Bob Gibson vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Bob Gibson
Silent GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Cy Young posted a stronger line than Bob Gibson. Cy Young posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.63 vs 2.91) and WHIP (1.130 vs 1.218). By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gibson and Cy Young

Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
1.22
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
1
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
0.58
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
0.4
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.06
59.06
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.96
89.96
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.59
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.09
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.02
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1258
2.91
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11653
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3884.1
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
7.6
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
0.6
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1336
3.1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3117
7.22
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
0.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.19
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.24
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16068
37.23
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.1
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1420
3.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3167
3.87
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.188
1.188
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14525
33.65
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.23
37.23
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Bob Gibson and Cy Young

Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
1.22
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
0.29
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11654
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3884.2
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
0.67
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
1.12
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
817
1.89
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
1.8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.87
93.87
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.47
25.47
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.05
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gibson and Cy Young

Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
596
240.16
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
1489
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
1328
535.12
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
274
110.41
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
201
80.99
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
17.73
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
16.83
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.01
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
9.67
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
18
3.48
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
29.42
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
27.09
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103.39
41.66
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204.03
39.48
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
400
161.18
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
345
139.02
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
138.15
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
132
53.19
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
144
58.03
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
56.11
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
101.54
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
99.39
40.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.22
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
1.93
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
25.39
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
15.67
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
415
167.23
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
29.01
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
50
9.67
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
7.25
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
5.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
5.24
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.03
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
9.27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
5.61
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
56.52
56.52
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100