Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1972
- College
- Lynchburg
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1972
- College
- Lynchburg
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 340
- W
- 111
- L
- 101
- ERA
- 3.76
- IP
- 1722.2
- K
- 1,079
- BB
- 723
- WHIP
- 1.33
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | STL | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3.35 | 40.1 | 28 | 19 | 1.19 |
| 1973 |  STL/TEX | 32 | 9 | 12 | 3.76 | 196.1 | 167 | 123 | 1.34 |
| 1974 | TEX | 41 | 19 | 19 | 4.74 | 264.0 | 149 | 113 | 1.39 |
| 1975 |  TEX/CLE | 36 | 7 | 15 | 3.88 | 181.0 | 93 | 78 | 1.38 |
| 1976 | CLE | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3.20 | 163.1 | 84 | 56 | 1.33 |
| 1977 | CLE | 37 | 12 | 13 | 3.57 | 206.2 | 141 | 73 | 1.31 |
| 1978 | PIT | 34 | 8 | 7 | 3.53 | 107.0 | 72 | 39 | 1.30 |
| 1979 | PIT | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2.81 | 137.2 | 103 | 47 | 1.14 |
| 1980 | PIT | 35 | 19 | 6 | 3.32 | 238.1 | 144 | 88 | 1.25 |
| 1981 | PIT | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2.50 | 93.2 | 48 | 26 | 1.12 |
| 1983 | PIT | 29 | 5 | 12 | 6.69 | 78.0 | 44 | 51 | 1.83 |
| 1984 | TEX | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | 16.1 | 6 | 10 | 1.78 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 2.12
- IP
- 17.0
- K
- 15
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.18
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 56
- SHO
- 19
- K/9
- 5.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | STL/TEX | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | TEX | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | TEX/CLE | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CLE | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | CLE | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | PIT | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | PIT | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | PIT | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | PIT | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Jim Bibby's career stats?
Jim Bibby played 12 seasons for the Cardinals, the Rangers, the Guardians and the Pirates. He had 111 wins and 1,079 strikeouts with a 3.76 ERA over 1,722.2 innings. His best season was 1974: 19 wins, a 4.74 ERA and 149 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1 postseason, 1972 to 1984
Jim Bibby finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Championships
- 1979 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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