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
Our focus is to try to connect with and embrace, relive that generation with us.
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.
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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.
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Everything is done to increase hitting and not help pitching. I think I'd take them to court if I was still playing. The same thing wins games now, though. If you don't have pitching, you don't win.
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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.