Born in King, North Carolina, Gibson attended Catawba College before making his major league debut on April 19, 1926. He was a starting pitcher on managerTy Cobb's Tigers, winning 12 games and throwing nearly 200 innings in his rookie season. In a game against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1928, he allowed the 4,000th hit of Cobb's career.
gibson, baseball, samuel, braxton, gibson, august, 1899, january, 1983, american, right, handed, pitcher, major, league, baseball, played, five, seasons, with, detroit, tigers, 1926, york, yankees, 1930, york, giants, 1932, gibsonpitcherborn, 1899, august, 189. Samuel Braxton Gibson August 5 1899 January 31 1983 was an American right handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers 1926 28 New York Yankees 1930 and New York Giants 1932 Sam GibsonPitcherBorn 1899 08 05 August 5 1899King North Carolina U S Died January 31 1983 1983 01 31 aged 83 High Point North Carolina U S Batted LeftThrew RightMLB debutApril 19 1926 for the Detroit TigersLast MLB appearanceSeptember 18 1932 for the New York GiantsMLB statisticsWin loss record32 38Earned run average4 28Strikeouts208TeamsDetroit Tigers 1926 1928 New York Yankees 1930 New York Giants 1932 Born in King North Carolina Gibson attended Catawba College before making his major league debut on April 19 1926 He was a starting pitcher on manager Ty Cobb s Tigers winning 12 games and throwing nearly 200 innings in his rookie season In a game against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1928 he allowed the 4 000th hit of Cobb s career After playing smaller roles on the Yankees and Giants Gibson played fourteen seasons in the minor league Pacific Coast League for the San Francisco Seals Portland Beavers and Oakland Oaks in 1931 and from 1933 to 1945 His best season was 1935 in which he went 22 4 1 He holds the Seals highest single season winning percentage at 846 2 He was a teammate of Joe DiMaggio and the two were inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame in 2003 3 Gibson died in 1983 at age 83 in High Point North Carolina References edit Classic PCL Teams Archived 2006 11 10 at the Wayback Machine San Francisco Seals single season records Archived 2006 11 10 at the Wayback Machine Twenty One Greats to be Enshrined in PCL Hall of Fame Archived from the original on 2011 08 04 Retrieved 2007 01 31 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference Baseball Reference Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Baseball Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sam Gibson baseball amp oldid 1170053822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
