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Bob Locker
Robert Awtry Locker

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.
School Iowa State University

Debut April 14, 1965
  vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER
Final Game June 20, 1975
Born March 15, 1938 in George, IA

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1960. (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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1965 27 CHW AL   5   2  51   0   0   0  14  2   91.3   71   36   32   6   30   69   2   1   370  10   0  3.15  3.18  101 1.106
 1966 28 CHW AL   9   8  56   0   0   0  35 12   95.0   73   32   26   2   23   70   5   0   384  13   0  2.46  3.16  128 1.011
 1967 29 CHW AL   7   5  77   0   0   0  47 20  124.7  102   34   29   5   23   80  10   7   503   5   1  2.09  3.00  144 1.003
 1968 30 CHW AL   5   4  70   0   0   0  32 10   90.3   78   27   23   4   27   62   1   3   372  13   0  2.29  3.19  139 1.162
 1969 31 TOT AL   5   6  68   0   0   0  30 10  100.3   95   47   35   9   32   61   3   4   425   9   2  3.14  3.68  117 1.266
         CHW AL   2   3  17   0   0   0   9  4   22.0   26   18   16   6    6   15   0   1    96   1   1  6.55  3.88   59 1.455
         SEP AL   3   3  51   0   0   0  21  6   78.3   69   29   19   3   26   46   3   3   329   8   1  2.18  3.63  166 1.213
 1970 32 TOT AL   3   4  66   0   0   0  32  7   88.0   86   39   30   2   29   52   6   5   374   4   0  3.07  3.61  118 1.307
         MIL AL   0   1  28   0   0   0  16  3   31.7   37   18   12   1   10   19   5   1   138   1   0  3.41  3.76  110 1.484
         OAK AL   3   3  38   0   0   0  16  4   56.3   49   21   18   1   19   33   1   4   236   3   0  2.88  3.53  123 1.207
 1971 33 OAK AL   7   2  47   0   0   0  22  6   72.3   68   28   23   3   19   46   1   3   300   9   1  2.86  3.36  118 1.203
 1972 34 OAK AL   6   1  56   0   0   0  29 10   78.0   69   25   23   1   16   47   2   6   317   5   0  2.65  2.85  108 1.090
 1973 35 CHC NL  10   6  63   0   0   0  43 18  106.3   96   40   30   6   42   76   4   7   450  10   0  2.54  3.93  155 1.298
 1975 37 CHC NL   0   1  22   0   0   0   4  0   32.7   38   21   18   3   16   14   2   1   148   2   1  4.96  3.85   78 1.653
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .594  57  39 576   0   0   0 288 95  879.0  776  329  269  41  257  577  36  37  3643  80   5  2.75  3.36  122 1.175
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   4  68   0   0   0  34 11  103.7   91   38   31   4   30   68   4   4   430   9   0  2.75  3.36  122 1.175
 Career High     10   8  77   0   0   0  47 20  124.7  102   47   35   9   42   80  10   7   503  13   2  2.09  3.93  155 1.003

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 27 CHW AL  51   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  13  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 28 CHW AL  56   16    3    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   7  .250  .333  .250   77    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 29 CHW AL  77   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1968 30 CHW AL  70    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .111  .000  -65    0   0   0   0   1   0
 1969 31 TOT AL  68   13    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .077  .143  .077  -36    1   0   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL  17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         SEP AL  51   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .083  .154  .083  -31    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 32 TOT AL  66    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .143  .143  .143  -20    1   0   0   0   0   0
         MIL AL  28    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         OAK AL  38    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .167  .167  .167   -6    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 33 OAK AL  47    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .143  .000  -56    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 34 OAK AL  56    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   4  .000  .333  .000    8    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1973 35 CHC NL  63   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   9  .067  .067  .067  -64    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     576   95    5    7   0  0   0    0   1  0   7  61  .074  .146  .074  -35    7   2   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         27    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  17  .074  .146  .074  -35    2   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     77   16    3    4   0  0   0    0   1  0   3  13                           4   1   0   0   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 27 CHW AL   14   14    0   0.0    86| .000  .243| .000  .311| .000  .372| .000  .683|-100  .000  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1966 28 CHW AL   18   12    2   4.5    84| .250  .240| .333  .306| .250  .370| .583  .676|  77  .563  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1967 29 CHW AL   11   11    0   0.0    79| .000  .235| .000  .303| .000  .353| .000  .656|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1968 30 CHW AL    9    8    0   0.0    84| .000  .244| .111  .314| .000  .362| .111  .676| -65  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1969 31 TOT AL   14   12    0   0.0    93| .077  .252| .143  .328| .077  .380| .220  .708| -36  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0   100| .000  .261| .000  .339| .000  .394| .000  .733|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         SEP AL   13   11    0   0.0    92| .083  .251| .154  .327| .083  .378| .237  .706| -31  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1970 32 TOT AL    7    6    0   0.0    95| .143  .255| .143  .329| .143  .389| .286  .718| -20  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         MIL AL    1    1    0   0.0    98| .000  .258| .000  .332| .000  .394| .000  .726|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         OAK AL    6    5    0   0.0    95| .167  .254| .167  .328| .167  .388| .334  .716|  -6  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1971 33 OAK AL    7    6    0   0.0    91| .000  .253| .143  .324| .000  .375| .143  .700| -56  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1972 34 OAK AL    9    6    0   0.0    79| .000  .241| .333  .309| .000  .348| .333  .657|   8  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1973 35 CHC NL   16   15    0   0.0   102| .067  .271| .067  .341| .067  .402| .134  .743| -64  .000  -3.5  -0.4 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      105   90    2   0.6    89| .074  .249| .146  .318| .074  .375| .220  .693| -35  .030 -16.7  -1.7 100%

* 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 ------+
1965 27 CHW AL P 51 10 28 0 3 1.000 .950 0.75 0.75 3.75 2.04 0 91.3 1966 28 CHW AL P 56 11 25 1 1 .973 .952 0.64 0.75 3.41 1.99 0 95.0 1967 29 CHW AL P 77 13 42 3 3 .948 .957 0.71 0.74 3.97 1.96 0 124.7 1968 30 CHW AL P 70 6 25 1 1 .969 .957 0.44 0.73 3.09 1.89 0 90.3 1969 31 TOT AL P 68 11 23 1 0 .971 .950 0.50 0.69 3.04 1.88 0 100.7 CHW AL P 17 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.29 0.69 2.05 1.88 0 22.0 SEP AL P 51 10 19 1 0 .967 .951 0.57 0.69 3.32 1.88 0 78.7 1970 32 TOT AL P 66 3 17 3 0 .870 .948 0.30 0.67 2.05 1.86 0 88.0 MIL AL P 28 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 0.18 0.67 1.42 1.87 0 31.7 OAK AL P 38 2 13 2 0 .882 .949 0.39 0.67 2.40 1.85 0 56.3 1971 33 OAK AL P 47 3 20 2 0 .920 .958 0.49 0.77 2.88 1.98 0 72.0 1972 34 OAK AL P 56 5 9 1 0 .933 .952 0.25 0.75 1.62 1.86 0 78.0 1973 35 CHC NL P 63 10 21 4 3 .886 .951 0.49 0.73 2.62 1.88 0 106.3 1975 37 CHC NL P 22 5 6 0 0 1.000 .948 0.50 0.72 3.03 1.87 0 32.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 27 CHW AL P 51 10 28 0 3 1.000 .950 0.75 0.75 3.75 2.04 0 91.3 1966 28 CHW AL P 56 11 25 1 1 .973 .952 0.64 0.75 3.41 1.99 0 95.0 1967 29 CHW AL P 77 13 42 3 3 .948 .957 0.71 0.74 3.97 1.96 0 124.7 1968 30 CHW AL P 70 6 25 1 1 .969 .957 0.44 0.73 3.09 1.89 0 90.3 1969 31 TOT AL P 68 11 23 1 0 .971 .950 0.50 0.69 3.04 1.88 0 100.7 CHW AL P 17 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.29 0.69 2.05 1.88 0 22.0 SEP AL P 51 10 19 1 0 .967 .951 0.57 0.69 3.32 1.88 0 78.7 1970 32 TOT AL P 66 3 17 3 0 .870 .948 0.30 0.67 2.05 1.86 0 88.0 MIL AL P 28 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 0.18 0.67 1.42 1.87 0 31.7 OAK AL P 38 2 13 2 0 .882 .949 0.39 0.67 2.40 1.85 0 56.3 1971 33 OAK AL P 47 3 20 2 0 .920 .958 0.49 0.77 2.88 1.98 0 72.0 1972 34 OAK AL P 56 5 9 1 0 .933 .952 0.25 0.75 1.62 1.86 0 78.0 1973 35 CHC NL P 63 10 21 4 3 .886 .951 0.49 0.73 2.62 1.88 0 106.3 1975 37 CHC NL P 22 5 6 0 0 1.000 .948 0.50 0.72 3.03 1.87 0 32.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 576 77 216 16 11 .948 .953 0.51 0.73 3.00 1.92 0 879.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 576 77 216 16 11 .948 .953 0.51 0.73 3.00 1.92 0 879
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1971   ALCS  OAK BAL     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   0   0   2   0 
 1972   ALCS  OAK DET     W   2   0  13.50  0  1  0  0   2     4   3   0   1 
        WS    OAK CIN     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.1   1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   3   0  10.12  0  1  0  0   2.2   4   3   2   1 
  3 Postseason Ser      2-1   4   0   9.00  0  1  0  0   3     5   3   2   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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1971   ALCS  OAK BAL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1972   ALCS  OAK DET     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK CIN     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1   4   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
1967 AL-77-1
1968 AL-70-3
1969 AL-68-4
1970 AL-66-7
1973 NL-63-6

Saves
1966 AL-12-10
1967 AL-20-2
1973 NL-18-5

Hit Batsmen
1967 AL-10-3

Games Finished
1966 AL-35-9
1967 AL-47-3
1968 AL-32-8
1973 NL-43-5

Oldest Player
1975 NL-37-9

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (828) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1251) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 23.0 (230) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1012) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

June 14, 1960: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

June 8, 1969: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Seattle Pilots for Gary Bell.

June 15, 1970: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the Milwaukee Brewers.

November 21, 1972: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Chicago Cubs for Billy North.

November 3, 1973: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Horacio Pina.

October 23, 1974: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Darold Knowles and Manny Trillo to the Chicago Cubs for Billy Williams.

June 25, 1975: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


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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