Robert Louis Gibson (born June 19, 1957) is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from â for the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets.
Gibson attended and played baseball at Springfield High School in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, where his catcher was Mike Scioscia. He did not receive any scholarship offers to play college baseball so instead chose to played baseball where he could afford it, at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He was undrafted out of college but signed by Milwaukee Brewers scout Joe McIlvaine after his senior year.
He also played in Japan at the end of his career.