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Bob Buhl
Robert Ray Buhl
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 12, 1928 in Saginaw, MI
High School: Saginaw (Saginaw, MI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953
Final Game: April 30, 1967
Died: February 16, 2001 in Titusville, FL
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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
1953 24 MLN NL 13 8 .619 2.97 30 18 5 8 3 0 154.1 133 59 51 9 73 83 3 1 1 648 132 1.335 7.8 0.5 4.3 4.8 1.14
1954 25 MLN NL 2 7 .222 4.00 31 14 8 2 1 3 110.1 117 54 49 5 65 57 2 0 5 505 94 1.650 9.5 0.4 5.3 4.6 0.88
1955 26 MLN NL 13 11 .542 3.21 38 27 6 11 1 1 201.2 168 85 72 13 109 5 117 1 0 2 866 117 1.374 7.5 0.6 4.9 5.2 1.07
1956 27 MLN NL 18 8 .692 3.32 38 33 0 13 2 0 216.2 190 96 80 18 105 7 86 2 1 3 924 104 1.362 7.9 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.82 MVP-23
1957 28 MLN NL 18 7 .720 2.74 34 31 0 14 2 0 216.2 191 77 66 15 121 4 117 0 0 3 926 127 1.440 7.9 0.6 5.0 4.9 0.97 MVP-14
1958 29 MLN NL 5 2 .714 3.45 11 10 1 3 0 1 73.0 74 33 28 5 30 0 27 1 0 3 319 102 1.425 9.1 0.6 3.7 3.3 0.90
1959 30 MLN NL 15 9 .625 2.86 31 25 2 12 4 0 198.0 181 76 63 19 74 3 105 2 0 4 832 124 1.288 8.2 0.9 3.4 4.8 1.42
1960 31 MLN NL 16 9 .640 3.09 36 33 2 11 2 0 238.2 202 89 82 23 103 7 121 3 2 11 1008 111 1.278 7.6 0.9 3.9 4.6 1.17 AS
1961 32 MLN NL 9 10 .474 4.11 32 28 2 9 1 0 188.1 180 99 86 23 98 4 77 5 0 3 820 90 1.476 8.6 1.1 4.7 3.7 0.79
1962 33 TOT NL 12 14 .462 3.87 35 31 3 8 1 0 214.0 210 113 92 23 98 7 110 6 1 5 931 107 1.439 8.8 1.0 4.1 4.6 1.12
1962 33 MLN NL 0 1 .000 22.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 5 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 16 17 5.000 27.0 0.0 18.0 4.5 0.25
1962 33 CHC NL 12 13 .480 3.69 34 30 3 8 1 0 212.0 204 108 87 23 94 6 109 6 1 5 915 112 1.406 8.7 1.0 4.0 4.6 1.16
1963 34 CHC NL 11 14 .440 3.38 37 34 0 6 0 0 226.0 219 96 85 24 62 1 108 3 2 8 920 104 1.243 8.7 1.0 2.5 4.3 1.74
1964 35 CHC NL 15 14 .517 3.83 36 35 1 11 3 0 227.2 208 103 97 22 68 4 107 5 0 9 943 97 1.212 8.2 0.9 2.7 4.2 1.57
1965 36 CHC NL 13 11 .542 4.39 32 31 0 2 0 0 184.1 207 100 90 26 57 4 92 0 0 5 803 84 1.432 10.1 1.3 2.8 4.5 1.61
1966 37 TOT NL 6 8 .429 4.96 33 19 8 1 0 1 134.1 160 78 74 11 40 6 60 4 0 6 585 72 1.489 10.7 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.50
1966 37 CHC NL 0 0 15.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 24 2.143 15.4 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
1966 37 PHI NL 6 8 .429 4.77 32 18 8 1 0 1 132.0 156 74 70 10 39 6 59 4 0 6 573 75 1.477 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.51
1967 38 PHI NL 0 0 12.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 28 2.667 18.0 6.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
15 Seasons 166 132 .557 3.55 457 369 38 111 20 6 2587.0 2446 1162 1019 238 1105 52 1268 37 7 68 11045 103 1.373 8.5 0.8 3.8 4.4 1.15
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .557 3.55 38 30 3 9 2 0 213 201 96 84 20 91 104 3 1 6 909 103 1.373 8.5 0.8 3.8 4.4 1.15
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
MLN (10 yrs) 109 72 .602 3.27 282 220 26 83 16 5 1599.2 1442 673 582 130 782 31 791 19 4 35 6864 110 1.390 8.1 0.7 4.4 4.5 1.01
CHC (5 yrs) 51 52 .495 3.83 140 131 4 27 4 0 852.1 842 411 363 96 282 15 417 14 3 27 3593 98 1.319 8.9 1.0 3.0 4.4 1.48
PHI (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 4.93 35 18 8 1 0 1 135.0 162 78 74 12 41 6 60 4 0 6 588 72 1.504 10.8 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.46

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1957 28 MLN NL WS W NYY 0 1 .000 10.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 5 4 2 6 0 4 0 0 1 21 3.600 16.2 5.4 16.2 10.8 0.67
1 WS 0 1 .000 10.80 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 5 4 2 6 0 4 0 0 1 21 3.600 16.2 5.4 16.2 10.8 0.67

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 24 MLN NL 30 60 53 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .113 .145 .113 .259 -30 6 1 0 5 1
1954 25 MLN NL 31 33 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .032 .091 .032 .123 -65 1 0 0 0 0 1
1955 26 MLN NL 38 67 57 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 .105 .150 .105 .255 -29 6 2 0 7 0 0 1
1956 27 MLN NL 38 80 73 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 34 .096 .108 .123 .231 -36 9 0 0 6 0 0 1 MVP-23
1957 28 MLN NL 34 82 73 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 34 .082 .152 .082 .234 -32 6 1 0 3 0 0 1 MVP-14
1958 29 MLN NL 11 26 25 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1959 30 MLN NL 31 74 70 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 38 .057 .083 .057 .140 -60 4 1 0 2 0 0 1
1960 31 MLN NL 36 92 89 4 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 40 .157 .157 .157 .315 -11 14 2 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1961 32 MLN NL 32 67 60 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 30 .067 .138 .067 .205 -42 4 1 0 2 0 0 1
1962 33 TOT NL 35 85 70 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 36 .000 .090 .000 .090 -74 0 0 1 7 1 0 1
1962 33 MLN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 33 CHC NL 34 84 69 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 35 .000 .091 .000 .091 -73 0 0 1 7 1 0 1
1963 34 CHC NL 37 81 74 2 8 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 28 .108 .108 .108 .216 -39 8 1 0 7 0 0 1
1964 35 CHC NL 36 85 73 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 31 .096 .163 .096 .258 -26 7 1 0 5 1 0 1
1965 36 CHC NL 32 72 67 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 36 .060 .100 .060 .160 -54 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1966 37 TOT NL 33 48 42 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22 .095 .156 .095 .251 -28 4 0 1 3 0 0 1
1966 37 CHC NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1966 37 PHI NL 32 47 41 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22 .098 .159 .098 .257 -26 4 0 1 3 0 0 1
1967 38 PHI NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 457 952 857 31 76 2 0 0 26 2 2 38 389 .089 .129 .091 .220 -38 78 10 2 53 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 337 304 11 27 1 0 0 9 1 1 13 138 .089 .129 .091 .220 -38 28 4 1 19
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
MLN (10 yrs) 282 582 532 21 53 2 0 0 16 0 0 21 237 .100 .134 .103 .237 -33 55 8 0 29 0 0
CHC (5 yrs) 140 323 284 10 19 0 0 0 9 2 2 15 130 .067 .116 .067 .183 -48 19 2 1 21 2 0
PHI (2 yrs) 35 47 41 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22 .098 .159 .098 .257 -26 4 0 1 3 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 28 MLN NL WS NYY W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 MLN NL 24 P 30 40 14 25 1 3 .975 1.30 .955 0.87
1954 MLN NL 25 P 31 14 110.1 24 5 18 1 1 .958 1.88 0.74 .958 2.07 0.87
1955 MLN NL 26 P 38 27 201.2 44 12 30 2 1 .955 1.87 1.11 .950 2.04 0.83
1956 MLN NL 27 P 38 33 216.2 55 19 35 1 2 .982 2.24 1.42 .965 2.05 0.83 MVP-23
1957 MLN NL 28 P 34 31 216.2 41 14 25 2 2 .951 1.62 1.15 .963 2.06 0.82 MVP-14
1958 MLN NL 29 P 11 10 73.0 26 5 19 2 0 .923 2.96 2.18 .958 1.97 0.77
1959 MLN NL 30 P 31 25 198.0 65 21 43 1 4 .985 2.91 2.06 .952 1.99 0.82
1960 MLN NL 31 P 36 33 238.2 77 26 50 1 3 .987 2.87 2.11 .961 2.09 0.87 AS
1961 MLN NL 32 P 32 28 188.1 54 16 37 1 1 .981 2.53 1.66 .957 2.18 0.88
1962 TOT NL 33 P 35 31 214.0 47 15 29 3 2 .936 1.85 1.26 .949 2.07 0.82
1962 MLN NL 33 P 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 0.80
1962 CHC NL 33 P 34 30 212.0 47 15 29 3 2 .936 1.87 1.29 .949 2.07 0.82
1963 CHC NL 34 P 37 34 226.0 56 12 44 0 5 1.000 2.23 1.51 .948 2.06 0.84
1964 CHC NL 35 P 36 35 227.2 70 22 48 0 4 1.000 2.77 1.94 .950 2.14 0.84
1965 CHC NL 36 P 32 31 184.1 50 14 34 2 0 .960 2.34 1.50 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 TOT NL 37 P 33 19 134.1 40 16 23 1 3 .975 2.61 1.18 .945 1.96 0.74
1966 CHC NL 37 P 1 1 2.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 1.00 .900 1.93 0.70
1966 PHI NL 37 P 32 18 132.0 39 16 22 1 3 .974 2.59 1.19 .946 1.96 0.74
1967 PHI NL 38 P 3 0 2.2 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.38 0.33 1.000 2.02 0.77
15 Seasons P 457 351 2432.1 690 211 461 18 32 .974 2.49 1.47 .955 2.07 0.83
15 Seasons TOT 457 351 2432.1 690 211 461 18 32 .974 2.49 1.47 .929 2.07 0.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-NL-23-2%
1957-NL-14-4%
0.06 Career Shares (1033rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1953 NL--2.974--3rd
1955 NL--3.213--3rd
1956 NL--3.323--9th
1957 NL--2.742--4th
1959 NL--2.864--3rd
1960 NL--3.092--9th

Wins s c a p y
1955 NL--13--9th
1956 NL--18--7th
1957 NL--18--3rd
1959 NL--15--9th
1960 NL--16--9th
Career--166--190th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1953 NL--.619--10th
1956 NL--.692--4th
1957 NL--.720--1st
1959 NL--.625--6th
1960 NL--.640--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL--7.756--4th
1955 NL--7.498--2nd
1956 NL--7.892--8th
1957 NL--7.934--4th
1959 NL--8.227--8th
1960 NL--7.617--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL--5.222--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1960 NL--238.7--10th
Career--2587.0--212th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL--117--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1956 NL--33--8th
1957 NL--31--10th
1960 NL--33--9th
1963 NL--34--9th
1964 NL--35--7th
Career--369--158th

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 NL--11--10th
1956 NL--13--8th
1957 NL--14--5th
1959 NL--12--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1953 NL--3--6th
1956 NL--2--10th
1957 NL--2--10th
1959 NL--4--1st
1964 NL--3--10th
Career--20--244th

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 NL--23--10th
1963 NL--24--7th
1964 NL--22--9th
1965 NL--26--5th
Career--238--118th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL--73--10th
1955 NL--109--2nd
1956 NL--105--2nd
1957 NL--121--2nd
1960 NL--103--1st
1961 NL--98--4th
1962 NL--98--3rd
Career--1105--74th

Hits s c a p y
Career--2446--247th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL--.525--4th
1955 NL--.580--1st
1956 NL--.748--5th
1957 NL--.623--4th

Losses s c a p y
1962 NL--14--10th
1964 NL--14--10th
Career--132--243rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1963 NL--85--9th
1964 NL--97--7th
Career--1019--209th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 NL--5--7th
1960 NL--11--3rd
1964 NL--9--10th
Career--68--244th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1956 NL--924--10th
1957 NL--926--10th
1960 NL--1008--10th
Career--11045--172nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1953 NL--132--4th
1955 NL--117--8th
1957 NL--127--5th
1959 NL--124--8th
1960 NL--111--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1966 NL--born 1928-08-12--6th
1967 NL--born 1928-08-12--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (357), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 36 (363), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

February 26, 1948: Granted Free Agency.

March, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 30, 1962: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Jack Curtis.

April 21, 1966: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Larry Jackson to the Philadelphia Phillies for John Herrnstein, Fergie Jenkins and Adolfo Phillips.

May 16, 1967: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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