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Name	Team	Age
Sam Gibson	Retired (1986, Age 35)	Died (2014, Age 63)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 51 (1973)	SP	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Santo Rodriguez League	0	5 years (1 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	D+	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	D-	F
Endurance	Velocity	Control
A-	A	C
Leadership	Mentor Value
B	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	1/27/1951
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1973	Minors	14.00	0 / 0	5 / 8	1 / 6	6 / 14
1973	Majors	21.00	0 / 0	1 / 12	4 / 9	5 / 21
1974	Minors	4.00	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 3	1 / 4
1975	Minors	43.00	0 / 2	3 / 19	3 / 22	6 / 43
1976	Minors	57.00	0 / 0	4 / 28	5 / 29	9 / 57
1977	Minors	45.00	0 / 1	0 / 28	3 / 16	3 / 45
1978	Minors	4.00	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 4
1978	Majors	18.00	0 / 0	0 / 6	1 / 12	1 / 18
1979	Majors	17.00	0 / 0	0 / 10	1 / 7	1 / 17
1980	Majors	22.00	0 / 0	0 / 10	0 / 12	0 / 22
1981	Majors	24.00	0 / 0	0 / 15	1 / 9	1 / 24
1982	Majors	44.29	0 / 7	0 / 22	1 / 15	1 / 44
1983	Majors	42.50	0 / 9	0 / 24	0 / 9	0 / 42
1984	Majors	48.55	0 / 9	0 / 18	1 / 21	1 / 48
1985	Majors	49.65	-3 / 15	-9 / 16	-1 / 18	-13 / 49
1986	Majors	49.62	-4 / 8	-7 / 14	-3 / 27	-14 / 49
Total			-7 / 51	-3 / 233	18 / 217	8 / 501

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1986-11-01	Sam Gibson has retired from the Kansas City Royals
1982-04-01	The Kansas City Royals have promoted Sam Gibson to the major league team.
1982-04-01	The Kansas City Royals have acquired Sam Gibson from the waiver wire.
1978-05-20	The Boston Redlegs have waived Sam Gibson.
1974-09-17	The Boston Redlegs have acquired Sam Gibson from the waiver wire.
1973-05-31	The Toronto Poutines have waived Sam Gibson.