- Started 19 games
- Completed 18 of them (and went at least 9 innings in all of them)
- Threw 12 shutouts
- Went 17-1
- Struck out 161 and walked 32 (in 174 innings)
- Compiled an ERA of 0.72.
Some other interesting things about this streak:
- Gibson entered it with an ERA of 1.52. After the first game (a win over the Mets in the first game of a doubleheader on June 2, in which he gave up three whole earned runs) it "rocketed" up to 1.66. By the time he finished the last game (a win over the Reds on September 2) it was down to 0.99. He finished the season at 1.12. Imagine shaving a half a run off an ERA that started at a buck and a half.
- He threw at least 9 innings in every game and twice more than that. His "worst" start in the streak was on August 4 against the Cubs, in which game he went 11 innings to a no-decision, allowing 12 hits and five runs (four earned) including two home runs, half of the four he allowed in the entire streak. After giving up a run in the top of the 11th to the Cubs to put them ahead 5-4, he left the game for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the inning. The Cardinals scored in that inning, but went on to lose 6-5 in 13 innings. Bob's opposing starter in that game, interestingly, was fellow Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins, who only lasted four innings before getting pulled for a pinch hitter himself. The other extra-inning game was the win over the Reds on September 2 mentioned above, which was merely a 10-inning 1-0 shutout win in which he gave up four hits to a team with members including Pete Rose (0-4), Tony Perez (1-4, 2 strikeouts) and Johnny Bench (0-3).
- The only loss was August 24, to Pittsburgh. In that game, he went the distance in a 6-4 loss at home, but gave up only six hits and struck out 15 (walking two). Three of the six runs were unearned. Gibson took a 4-0 lead into the top of the 7th. The leadoff hitter, Matty Alou, reached on an error by first baseman Orlando Cepeda, and Gibson then gave up a single to Roberto Clemente and a three-run homer to Willie Stargell. He then proceeded to strike out the next three batters, but gave up a run on a sacrifice fly in the 8th and two unearned runs in the 9th to take the loss.
- The All-Star Game for 1968 was played during this streak, on July 9. Bob did not appear! He was selected but did not play.
