Bob Gibson Saves

Bob Gibson Career Saves Overview

During Bob Gibson's 17-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 6 saves, an average of 0 saves per season. 1975 was his best season with 2 saves and his worst season was 1959 when he had 0 saves. Bob Gibson is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or being beat by SP (4.6851520572451), USA (11.064867861763), The Silent Generation (15.969696969697), Y (62), and mlb (11.648944611966) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

A save is credited to a relief pitcher who, under certain circumstances, finishes the game and prevents the opposing team from taking the lead. Some of the criteria include not being credited for the win, pitching at least one third of an inning, and entering the game with a lead of 3 runs or less. Generally, for Saves, higher is better. (Source)

Bob Gibson Lifetime Saves

Stats similar to Saves for Bob Gibson

	Bob Gibson Saves
Career	6
Season Avg.	0
162 Game Avg.	1
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Bob Gibson Saves By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Bob Gibson's yearly Saves 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.

Bob Gibson Cumulative Saves by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Bob Gibson's career Saves progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Bob Gibson's career Saves at the end of that season.

Bob Gibson Saves By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Bob Gibson and related player groups by summarizing Saves 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!

Bob Gibson Saves Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Bob Gibson Saves 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.