Ron Santo vs. Bob Gibson — Matchup Analysis

Bob Gibson has had the better of this matchup. Despite batting 0.243, 12% below their career average and above Gibson's career opposing average of 0.226, Santo's OPS of 0.665 sits modestly below the career mark of 0.827. Gibson has been equally punishing in the strikeout column, sending Santo down once every 5 plate appearances, more often than the career rate of once every 7 PA. Slight edge: Gibson.

How Ron Santo put the ball into play against Bob Gibson

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Bob Gibson to Ron Santo

Matchup Details for Ron Santo and Bob Gibson

Stats that describe the matchup between Ron Santo and Bob Gibson including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
174
Ron Santo Career Plate Appearances
9396
Bob Gibson Career Batters Faced
16068
In this matchup
152
Ron Santo Career At Bats
8143
Bob Gibson Career At Bats Pitched
14525
In this matchup
0.243
Ron Santo Career Batting Average
0.277
Bob Gibson Career Opposing Batting Average
0.226
In this matchup
37
Ron Santo Career Hits
2254
Bob Gibson Career Hits Allowed
3279
In this matchup
31
Ron Santo Career Singles
1480
In this matchup
3
Ron Santo Career Doubles
365
In this matchup
0
Ron Santo Career Triples
67
In this matchup
3
Ron Santo Career Home Runs
342
Bob Gibson Career Home Runs Allowed
257

Grand Slams

In this matchup
0

In the Park Home Runs

In this matchup
0

In the Park Grand Slams

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
6
Ron Santo Career Extra Base Hits
774
In this matchup
0.020
Ron Santo Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.042
Bob Gibson Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.018
In this matchup
0.081
Ron Santo Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.152
Bob Gibson Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.078

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.086
Ron Santo Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.255
Bob Gibson Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.082
In this matchup
49
Ron Santo Total Bases
3779
In this matchup
60
Ron Santo Career Times on Base
3400
In this matchup
0.343
Ron Santo Career On Base Percentage
0.362
In this matchup
0.322
Ron Santo Career Slugging Percentage
0.464
In this matchup
0.665
Ron Santo Career OPS
0.827
In this matchup
0.079
Ron Santo Career Isolated Power
0.187
In this matchup
0.235
Ron Santo Career Gross Production Average
0.279
In this matchup
0.298
Ron Santo Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.292
Bob Gibson Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.271
In this matchup
13
Ron Santo Career RBIs
1331
In this matchup
16.800
Ron Santo Career Runs Created
1388.890
In this matchup
0
Ron Santo Career Hit By Pitch
38
Bob Gibson Career Batters Hit By Pitch
102

Outs

In this matchup
78
In this matchup
22
Ron Santo Career Walks
1108
Bob Gibson Career Walks Allowed
1336
In this matchup
1
Ron Santo Career Intentional Walks
94
Bob Gibson Career Intentional Walks Allowed
118
In this matchup
35
Ron Santo Career Strikeouts
1343
Bob Gibson Career Strikeouts Thrown
3117
In this matchup
4.971
Ron Santo Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
7.000
Bob Gibson Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.155
In this matchup
0.657
Ron Santo Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.830
Bob Gibson Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.430

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.345
Ron Santo Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.368
Bob Gibson Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.295

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
2

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Ron Santo Career Sacrifice Hits
13
Bob Gibson Career Sacrifice Hits
62
In this matchup
0
Ron Santo Career Sacrifice Flies
94
Bob Gibson Career Sacrifice Flies
43
In this matchup
3
Ron Santo Career Ground into Double Play
256
Bob Gibson Career Double Plays Enabled
46

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0