Robert Gibson (November 9, 1935– October 2, 2020) was anAmericanbaseball player. He was apitcher. He played 17 seasons inMajor League Baseball (MLB) for theSt. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975.

He was nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot" (after actor Hoot Gibson). Gibson totalled 251wins, 3,117strikeouts and a 2.91earned run average (ERA) during his career. He was a nine-timeAll-Star and two-timeWorld Series champion. Gibson's jersey number 45 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1975. In 1981, he was added to theBaseball Hall of Fame.

Due to Gibson's remarkable 1968 season, considered by some the greatest pitching performance, MLB decided to lower the pitching mound.

Gibson was born inOmaha, Nebraska. He was the father of three children: two with his first wife, Charline, and one with his second wife, Wendy.^[1] He has one grandson, Max, born July 7, 2010.

In July 2019, Gibson was diagnosed withpancreatic cancer.^[2] He died on October 2, 2020 from the disease in Omaha, aged 84.^[3]

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