Bob Gibson vs. Marty Pattin — Career Comparison

Bob Gibson
Silent GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Marty Pattin
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Bob Gibson a clear advantage over Marty Pattin across the core pitching metrics. Bob Gibson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 105 vs 74), strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 99), and run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 94). Marty Pattin held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 79). Bob Gibson was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gibson and Marty Pattin

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
2.1
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
0.99
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.58
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.5
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.4
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.48
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.06
59.06
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.12
51.12
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.16
47.16
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
0.59
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.28
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.13
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
2.91
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
820
3.62
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11653
27
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6116
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.1
9
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2038.2
9
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
7.6
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1933
8.53
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
0.6
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.92
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1336
3.1
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
2.66
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.27
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.33
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3117
7.22
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
5.2
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.874
0.874
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.25
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.16
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.24
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.2
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16068
37.23
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8501
37.53
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.05
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.53
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1420
3.29
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
905
4
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.14
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.28
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.1
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.11
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.37
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.244
1.244
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14525
33.65
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7732
34.13
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.23
37.23
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.53
37.53

Fielding Stats for Bob Gibson and Marty Pattin

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
2.1
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
0.99
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11654
27
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6116
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.2
9
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2038.2
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
0.67
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.54
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
1.12
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
1.21
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.1
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
1.89
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
1.81
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
1.8
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.75
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.86
94.86
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.836
0.836
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.16
47.16
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gibson and Marty Pattin

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
596
240.16
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
487
842.07
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1489
600
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
347
600
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1328
535.12
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
309
534.29
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
110.41
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
38
65.71
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
80.99
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
30
51.87
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
17.73
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
10.37
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.01
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
9.67
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.46
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
29.42
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
8
13.83
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.39
41.66
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
8.01
13.84
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
400
161.18
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
50
86.46
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
345
139.02
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
47
81.27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
53.19
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
15
25.94
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
58.03
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
20
34.58
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
252
101.54
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
33
57.06
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99.39
40.05
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.4
-2.43
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.22
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.73
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
25.39
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
8
13.83
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
415
167.23
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
188.47
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
3.59
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.18
3.18
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
29.01
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
48.41
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
7.25
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.73
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.24
Marty Pattin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
6.92
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.24
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.03
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
9.27
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.52
56.52
Marty Pattin
Career
Per 600 PA