Player Report for #69 Josh Gibson

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Thursday, November 2nd, 1939

AB	591
HR	37
RBI	127
AVG	.321
OPS	.998

Name:	Josh Gibson	Contract:	Major League Contract
Nickname:		Salary:	$75,000
Birthday:	12-21-1911	Signed Through:	1940 Season
Age:	27	Years of Major League Service:	6 Years, 150 Days
Born in:	Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)	Major League Service Days this Year:	169 Days
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 0"	Years on 40-Man Roster:	6 Years, 150 Days
Weight:	189 lbs	Years of Pro Service:	6 Years
		Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Position:	1B	Minor League Option Years:	3 option years left
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right	Contract Extension	-
Status:	Completely Rested	Drafted	1932, 3rd Pick in Round 1
Morale:	Great	Local Popularity (National)	Extremely Popular (Extremely Popular)

Boston (A)

Red Sox

MLB

Batting Ratings (OSA)

Running & Bunting Ratings		Fielding Ratings
Running Speed:	5	Catcher 4 (Arm: 4)
Stealing Ability:	6	First Base 1
Baserunning Instincts:	4
Sacrifice Bunt:	7
Bunt for Hit:	2
Hitter Type:	Pull Hitter

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Opponent	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
10-17-1939	CHN	Loss, 1-6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10-15-1939	@ CHN	Loss, 0-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
10-14-1939	@ CHN	Loss, 4-5	5	1	2	3	1	0	1	0
10-13-1939	@ CHN	Win, 10-6	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
10-11-1939	CHN	Loss, 4-12	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
10-10-1939	CHN	Win, 12-4	4	2	3	3	0	1	0	0
10-05-1939	@ DET	Win, 9-8	5	1	1	1	1	0	2	0
10-04-1939	@ DET	Win, 12-6	6	1	2	3	1	0	0	0
10-03-1939	@ DET	Win, 9-0	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	0
10-01-1939	DET	Loss, 0-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Major League Baseball 1939 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	154	591	190	27	5	37	127	125	110	90	.321	.426	.572	.998	1.051	.250	71.5
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	154	716	5	12	0	26	0	10	338	69	6	5	54.5	143.6	8.77
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		191	49	6	1	11	39	35	47	34	2	0	2	.257	.405	.471	.876
Versus Right		400	141	21	4	26	88	90	63	56	8	0	3	.352	.437	.620	1.057
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
April		61	25	3	1	5	18	19	15	8	1	0	0	.410	.519	.738	1.257
May		109	42	10	2	4	21	24	23	11	2	0	2	.385	.493	.624	1.117
June		106	32	3	0	11	26	24	16	19	3	0	1	.302	.389	.642	1.030
July		97	27	2	2	8	24	22	23	17	2	0	1	.278	.415	.588	1.002
August		116	38	3	0	7	27	22	17	16	2	0	1	.328	.412	.534	.946
September		102	26	6	0	2	11	14	16	19	0	0	0	.255	.356	.373	.728
Spring Training		92	22	4	0	2	17	19	18	14	3	0	0	.239	.354	.348	.702
Playoffs		50	14	1	1	4	12	8	2	10	0	0	0	.280	.308	.580	.888
Last Year		573	183	29	5	34	130	116	103	90	4	0	2	.319	.422	.565	.988
2 Years Ago		586	173	23	3	35	128	113	86	99	6	0	1	.295	.383	.524	.907
Career		3701	1123	170	33	204	771	720	633	557	45	2	14	.303	.403	.533	.935
Home		286	98	19	3	21	77	72	49	33	8	0	3	.343	.434	.650	1.084
Road		305	92	8	2	16	50	53	61	57	2	0	2	.302	.419	.498	.917
Grass		591	190	27	5	37	127	125	110	90	10	0	5	.321	.426	.572	.998
Day		157	49	5	1	14	38	32	30	22	3	0	2	.312	.422	.624	1.046
Night		434	141	22	4	23	89	93	80	68	7	0	3	.325	.427	.553	.980
Close/Late		108	33	6	1	5	18	16	25	15	1	0	1	.306	.437	.519	.956
Inning 1-3		227	77	7	2	17	55	47	38	37	6	0	2	.339	.429	.612	1.041
Inning 4-6		196	62	13	1	9	38	46	36	30	1	0	1	.316	.423	.531	.954
Inning 7-9		168	51	7	2	11	34	32	36	23	3	0	2	.304	.426	.565	.991
0 Outs		178	53	9	2	14	30	49	31	30	2	0	2	.298	.404	.607	1.010
1 Outs		216	71	7	2	10	55	45	36	31	8	0	1	.329	.414	.519	.932
2 Outs		197	66	11	1	13	42	31	43	29	0	0	2	.335	.459	.599	1.058
Scoring Position		186	67	10	3	8	88	41	41	26	10	0	1	.360	.458	.575	1.033
Bases Empty		275	89	13	2	21	21	59	50	42	0	0	2	.324	.431	.615	1.046
Runner on 1st		130	34	4	0	8	18	25	19	22	0	0	2	.262	.364	.477	.841
Runner on 2nd		65	27	4	3	3	22	18	23	6	0	0	0	.415	.568	.708	1.276
Runner on 3rd		29	7	1	0	1	16	4	3	4	4	0	0	.241	.278	.379	.657
Runner on 1st & 2nd		41	15	2	0	3	17	9	6	7	0	0	1	.366	.458	.634	1.092
Runner on 1st & 3rd		22	11	3	0	0	12	4	1	5	1	0	0	.500	.500	.636	1.136
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		16	6	0	0	1	13	3	5	2	3	0	0	.375	.458	.563	1.021
Bases Loaded		13	1	0	0	0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	.077	.222	.077	.299
Two Strikes		244	54	9	1	12	39	41	47	90	4	0	1	.221	.345	.414	.759
First Pitch		100	31	1	0	7	21	21	0	0	1	0	3	.310	.327	.530	.857
Count 0-1		55	28	6	2	1	10	12	0	0	0	0	1	.509	.518	.745	1.263
Count 0-2		35	5	0	0	0	1	3	0	14	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
Count 1-0		59	19	3	0	4	15	9	0	0	3	0	0	.322	.306	.576	.883
Count 1-1		56	25	5	0	6	20	11	0	0	2	0	0	.446	.431	.857	1.288
Count 1-2		74	14	3	0	4	12	8	0	29	1	0	0	.189	.187	.392	.579
Count 2-0		15	6	1	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000
Count 2-1		38	22	2	1	7	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	.579	.579	1.237	1.816
Count 2-2		87	15	3	1	5	13	10	0	33	2	0	0	.172	.169	.402	.571
Count 3-0		4	2	0	0	0	1	10	30	0	0	0	0	.500	.941	.500	1.441
Count 3-1		20	3	0	0	0	1	5	33	0	0	0	0	.150	.679	.150	.829
Full Count		48	20	3	0	3	13	20	47	14	1	0	1	.417	.701	.667	1.368
Behind in Count		164	47	9	2	5	23	23	0	43	1	0	1	.287	.289	.457	.746
Ahead in Count		136	52	6	2	11	37	40	63	0	3	0	0	.382	.569	.699	1.268

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1933 Pittsburgh - MLB	21	128	477	125	18	7	15	74	72	85	2	9	79	8	8	.262	.370	.423	.793	30.9
1934 Pittsburgh - MLB	22	119	423	132	23	5	21	89	81	74	0	1	58	3	4	.312	.414	.539	.953	51.7
1935 St. Louis (N) - MLB	23	83	306	88	20	1	16	46	72	64	0	1	46	4	2	.288	.410	.516	.926	21.9
1935 Boston (A) - MLB	23	57	151	53	10	1	10	44	25	33	2	3	12	5	1	.351	.466	.629	1.095	29.1
1935 Total - MLB	23	140	457	141	30	2	26	90	97	97	2	4	58	9	3	.309	.429	.554	.982	51.0
1936 Boston (A) - MLB	24	150	594	179	20	6	36	133	116	78	2	11	83	3	3	.301	.378	.537	.915	46.8
1937 Boston (A) - MLB	25	150	586	173	23	3	35	128	113	86	1	6	99	6	2	.295	.383	.524	.907	48.4
1938 Boston (A) - MLB	26	152	573	183	29	5	34	130	116	103	2	4	90	3	3	.319	.422	.565	.988	66.0
1939 Boston (A) - MLB	27	154	591	190	27	5	37	127	125	110	5	10	90	6	5	.321	.426	.572	.998	71.5
Total MLB		993	3701	1123	170	33	204	771	720	633	14	45	557	38	28	.303	.403	.533	.935	366.3

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1933 Orlando - A	21	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	0.7
Total A		4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	0.7

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1936 Boston (A) - MLB	24	14	56	15	2	0	1	14	6	5	0	1	9	0	2	.268	.323	.357	.680	0.0
1937 Boston (A) - MLB	25	7	25	9	0	0	3	6	9	4	0	1	2	1	0	.360	.433	.720	1.153	0.0
1938 Boston (A) - MLB	26	7	27	7	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	.259	.310	.370	.681	0.0
1939 Boston (A) - MLB	27	11	50	14	1	1	4	12	8	2	0	0	10	0	0	.280	.308	.580	.888	0.0
Total MLB		39	158	45	3	1	9	34	26	13	0	2	24	1	2	.285	.335	.487	.823	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1933 Pittsburgh - ML	C	128	128	478	74	5	568	16	.972	1119.1	4.44	11	119	35	29.4
1934 Pittsburgh - ML	C	107	107	400	59	3	473	14	.970	907.1	4.55	11	89	25	28.1
1935 Boston (A) - ML	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0	0	0	0.0
1935 St. Louis (N) - ML	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0.0
1935 Boston (A) - ML	1B	40	37	329	13	31	346	4	.988	315.0	9.77
1935 St. Louis (N) - ML	1B	82	82	943	45	80	1022	34	.967	719.0	12.37
1936 Boston (A) - ML	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.2	0.00	0	0	0	0.0
1936 Boston (A) - ML	1B	150	150	1434	79	138	1529	16	.990	1277.0	10.66
1937 Boston (A) - ML	1B	150	150	1401	91	129	1512	20	.987	1277.0	10.52
1938 Boston (A) - ML	1B	152	152	1422	78	89	1511	11	.993	1287.0	10.49
1939 Boston (A) - ML	C	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0	0	0	0.0
1939 Boston (A) - ML	1B	154	154	1408	66	113	1490	16	.989	1310.0	10.13

Player History
11-01-1932	Drafted in the 1932 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall Pick) by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
01-01-1933	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 8 (8).
05-08-1933	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
06-01-1933	Wins the MLB NL Rookie of the Month Award.
06-30-1933	Was selected to the 1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
11-08-1933	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,750 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1934	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 8 (8).
06-16-1934	Was selected to the 1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
09-03-1934	Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award.
11-01-1934	Was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis (N) Cardinals, along with RF B. Herman, LF H. Manush, SP C. Devens, in exchange for LF G. Walker, 1B B. Leonard, SP T. Freitas, C C. Berry.
11-12-1934	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,967 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1935	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (8); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 8 (7).
06-30-1935	Was selected to the 1935 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
07-16-1935	Was traded by the St. Louis (N) Cardinals to the Boston (A) Red Sox, along with SP D. Lanahan, a 3rd draft pick, in exchange for 1B B. Dahlgren, SP S. Castleman, RF N. Tremark, SS B. Jurges.
11-08-1935	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,188 through automatic renewal.
01-01-1936	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (8); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 8 (7).
09-23-1936	Goes 5-5 against the Washington Senators, with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 3 R.
09-28-1936	Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award.
09-28-1936	Goes 5-6 against the New York (A) Yankees, with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 4 R.
10-19-1936	Won the 1936 Major League Baseball World Series with the Boston (A) Red Sox!
11-09-1936	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $42,724 through arbitration.
01-01-1937	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 7 (7).
05-03-1937	Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $225,000 with the Boston (A) Red Sox organization.
06-21-1937	Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award.
09-27-1937	Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award.
10-11-1937	Injured (flu), out for 1-2 weeks.
10-15-1937	Won the 1937 Major League Baseball World Series with the Boston (A) Red Sox!
01-01-1938	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 7 (8).
06-06-1938	Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award.
06-15-1938	Was selected to the 1938 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
01-01-1939	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 7 (8).
05-01-1939	Wins the MLB AL Batter of the Month Award.
06-01-1939	Wins the MLB AL Batter of the Month Award.
06-30-1939	Was selected to the 1939 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
08-14-1939	Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	GS	Rank
1936	150	3
1937	150	3
1938	152	4
1939	154	1

Year	PA	Rank
1936	685	5
1937	679	6
1938	682	8
1939	716	5

Year	AB	Rank
1936	594	10
1937	586	7

Year	H	Rank
1939	190	9

Year	K	Rank
1933	79	3
1936	83	3
1937	99	3
1938	90	5
1939	90	4

Year	TB	Rank
1936	319	4
1937	307	2
1938	324	5
1939	338	3

Year	HR	Rank
1933	15	5
1934	21	7
1936	36	1
1937	35	1
1938	34	3
1939	37	3

Year	RBI	Rank
1936	133	1
1937	128	2
1938	130	2
1939	127	4

Year	R	Rank
1936	116	3
1937	113	4
1938	116	6
1939	125	2

Year	BB	Rank
1933	85	3
1935	64	10
1936	78	9
1937	86	10
1938	103	4
1939	110	3

Year	IBB	Rank
1935	8	7
1936	5	5
1937	10	1
1938	6	1
1939	12	1

Year	HP	Rank
1939	5	8

Year	SF	Rank
1933	9	5
1936	11	2
1939	10	2

Year	EBH	Rank
1936	62	6
1937	61	3
1938	68	3
1939	69	7

Year	AVG	Rank
1934	.312	9
1939	.321	8

Year	OBP	Rank
1933	.370	7
1934	.414	5
1938	.422	5
1939	.426	4

Year	SLG	Rank
1934	.539	3
1936	.537	4
1937	.524	3
1938	.565	3
1939	.572	3

Year	RC	Rank
1936	119.52	5
1937	119.76	5
1938	135.96	2
1939	143.58	2

Year	RC/27	Rank
1934	8.23	3
1937	7.43	6
1938	8.74	4
1939	8.77	3

Year	ISO	Rank
1933	.161	7
1934	.227	4
1936	.236	2
1937	.229	1
1938	.246	2
1939	.250	3

Year	TAVG	Rank
1933	.784	10
1934	.993	4
1937	.932	5
1938	1.038	2
1939	1.051	2

Year	OPS	Rank
1934	.953	2
1936	.915	4
1937	.907	5
1938	.988	2
1939	.998	2

Year	VORP	Rank
1934	51.7	7
1936	46.8	8
1937	48.4	6
1938	66.0	5
1939	71.5	3