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Kirk Gibson played 17 major-league seasons (1979-1995) as a OF (1,239). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 22 | DET | 12 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .237 | .651 | 73 |
| 1980 | 23 | DET | 51 | 175 | 23 | 46 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 45 | .263 | .743 | 102 |
| 1981 | 24 | DET | 83 | 290 | 41 | 95 | 9 | 40 | 17 | 18 | 64 | .328 | .848 | 144 |
| 1982 | 25 | DET | 69 | 266 | 34 | 74 | 8 | 35 | 9 | 25 | 41 | .278 | .785 | 114 |
| 1983 | 26 | DET | 128 | 401 | 60 | 91 | 15 | 51 | 14 | 53 | 96 | .227 | .734 | 101 |
| 1984 | 27 | DET | 149 | 531 | 92 | 150 | 27 | 91 | 29 | 63 | 103 | .282 | .879 | 141 |
| 1985 | 28 | DET | 154 | 581 | 96 | 167 | 29 | 97 | 30 | 71 | 137 | .287 | .882 | 139 |
| 1986 | 29 | DET | 119 | 441 | 84 | 118 | 28 | 86 | 34 | 68 | 107 | .268 | .863 | 133 |
| 1987 | 30 | DET | 128 | 487 | 95 | 135 | 24 | 79 | 26 | 71 | 117 | .277 | .861 | 126 |
| 1988 | 31 | LAN | 150 | 542 | 106 | 157 | 25 | 76 | 31 | 73 | 120 | .290 | .860 | 155 |
| 1989 | 32 | LAN | 71 | 253 | 35 | 54 | 9 | 28 | 12 | 35 | 55 | .213 | .679 | 100 |
| 1990 | 33 | LAN | 89 | 315 | 59 | 82 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 39 | 65 | .260 | .745 | 112 |
| 1991 | 34 | KCA | 132 | 462 | 81 | 109 | 16 | 55 | 18 | 69 | 103 | .236 | .744 | 106 |
| 1992 | 35 | PIT | 16 | 56 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .196 | .541 | 58 |
| 1993 | 36 | DET | 116 | 403 | 62 | 105 | 13 | 62 | 15 | 44 | 87 | .261 | .769 | 106 |
| 1994 | 37 | DET | 98 | 330 | 71 | 91 | 23 | 72 | 4 | 42 | 69 | .276 | .906 | 130 |
| 1995 | 38 | DET | 70 | 227 | 37 | 59 | 9 | 35 | 9 | 33 | 61 | .260 | .808 | 109 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | OF | 10 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 49 | 41 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | OF | 67 | 63 | 142 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | OF | 64 | 64 | 167 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 1983 | OF | 54 | 48 | 116 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | OF | 139 | 128 | 245 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| 1985 | OF | 144 | 143 | 286 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | OF | 114 | 113 | 190 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1987 | OF | 121 | 119 | 253 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | OF | 148 | 147 | 311 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 1989 | OF | 70 | 66 | 146 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1990 | OF | 81 | 80 | 191 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1991 | OF | 94 | 91 | 162 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | OF | 13 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | OF | 32 | 27 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | OF | 38 | 32 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Kirk Gibson won: ALCS MVP 1984 (AL), MVP 1988 (NL), Silver Slugger 1988 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1988, 1985, 1984, 1981.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 40 / 392 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 96 / 392 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 7 / 392 | 0 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 272 / 336 | 13 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.