Robert Gibson
Bob Gibson was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981 as a Player by the BBWAA receiving 84.0 percent of the vote that year. Bob was a Pitcher who played in the majors for 17 years playing in 596 games for the St. Louis Cardinals. Bob pitched right-handed in 528 games totalling 3,884 innings with 3,117 strikeouts and recorded a career ERA of 2.91. He batted 1,328 times from the right side with 274 hits, 24 home runs, 144 RBIs, and recorded a career batting average of .206. He was born on November 9, 1935 in Omaha, NE. His nickname is "Hoot or Gibby." Bob Gibson went to pitch in his Field of Dreams on October 2, 2020.
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Where do I begin? OK in 1967 where Bob Gibson singlehandedly ruined my summer.
I'm thinking while he ruined my Impossible Dream season as a Red Sox fan he made many Cardinal fans happy over a magnificent career. Rest in Peace Bob Gibson. You were one of a kind.