	.352	.463	.815	6656	2686	569	.355	.195	.301	10.79	19.31	1.79	22.7	3.83	36.6
American League Totals (13 yrs)										1309	4632	779	1249	204	51	211	723	212	68	568	1033	49	19	45	53	54	.270	.352	.472	.824	5313	2188	466	.356	.202	.302	10.69	19.44	1.82	22.0	3.97	37.3
National League Totals (4 yrs)										326	1166	206	304	56	3	44	147	72	10	150	252	12	4	11	19	18	.261	.348	.427	.775	1343	498	103	.348	.166	.295	11.17	18.76	1.68	26.5	3.28	33.9
Minor League Totals										182	534	85	132	20	9	18	89	35	3	64	170	9	1	5	2	0	.247	.335	.419	.754	613	224	47	.352	.172	.325	10.44	27.73	2.66	29.7	2.94	35.6
Minor: A+ Totals										54	175	27	42	5	4	8	40	13	1	22	54	3	0	4	0	0	.240	.328	.451	.779	204	79	17	.406	.211	.291	10.78	26.47	2.45	21.9	3.92	40.5
Minor: AAA Totals										128	359	58	90	15	5	10	49	22	2	42	116	6	1	1	2	0	.251	.338	.404	.742	409	145	30	.326	.153	.342	10.27	28.36	2.76	35.9	2.44	33.3
Detroit Tigers Totals (12 yrs)										1177	4170	698	1140	187	45	195	668	194	64	499	930	43	18	43	50	45	.273	.354	.480	.834	4773	2002	427	.358	.207	.306	10.45	19.48	1.86	21.4	4.09	37.5
Los Angeles Dodgers Totals (3 yrs)										310	1110	200	293	56	3	42	142	69	9	147	240	12	3	11	19	17	.264	.353	.433	.786	1283	481	101	.356	.169	.299	11.46	18.71	1.63	26.4	3.27	34.5
Kansas City Royals Totals (1 yrs)										132	462	81	109	17	6	16	55	18	4	69	103	6	1	2	3	9	.236	.341	.403	.744	540	186	39	.346	.167	.270	12.78	19.07	1.49	28.9	2.96	35.8
Pittsburgh Pirates Totals (1 yrs)										16	56	6	11	0	0	2	5	3	1	3	12	0	1	0	0	1	.196	.237	.304	.541	60	17	2	.196	.108	.214	5.00	20.00	4.00	28.0	3.33	18.2

Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Age	posit	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPCT	RFG	RFI	Team Share	Player Share	Team Rank
1978	Lakeland Tigers	FSL	A+	21	OF	52	0	0.0	115	2	6	1	123	117	.951	2.30	0.00	37.7	96.3	4
1979	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	22	OF	65	0	0.0	100	5	9	1	114	105	.921	1.60	0.00	47.8	73.0	3
1979	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	22	OF	10	0	83.0	15	0	0	0	15	15	1.000	1.50	0.18	6.2	83.3	7
1980	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	23	OF	49	0	383.1	122	1	1	0	124	123	.992	2.50	0.32	30.2	96.1	6
1980	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	23	DH	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.6	2.0	13
1981	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	24	OF	67	0	550.2	142	1	4	0	147	143	.973	2.10	0.26	61.5	80.7	3
1981	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	24	DH	9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	8.3	10.8	6
1982	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	25	OF	64	0	566.1	167	4	1	3	172	171	.994	2.70	0.30	39.5	92.8	4
1982	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	25	DH	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	2.5	5.8	7
1983	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	26	OF	54	0	417.0	116	2	3	0	121	118	.975	2.20	0.28	33.3	42.2	4
1983	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	26	DH	66	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	40.7	51.6	1
1984	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	27	OF	139	0	1,178.0	245	4	12	2	261	249	.954	1.80	0.21	85.8	93.3	2
1984	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	27	DH	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	3.7	4.0	8
1985	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	28	OF	144	0	1,255.0	286	1	11	0	298	287	.963	2.00	0.23	89.4	93.5	1
1985	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	28	DH	8	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	5.0	5.2	7
1986	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	29	OF	114	0	986.2	190	2	2	1	194	192	.990	1.70	0.19	70.4	95.8	2
1986	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	29	DH	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	2.5	3.4	14
1987	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	30	P	27	0	0.0	10	21	3	1	34	31	.912	1.10	0.00	19.3	96.4	6
1987	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	30	OF	121	0	1,044.1	253	6	7	0	266	259	.974	2.10	0.25	74.7	94.5	3
1987	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	30	DH	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	2.5	3.1	10
1988	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	31	OF	148	0	1,281.2	311	6	12	3	329	317	.964	2.10	0.25	91.9	98.7	1
1989	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	32	OF	70	0	578.2	146	3	3	2	152	149	.980	2.10	0.26	43.8	98.6	4
1990	Albuquerque Dukes	PCL	AAA	33	OF	3	0	0.0	2	0	1	0	3	2	.667	0.70	0.00	2.1	60.0	6
1990	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	MLB	33	OF	81	0	668.1	191	4	1	1	196	195	.995	2.40	0.29	50.0	91.0	4
1991	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	34	OF	94	0	780.1	162	3	4	0	169	165	.976	1.80	0.21	58.0	71.2	4
1991	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	34	DH	30	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	18.5	22.7	2
1992	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	35	OF	13	0	112.0	25	1	0	0	26	26	1.000	2.00	0.23	8.0	81.3	9
1993	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	36	OF	32	0	238.0	76	0	1	0	77	76	.987	2.40	0.32	19.8	27.6	7
1993	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	36	DH	76	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	46.9	65.5	1
1994	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	37	OF	38	0	284.0	76	3	1	0	80	79	.988	2.10	0.28	33.0	38.8	4
1994	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	37	DH	56	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	48.7	57.1	1
1995	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	38	OF	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.7	1.4	12
1995	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	38	DH	63	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	43.8	90.0	1
MLB Totals - (OF)						1239	0	10,406	2523	41	63	12	1	2	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
MLB Totals - (DH)						327	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AAA Totals - (OF)						68	0	0	102	5	10	1	1	2	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AAA Totals - (P)						27	0	0	10	21	3	1	1	1	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
A+ Totals - (OF)						52	0	0	115	2	6	1	1	2	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---

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Fielding Positional Grid by Year