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: 3-7

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 3

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	377	3	Apr 15	PIT		STL	L,2-9	8-GF		99	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.55	7	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
2	378	6	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	7-8	H(1)	2	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.10	7	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.16	0.104	5.55	0.16%	0.50	7t --- 0 out a1	8t 12- 2 out a1
3	379	10	Apr 22	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.55	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.020	.90	0.04%	0.46	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
4	380	12	Apr 24	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	3-6		1	4.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	2.55	15	8	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.023	2.22	0.05%	0.82	3b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
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	381	17	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	5-5		8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	2.55	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	0.067	8.21	0.12%	0.77	5b 123 2 out d1	5b 3 out d1
6	382	18	May 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.77	2.64	11	5	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	0.650	12.05	1.27%	2.58	7b 123 1 out a1	9b end a 1
7	383	23	May 10	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	12-GF(15)	L(0-1)	5	4.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.15	2.68	17	7	4	0	0	4		0	0	2	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	0.070	10.40	0.16%	0.82	12t --- 0 out tie	15t end d 1
8	384	28	May 15	PIT		LAD	L,1-3	8-GF		4	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.53	2.67	8	3	4	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.024	1.60	-0.03%	-0.09	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
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
9	385	78	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	7-GF(7)		49	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	2.66	2	0	2	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.081	3.11	0.23%	2.28	7b 123 0 out d2	7b end d 2
10	386	98	Jul 26	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		21	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	2.66	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.18	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
							3-7		W-L:0-1,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.3	19.2	16	3	3	4	5	0	0	1.37	2.66	75	1.26		2%	8%	14		9	0%	2	3	0	68	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.68	0.993	5.63	1.99%	9.52

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