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Lou Brock League
8-24-2069
Happy Gibson Shortstop
Retired (1976, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .217 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .562 Status Deceased (2011) Option Years 0  
H 396 Age at Death 69 Date of Birth 05-06-1942
HR 18 Drafted Round 3, Pick 48
(1964)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(79 games)
RBI 162
SB 24
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity D    Mentor vR C 
Speed B  Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B  WS Rings 0
1B F  (0.4%) LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (98.3%) CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 1
3B A+ (99.0%) RF B  (61.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* 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 
1964 Minors 22 26.00 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 1 4 / 8 7 / 9 1 / 3 16 / 26
1964 Majors 22 17.85 1 / 2 1 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 1 3 / 4 1 / 2 2 / 2 10 / 17
1965 Majors 23 43.30 2 / 5 6 / 8 3 / 4 4 / 6 2 / 8 5 / 7 3 / 5 25 / 43
1966 Majors 24 46.62 2 / 2 4 / 5 3 / 9 6 / 10 1 / 9 6 / 6 4 / 5 26 / 46
1967 Majors 25 2.14 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1968 Minors 26 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4
1968 Majors 26 4.36 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 4
1969 Majors 27 23.35 162 15 0 2 / 3 1 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 4 7 / 23
1970 Majors 28 27.20 162 20 0 1 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 1 2 / 5 2 / 7 6 / 27
1971 Majors 29 21.48 162 11 0 0 / 4 2 / 9 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 2 / 21
1972 Majors 30 32.15 162 37 0 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 32
1973 Majors 31 36.74 158 45 0 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 36
1974 Majors 32 29.58 162 20 0 1 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 29
1975 Minors 33 15.00 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 3 2 / 15
1975 Majors 33 2.56 10 4 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1976 Majors 34 17.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 17
Total 978 152 0 11 / 43 17 / 48 11 / 48 11 / 48 12 / 52 23 / 56 13 / 49 98 / 344
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Happy Gibson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1975-07-02The New York Coyotes have waived Happy Gibson.
1975-05-06The New York Coyotes have acquired Happy Gibson from the waiver wire.
1975-05-02The New York Coyotes have waived Happy Gibson.
1975-04-12The New York Coyotes have designated Happy Gibson for assignment.
1973-04-05The New York Coyotes have acquired Happy Gibson from the waiver wire.
1973-04-01The Chicago Cubs have promoted Kevin Sweet to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have designated Happy Gibson for assignment.
1968-05-09The Chicago Cubs have promoted Happy Gibson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Brian Palm to the minors.
1968-04-01The Chicago Cubs have promoted Turk Lelivelt to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Happy Gibson to the minors.
1967-04-11Happy Gibson of the Chicago Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1965-05-22Happy Gibson of the Chicago Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1964-07-25A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Shock. The Detroit Shock receive Roy Dockins, Dutch Leonard from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Happy Gibson.