Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson
Robert "Bob" Gibsonis a retired American baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseballfor the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot", Gibson tallied 251 wins, 3,117 strikeouts, and a 2.91 earned run averageduring his career. A nine-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won two Cy Young Awards and the 1968 National LeagueMost Valuable PlayerAward. In 1981, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. The Cardinals retired his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 November 1935
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
Fishing is one of the greatest things that you can do, it has the power to relax you like nothing else and there's nothing quite like the thrill of the catch.
I owe the public just one thing - a good performance.
When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.
When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit.
Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.
When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story.
In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.
Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.
Our focus is to try to connect with and embrace, relive that generation with us.
A fellow could work it with a hand, jiggle it or do whatever he thought was his secret way to catch fish.
This is a disaster. This is an industry-wide problem. Pricing is low and they're having to keep their prices down to compete.
It is not something I earned or acquired or bought. It is a gift. It is something that was given to me -- just like the color of my skin.
He walked 1.9 men per nine innings, that's pretty good. I used to average about three or four -- I'd hit six or seven.
It was just a natural thing for me. I don't know that I really worked on it. At some point every pitcher is in the same position in his mechanics ? how you get to that point will always be different.