Kirk Gibson

Age: 62

Bats/Throws: L/L

6' 3" / 215

Birthdate: 5/28/1957 (62 y, 8 m, 27 d)
Drafted: 1978 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 12, Overall: 12, Team: Detroit Tigers

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Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	G	PA	HR	R	RBI	SB	BB%	K%	ISO	BABIP	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	wRC+	BsR	Off	Def	WAR
1979	Tigers	12	39	1	3	4	3	2.6 %	7.7 %	.158	.235	.237	.256	.395	.287	69	-0.6	-2.1	-0.4	-0.1
1980	Tigers	51	189	9	23	16	4	5.3 %	23.8 %	.177	.301	.263	.303	.440	.331	100	-2.0	-1.9	-6.1	-0.2
1981	Tigers	83	313	9	41	40	17	5.8 %	20.4 %	.152	.393	.328	.369	.479	.383	146	1.6	16.9	-0.7	2.8
1982	Tigers	69	294	8	34	35	9	8.5 %	13.9 %	.165	.303	.278	.341	.444	.348	115	-1.0	4.3	4.6	1.9
1983	Tigers	128	467	15	60	51	14	11.3 %	20.6 %	.187	.259	.227	.320	.414	.327	102	1.5	2.7	-8.5	1.0
1984	Tigers	149	611	27	92	91	29	10.3 %	16.9 %	.234	.302	.282	.363	.516	.385	142	2.2	32.2	-6.7	4.7
1984	Tigers	8	37	3	6	9	4	16.2 %	13.5 %	.333	.364	.367	.486	.700	.515	227
1985	Tigers	154	670	29	96	97	30	10.6 %	20.4 %	.231	.325	.287	.364	.518	.378	137	4.2	33.6	-4.4	5.3
1986	Tigers	119	521	28	84	86	34	13.1 %	20.5 %	.224	.290	.268	.371	.492	.379	136	4.3	27.3	-9.5	3.6
1987	Tigers	128	568	24	95	79	26	12.5 %	20.6 %	.211	.317	.277	.372	.489	.370	127	2.0	21.8	-0.7	4.0
1987	Tigers	5	24	1	4	4	3	12.5 %	33.3 %	.190	.417	.286	.375	.476	.374	130
1988	Dodgers	150	632	25	106	76	31	11.6 %	19.0 %	.194	.327	.290	.377	.483	.377	150	4.2	38.6	-0.6	6.2
1988	Dodgers	8	31	3	3	8	2	9.7 %	19.4 %	.333	.105	.185	.258	.519	.310	104
1989	Dodgers	71	292	9	35	28	12	12.0 %	18.8 %	.154	.236	.213	.312	.368	.306	98	1.1	0.3	-1.4	0.8
1990	Dodgers	89	359	8	59	38	26	10.9 %	18.1 %	.140	.303	.260	.345	.400	.340	112	4.3	9.3	3.5	2.6
1991	Royals	132	540	16	81	55	18	12.8 %	19.1 %	.167	.270	.236	.341	.403	.337	108	2.0	7.0	-17.3	0.8
1992	Pirates	16	60	2	6	5	3	5.0 %	20.0 %	.107	.214	.196	.237	.304	.249	53	0.2	-2.9	1.4	0.0
1993	Tigers	116	454	13	62	62	15	9.7 %	19.2 %	.171	.301	.261	.337	.432	.339	104	0.6	2.7	-11.8	0.5
1994	Tigers	98	382	23	71	72	4	11.0 %	18.1 %	.273	.280	.276	.358	.548	.383	127	-1.4	12.2	-12.3	1.2
1995	Tigers	70	265	9	37	35	9	12.5 %	23.0 %	.189	.314	.260	.358	.449	.354	108	0.9	3.7	-6.8	0.6
Total	- - -	1635	6656	255	985	870	284	10.8 %	19.3 %	.195	.301	.268	.352	.463	.358	123	24.1	205.6	-77.7	35.9
Postseason	- - -	21	92	7	13	21	9	13.0 %	20.7 %	.295	.283	.282	.380	.577	.411	160

Standard

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	G	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	SB	CS	AVG
1979	Tigers	12	38	39	9	5	3	0	1	3	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	.237
1980	Tigers	51	175	189	46	34	2	1	9	23	16	10	0	45	1	2	1	0	4	7	.263
1981	Tigers	83	290	313	95	72	11	3	9	41	40	18	1	64	2	2	1	9	17	5	.328
1982	Tigers	69	266	294	74	48	16	2	8	34	35	25	2	41	1	1	1	2	9	7	.278
1983	Tigers	128	401	467	91	55	12	9	15	60	51	53	3	96	4	4	5	2	14	3	.227
1984	Tigers	149	531	611	150	90	23	10	27	92	91	63	6	103	8	6	3	4	29	9	.282
1984	Tigers	8	30	37	11	7	1	0	3	6	9	6	0	5	1	0	0	0	4	1	.367
1985	Tigers	154	581	670	167	96	37	5	29	96	97	71	16	137	5	10	3	5	30	4	.287
1986	Tigers	119	441	521	118	77	11	2	28	84	86	68	4	107	7	4	1	8	34	6	.268
1987	Tigers	128	487	568	135	83	25	3	24	95	79	71	8	117	5	4	1	5	26	7	.277
1987	Tigers	5	21	24	6	4	1	0	1	4	4	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	.286
1988	Dodgers	150	542	632	157	103	28	1	25	106	76	73	14	120	7	7	3	8	31	4	.290
1988	Dodgers	8	27	31	5	2	0	0	3	3	8	3	2	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	.185
1989	Dodgers	71	253	292	54	35	8	2	9	35	28	35	5	55	2	2	0	5	12	3	.213
1990	Dodgers	89	315	359	82	54	20	0	8	59	38	39	0	65	3	2	0	4	26	2	.260
1991	Royals	132	462	540	109	70	17	6	16	81	55	69	3	103	6	2	1	9	18	4	.236
1992	Pirates	16	56	60	11	9	0	0	2	6	5	3	0	12	0	0	1	1	3	1	.196
1993	Tigers	116	403	454	105	68	18	6	13	62	62	44	4	87	4	3	0	2	15	6	.261
1994	Tigers	98	330	382	91	49	17	2	23	71	72	42	3	69	3	5	2	2	4	5	.276
1995	Tigers	70	227	265	59	36	12	2	9	37	35	33	3	61	3	2	0	6	9	2	.260
Total	- - -	1635	5798	6656	1553	984	260	54	255	985	870	718	72	1285	61	56	23	72	284	78	.268
Postseason	- - -	21	78	92	22	13	2	0	7	13	21	12	2	19	1	1	0	0	9	1	.282

Advanced

Postseason | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	Spd	BABIP	wSB	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
1979	Tigers	2.6 %	7.7 %	0.33	.237	.256	.395	.651	.158	3.7	.235	-0.6	3	-1.1	.287	69
1979	Average	8.5 %	12.5 %	0.68	.265	.330	.397	.727	.132	5.1	.286				.324
1980	Tigers	5.3 %	23.8 %	0.22	.263	.303	.440	.743	.177	4.3	.301	-2.0	23	1.6	.331	100
1980	Average	8.2 %	12.5 %	0.65	.265	.326	.388	.714	.123	5.2	.287				.320
1981	Tigers	5.8 %	20.4 %	0.28	.328	.369	.479	.848	.152	6.4	.393	1.6	49	15.9	.383	146
1981	Average	8.4 %	12.5 %	0.67	.256	.320	.369	.689	.113	5.0	.279				.314
1982	Tigers	8.5 %	13.9 %	0.61	.278	.341	.444	.785	.165	4.8	.303	-1.0	40	6.8	.348	115
1982	Average	8.3 %	13.2 %	0.63	.261	.324	.389	.713	.128	5.1	.284				.318
1983	Tigers	11.3 %	20.6 %	0.55	.227	.320	.414	.734	.187	7.1	.259	1.5	56	3.0	.327	102
1983	Average	8.4 %	13.5 %	0.62	.261	.325	.389	.714	.128	5.2	.285				.319
1984	Tigers	10.3 %	16.9 %	0.61	.282	.363	.516	.879	.234	7.4	.302	2.2	100	31.9	.385	142
1984	Tigers	16.2 %	13.5 %	1.20	.367	.486	.700	1.186	.333	4.8	.364	0.4	10	5.6	.515	227
1984	Average	8.3 %	14.0 %	0.59	.260	.323	.385	.708	.125	5.1	.286				.317
1985	Tigers	10.6 %	20.4 %	0.52	.287	.364	.518	.882	.231	6.5	.325	4.2	108	31.4	.378	137
1985	Average	8.6 %	14.0 %	0.62	.257	.323	.391	.714	.134	5.2	.281				.318
1986	Tigers	13.1 %	20.5 %	0.64	.268	.371	.492	.863	.224	6.4	.290	4.3	84	24.3	.379	136
1986	Average	8.8 %	15.4 %	0.58	.258	.326	.395	.721	.137	4.9	.286				.320
1987	Tigers	12.5 %	20.6 %	0.61	.277	.372	.489	.861	.211	6.4	.317	2.0	91	21.0	.370	127
1987	Tigers	12.5 %	33.3 %	0.38	.286	.375	.476	.851	.190	6.6	.417	0.6	4	1.0	.374	130
1987	Average	8.9 %	15.5 %	0.57	.263	.331	.415	.747	.152	5.2	.289				.326
1988	Dodgers	11.6 %	19.0 %	0.61	.290	.377	.483	.860	.194	6.0	.327	4.2	100	31.1	.377	150
1988	Dodgers	9.7 %	19.4 %	0.50	.185	.258	.519	.777	.333	4.8	.105	0.4	3	0.0	.310	104
1988	Average	8.1 %	14.7 %	0.56	.254	.318	.378	.696	.123	5.0	.282				.312
1989	Dodgers	12.0 %	18.8 %	0.64	.213	.312	.368	.679	.154	6.2	.236	1.1	30	-1.6	.306	98
1989	Average	8.5 %	14.8 %	0.57	.254	.320	.375	.695	.121	4.9	.283				.313
1990	Dodgers	10.9 %	18.1 %	0.60	.260	.345	.400	.745	.140	6.5	.303	4.3	46	5.8	.340	112
1990	Average	8.6 %	14.9 %	0.58	.258	.325	.385	.710	.128	5.0	.287				.319
1991	Royals	12.8 %	19.1 %	0.67	.236	.341	.403	.744	.167	7.0	.270	2.0	69	7.9	.337	108
1991	Average	8.7 %	15.2 %	0.57	.256	.323	.385	.708	.129	4.9	.285				.318
1992	Pirates	5.0 %	20.0 %	0.25	.196	.237	.304	.541	.107	5.0	.214	0.2	3	-3.1	.249	53
1992	Average	8.5 %	14.7 %	0.58	.256	.322	.377	.700	.122	4.9	.285				.317
1993	Tigers	9.7 %	19.2 %	0.51	.261	.337	.432	.769	.171	6.7	.301	0.6	59	4.6	.339	104
1993	Average	8.7 %	15.1 %	0.57	.265	.332	.403	.736	.138	4.9	.294				.327
1994	Tigers	11.0 %	18.1 %	0.61	.276	.358	.548	.906	.273	4.7	.280	-1.4	64	16.1	.383	127
1994	Average	8.9 %	15.9 %	0.56	.270	.339	.424	.763	.155	5.3	.300				.333
1995	Tigers	12.5 %	23.0 %	0.54	.260	.358	.449	.808	.189	6.1	.314	0.9	38	4.6	.354	108
1995	Average	9.1 %	16.2 %	0.56	.267	.338	.417	.755	.150	5.1	.298				.333
Total	- - -	10.8 %	19.3 %	0.56	.268	.352	.463	.815	.195	6.4	.301	24.1	963	199.9	.358	123
Postseason	- - -	13.0 %	20.7 %	0.63	.282	.380	.577	.957	.295	5.3	.283	1.4	17	6.5	.411	160

Win Probability

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	phLI	PH	WPA/LI	Clutch
1979	Tigers	-0.66	-1.18	0.52	-3.67	-0.34	1.29	1.80	2	-0.13	-0.38
1980	Tigers	-0.90	-4.01	3.11	-6.06	-0.54	1.07	0.61	6	-0.18	-0.67
1981	Tigers	2.97	-5.55	8.52	14.61	1.60	1.13	2.52	9	1.62	1.01
1982	Tigers	2.00	-4.71	6.71	8.80	0.86	0.97	4.62	1	0.38	1.68
1983	Tigers	0.82	-7.80	8.62	7.06	0.63	0.99	2.24	14	0.94	-0.11
1984	Tigers	2.52	-9.68	12.20	38.18	4.04	0.96	1.13	13	3.62	-0.99
1985	Tigers	2.37	-10.73	13.10	42.82	4.28	0.99	3.28	3	4.56	-2.16
1986	Tigers	3.60	-8.48	12.07	33.75	3.51	1.00	2.50	2	2.92	0.69
1987	Tigers	3.21	-8.07	11.28	30.94	3.01	0.93	2.13	5	2.30	1.15
1988	Dodgers	5.00	-9.11	14.11	34.94	3.93	0.97	1.31	3	4.36	0.81
1989	Dodgers	0.87	-5.13	6.01	6.61	0.81	1.09	0.89	3	1.36	-0.56
1990	Dodgers	0.22	-6.53	6.75	12.28	1.35	1.04	0.74	7	0.73	-0.51
1991	Royals	-0.26	-9.56	9.30	6.67	0.68	1.03	1.24	11	0.53	-0.79
1992	Pirates	-0.29	-0.85	0.56	-1.39	-0.16	0.74	0.22	3	-0.43	0.04
1993	Tigers	-0.43	-7.94	7.51	0.39	0.07	0.98	2.00	13	0.15	-0.59
1994	Tigers	1.40	-6.54	7.94	16.42	1.44	1.02	3.26	10	1.49	-0.11
1995	Tigers	0.76	-4.85	5.60	3.52	0.27	1.02	2.36	7	0.48	0.27
Total	- - -	23.19	-110.71	133.90	245.88	25.44	1.00	1.85	112	24.69	-1.49

Fielding

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	FP	TZ
1979	Tigers	LF	7	7	63.0	13	0	0	0	1.000	0
1981	Tigers	LF	8	7	64.0	9	0	0	0	1.000	-1
1983	Tigers	LF	29	27	234.0	59	2	0	0	1.000	3
1987	Tigers	LF	119	117	1026.1	250	6	7	0	.973	5
1988	Dodgers	LF	148	147	1278.2	314	7	12	3	.964	6
1989	Dodgers	LF	62	51	464.2	117	4	3	3	.976	0
1990	Dodgers	LF	11	11	91.0	29	1	1	0	.968	1
1991	Royals	LF	91	89	759.1	157	3	4	0	.976	-10
1993	Tigers	LF	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1
Total	- - -	LF	477	456	3985.0	949	23	27	6	.973	3
1979	Tigers	CF	1	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0
1980	Tigers	CF	49	41	383.1	122	1	1	0	.992	-6
1981	Tigers	CF	26	24	209.0	68	1	0	0	1.000	4
1982	Tigers	CF	64	64	566.1	169	4	1	3	.994	5
1983	Tigers	CF	22	18	158.0	51	0	2	0	.962	-2
1984	Tigers	CF	1	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	0
1985	Tigers	CF	20	18	169.2	52	0	4	0	.929	1
1986	Tigers	CF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
1987	Tigers	CF	2	2	18.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	0
1988	Dodgers	CF	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
1989	Dodgers	CF	15	15	114.0	30	0	1	0	.968	1
1990	Dodgers	CF	70	69	577.1	162	3	0	1	1.000	2
1993	Tigers	CF	30	27	234.0	74	0	1	0	.987	-3
1994	Tigers	CF	23	20	180.0	48	1	1	0	.980	-3
Total	- - -	CF	325	298	2625.2	785	10	11	4	.986	-1
1979	Tigers	RF	2	1	15.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0
1981	Tigers	RF	38	32	277.2	65	0	4	0	.942	-1
1983	Tigers	RF	4	3	25.0	6	0	1	0	.857	-1
1984	Tigers	RF	140	128	1172.0	240	4	12	2	.953	0
1985	Tigers	RF	127	125	1085.1	233	4	7	0	.971	1
1986	Tigers	RF	114	113	984.2	192	2	2	1	.990	-4
1991	Royals	RF	3	2	21.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	0
1992	Pirates	RF	13	13	112.0	25	1	0	0	1.000	2
1994	Tigers	RF	15	12	104.0	28	2	0	0	1.000	-3
1995	Tigers	RF	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Total	- - -	RF	457	429	3798.1	795	13	26	3	.969	-6
1979	Tigers	OF	10	8	83.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	0
1980	Tigers	OF	49	41	383.1	122	1	1	0	.992	-6
1981	Tigers	OF	72	63	550.2	142	1	4	0	.973	2
1982	Tigers	OF	64	64	566.1	169	4	1	3	.994	5
1983	Tigers	OF	55	48	417.0	116	2	3	0	.975	0
1984	Tigers	OF	141	128	1178.0	242	4	12	2	.953	0
1985	Tigers	OF	147	143	1255.0	285	4	11	0	.963	2
1986	Tigers	OF	115	113	986.2	192	2	2	1	.990	-4
1987	Tigers	OF	121	119	1044.1	256	6	7	0	.974	5
1988	Dodgers	OF	149	147	1281.2	314	7	12	3	.964	6
1989	Dodgers	OF	77	66	578.2	147	4	4	3	.974	1
1990	Dodgers	OF	81	80	668.1	191	4	1	1	.995	3
1991	Royals	OF	94	91	780.1	162	3	4	0	.976	-10
1992	Pirates	OF	13	13	112.0	25	1	0	0	1.000	2
1993	Tigers	OF	32	27	238.0	75	0	1	0	.987	-4
1994	Tigers	OF	38	32	284.0	76	3	1	0	.988	-6
1995	Tigers	OF	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Total	- - -	OF	1259	1183	10409.0	2529	46	64	13	.976	-4

Value

Postseason | Regular Season

Season	Team	Batting	Base Running	Fielding	Positional	Offense	Defense	League	Replacement	RAR	WAR
1979	Tigers	-1.5	-0.6	0.0	-0.4	-2.1	-0.4	0.1	1.2	-1.3	-0.1
1980	Tigers	0.1	-2.0	-6.0	-0.1	-1.9	-6.1	0.7	5.5	-1.8	-0.2
1981	Tigers	15.4	1.6	2.0	-2.7	16.9	-0.7	0.6	8.7	25.5	2.8
1982	Tigers	5.2	-1.0	5.0	-0.4	4.3	4.6	0.6	8.5	18.0	1.9
1983	Tigers	1.2	1.5	0.0	-8.5	2.7	-8.5	1.5	13.7	9.4	1.0
1984	Tigers	29.9	2.2	0.0	-6.7	32.2	-6.7	1.5	17.7	44.6	4.7
1985	Tigers	29.3	4.2	2.0	-6.4	33.6	-4.4	2.0	19.6	50.8	5.3
1986	Tigers	23.0	4.3	-4.0	-5.5	27.3	-9.5	1.8	15.4	35.0	3.6
1987	Tigers	19.9	2.0	5.0	-5.7	21.8	-0.7	1.8	17.6	40.5	4.0
1988	Dodgers	34.4	4.2	6.0	-6.6	38.6	-0.6	1.3	18.0	57.4	6.2
1989	Dodgers	-0.8	1.1	1.0	-2.4	0.3	-1.4	0.6	8.3	7.9	0.8
1990	Dodgers	5.0	4.3	3.0	0.5	9.3	3.5	1.9	10.4	25.1	2.6
1991	Royals	5.0	2.0	-10.0	-7.3	7.0	-17.3	1.4	15.7	6.8	0.8
1992	Pirates	-3.1	0.2	2.0	-0.6	-2.9	1.4	0.1	1.7	0.4	0.0
1993	Tigers	2.1	0.6	-4.0	-7.8	2.7	-11.8	0.6	13.8	5.2	0.5
1994	Tigers	13.6	-1.4	-6.0	-6.3	12.2	-12.3	1.1	12.0	13.1	1.2
1995	Tigers	2.9	0.9	0.0	-6.8	3.7	-6.8	0.8	8.3	6.0	0.6
Total	- - -	181.5	24.1	-4.0	-73.7	205.6	-77.7	18.6	196.1	342.7	35.9

Drafts

1978 June Amateur Draft - Round: 1, Pick: 12, Overall: 12

Team: Detroit Tigers
School: Michigan State University

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