How Bob Gibson's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Bob Gibson posted a career Range Factor of .571, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1984, posting 1.0, well below the league average of 3.08 that year. The lowest point came in 1985 at .439, well below the league average of 3.12 that year. The Range Factor trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .439 in 1985 to .455 in 1986 and 1.0 in 1987. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .439 to 1.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Bob Gibson Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Bob Gibson
| Bob Gibson
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 0.571 |
| Season Avg. | 0.571 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.571 |
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Bob Gibson Range Factor Per Season
Bob Gibson's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bob Gibson Range Factor by Team
Bob Gibson's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Gibson Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Gibson's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Gibson's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Gibson's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
