Whitey Gibson

{{Short description|American baseball player (1868–1907)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Whitey Gibson

|image=Whiety Gibson.jpg

|position=Catcher

|birth_date={{birth date|1868|10|6}}

|birth_place=Lancaster, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1907|10|12|1868|10|6}}

|death_place=Talmadge, Pennsylvania

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 2

|debutyear={{baseball year|1888}}

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 2

|finalyear={{baseball year|1888}}

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat2label=Hits

|stat3label=Runs

|stat1value=.000

|stat2value=0

|stat3value=0

|stat4label=Home Runs

|stat4value=0

|teams=

• Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1888}})

}}

Leighton P. "Whitey" Gibson (October 6, 1868 – October 12, 1907) was a professional baseball catcher in the major leagues in 1888 for the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association. He appeared in one major league game for the Philadelphia A's in that year. He remained active in the minor leagues through 1893.

Gibson died in 1907 in Talmadge, Pennsylvania of puerperal mania.{{cite web|title=Leighton Gibson Death Certificate|url=https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5164/41381_620305176_0788-03948?pid=64103&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D5164%26h%3D64103%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DEfg892%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Efg892&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true|website=ancestry.com|publisher=Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1966; Certificate Number Range: 093741-097660|accessdate=4 February 2018}}