The great Bob Gibson - stats for baseball nuts

[BootinUp]

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Bob Gibson pitched more complete games (255) than he had wins (251). Read that again, and think about it.

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[nycbos]

1. That is an insane stat.

[chicoescuela]

2. He was a stud

Bullpens in the day were stocked with washed up old arms and unproven youngsters. Complete games were certainly common.

[BootinUp]

3. Around 1/4 of games were complete games

during his time, so good point.

[GreenWave]

4. Still you should admire that hitter too.

Armless Joe Jackson, #7, always hoping for a walk.

[The Polack MSgt]

5. +++

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Fergie Jenkins Was Close, Too

A contemporary of Bob's. Faced each other multiple times each year. We saw 3 Gibson wins. 1-0, 1-0, & 2-1, over 3 years. Two at Wrigley, one in St. Louis. Late 60s.
Fergie had 284 wins & 267 complete games! Not more CGs than wins like Bob, but more of both.
Given how baseball is today It's almost hard to believe 2 guys pitched over 500 complete games whole in the league at the same time.
There were 35 complete games pitched in the whole major leagues this past season. 35. It would take 15 years for all of mlb to have as many complete games as these 2 guys.


https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jenkife01.shtml

[kairos12]

7. That is a great stat.

Nobody wanted to be on deck when the guy at bat hit a HR off Gibson.