How Bob Gibson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bob Gibson posted a career Batting Average of .206, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1970, posting .303, above the league average of .263 that year. The lowest point came in 1959 at .115, well below the league average of .263 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .185 in 1973 to .210 in 1974 and .179 in 1975. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 17 seasons.
Bob Gibson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Bob Gibson
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| Career | 0.206 | 1489 | 1328 | 0.276 |
| Season Avg. | 0.206 | 87.59 | 78.12 | 0.276 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.206 | 404.73 | 360.97 | 0.276 |
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Bob Gibson Batting Average Per Season
Bob Gibson's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bob Gibson Batting Average by Team
Bob Gibson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Gibson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Gibson's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Bob Gibson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Gibson's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bob Gibson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Gibson's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
