Gibson was the most intimidating pitcher I ever saw. I met him once and told him so. Also said to him he was one of the top ten hurlers in baseball history. He shrugged it off, saying " I was alright". I said "Mr. Gibson, when they change the game because of you, you were way better than 'alright'."
I got the honor of watching randy johnson pitch many times when he was with the Mariners.. whhooo boy you could see how intimidated opposing teams were to face him.. baseball is a wonderful game!!
Back in the 90s I went to as many autograph shows as I could to meet hall of famers from this era. I have to say that meeting Bob Gibson was the the one I was most thrilled about.
Here are Gibsons stats from the regular season in 1968. 34 games started, 21 games of 9 innnings pitched (19-2 in those games). 6 games of 8 innings pitched (all losses), 2 games of 7 innings pitched (both no decisions). Here's the kicker....he had a game that he pitched 9 2/3 innings (loss) a 10 innings game (win), 2 11 inning games (1 win, 1 ND) and a 12 inning game (win). Based on a nine inning average he pitched all but 1 1/3 innings for the year. Of his 9 losses he gave up 1 earned run in 3 games, 2 earned runs in 3 games and 3 earned runs in 3 games. That is amazing.
4:28 - I love when Gibson talked about losing 9 games in 1968, the year he had a 1.12 ERA. When the Cards got one run Curt Flood would say "Ok roomie we got it, hold 'em". Gibson said "he thought that was funny, but that was NOT funny at all." The guy was a FIERCE competitor. GREAT segment on Bob Gibson in that movie. RIP Hoot.
The players of today who showboat after hitting a home run should THANK GOD they never had to Bob Gibson, because their next at bat would be their last
@Jerome Stracks - Not to mention, alot of them should be thankful that they never had to face, *Sal ‘The Barber’ Maglie, Don ‘Big D’ Drysdale, Steve ‘Lefty’ Carlton & Early ‘Gus’ Wynn,* as well.
You have to admire and respect Mr Gibson for his drive, tenacity, and sheer will to be successful. He was so and in such an overwhelming fashion and what a great role model he is. Thank you Mr Bob Gibson.
This brought back a fun memory! I was 15, living in Indiana, and a big Tiger fan. One of my best friends was a big Cardinals fan. We would jabber at each other about the upcoming series and McLain vs Gibson, who was better etc. etc.-as 15 year old boys will do. Then Gibson struck out 18 in the first game!!! I had nothin' to say! Until, of course, the Tigers came back to win the series 4-3, beating Gibson in game 7. Happy days were here again...
Bob Gibson was a hero of mine when I was a kid in the late 60s. My Dad was and still is a die hard Cardinals fan. So naturally so was I. It turned out that I was a decent little league pitcher. So of course I wanted to be Bob Gibson. I worshipped him. I tried to emulate his pitching style. My Dad for a while called me "Gibby". Thanks for the vid.
What an amazing player. I think he ended up with 57 or so shut outs. Easily in the top 5 pitchers who ever played. 1968 is the best year of any pitcher ever. Great interview. Great person.
Mike Schmidt still has the scar on his arm hah! To watch Aaron, Banks, Bench, Morgan and Schmidt, Hall of Famers all, revere Gibson as they did said it all. I was 8 in 1967 when I became a lifelong Cardinals fan, and to this day think they had the best team ever. And Gibby had the coolest windup of any pitcher I've ever seen! Al Hrabosky's was second, a distant second.
As a kid we didn't have a Major League team. But when I was 12 in 1968 I got to visit my Sister in LA and her boyfriend took us to a Dodger's game. Playing St. Louis. Bob Gibson against Don Drysdale. I believe the game ended with the Cards wining 3 to 1. Quite a game since it was my only one for the first 30 years of my life. I'll treasure the memory.
When I was a kid, I was a Cardinals fan, and Bob Gibson was my favorite player. I lived in Pittsburgh, and was also a huge Pirates fan (Clemente/Stargell era). It wasn’t that weird because they were rarely too competitive with each other in those years. Anyway, my parents took me to see Gibson pitch against the Pirates in the ‘71 season. I scored the game, and told my mom (who I was sitting next to) at the end of three that Gibson had a no-hitter going (I was super-excited). She said something like: “Oh, it’s just the third inning.” Turned out, it was the only no-hitter of his career (August 14, 1971). Blew my mind. I can still see it in my mind to this day. Clemente, btw, didn’t play that day. Always wondered how he would’ve done. But it was sheer baseball magic for me.
Man, these guy's heavily underrated...if he'd chose basketball, a legend. Chose boxing, rack it all up, track and field HAH. Truly and arguably the best overall athlete hahah he don't even look 80 yo!!!
Bob Gibson had a very fluid pitching motion. He made most players feel very uneasy in the batters box. At 32 in 1968 1.12 era 22 game winner 13 game shutouts. The most remarkable season ever.
I learned so much about pitching from Gibson. One particular game, I gave up a grandslam in the 1st inning. Before the ball got to the plate, I knew itvwas a bad pitch. I turned to watch it, and I turned back to the plate, I noticed the guy was walking up the 1st base line. I got pissed and bored down, determined to pitch to that guy again. 9 up 9 down. His next AB, drilled him in the ribs. Hit the HR, fine, don’t hotdog it. Learned that from Hoot. BTW, we came back to win that game 7-4
You should've included the few seconds before where Bench, Morgan, Kaline and Brett were all standing around Gibson's plaque in cooperstown. Bench said that Gibson would come up to the batters cage in batting practice and tell the guy batting that he was going to hit him and he hit him. That's what made Gibson so damn intimidating, the psychological warfare aspect of baseball is missing from the game today. Pitchers don't seem to be in as much control nowdays that they used to be.
@@garylobo348 Laughable, innit, that a guy can go 5 innings and give up a run, OR TWO EVEN, and yes, it's considered a good outing! My grandfather loved Gibson cuz he was so damned fast! And by fast, I don't mean pitch speed, although he threw as hard, or harder than, anybody, including the Ryan Express, but my grandfather meant that Gibson would pitch a complete game in less than two hrs!! That is literally unimaginable in today's game!
I just got a 2020 Flawless Bob Gibson Auto out of 10 from a box. I was going to sell it until I watched this video. I always knew of him but never really knew him as the player. This card means more to me now for some reason.
7-2 in 3 world series, era of 1.89. he started 9, completed 8, (pitched in all but 1 inning) he struck out 92 and walked 17, 2 shut outs. all three world series went to 7. in the 1964 world series gibby pitched games 2, 5, and 7 against the yankees, they won. he pitched 1, 4, and 7 in 1967 against the red sox, and he pitched 1, 4, and 7 in 1968 against the tigers.
Bob Gibson was talking about how he used to get Clemente all excited about the inside corner and brushing him back. What he forgot to say was that on July 15, 1967 Roberto Clemente hit a line drive back to him that resulted in a fractured bone in his right leg.
Ever notice how the vast majority of these old time black players, if you closed your eyes and just listened to them talk, if you didn't already know it, you'd never know they were black.
Back then . pitches were always trying to be better than the other teams aces. Gibson. Koufax , bunning , Drysdale , Juan Marichal, Bob Veal, Carlton, Etc - all were trying to be the best. and I think they drove them to continued Greatness,
With the intimidation factor, and the shitty Cards teams, and winning the series. Rob Gibson is the best pitcher in MLB history. Because when he hit the mound it was pretty much a for sure win.
Based on sheer competitiveness & will to win (at any cost) alone, give me a team comprised of *Bob Gibson/Ty Cobb/Ernie Banks/Pete Rose/Willie Mays/George Foster* amongst other so-so cats & I *guarantee* they would be hoisting the World Series Trophy above their heads *way more* times than most.
I can understand Bob being mad or just looking mad all the time..like he said as a black man racism followed you around on a daily basis...when you were on the field they all loved you..once you got off you were just another black man who they hated...he was the g.o.a.t...not up for debate...
My dad played baseball with Bob at Creighton and was his dorm resident assistant. He would tell me he was so wild back then no guys would ever be comfortable in the batters box. I remember as a kid seeing the tallest man I had ever seen walking towards us at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. A loud booming voice yelling out Mike! I was like Dad you know him that's Bob Gibson?
@3:23…two of the greatest baseball legends of all time…one is in Cooperstown…the other should be!…the immortal BOB GIBSON and the one and only RICHIE “DICK” ALLEN
Gibson was the most intimidating pitcher I ever saw. I met him once and told him so. Also said to him he was one of the top ten hurlers in baseball history. He shrugged it off, saying " I was alright". I said "Mr. Gibson, when they change the game because of you, you were way better than 'alright'."
I got the honor of watching randy johnson pitch many times when he was with the Mariners.. whhooo boy you could see how intimidated opposing teams were to face him.. baseball is a wonderful game!!
That sounds like Gibson: Never boastful, didn't go around telling anyone how good he was.
Back in the 90s I went to as many autograph shows as I could to meet hall of famers from this era. I have to say that meeting Bob Gibson was the the one I was most thrilled about.
Mr Gibson was a starter, early, reliever, middle reliever, closer, all rolled into one. What a great player he was!
Bob Gibson is Legend! 13 shutouts in '68... Superlatives fail this man!
Here are Gibsons stats from the regular season in 1968. 34 games started, 21 games of 9 innnings pitched (19-2 in those games). 6 games of 8 innings pitched (all losses), 2 games of 7 innings pitched (both no decisions). Here's the kicker....he had a game that he pitched 9 2/3 innings (loss) a 10 innings game (win), 2 11 inning games (1 win, 1 ND) and a 12 inning game (win). Based on a nine inning average he pitched all but 1 1/3 innings for the year. Of his 9 losses he gave up 1 earned run in 3 games, 2 earned runs in 3 games and 3 earned runs in 3 games. That is amazing.
THEY DON'T MAKE THEM ANYMORE PITCHERS AND PLAYERS.EXAMPLES-KOUFAX,BROOKES ROBINSON, WILLS,AARON,ROSE,FORD--50S AND 60S FORGETABOUTIT
Hard to even believe it’s real
A true gentleman away from the diamond. Having grown up in St. Louis and meeting him many times, he would treat you with interest and true attention.
4:28 - I love when Gibson talked about losing 9 games in 1968, the year he had a 1.12 ERA. When the Cards got one run Curt Flood would say "Ok roomie we got it, hold 'em". Gibson said "he thought that was funny, but that was NOT funny at all." The guy was a FIERCE competitor. GREAT segment on Bob Gibson in that movie. RIP Hoot.
If you need a guy to win one game, JUST ONE GAME, for the whole ball of wax.... Gimme Gibby, Bob Gibson, any day of the week, and twice on Sunday 💯
@Don Schmidt Thank ya, sir. I kinda thought so.
The players of today who showboat after hitting a home run should THANK GOD they never had to Bob Gibson, because their next at bat would be their last
Bat flip...
Batter flip...!
@Jerome Stracks - Not to mention, alot of them should be thankful that they never had to face, *Sal ‘The Barber’ Maglie, Don ‘Big D’ Drysdale, Steve ‘Lefty’ Carlton & Early ‘Gus’ Wynn,* as well.
You have to admire and respect Mr Gibson for his drive, tenacity, and sheer will to be successful. He was so and in such an overwhelming fashion and what a great role model he is. Thank you Mr Bob Gibson.
RIP Legend. One of the all-time greats.
This brought back a fun memory! I was 15, living in Indiana, and a big Tiger fan. One of my best friends was a big Cardinals fan. We would jabber at each other about the upcoming series and McLain vs Gibson, who was better etc. etc.-as 15 year old boys will do. Then Gibson struck out 18 in the first game!!! I had nothin' to say!
Until, of course, the Tigers came back to win the series 4-3, beating Gibson in game 7. Happy days were here again...
Bob Gibson was a hero of mine when I was a kid in the late 60s. My Dad was and still is a die hard Cardinals fan. So naturally so was I. It turned out that I was a decent little league pitcher. So of course I wanted to be Bob Gibson. I worshipped him. I tried to emulate his pitching style. My Dad for a while called me "Gibby". Thanks for the vid.
What an amazing player. I think he ended up with 57 or so shut outs. Easily in the top 5 pitchers who ever played. 1968 is the best year of any pitcher ever. Great interview. Great person.
I watched him live in the 60s. He was simply the best. I never saw anyone better. RIP Bob Gibson. 🥎🥎🥎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Oh, having watched them all in the 60's too, afraid I might throw in Marichal and Koufax...
Mike Schmidt still has the scar on his arm hah! To watch Aaron, Banks, Bench, Morgan and Schmidt, Hall of Famers all, revere Gibson as they did said it all. I was 8 in 1967 when I became a lifelong Cardinals fan, and to this day think they had the best team ever. And Gibby had the coolest windup of any pitcher I've ever seen! Al Hrabosky's was second, a distant second.
As a kid we didn't have a Major League team. But when I was 12 in 1968 I got to visit my Sister in LA and her boyfriend took us to a Dodger's game. Playing St. Louis. Bob Gibson against Don Drysdale. I believe the game ended with the Cards wining 3 to 1. Quite a game since it was my only one for the first 30 years of my life. I'll treasure the memory.
Bet the game lasted under 2hrs
@@redruffansore964 Yup.
One of the absolute titans of the game.
The fiercest competitor of his generation. The man was completely unflappable and focused. He’s All-Time.
that last curve was beautiful what a great pitcher and all around competitor grew up in St Louis but didn't get to see him
it was a slider
I did, and he was unbelievable! The best I ever saw, and I've been around baseball for 70 years. Oh ya, and a Cardinal fan all that time.
That was an unhittable pitch.
That slider was just freaking nasty
Bob Gibson was my first hero, and I grew up in the Bronx, not St. Louis.
When I was a kid, I was a Cardinals fan, and Bob Gibson was my favorite player. I lived in Pittsburgh, and was also a huge Pirates fan (Clemente/Stargell era). It wasn’t that weird because they were rarely too competitive with each other in those years. Anyway, my parents took me to see Gibson pitch against the Pirates in the ‘71 season. I scored the game, and told my mom (who I was sitting next to) at the end of three that Gibson had a no-hitter going (I was super-excited). She said something like: “Oh, it’s just the third inning.” Turned out, it was the only no-hitter of his career (August 14, 1971). Blew my mind. I can still see it in my mind to this day. Clemente, btw, didn’t play that day. Always wondered how he would’ve done. But it was sheer baseball magic for me.
Bob Gibson was one bad man......
This dude allowed 35% fewer runs in 1968, than the next closest pitcher to throw as well as Gibson did in a season.
Man, these guy's heavily underrated...if he'd chose basketball, a legend. Chose boxing, rack it all up, track and field HAH.
Truly and arguably the best overall athlete hahah he don't even look 80 yo!!!
Bob Gibson had a very fluid pitching motion. He made most players feel very uneasy in the batters box. At 32 in 1968 1.12 era 22 game winner 13 game shutouts. The most remarkable season ever.
I learned so much about pitching from Gibson. One particular game, I gave up a grandslam in the 1st inning. Before the ball got to the plate, I knew itvwas a bad pitch. I turned to watch it, and I turned back to the plate, I noticed the guy was walking up the 1st base line. I got pissed and bored down, determined to pitch to that guy again. 9 up 9 down. His next AB, drilled him in the ribs. Hit the HR, fine, don’t hotdog it. Learned that from Hoot. BTW, we came back to win that game 7-4
RIP. Baseball has lost one of the greatest icons.
RIP Joe Morgan, Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Whitey Ford. Baseball has lost way too many legends this year.
Rip to a Legend
An exemplary athlete. Fierceness that was palpable.
Bob Gibson was a beast among beast, so dominant
13 complete game shut outs... 17 K's in a single World Series game... records that will never be broken! A true pitching machine... RIP
Great pitcher but those straight pitches in game seven did him in.
I was at game four as he throttled the Tigers
You should've included the few seconds before where Bench, Morgan, Kaline and Brett were all standing around Gibson's plaque in cooperstown. Bench said that Gibson would come up to the batters cage in batting practice and tell the guy batting that he was going to hit him and he hit him. That's what made Gibson so damn intimidating, the psychological warfare aspect of baseball is missing from the game today. Pitchers don't seem to be in as much control nowdays that they used to be.
Could you imagine gettin in that box with this dragon on the mound breathing fire... terrifying
Baseball players have turned into pussified pansy pantywaist pissants.
@@TheBatugan77 Lol, hell yeah.
@@TheBatugan77 Yep. Free agency and the $ involved changed everything. Now 5 innings from a starter is considered a successful start.
@@garylobo348 Laughable, innit, that a guy can go 5 innings and give up a run, OR TWO EVEN, and yes, it's considered a good outing! My grandfather loved Gibson cuz he was so damned fast! And by fast, I don't mean pitch speed, although he threw as hard, or harder than, anybody, including the Ryan Express, but my grandfather meant that Gibson would pitch a complete game in less than two hrs!! That is literally unimaginable in today's game!
Best pitcher I’ve ever seen
I just got a 2020 Flawless Bob Gibson Auto out of 10 from a box. I was going to sell it until I watched this video. I always knew of him but never really knew him as the player. This card means more to me now for some reason.
Bob Gibson is one of the all time greats.Talented and super competitive.Not many like him sniveled.
He is the greatest..not one of
7-2 in 3 world series, era of 1.89. he started 9, completed 8, (pitched in all but 1 inning) he struck out 92 and walked 17, 2 shut outs. all three world series went to 7. in the 1964 world series gibby pitched games 2, 5, and 7 against the yankees, they won. he pitched 1, 4, and 7 in 1967 against the red sox, and he pitched 1, 4, and 7 in 1968 against the tigers.
Greatest WS pitcher in history.
I'm a Yankees fan. He was the best.
the 1.12 season ERA still gets me.
RIP Mr. Gibson
Bob Gibson was talking about how he used to get Clemente all excited about the inside corner and brushing him back. What he forgot to say was that on July 15, 1967 Roberto Clemente hit a line drive back to him that resulted in a fractured bone in his right leg.
I was listening to the game. As I remember he threw a couple of pitches after that before coming out.
@@Sodbusterrod he did, a few pictures later the bone completely cracked and then he had to come out. He then missed a few months.
Gibson did not hit nearly as many batters as his contemporaries, hall-of-famers Don Drysdale and Jim Bunning.
RIP Mr Gibson!
The most amazing stat during his brilliant 1968 season was that somehow he lost 9 games.
This guy was the most scariest guy I ever seen on the mound...best picture I ever watched...it is finished
best part of the movie. love gibby.
I was 17 at the 64 series he was the most fearsome pitcher I ever saw , loved him cause I hated the Yankees! Enough said!
the best quote" i can see how he won 22 games, how did he lose 9?"!
He said it himself. If they didn't win 1-0 they lost cause the Cardinals hardly ever scored runs.
Thank-you!!!!!!!
Greatness
Ever notice how the vast majority of these old time black players, if you closed your eyes and just listened to them talk, if you didn't already know it, you'd never know they were black.
Back then . pitches were always trying to be better than the other teams aces. Gibson. Koufax , bunning , Drysdale , Juan Marichal, Bob Veal, Carlton, Etc - all were trying to be the best. and I think they drove them to continued Greatness,
I don't think there's a man alive that could hit that last curve ball he threw to Horton.
"I think it's the way I look... period." lol
I saw him beat The Dodgers in 70' Shutout!
With the intimidation factor, and the shitty Cards teams, and winning the series. Rob Gibson is the best pitcher in MLB history. Because when he hit the mound it was pretty much a for sure win.
damn you are a beat Bob WOW
45’s my favorite pitcher, Ichiro is my favorite position player. Who are yours?
Based on sheer competitiveness & will to win (at any cost) alone, give me a team comprised of *Bob Gibson/Ty Cobb/Ernie Banks/Pete Rose/Willie Mays/George Foster* amongst other so-so cats & I *guarantee* they would be hoisting the World Series Trophy above their heads *way more* times than most.
RIP Bob Gibson.
Thanks Mr Gibson/ God Bless your family till the sun does not shine and the moon does not glow !!!
Inner circle
In the first Big League game I ever saw in person, Clemente hit a line drive back through the box and broke Gibson's leg.
So, as a big fan of Gibson, I blame you. Luckily, he came back next year with a 1.12 ERA...
@@capblood3046 Was McCarver's fault!
@@richardjones2609 Lol; but quite a pair those 2 years, eh?
Give Me Koufax, Gibson, Marichal and Carlton and then you try and score.
for me it's Feller, Martinez, Ryan, and Gibson
I can understand Bob being mad or just looking mad all the time..like he said as a black man racism followed you around on a daily basis...when you were on the field they all loved you..once you got off you were just another black man who they hated...he was the g.o.a.t...not up for debate...
I'd argue him being the G.O.A.T is up for debate but thats just me.
He took no Bull
1.12 Enough said.
1.12
Who is that commenting at :47?
hootenhtn Goose Gossage.
Reason why I asked is because he's a dead ringer for a bouncer I saw recently at a local strip club LOL.
My dad played baseball with Bob at Creighton and was his dorm resident assistant. He would tell me he was so wild back then no guys would ever be comfortable in the batters box. I remember as a kid seeing the tallest man I had ever seen walking towards us at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. A loud booming voice yelling out Mike! I was like Dad you know him that's Bob Gibson?
that is because the bouncer that you recently saw at a local strip club was none other than Goose Gossage
His fastball had to be well over 100 MPH. Easy. 6:20 My aunt and uncle were at that game.
Yeah, losing 9 games with an ERA barely above 1…. That’s incredible….
He had poor eyesight.
Now that’s funny.
The good old days when they had blacks in the MBL
I think I said it a few times, I “hated” Gibson so much because it was so difficult to beat.
Wear a helmet
@3:23…two of the greatest baseball legends of all time…one is in Cooperstown…the other should be!…the immortal BOB GIBSON and the one and only RICHIE “DICK” ALLEN
CrybAby
Drysdale was a mean to hitters. He threw at clemente clemente like get even by hitting line drive at the pitcher Gibson trew at clemente too
Bob Gibson and Drysdale love hit batters the national league was a better league
If Gibson pitched today would hitters do the same antics at the plate after each hit or homer? I would say hell no.