#45 Bob 'Hoot' Gibson is the first player I've chosen to represent the period in baseball that I enjoyed watching and playing as a young boy.
This card is a 2009 Topps short printed card #415. It is a great card that shows him delivering a pitch off the mound at Shea Stadium. His career statistics on the back of the card indicate that he had 6 league leading and 4 tied pitching records. His best year was in 1968 when he obtained 4 of the league leading pitching records including a 1.12 ERA during the 'live ball' era. That same year he won the NL MVP and Cy Young Awards. Another interesting fact is that his most career strikeouts of 41 was against Willie Stargell.
Seasons G GS CG W L PCT ERA SHO IP H ER HR BB SO
17 (1959-1975) 528 482 255 251 174 .591 2.91 56 3,884.1 3,279 1,258 257 1,336 3,117
This card is a 2009 Topps short printed card #415. It is a great card that shows him delivering a pitch off the mound at Shea Stadium. His career statistics on the back of the card indicate that he had 6 league leading and 4 tied pitching records. His best year was in 1968 when he obtained 4 of the league leading pitching records including a 1.12 ERA during the 'live ball' era. That same year he won the NL MVP and Cy Young Awards. Another interesting fact is that his most career strikeouts of 41 was against Willie Stargell.
Seasons G GS CG W L PCT ERA SHO IP H ER HR BB SO
17 (1959-1975) 528 482 255 251 174 .591 2.91 56 3,884.1 3,279 1,258 257 1,336 3,117
