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Mel Ott League
8-19-2069
Rolando Gibson Shortstop
Retired (1979, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .266 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .774 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
H 1984 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 02-05-1942
HR 325 Drafted Round 1, Pick 12
(1960)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(101 games)
RBI 1154
SB 335
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B D- (9.0%) LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B C- (29.2%) CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 1
3B C- (34.5%) RF F  (2.1%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1960 Minors 18 9.00 0 / 0 1 / 1 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 7 / 9
1961 Minors 19 52.00 9 / 10 9 / 9 8 / 9 4 / 6 3 / 9 1 / 1 8 / 8 42 / 52
1962 Minors 20 58.00 6 / 8 9 / 12 1 / 2 6 / 10 3 / 12 3 / 6 6 / 8 34 / 58
1963 Minors 21 63.00 4 / 6 8 / 14 5 / 8 5 / 10 0 / 8 6 / 14 3 / 3 31 / 63
1964 Minors 22 58.00 5 / 7 3 / 7 3 / 6 4 / 9 2 / 12 4 / 7 3 / 10 24 / 58
1965 Majors 23 55.86 4 / 9 5 / 9 3 / 8 3 / 10 0 / 6 7 / 11 2 / 2 24 / 55
1966 Majors 24 66.29 2 / 10 4 / 11 1 / 8 3 / 9 1 / 9 4 / 10 4 / 9 19 / 66
1967 Majors 25 62.60 1 / 9 0 / 10 4 / 10 1 / 8 3 / 9 4 / 9 2 / 7 15 / 62
1968 Majors 26 54.62 2 / 6 1 / 7 3 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 13 2 / 4 0 / 9 8 / 54
1969 Majors 27 62.81 1 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 12 1 / 9 0 / 12 3 / 62
1970 Majors 28 65.89 2 / 11 2 / 14 0 / 9 3 / 10 1 / 7 1 / 7 0 / 7 9 / 65
1971 Majors 29 63.49 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 19 2 / 12 2 / 63
1972 Majors 30 53.66 142 132 20 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 53
1973 Majors 31 59.57 162 123 0 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 4 0 / 59
1974 Majors 32 44.82 113 105 49 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 44
1975 Majors 33 65.49 162 104 0 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 65
1976 Majors 34 55.52 143 131 19 -2 / 4 -1 / 12 -3 / 4 -5 / 9 -8 / 9 -3 / 11 -1 / 6 -23 / 55
1977 Majors 35 61.61 162 135 0 -3 / 8 -4 / 2 -2 / 7 -6 / 9 -8 / 16 -2 / 7 -2 / 12 -27 / 61
1978 Majors 36 68.76 162 133 0 -4 / 11 -2 / 15 -2 / 12 -5 / 9 -10 / 7 -3 / 7 0 / 7 -26 / 68
1979 Majors 37 29.71 162 33 0 -5 / 1 -2 / 1 -6 / 11 -1 / 4 -7 / 5 -1 / 5 -1 / 2 -23 / 29
Total 1208 896 88 22 / 150 33 / 163 18 / 152 13 / 154 -19 / 174 26 / 167 26 / 141 119 / 1101
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01Rolando Gibson has retired from the Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs
1976-06-03Rolando Gibson of the Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1974-08-07Rolando Gibson of the Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 65 days.
1972-04-11Rolando Gibson of the Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1968-09-07Rolando Gibson of the Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1965-03-01The Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs have promoted Rolando Gibson to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs have sent Marv Cassidy to the minors. The Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs have sent Grey Fitzmaurice to the minors.
1964-04-01The Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs have promoted Marv Cassidy to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs have sent Rolando Gibson to the minors.
1964-03-03The Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs have promoted Rolando Gibson to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Prairie Dogs have promoted Javy Williams to the major league team.