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Bob Gillespie
Robert William Gillespie (Bunch)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 187 lb.

Debut May 11, 1944
Final Game May 11, 1950
Born October 8, 1919 in Columbus, OH
Died November 4, 2001 in Winston-Salem, NC

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1944 24 DET AL   0   1   7   0   0   0   2  0   11.0    7    8    8   0   12    4   0   2    49       0  6.55  3.57   55 1.727
 1947 27 CHW AL   5   8  25  17   1   0   4  0  118.0  133   71   62   4   53   36   1   6   528       0  4.73  3.67   78 1.576
 1948 28 CHW AL   0   4  25   6   1   0   8  0   72.0   81   45   41   3   33   19   1   3   319       0  5.13  4.24   83 1.583
 1950 30 BOS AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.3    2    3    3   1    4    0   0   0    10       0 20.25  4.90   24 4.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .278   5  13  58  23   2   0  14  0  202.3  223  127  114   8  102   59   2  11   906       0  5.07  3.87   76 1.606
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4  10  48  19   1   0  11  0  169.7  187  106   95   6   85   49   1   9   760   0   0  5.07  3.87   76 1.606
 Career High      5   8  25  17   1   0   8  0  118.0  133   71   62   4   53   36   1   6   528   0   0  4.73  4.24   83 1.576

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 24 DET AL   7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1947 27 CHW AL  25   33    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  12  .061  .139  .061  -42    2   0           0   2
 1948 28 CHW AL  25   16    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  10  .000  .059  .000  -83    0   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       58   51    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  24  .039  .109  .039  -58    2   1   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        142    6    6   0  0   0    3   0  0  11  67  .039  .109  .039  -58    6   3   0   0   0   6
 Career High     25   33    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  12                           2   1   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 24 DET AL    2    2    0   0.0    96| .000  .275| .000  .342| .000  .376| .000  .718|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1947 27 CHW AL   36   33    0   0.0    93| .061  .258| .139  .337| .061  .371| .200  .708| -42  .000  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1948 28 CHW AL   18   17    0   0.0   103| .000  .269| .059  .354| .000  .389| .059  .743| -83  .000  -4.3  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        56   52    0   0.0    96| .039  .262| .109  .342| .039  .377| .148  .719| -58  .000 -11.2  -1.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1944 24 DET AL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 1.14 2.45 2.13 0 11.0 1947 27 CHW AL P 25 4 35 1 0 .975 .956 1.56 0.95 2.97 1.92 17 118.0 1948 28 CHW AL P 25 3 13 0 0 1.000 .964 0.64 0.91 2.00 2.02 6 72.0 1950 30 BOS AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.08 0 1.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 24 DET AL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 1.14 2.45 2.13 0 11.0 1947 27 CHW AL P 25 4 35 1 0 .975 .956 1.56 0.95 2.97 1.92 17 118.0 1948 28 CHW AL P 25 3 13 0 0 1.000 .964 0.64 0.91 2.00 2.02 6 72.0 1950 30 BOS AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.08 0 1.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 58 7 51 1 0 .983 .959 1.00 0.96 2.58 1.97 23 202.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 58 7 51 1 0 .983 .959 1.00 0.96 2.58 1.97 23 202
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.

Wild Pitches
1947 AL-6-5

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 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

November 1, 1946: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

October 12, 1949: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago White Sox.


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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