Samuel Braxton Gibson was an American

United States

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 right-handed pitcher

Pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

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 who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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 (1926–28), New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 (1930) and New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 (1932).

Born in King, North Carolina

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, Gibson attended Catawba College

Catawba College

Catawba College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Founded in 1851 by the North Carolina Classis of the Reformed Church in Newton, the college adopted its name from its county of origin, Catawba County, before moving to its current home of Salisbury...

 before making his major league debut on April 19, 1926. He was a starting pitcher on manager

Manager (baseball)

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 Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...

's Tigers, winning 12 games and throwing nearly 200 innings

Innings pitched

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 in his rookie season. In a game against the Philadelphia Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 in , he allowed the 4,000th hit of Cobb's career, who was playing in his final season for the A's.

After playing smaller roles on the Yankees and Giants, Gibson played fourteen seasons in the minor-league Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League

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 for the San Francisco Seals, Portland Beavers

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 and Oakland Oaks

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 in and from to . His best season was , in which he went 22-4. and holds the Seals' highest single-season winning percentage

Winning percentage

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 at .846. He was a teammate of Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio

Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...

, and the two were inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame

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 in 2003.

Gibson died in 1983 at age 83 in High Point, North Carolina

High Point, North Carolina

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