Bob Purkey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: July 14, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: March 16, 2008 in Allegheny County, PA

Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, McMurray, PA

High School: South Hills HS (Pittsburgh, PA)

Debut: April 14, 1954 (Age 24-274d, 11,093rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 26, 1966 (Age 37-012d)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Robert Thomas Purkey

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5x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.7

129

115

ERA

3.79

386

276

2114.2

793

WHIP

1.267

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-32 / in Starts: 2-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 6

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	2	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	6-7		99	2.0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	2.90	9	4	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.30	-0.073	.83	-0.12%	-1.00	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
2	2	4	Apr 18(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	2.73	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
3	3	10	Apr 23	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	10-GF(13)	L(0-1)	4	4.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.57	3.40	16	9	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.53	0.112	6.03	0.16%	1.00	10t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
4	4	16	Apr 29	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-	W(1-1)	5	8.0	8	3	3	4	1	1	0	3.00	4.40	33						51						28					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	21	May 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	GS-4	L(1-2)	5	4.0	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.79	4.19	17	4	7	0	2	3	43			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.131	1.10	-0.10%	-1.09	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
6	6	26	May 13	PIT		MLN	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-3)	7	7.0	7	4	4	5	2	0	0	4.15	4.13	30	15	4	0	2	4	44			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	3	0	0	.94	-0.153	.65	-0.06%	-0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	7	31	May 17	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	GS-5	L(1-4)	3	5.0	9	7	7	2	2	1	0	5.52	4.33	25	7	5	0	1	9	21			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	-0.473	.88	-0.18%	-4.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
8	8	34	May 20	PIT		STL	L,4-17	GS-1	L(1-5)	2	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	6.89	4.41	6	1	0	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.290	.63	-0.10%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
9	9	37	May 23(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.29	4.20	10	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.090	.19	0.02%	1.59	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
10	10	40	May 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-21	GS-4	L(1-6)	1	4.0	5	4	3	4	0	0	1	6.34	4.41	22	8	4	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.15	-0.227	.29	-0.03%	-1.94	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
11	11	44	May 30(1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	6-8		4	3.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	6.10	4.41	13	5	4	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.005	.10	0.00%	0.50	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
12	12	45	May 30(2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-10	7-8		-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.82	4.27	7	1	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.005	.00	0.00%	1.00	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	49	Jun 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-7	5-7		5	3.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.02	4.17	14	4	4	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-1.56	5b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d7
14	14	52	Jun 8	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.96	4.09	8	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	.06	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.04	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
15	15	58	Jun 13(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-7		4	6.1	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	5.76	3.93	29	6	10	0	3	9	43			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.41	-0.174	.03	0.00%	-0.35	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
16	16	61	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,2-11	4-5		5	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.72	4.16	8	2	4	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.00	4t --- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d6
17	17	64	Jun 23	PIT		STL	L,1-7			3	3.0	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	5.58	4.22	14												11					0
18	18	66	Jun 25	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	8-GF		1	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.69	4.26	9	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	.45	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-1.00	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	19	74	Jul 4(1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-9			8	1.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.57	4.27	7												6					0
20	20	76	Jul 5(1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-8	1-6		0	5.2	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	5.24	4.17	22	6	10	6	1	3		2	0	3	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	.87	0.172	.00	0.00%	2.69	1t 1-3 1 out d2	6t 3 out d2
21	21	79	Jul 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.17	4.19	4	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
22	22	87	Jul 17(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS-9	W(2-6)	7	8.1	6	2	2	3	3	0	2	4.85	4.12	34	12	8	1	0	6	63			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	0.160	.00	0.00%	1.71	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a4
23	23	92	Jul 22	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-		4	11.0	10	2	1	5	3	0	0	4.35	4.00	44						69						38					0
24	24	97	Jul 26	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	GS-	L(2-7)	3	6.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.36	3.91	27						44						25					0
25	25	100	Jul 30(1)	PIT		CHC	W,8-6		W(3-7)	3	5.1	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.31	3.95	24												20					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	26	104	Aug 1(2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-12	6-8		1	2.2	9	6	6	0	1	0	0	4.72	3.89	16	1	5	0	0	9		0	0	0	0	0	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-4.74	6t --- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d10
27	27	109	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,6-8	GS-1	L(3-8)	5	0.1	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.96	3.95	7	2	0	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.43	-0.349	.00	0.00%	-4.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d4
28	28	117	Aug 15 susp	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7	1-6		7	5.1	8	4	4	0	2	0	0	5.05	3.83	22	9	4	2	0	7		3	0	0	0	0	21	2	1	0	1	1	0	.70	-0.165	.00	0.00%	-0.67	1b 123 2 out d2	6b 3 out d4
29	29	120	Aug 19	PIT		BRO	L,5-7	3-4		3	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.04	3.82	10	4	4	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.08	3t --3 0 out d5	4t 3 out d7
30	30	121	Aug 20	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	6-7		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.95	3.80	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.017	.00	0.00%	1.03	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
31	31	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,0-13	3-GF(8)		4	5.1	9	6	6	3	2	0	0	5.19	3.78	26	6	7	1	2	8		1	0	0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-3.12	3b -2- 2 out d7	8b end d13
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	32	136	Sep 5	PIT		PHI	L,5-12	6-7		10	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.10	3.76	7	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.00	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
33	33	137	Sep 6(1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-6	2-9		0	7.2	4	1	1	5	8	0	0	4.86	3.67	32	8	10	5	0	1		2	0	2	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.295	.00	0.00%	4.15	2b -23 1 out d5	9b 3 out tie
34	34	143	Sep 12(2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-13	1-2		5	0.2	2	4	4	2	0	0	1	5.12	3.74	7	2	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-2.64	1t 12- 2 out d3	2t 123 1 out d5
35	35	145	Sep 14(1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-9			1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.11	3.72	8												8					0
36	36	152	Sep 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	6-6		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.07	3.69	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.53	6b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d5
							4-32		W-L:3-8	3.5	131.1	145	78	74	62	38	3	7	5.07	3.69	581	1.21		10%	6%	90	42	11	9%	8	3	0	495	19	7	4	11	6	3	.85	-1.424	.42	-0.43%	-14.74

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