Bob Babcock

Robert Ernest Babcock

Position: Pitcher
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
Team: Rangers 1979-1981

Final Game: June 11, 1981
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1968	18	PIT-min	Rk	0	5	.000	7.00	9	6					27.0	32	31	21	2	21								1.963	10.7	0.7	7.0			PRA · GULF
1969	19	WSN-min	Rk	2	1	.667	3.69	9	7					39.0	34	19	16	0	25								1.513	7.8	0.0	5.8			EXO · GULF
1970	20	WSN-min	A	10	7	.588	2.00	19	19				0	126.0	89	41	28	0	59		70						1.175	6.4	0.0	4.2	5.0	1.19	WPB · FLOR
1971	21	WSN-min	AA	7	9	.438	2.93	27	18		9	1	1	132.0	99	64	43	5	71	1	88	5	0	17			1.288	6.8	0.3	4.8	6.0	1.24	QUE · EL
1972	22	WSN-min	AA,AAA	7	7	.500	3.90	28	17		5	3	0	127.0	92	66	55	2	71	2	83	17	0	8			1.283	6.5	0.1	5.0	5.9	1.17	QUE,PNS · EL,IL
1973	23	WSN-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.33	35	20		6	2	1	154.0	152	75	57	6	98	5	71	11	1	13			1.623	8.9	0.4	5.7	4.1	0.72	PNS · IL
1974	24	WSN-BAL-min	AA,AAA	1	10	.091	4.62	54	3		0	0	3	74.0	66	48	38	6	63	3	54	5	0	8			1.743	8.0	0.7	7.7	6.6	0.86	QUE,MEM,ROC · EL,IL
1975	25	BAL-min	AA,AAA	11	7	.611	2.97	38	8		3	2	4	118.0	100	45	39	4	48	5	60	7	0	2			1.254	7.6	0.3	3.7	4.6	1.25	AVL,ROC · SOUL,IL
1976	26	BAL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	5.04	34	4		0	0	3	91.0	107	63	51	5	47	3	53	3	2	3			1.692	10.6	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.13	ROC · IL
1977	27	TEX-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.57	56	1		0	0	6	128.0	125	84	65	4	87	5	84	1	1	8			1.656	8.8	0.3	6.1	5.9	0.97	TUC · PCL
1978	28	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.79	10	0		0	0	1	19.0	15	9	8	0	9	0	18	0	0	0			1.263	7.1	0.0	4.3	8.5	2.00	TUC · PCL
1979	29	TEX-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.23	41	0		0	0	15	64.0	53	27	23	0	33	1	54	3	0	5			1.344	7.5	0.0	4.6	7.6	1.64	TUC · PCL
1979	29	TEX	AL	0	0		10.13	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	7	6	1	7	0	6	0	0	1	31	44	2.625	11.8	1.7	11.8	10.1	0.86
1980	30	TEX-min	AAA	6	3	.667	1.52	39	0		0	0	14	65.0	38	13	11	1	26	4	59	2	0	3			0.985	5.3	0.1	3.6	8.2	2.27	CHL · IL
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	85	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	159	1.291	6.6	0.6	5.0	5.7	1.13
1982	32	TEX-min	AAA,AA	3	2	.600	4.32	23	0	12	0	0	3	41.2	45	23	20	3	21	3	34	3	0	3			1.584	9.7	0.6	4.5	7.3	1.62	DEN,TUL · AA,TL
1983	33	SEA-min	AAA	3	10	.231	3.92	60	0	56	0	0	15	66.2	86	39	29	4	38	7	48	2	0	5			1.860	11.6	0.5	5.1	6.5	1.26	SLC · PCL
1984	34	SEA-min	AAA	2	3	.400	5.44	21	2	12	0	0	0	49.2	66	35	30	4	34	4	19	1	0	1			2.013	12.0	0.7	6.2	3.4	0.56	SLC · PCL
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	96	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	96	1.378	7.5	0.9	4.9	6.1	1.26

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1979	29	TEX	AL	5.1	7	3	0	.6	-4	-0.3	$
1980	30	TEX	AL	23.1	13	15	-1	.9	2	0.0	$
1981	31	TEX	AL	28.2	7	14	1	.5	7	0.4	$
3 Seasons				57.1	27	32	0	.7	5	0.1	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1968	18	PIT-min	Rk	9	8	8		1						.125	.125	.125	.250	1						PRA · GULF
1969	19	WSN-min	Rk	9	11	11		1						.091	.091	.091	.182	1						EXO · GULF
1970	20	WSN-min	A	19	44	42	1	11	2	1	0	2	22	.262	.295	.262	.557	11						WPB · FLOR
1971	21	WSN-min	AA	27	48	38	2	6	2	0	0	7	25	.158	.289	.158	.447	6		0	3	0		QUE · EL
1972	22	WSN-min	AA,AAA	28	42	40	2	2	1	0	0	2	25	.050	.095	.050	.145	2		0	0	0		QUE,PNS · EL,IL
1973	23	WSN-min	AAA	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		PNS · IL
1974	24	BAL-WSN-min	AAA,AA	54	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0		ROC,MEM,QUE · IL,EL
1975	25	BAL-min	AAA,AA	38	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	ROC,AVL · IL,SOUL
1976	26	BAL-min	AAA	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		ROC · IL
1977	27	TEX-min	AAA	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1978	28	TEX-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1979	29	TEX-min	AAA	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		TUC · PCL
1979	29	TEX	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1980	30	TEX-min	AAA	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		CHL · IL
1980	30	TEX	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	31	TEX	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	32	TEX-min	AA,AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	TUL,DEN · TL,AA
1983	33	SEA-min	AAA	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	SLC · PCL
1984	34	SEA-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	SLC · PCL
3 Seasons				39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%	PO
1979	TEX	AL	29	P	4	5.1	1	0	1	1.000	1.69	0.25	.950	1.86	1.90	0		0
1980	TEX	AL	30	P	19	23.1	3	0	3	1.000	1.16	0.16	.957	1.85	1.85	2	0%	0
1981	TEX	AL	31	P	16	28.2	6	2	4	1.000	1.88	0.38	.963	1.98	1.98	1	0%	1
	3 Seasons			P	39	57.1	10	2	8	1.000	1.57	0.26	.960	1.92	1.91	3	0%	1
	3 Seasons			TOT	39	57.1	10	2	8	1.000	1.57	0.26	.960	1.92	1.91	3	0%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

August 15, 1967: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.
June 16, 1969: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
June 29, 1969: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
July 31, 1974: Released by the Montreal Expos.
August 7, 1974: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
December 15, 1976: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Texas Rangers for Dave Criscione.
January 27, 1983: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Seattle Mariners for Vance McHenry.

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