Bob Gibson Career Home Runs Overview

During Bob Gibson's 17-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 24 home runs, an average of 1 home runs per season. 1965 was his best season with 5 home runs and his worst season was 1959 when he had 0 home runs. Bob Gibson is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or being beat by SP (2.10972), USA (48.9087), The Silent Generation (62.2797), Y (217.415), and mlb (50.1495) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Home runs (HR) are hits where the player hits the ball and reaches home in a single play without the benefit of an error or fielders choice. Commonly this is done by the player hitting the ball over the outfield fence in fair territory but it can also occur with a well placed hit that stays inside the park. Generally, for Home Runs, higher is better. (Source)

Bob Gibson Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats

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Home Runs
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Home Runs Per at Bat
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Home Runs Per Hit
Career240.0180.088
Season Avg.10.0150.073
162 Game Avg.70.0180.088
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Bob Gibson Home Runs By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Bob Gibson's yearly Home Runs for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Bob Gibson Cumulative Home Runs by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Bob Gibson's career Home Runs progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Bob Gibson's career Home Runs at the end of that season.
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Bob Gibson Home Runs By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Bob Gibson and related player groups by summarizing Home Runs for each season played by Bob Gibson. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Bob Gibson Home Runs Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Bob Gibson Home Runs stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Bob Gibson career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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