League Leaders

Josh Gibson

1930–1946  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 220 lb  ·  b. 1911 Buena Vista, GA

Career 622 G · 831 H · 171 HR · 746 RBI · .372 AVG · 21.60 ERA · 1.2 IP

Seasons leading his league
60
13 best in baseball 47 league only
102 Top-5 finishes
12 Title seasons
12 Categories led
1943 Best season

Spanning 1933–1946, peaking at 10 titles in 1943.

1933 Batting Triple Crown
Led the NN2 in .395 AVG, 18 HR, 75 RBI
1937 Batting Triple Crown
Led the NN2 in .417 AVG, 20 HR, 73 RBI
Led in Home Runs for 7 straight seasons (1933–1939) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 6th League titles 60
  • 48th Best in baseball 13
  • 17th Top-5 finishes 102

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Home Runs 12 1st 7 yrs (1933–1939) 1933 NN2 18 1934 NN2 15 1935 NN2 10 1936 NN2 18 1937 NN2 20 1938 NN2 13 1939 NN2 11 1942 NN2 14 1943 NN2 20 1944 NN2 10 1945 NN2 8 1946 NN2 13
Runs Batted In 9 1st 6 yrs (1933–1938) 1933 NN2 75 1934 NN2 59 1935 NN2 57 1936 NN2 66 1937 NN2 73 1938 NN2 54 1942 NN2 66 1943 NN2 112 1944 NN2 50 1939 #2 1945 #3
Total Bases 7 1st 3 yrs (1936–1938) 1933 NN2 179 1934 NN2 148 1936 NN2 137 1937 NN2 152 1938 NN2 119 1942 NN2 131 1943 NN2 217 1935 #2 1939 #3 1944 #2
Slugging Percentage 7 1st 2 yrs (1933–1934) 1933 .737 1937 .974 1943 .872 1945 .596 1934 NN2 .617 1942 NN2 .618 1946 NN2 .649 1938 #2 1944 #2
Runs 6 1st 3 yrs (1936–1938) 1934 NN2 56 1936 NN2 51 1937 NN2 60 1938 NN2 54 1942 NN2 57 1943 NN2 93 1933 #3
On-Base Plus Slug. 5 1st 2 yrs (1942–1943) 1933 1.178 1937 1.474 1943 1.435 1945 1.055 1942 NN2 1.090 1938 #2 1944 #2 1946 #2
On-Base Percentage 4 1st 2 yrs (1942–1943) 1937 .500 1943 .564 1945 .459 1942 NN2 .472 1933 #2 1938 #2
Walks 3 1st 2 yrs (1942–1943) 1938 NN2 30 1942 NN2 51 1943 NN2 55 1934 #2 1936 #2 1937 #2 1945 #2
Doubles 2 1st — 1934 NN2 19 1943 NN2 23 1933 #3
Hits 2 1st — 1933 NN2 96 1943 NN2 116 1937 #3 1942 #2
Batting Average 2 1st — 1933 .395 1937 .417 1938 #3 1942 #2 1943 #2
Triples 1 1st — 1933 NN2 7 1937 #2 1943 #2 1944 #2 1945 #3

Title Seasons

12 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1946 2 HR 13 SLG .649
1945 4 HR 8 OPS 1.055 OBP .459 SLG .596
1944 2 HR 10 RBI 50
1943 10 HR 20 RBI 112 H 116 R 93 OPS 1.435 OBP .564 SLG .872 2B 23 TB 217 BB 55
1942 8 HR 14 RBI 66 R 57 OPS 1.090 OBP .472 SLG .618 TB 131 BB 51
1939 1 HR 11
1938 5 HR 13 RBI 54 R 54 TB 119 BB 30
1937 8 AVG .417 HR 20 RBI 73 R 60 OPS 1.474 OBP .500 SLG .974 TB 152
1936 4 HR 18 RBI 66 R 51 TB 137
1935 2 HR 10 RBI 57
1934 6 HR 15 RBI 59 R 56 SLG .617 2B 19 TB 148
1933 8 AVG .395 HR 18 RBI 75 H 96 OPS 1.178 SLG .737 3B 7 TB 179

Batting

14 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 MRS NNL 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1933 PC NN2 69 243 61 96 15 7 18 75 19 0 4 .395 .441 .737 1.178
1934 PC NN2 65 240 56 76 19 4 15 59 30 1 4 .317 .395 .617 1.012
1935 PC NN2 44 168 48 62 11 4 10 57 24 2 10 .369 .448 .661 1.109
1936 PC NN2 50 175 51 68 7 4 18 66 30 0 6 .389 .478 .783 1.261
1937 HG NN2 39 156 60 65 13 7 20 73 25 0 2 .417 .500 .974 1.474
1938 HG NN2 47 168 54 61 11 4 13 54 30 0 3 .363 .462 .708 1.171
1939 HG NN2 28 104 35 42 5 3 11 40 15 0 3 .404 .472 .827 1.298
1940 HG NN2 2 6 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .167 .444 .667 1.111
1942 HG NN2 62 212 57 72 9 4 14 66 51 1 4 .340 .472 .618 1.090
1943 HG NN2 70 249 93 116 23 9 20 112 55 1 4 .466 .564 .872 1.435
1944 HG NN2 50 180 40 60 8 6 10 50 23 0 3 .333 .409 .611 1.020
1945 HG NN2 47 161 37 56 6 5 8 40 33 4 0 .348 .459 .596 1.055
1946 HG NN2 48 171 34 54 12 3 13 52 15 2 0 .316 .371 .649 1.020
Career — — 622 2,237 628 831 139 60 171 746 353 11 43 .372 .458 .717 1.175

Pitching

1 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1935 PC NN2 0 0 21.60 1 0 0 1.2 4 4 0 1 0 3.00
Career — — 0 0 21.60 1 0 0 1.2 4 4 0 1 0 3.00

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
C 533 2,741 376 65 38 .980
OF 52 65 5 3 1 .959
1B 37 265 24 10 19 .967
3B 14 6 14 3 1 .870
P 1 0 0 0 0 —