Bob Babcock
Robert Ernest Babcock
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 25, 1949 in New Castle, PA
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1979
Final Game: June 11, 1981
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1979 29 TEX AL 0 0 10.12 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 7 7 6 1 7 0 6 0 0 1 31 41 2.625 11.8 1.7 11.8 10.1 0.86
1980 30 TEX AL 1 2 .333 4.63 19 0 8 0 0 0 23.1 20 13 12 3 8 1 15 2 0 1 98 84 1.200 7.7 1.2 3.1 5.8 1.88
1981 31 TEX AL 1 1 .500 2.20 16 0 7 0 0 0 28.2 21 7 7 2 16 1 18 1 0 0 117 157 1.291 6.6 0.6 5.0 5.7 1.13
3 Seasons 2 3 .400 3.92 39 0 16 0 0 0 57.1 48 27 25 6 31 2 39 3 0 2 246 94 1.378 7.5 0.9 4.9 6.1 1.26
162 Game Avg. 3 5 .400 3.92 68 0 28 0 0 0 100 84 47 44 10 54 3 68 5 0 3 429 94 1.378 7.5 0.9 4.9 6.1 1.26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 29 TEX AL 4 31 22 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 7 6 .318 .452 .545 .997 .353 12 0 0 0 2 0
1980 30 TEX AL 19 98 84 13 20 3 0 3 2 0 8 15 .238 .309 .381 .690 .246 32 4 2 1 3 1
1981 31 TEX AL 16 117 96 7 21 4 1 2 1 0 16 18 .219 .333 .344 .677 .247 33 4 1 3 1 1
3 Seasons 39 246 202 27 48 7 2 6 3 0 31 39 .238 .339 .381 .720 .258 77 8 3 4 6 2
162 Game Avg. 68 429 352 47 84 12 3 10 5 0 54 68 .238 .339 .381 .720 .258 134 14 5 7 10 3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1979 29 TEX AL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 3 0.623 1 0 3 0 1 3 4 0 3 1 3 1 4.0
1980 30 TEX AL 19 19 8 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 1 25 9 36% 8 0.859 5 3 11 4 2 13 15 4 9 8 10 3 3.7
1981 31 TEX AL 16 16 7 1 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 17 6 35% 7 0.480 3 0 13 7 1 8 10 6 12 3 12 3 5.4
3 Seasons 39 39 16 2 3 3 0 3 0% 5 1 52 19 37% 0.649 9 3 27 11 4 24 29 10 24 12 25 7 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1979 29 TEX AL 31 32% 3.2% 19.4% 22.6% 6.5% 29% 1.00 55% 7 0 0%
1980 30 TEX AL 98 35% 3.1% 15.3% 8.2% 6.1% 30% 1.04 70% 29 4 14%
1981 31 TEX AL 117 43% 1.7% 15.4% 13.7% 6.0% 33% 1.20 66% 25 4 16%
3 Seasons 246 38% 2.4% 15.9% 12.6% 6.1% 31% 1.11 66% 61 8 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1979 29 TEX AL 31 7 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 67% 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1980 30 TEX AL 98 20 3 0 9 0 3 3 0 16 9 3 56% 1 1 0 34 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1981 31 TEX AL 117 21 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
3 Seasons 246 48 6 0 19 1 5 5 1 22 13 4 59% 2 2 0 96 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1979 29 0 0 10.12 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 7 7 6 1 7 0 6 0 0 1 31 41 2.625 11.8 1.7 11.8 10.1 0.86 41
1980 30 1 2 .333 5.65 23 0 9 0 0 0 28.2 27 20 18 4 15 1 21 2 0 2 129 70 1.465 8.5 1.3 4.7 6.6 1.40 70
1981 31 2 3 .400 3.92 39 0 16 0 0 0 57.1 48 27 25 6 31 2 39 3 0 2 246 94 1.378 7.5 0.9 4.9 6.1 1.26 94

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1979 29 0 0 9.00 6.0 7 7 6 1 7 7 0 2.333 10.5 10.5 10.5 1.00 1.5 4
1980 30 1 1 .500 5.32 22.0 21 14 13 3 8 14 2 1.318 8.6 3.3 5.7 1.75 1.2 19
1981 31 3 1 .750 3.08 38.0 35 14 13 3 27 24 2 1.632 8.3 6.4 5.7 0.89 0.7 16
3 Seasons 4 2 .667 4.36 66.0 63 35 32 7 42 45 4 1.591 8.6 6.1 1.07 1.0 39

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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