Bob Sykes

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 11, 1954 in Neptune, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL).

High School: St. Rose HS (Belmar, NJ)

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: April 9, 1977 (Age 22-119d, 13,850th in major league history)
vs. KCR 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 4, 1981 (Age 26-297d)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Robert Joseph Sykes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

ERA

4.65

116

456.2

215

WHIP

1.504

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-14 / in Starts: 3-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 11

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	33	22	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	3	9	0	0	0.00	1.59	34	11	7	1	0	4	85			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.61	0.240	1.28	0.30%	3.99	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
2	34	27	May 14	DET		OAK	W,15-0	SHO	W(2-0)	7	9.0	4	0	0	6	5	0	0	0.00	2.53	34	9	10	2	0	4	78			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.45	0.196	.84	0.22%	4.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a15
3	35	32	May 19	DET		BOS	W,7-5	GS-9	W(3-0)	4	8.0	12	4	4	3	5	2	0	1.38	3.51	35	7	8	2	0	12	44			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.12	0.212	3.20	0.37%	-0.12	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a3
4	36	38	May 24(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(3-1)	4	8.0	8	1	1	1	5	1	0	1.32	3.47	31	9	10	2	0	6	66			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.183	1.97	0.23%	2.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
5	37	44	May 29	DET		BAL	L,3-6	GS-5	L(3-2)	4	5.0	7	6	6	1	2	3	0	2.54	4.33	23	5	8	1	0	7	30			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.58	-0.314	.70	-0.23%	-3.57	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
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
6	38	49	Jun 3	DET		MIN	L,2-9	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.2	8	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.30	4.46	23	7	6	1	0	8	28			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.240	1.22	-0.17%	-1.80	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d2
7	39	54	Jun 10	DET		KCR	L,3-6	GS-5		6	4.2	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.35	4.24	18	8	4	1	2	5	47			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.041	1.44	-0.03%	0.00	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
8	40	59	Jun 15	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	GS-4	L(3-4)	4	3.0	7	4	2	2	0	1	0	3.51	4.51	18	4	5	3	0	7	31			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.275	.55	-0.10%	-2.18	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d1
9	41	62	Jun 18	DET	@	MIN	L,4-8	1-4		2	3.1	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.46	4.52	15	5	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.135	.33	0.02%	1.84	1b 12- 1 out d2	4b 1-3 2 out d1
10	42	66	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,3-12	6-6		4	0.1	5	5	5	0	0	1	0	4.25	4.75	6	0	1	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.234	.24	-0.04%	-5.78	6t 12- 0 out d1	6t --- 1 out d8
11	43	73	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-3		5	3.0	2	3	3	3	1	1	0	4.50	4.98	14	5	3	1	0	2	41			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.220	.20	-0.02%	-1.60	1b start tie	3b 3 out d1
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
12	44	79	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,2-9	8-GF		4	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	4.91	5	3	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.15	8t -2- 1 out d6	9t end d 7
13	45	81	Jul 6	DET		CLE	W,8-4	3-8	W(4-4)	1	5.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.18	4.70	22	3	8	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.176	.06	0.01%	1.53	3t -23 2 out a3	8t 1-3 2 out a4
14	46	94	Jul 22	DET		CAL	W,7-3	5-GF	W(5-4)	15	5.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.88	4.59	19	2	9	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.197	.07	0.01%	2.41	5t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 4
15	47	99	Jul 26	DET		BAL	W,9-6	7-GF	S(1)	3	2.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.73	4.48	12	3	2	0	1	3		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.100	.22	0.01%	0.48	7t 1-- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
16	48	103	Jul 30	DET		SEA	W,5-4	6-GF	S(2)	3	3.2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.67	4.34	15	2	7	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.436	.66	0.09%	1.84	6t -23 1 out a2	9t end a 1
17	49	104	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	10-GF(14)	BL(5-5)	0	4.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	3.59	4.41	14	7	4	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.47	-0.036	1.16	-0.01%	0.74	10b -2- 0 out a1	14b end d 1
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
18	50	106	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	7-GF(10)	BW(6-5)	2	4.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.42	4.20	15	4	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.33	0.506	.90	0.12%	2.29	7t 1-3 0 out a1	10t end tie
19	51	113	Aug 12	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	6-7		8	1.1	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.47	4.29	9	1	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.023	.52	-0.01%	-0.45	6b 1-- 1 out d2	7b 12- 2 out d3
20	52	116	Aug 15	DET		KCR	L,2-4	8-9		2	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.52	4.39	7	2	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.060	.34	-0.02%	-1.20	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-3 1 out d2
21	53	125	Aug 23(2)	DET		TOR	L,4-5	GS-4	L(6-6)	7	3.1	7	5	5	0	3	2	0	3.89	4.54	17	2	5	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.282	.39	-0.08%	-3.57	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d5
22	54	128	Aug 26	DET		MIL	L,5-9	5-8		2	3.1	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.94	4.41	14	3	4	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.077	.35	-0.03%	-0.19	5t --3 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
							8-14		W-L:6-6,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.8	93.2	99	43	41	34	58	14	1	3.94	4.41	400	0.93		8%	2%	95	48	17	41%	1	1	0	360	9	0	0	14	2	3	.99	0.577	.99	0.62%	1.74

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