Bob Gibson Underated

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Originally Posted by drc

In general, Tom Seaver and Steve Carleton are considered the best pitchers of their era.

So this just backs up the OP. Bob Gibson is under rated. Gibson's career pitching stats are comparable.

With his best year ERA besting everyone of the Post WW era.
He bests Carlton in Career Shutouts with a sho:gs ratio of 1:8.6 (Seaver 1:10.6, Carlton 1:12.9)
He is between Seaver and Carlton with his Career ERA
Gibson had more complete games than Carlton (with less starts)
Gibson's CG:GS Ratio is 1:1.89
Seaver's CG:GS Ratio is 1:2.8
Carlton's CG:GS Ratio is 1:2.79


Gibson's SO:IP ratio is 1:1.25
Seaver's SO:IP ratio is 1:1.31
Carlton's SO:IP ratio is 1:1.26

You can not have a list of best pitchers and not have Gibson on the list. Then on top of it, as I mentioned before, Gibson was a hitting pitcher. With a BA of .303 in a season with over 100 PA.

They are all great pitchers. They will always be considered some of the greats.