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Bob Humphreys
Robert William Humphreys

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
School Hampden-Sydney College

Debut September 8, 1962
  vs. MIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game September 25, 1970
Born August 18, 1935 in Covington, VA

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1962 26 DET AL   0   1   4   0   0   0   3  1    5.0    8    4    4   3    2    3   0   0    24   0   0  7.20  4.05   56 2.000
 1963 27 STL NL   0   1   9   0   0   0   2  0   10.7   11    8    6   4    7    8   1   0    48   1   0  5.06  3.58   71 1.688
 1964 28 STL NL   2   0  28   0   0   0  10  2   42.7   32   14   12   3   15   36   1   2   170   3   0  2.53  3.82  151 1.102
 1965 29 CHC NL   2   0  41   0   0   0  11  0   65.7   59   25   23   6   27   38   2   0   275   6   0  3.15  3.68  117 1.310
 1966 30 WSA AL   7   3  58   1   0   0  15  3  111.7   91   38   35   6   28   88   4   2   439   5   2  2.82  3.47  123 1.066
 1967 31 WSA AL   6   2  48   2   0   0  18  4  105.7   93   54   49  13   41   54   2   1   440   3   0  4.17  3.13   75 1.268
 1968 32 WSA AL   5   7  56   0   0   0  29  2   92.7   78   40   38  13   30   56   0   2   378   2   0  3.69  2.92   79 1.165
 1969 33 WSA AL   3   3  47   0   0   0  14  5   79.7   69   37   27   3   38   43   1   4   341   2   0  3.05  3.45  113 1.343
 1970 34 TOT AL   2   4  28   1   0   0  14  3   52.3   41   20   17   4   31   38   2   2   227   3   0  2.92  3.73  127 1.376
         WSA AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  0    6.7    4    2    1   1    9    6   0   0    30   0   0  1.35  3.53  262 1.950
         MIL AL   2   4  23   1   0   0  12  3   45.7   37   18   16   3   22   32   2   2   197   3   0  3.15  3.76  119 1.292
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .563  27  21 319   4   0   0 116 20  566.0  482  240  211  55  219  364  13  13  2342  25   2  3.36  3.40  101 1.239
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   4  67   0   0   0  24  4  119.0  101   50   44  11   46   76   2   2   493   5   0  3.36  3.40  101 1.239
 Career High      7   7  58   2   0   0  29  5  111.7   93   54   49  13   41   88   4   4   440   6   2  2.53  3.82  151 1.066

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 28 STL NL  28    4    2    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .250  .500  .250  112    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1965 29 CHC NL  41    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1966 30 WSA AL  58   12    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   5  .167  .375  .167   63    2   5   0   0   0   0
 1967 31 WSA AL  48   15    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   2  .133  .278  .133   28    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1968 32 WSA AL  56    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .400  .400  .400  147    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1969 33 WSA AL  47   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .077  .143  .077  -35    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 34 TOT AL  28    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .100  .000  -70    0   1   0   0   0   0
         MIL AL  23    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .100  .000  -70    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      319   61    3    8   0  0   0    3   0  0  11  19  .131  .264  .131   18    8  12   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         31    2    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   6  10  .131  .264  .131   18    4   6   0   0   0   0
 Career High     58   15    2    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   4   5                           2   5   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 28 STL NL    8    5    1   5.4   101| .250  .274| .500  .332| .250  .406| .750  .738| 112  .621   0.3   0.0   0%
 1965 29 CHC NL    4    4    0   0.0    95| .000  .260| .000  .324| .000  .393| .000  .718|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1966 30 WSA AL   21   15    2   3.6    89| .167  .247| .375  .314| .167  .381| .542  .695|  63  .462  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1967 31 WSA AL   20   15    1   1.8    81| .133  .239| .278  .307| .133  .358| .411  .665|  28  .208  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1968 32 WSA AL    6    4    1   6.7    77| .400  .235| .400  .303| .400  .347| .800  .651| 147  .766   0.2   0.0   0%
 1969 33 WSA AL   14   12    0   0.0    90| .077  .247| .143  .323| .077  .373| .220  .696| -35  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1970 34 TOT AL   11   10    0   0.0    98| .000  .258| .100  .332| .000  .394| .100  .726| -70  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         MIL AL   11   10    0   0.0    98| .000  .258| .100  .332| .000  .394| .100  .726| -70  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons        84   65    5   2.1    89| .131  .248| .264  .318| .131  .375| .395  .693|  18  .233  -6.3  -0.6   0%

* 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 ------+
1962 26 DET AL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.80 3.60 2.16 0 5.0 1963 27 STL NL P 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.84 1.68 2.02 0 10.7 1964 28 STL NL P 28 3 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.29 0.84 1.69 2.15 0 42.7 1965 29 CHC NL P 41 2 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.81 1.37 2.08 0 65.7 1966 30 WSA AL P 58 8 13 0 2 1.000 .950 0.36 0.75 1.69 1.99 1 111.7 1967 31 WSA AL P 48 7 11 2 2 .900 .957 0.38 0.74 1.54 1.96 2 105.3 1968 32 WSA AL P 56 8 16 0 2 1.000 .956 0.43 0.73 2.33 1.89 0 92.7 1969 33 WSA AL P 47 1 16 1 0 .944 .950 0.36 0.69 1.92 1.87 0 79.7 1970 34 TOT AL P 28 5 6 0 1 1.000 .948 0.39 0.67 1.89 1.85 1 52.4 WSA AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.68 2.69 1.88 0 6.7 MIL AL P 23 4 5 0 1 1.000 .947 0.39 0.67 1.77 1.85 1 45.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 26 DET AL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.80 3.60 2.16 0 5.0 1963 27 STL NL P 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.84 1.68 2.02 0 10.7 1964 28 STL NL P 28 3 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.29 0.84 1.69 2.15 0 42.7 1965 29 CHC NL P 41 2 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.81 1.37 2.08 0 65.7 1966 30 WSA AL P 58 8 13 0 2 1.000 .950 0.36 0.75 1.69 1.99 1 111.7 1967 31 WSA AL P 48 7 11 2 2 .900 .957 0.38 0.74 1.54 1.96 2 105.3 1968 32 WSA AL P 56 8 16 0 2 1.000 .956 0.43 0.73 2.33 1.89 0 92.7 1969 33 WSA AL P 47 1 16 1 0 .944 .950 0.36 0.69 1.92 1.87 0 79.7 1970 34 TOT AL P 28 5 6 0 1 1.000 .948 0.39 0.67 1.89 1.85 1 52.4 WSA AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.68 2.69 1.88 0 6.7 MIL AL P 23 4 5 0 1 1.000 .947 0.39 0.67 1.77 1.85 1 45.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 319 35 78 3 8 .974 .953 0.35 0.75 1.80 1.96 4 565.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 319 35 78 3 8 .974 .953 0.35 0.75 1.80 1.96 4 566
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Games
1966 AL-58-10
1968 AL-56-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2415) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 15.0 (471) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1586) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

March 25, 1963: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Detroit Tigers.

April 7, 1965: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Bobby Pfeil and Hal Gilson.

April 2, 1966: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Washington Senators for Ken Hunt.

June 13, 1970: Released by the Washington Senators.

June 15, 1970: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

March 27, 1971: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.


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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