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He was born Pack Robert Gibson in Omaha, Nebraska. Despite a childhood filled with health problems, including rickets, asthma, pneumonia, and a heart murmur, he was active in sports as a youth, particularly baseball and basketball. He won a basketball scholarshipNote: The term "scholarship" can mean either the methods employed by scholars (see scholarly method) or an award of access to an institution and/or money for an individual for the purposes of furthering their education. This article is about the latter me to Creighton UniversityCreighton University is a private, co-educational university in the United States founded by the Society of Jesus, one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, the school educates more t.

In 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t, Gibson received a $4000 bonus to sign with the Cardinals. He delayed his start with the organization for a year, playing with the Harlem GlobetrottersThe Harlem Globetrotters are a comic basketball team that combined athleticism and comedy to create one of the best-known sports franchises in the world. Created by Abe Saperstein in 1927 in the United States, over the years, they have toured more than 10, earning the nickname "Bullet" Bob Gibson (his nickname in baseball was "Hoot", after Hoot Gibson , the cowboy and silent movie star). In 1958Events January January 1 Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4 1957) January 8 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship January 18 Armed Lumbee Nat he spent a year at the triple-AThis is a list of minor league baseball leagues and teams in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Leagues and classifications (for the 2005 season) AAA (triple-A) leagues AAA leagues are the highest level of minor league, just below the major leagues. farm club in Omaha. He graduated to the major leaguesMajor League Baseball MLB is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. More specifically, Major League Baseball ("MLB") refers to the entity that operates North America's two top leagues, the National League and the American Lea in 1959 and had the first of nine 200- strikeoutIn baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher and incompetence on the part of the batter, although for p seasons in 1962.

In the eight seasons from 1963 to 1970, he won 156 games and lost 81. He won nine Gold Gloves, was the World Series MVP in 1964 and 1967, and won Cy Young Awards in 1968 and 1970.

His ERA in 1968 was 1.12, which is a modern record. He threw 13 shutouts, and allowed only two earned runs in 92 straight innings of pitching. He also won the National League MVP. His season was so successful that it contributed to the lowering of the pitching mound by five inches for 1969. The change had only a slight effect on him; he went 20-13 that year, with a 2.18 ERA.

He was the second pitcher in MLB history (after Walter Johnson) to strike out over 3,000 batters.

For a vivid depiction of the man and the times he pitched in, see David Halberstam's October 1964 (BooksEnthsiast.com; reprint BooksEnthsiast.com).