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Bob Carpenter
Robert Louis Carpenter

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 12, 1940
Final Game August 13, 1947
Born December 12, 1917 in Chicago, IL
Died October 19, 2005 in Evergreen Park, IL

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1940 22 NYG NL   2   0   5   3   2   0   1  0   33.0   29   11   10   2   14   25   0   0   137       0  2.73  3.89  142 1.303
 1941 23 NYG NL  11   6  29  19   8   1   4  2  131.7  138   71   56  15   42   42   2   1   567       0  3.83  3.71   97 1.367
 1942 24 NYG NL  11  10  28  25  12   2   2  0  185.7  192   73   65  13   51   53   1   3   790       0  3.15  3.35  106 1.309
 1946 28 NYG NL   1   3  12   6   1   1   2  0   39.0   37   22   21   7   18   13   0   2   171       0  4.85  3.45   71 1.410
 1947 29 TOT NL   0   1   6   1   0   0   3  0   10.3   15   10    8   1    7    1   0   1    52       0  6.97  3.98   57 2.129
         NYG NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    5    5    4   0    3    0   0   0    17       0 12.00  4.07   34 2.667
         CHC NL   0   1   4   1   0   0   2  0    7.3   10    5    4   1    4    1   0   1    35       0  4.91  3.94   80 1.909
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .556  25  20  80  54  23   4  12  2  399.7  411  187  160  38  132  134   3   7  1717       0  3.60  3.54   98 1.359
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  10  40  27  11   2   6  1  202.7  208   94   81  19   66   68   1   3   871   0   0  3.60  3.54   98 1.359
 Career High     11  10  29  25  12   2   4  2  185.7  192   73   65  15   51   53   2   3   790   0   0  3.15  3.71  106 1.309

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 22 NYG NL   5   10    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      1   1  .100  .250  .100   -0    1   0           1   0
 1941 23 NYG NL  29   45    1    7   1  0   0    8   0      4   5  .156  .224  .178   13    8   2           0   1
 1942 24 NYG NL  28   65    5   12   0  0   0    6   0      2   9  .185  .209  .185   15   12   6           0   1
 1946 28 NYG NL  12   10    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .100  .182  .100  -19    1   2           0   0
 1947 29 TOT NL   6    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  441    1   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL   4    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  441    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       80  131    7   22   1  0   0   15   0  0   8  17  .168  .221  .176   14   23  10   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        265   14   45   2  0   0   30   0  0  16  34  .168  .221  .176   14   47  20   0   0   2   4
 Career High     29   65    5   12   1  0   0    8   0  0   4   9                          12   6   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 22 NYG NL   12    9    0   0.0    99| .100  .273| .250  .338| .100  .393| .350  .730|  -0  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
 1941 23 NYG NL   51   41    2   1.3    96| .156  .268| .224  .339| .178  .378| .402  .717|  13  .108  -5.3  -0.6     
 1942 24 NYG NL   73   60    3   1.4    88| .185  .257| .209  .329| .185  .357| .394  .686|  15  .130  -7.2  -0.8     
 1946 28 NYG NL   13   11    0   0.0    93| .100  .263| .182  .339| .100  .369| .282  .708| -19  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
 1947 29 TOT NL    1    0    1         102|1.000  .269|1.000  .344|1.000  .399|2.000  .743| 441         0.5   0.0   0%
         CHC NL    1    0    1         102|1.000  .269|1.000  .344|1.000  .399|2.000  .743| 441         0.5   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       150  121    6   1.3    92| .168  .263| .221  .334| .176  .368| .397  .702|  14  .118 -15.0  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 22 NYG NL P 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 1.40 1.10 1.91 2.21 3 33.0 1941 23 NYG NL P 29 3 17 2 2 .909 .966 0.69 1.09 1.37 2.23 19 131.7 1942 24 NYG NL P 28 14 23 0 0 1.000 .969 1.32 1.17 1.79 2.35 25 185.7 1946 28 NYG NL P 12 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 0.67 1.01 1.85 2.24 6 39.0 1947 29 TOT NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.90 2.62 2.10 1 10.3 NYG NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.90 3.00 2.10 0 3.0 CHC NL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.90 2.47 2.10 1 7.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 22 NYG NL P 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 1.40 1.10 1.91 2.21 3 33.0 1941 23 NYG NL P 29 3 17 2 2 .909 .966 0.69 1.09 1.37 2.23 19 131.7 1942 24 NYG NL P 28 14 23 0 0 1.000 .969 1.32 1.17 1.79 2.35 25 185.7 1946 28 NYG NL P 12 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 0.67 1.01 1.85 2.24 6 39.0 1947 29 TOT NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.90 2.62 2.10 1 10.3 NYG NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.90 3.00 2.10 0 3.0 CHC NL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.90 2.47 2.10 1 7.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 80 21 54 3 2 .962 .966 0.94 1.09 1.69 2.28 54 399.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 80 21 54 3 2 .962 .966 0.94 1.09 1.69 2.28 54 400
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1941 NL-.647-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1942 NL-2.47-8

Home Runs Allow.
1941 NL-15-5
1942 NL-13-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1838) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May 12, 1947: Released by the New York Giants.

July 25, 1947: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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