Bob Gibson vs. Tarik Skubal — Career Comparison

Bob Gibson
Silent GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Tarik Skubal
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Tarik Skubal a clear advantage over Bob Gibson across the core pitching metrics. Tarik Skubal led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 140 vs 79), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 143 vs 97), and run prevention (ERA+ 143 vs 101). Tarik Skubal was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gibson and Tarik Skubal

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.61
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.12
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.57
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.58
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.63
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.4
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.43
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.06
59.06
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.34
59.34
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.29
91.29
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.81
97.81
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
0.59
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.13
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
2.91
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
3.08
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.226
0.226
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11653
27
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2300
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.1
9
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
766.2
9
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3279
7.6
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
7.21
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.21
7.21
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
0.6
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.06
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1336
3.1
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.02
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.27
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3117
7.22
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
10.44
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.22
7.22
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.44
10.44
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.49
6.49
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.146
1.146
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.25
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.24
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16068
37.23
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3056
35.87
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.05
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1420
3.29
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
3.37
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.14
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.1
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.11
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.58
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.188
1.188
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14525
33.65
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2836
33.29
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.23
37.23
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.87
35.87

Fielding Stats for Bob Gibson and Tarik Skubal

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.61
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.12
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.57
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11654
27
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2300
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.2
9
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
766.2
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
0.67
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.12
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.85
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.1
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
1.89
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.19
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
1.8
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
1.09
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.08
92.08
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
0.679
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.29
91.29
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.81
97.81
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gibson and Tarik Skubal

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
596
240.16
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
137
27400
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1489
600
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1328
535.12
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
110.41
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
80.99
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
17.73
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.01
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
9.67
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
29.42
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.39
41.66
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
400
161.18
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
345
139.02
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
53.19
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
58.03
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
252
101.54
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99.39
40.05
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.22
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
25.39
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
415
167.23
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.59
3.59
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
29.01
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
7.25
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
5.24
Tarik Skubal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.24
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.03
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
9.27
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.52
56.52
Tarik Skubal
Career
Per 600 PA