Robert Gibson

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Robert Gibson, better known as Bob Gibson, was a dominant Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, renowned for his fierce competitiveness and record-setting 1968 season.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hall of Famer
Major League Baseball player
St. Louis Cardinals player
baseball player
human
pitcher
allStarSelection 9
bats right
careerSpanMLB 1959–1975
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
CyYoungAward 1968
1970
dateOfBirth 1935-11-09
dateOfDeath 2020-10-02
debutInLeague Major League Baseball
earnedRunAverage1968 1.12
educatedAt Creighton University
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
finalMLBGameDate 1975-09-03
finalMLBTeam St. Louis Cardinals
givenName Robert
goldGloveAward 1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameInductionYear 1981
jerseyNumber 45
knownFor dominant pitching
fierce competitiveness
league Major League Baseball
memberOfSportsTeam St. Louis Cardinals
MLBdebutDate 1959-04-15
MLBdebutTeam St. Louis Cardinals
mostValuablePlayerAward 1968
nickname Bob Gibson
notableSeason 1968
placeOfBirth Omaha, Nebraska
surface form: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
placeOfBurial Omaha, Nebraska
surface form: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
placeOfDeath Omaha, Nebraska
surface form: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
playedBasketballFor Harlem Globetrotters
positionPlayed pitcher
retiredJerseyNumberBy St. Louis Cardinals
sexOrGender male
singleSeasonERARecordModernEra 1.12 in 1968
sport baseball
throws right
worldSeriesChampion 1964
1967
worldSeriesMVP 1964
1967

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Bob Gibson fullName Robert Gibson