Bob Humphreys
Robert William Humphreys
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 18, 1935 in Covington, VA
High School: Montvale (Montvale, VA)
School: Hampden-Sydney College
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1962
Final Game: September 25, 1970
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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
1962 26 DET AL 0 1 .000 7.20 4 0 3 0 0 1 5.0 8 4 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 24 56 2.000 14.4 5.4 3.6 5.4 1.50
1963 27 STL NL 0 1 .000 5.06 9 0 2 0 0 0 10.2 11 8 6 4 7 1 8 1 0 0 48 71 1.688 9.3 3.4 5.9 6.8 1.14
1964 28 STL NL 2 0 1.000 2.53 28 0 10 0 0 2 42.2 32 14 12 3 15 3 36 1 0 2 170 151 1.102 6.8 0.6 3.2 7.6 2.40
1965 29 CHC NL 2 0 1.000 3.15 41 0 11 0 0 0 65.2 59 25 23 6 27 6 38 2 0 0 275 117 1.310 8.1 0.8 3.7 5.2 1.41
1966 30 WSA AL 7 3 .700 2.82 58 1 15 0 0 3 111.2 91 38 35 6 28 5 88 4 2 2 439 123 1.066 7.3 0.5 2.3 7.1 3.14
1967 31 WSA AL 6 2 .750 4.17 48 2 18 0 0 4 105.2 93 54 49 13 41 3 54 2 0 1 440 75 1.268 7.9 1.1 3.5 4.6 1.32
1968 32 WSA AL 5 7 .417 3.69 56 0 29 0 0 2 92.2 78 40 38 13 30 2 56 0 0 2 378 79 1.165 7.6 1.3 2.9 5.4 1.87
1969 33 WSA AL 3 3 .500 3.05 47 0 14 0 0 5 79.2 69 37 27 3 38 2 43 1 0 4 341 113 1.343 7.8 0.3 4.3 4.9 1.13
1970 34 TOT AL 2 4 .333 2.92 28 1 14 0 0 3 52.1 41 20 17 4 31 3 38 2 0 2 227 127 1.376 7.1 0.7 5.3 6.5 1.23
1970 34 WSA AL 0 0 1.35 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 4 2 1 1 9 0 6 0 0 0 30 262 1.950 5.4 1.4 12.2 8.1 0.67
1970 34 MIL AL 2 4 .333 3.15 23 1 12 0 0 3 45.2 37 18 16 3 22 3 32 2 0 2 197 119 1.292 7.3 0.6 4.3 6.3 1.45
9 Seasons 27 21 .563 3.36 319 4 116 0 0 20 566.0 482 240 211 55 219 25 364 13 2 13 2342 101 1.239 7.7 0.9 3.5 5.8 1.66
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .563 3.36 67 1 24 0 0 4 119 101 51 44 12 46 5 77 3 0 3 493 101 1.239 7.7 0.9 3.5 5.8 1.66
WSA (5 yrs) 21 15 .583 3.41 214 3 78 0 0 14 396.1 335 171 150 36 146 12 247 7 2 9 1628 95 1.214 7.6 0.8 3.3 5.6 1.69
STL (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.04 37 0 12 0 0 2 53.1 43 22 18 7 22 4 44 2 0 2 218 124 1.219 7.3 1.2 3.7 7.4 2.00
CHC (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 3.15 41 0 11 0 0 0 65.2 59 25 23 6 27 6 38 2 0 0 275 117 1.310 8.1 0.8 3.7 5.2 1.41
DET (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.20 4 0 3 0 0 1 5.0 8 4 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 24 56 2.000 14.4 5.4 3.6 5.4 1.50
MIL (1 yr) 2 4 .333 3.15 23 1 12 0 0 3 45.2 37 18 16 3 22 3 32 2 0 2 197 119 1.292 7.3 0.6 4.3 6.3 1.45
AL (6 yrs) 23 20 .535 3.42 241 4 93 0 0 18 447.0 380 193 170 42 170 15 282 9 2 11 1849 97 1.230 7.7 0.8 3.4 5.7 1.66
NL (3 yrs) 4 1 .800 3.10 78 0 23 0 0 2 119.0 102 47 41 13 49 10 82 4 0 2 493 120 1.269 7.7 1.0 3.7 6.2 1.67

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
1964 28 STL NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 26 DET AL 4 24 21 4 8 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .381 .435 .952 1.387 .333 20 1 0 1 0 0
1963 27 STL NL 9 48 39 8 11 1 0 4 0 2 7 8 .282 .404 .615 1.020 .259 24 1 1 1 0 1
1964 28 STL NL 28 170 150 14 32 7 1 3 0 2 15 36 .213 .287 .333 .621 .259 50 5 1 3 1 3
1965 29 CHC NL 41 275 242 25 59 14 2 6 6 4 27 38 .244 .322 .393 .715 .265 95 4 2 2 2 6
1966 30 WSA AL 58 439 397 38 91 20 4 6 5 11 28 88 .229 .285 .345 .630 .278 137 6 4 7 3 5
1967 31 WSA AL 48 440 390 54 93 22 2 13 4 5 41 54 .238 .310 .405 .715 .243 158 5 2 1 6 3
1968 32 WSA AL 56 376 333 40 78 12 0 13 3 7 30 56 .234 .294 .387 .682 .243 129 4 0 9 4 2
1969 33 WSA AL 47 341 296 37 69 10 1 3 4 3 38 43 .233 .320 .304 .624 .261 90 2 1 3 3 2
1970 34 TOT AL 28 227 187 20 41 10 0 4 5 1 31 38 .219 .332 .337 .669 .250 63 5 2 4 3 3
1970 34 MIL AL 23 197 167 18 37 9 0 3 4 0 22 32 .222 .314 .329 .644 .252 55 3 2 3 3 3
1970 34 WSA AL 5 30 20 2 4 1 0 1 1 1 9 6 .200 .448 .400 .848 .231 8 2 0 1 0 0
9 Seasons 319 2340 2055 240 482 97 11 55 27 35 219 364 .235 .309 .373 .682 .258 766 33 13 31 22 25
162 Game Avg. 67 493 433 51 101 20 2 12 6 7 46 77 .235 .309 .373 .682 .258 161 7 3 7 5 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1966 30 WSA AL 58 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 60 60 60 11 0 1 0 9.0 14.4 5.0
1967 31 WSA AL 48 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 57 68 46 20 10 1 1 2.6 3.9 4.5
1970 34 TOT AL 28 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50 50 10 6 0 1 3.0 5.4 5.0
1970 34 MIL AL 23 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50 50 50 8 5 0 1 3.0 5.4 5.0
3 Seasons 129 4 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 .750 0 0 0 0 1 25% 56 68 46 39 15 2 2 4.4 7.4 4.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 26 DET AL 4 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 5 71% 9 0.900 2 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 3.8
1963 27 STL NL 9 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 7 0.672 2 1 6 1 1 7 2 7 3 4 3 0 3.6
1964 28 STL NL 28 28 10 2 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 20 5 25% 7 0.923 8 4 16 3 3 22 11 17 14 7 15 8 4.6
1965 29 CHC NL 41 41 11 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 29 9 31% 5 0.474 4 8 27 3 1 37 14 27 21 7 24 6 4.8
1966 30 WSA AL 58 57 15 6 3 7 3 4 43% 8 1 41 13 32% 7 0.897 12 19 26 9 5 43 25 32 39 9 40 10 5.6
1967 31 WSA AL 48 46 18 5 1 5 4 1 80% 7 1 22 6 27% 5 0.776 10 10 26 10 6 30 12 34 33 7 35 8 6.3
1968 32 WSA AL 56 56 29 5 7 5 2 3 40% 6 1 31 5 16% 8 0.931 17 8 30 6 10 40 17 39 37 8 39 7 5.0
1969 33 WSA AL 47 47 14 3 3 5 5 0 100% 11 5 39 16 41% 8 1.039 11 19 17 15 3 29 20 27 27 11 30 9 5.1
1970 34 TOT AL 28 27 14 1 4 5 3 2 60% 5 0 25 11 44% 1.077 9 8 9 5 4 18 14 13 15 8 17 6 5.3
1970 34 WSA AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.907 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 4 3 1 3 0 4.0
1970 34 MIL AL 23 22 12 1 4 5 3 2 60% 5 0 24 11 46% 7 1.103 8 6 7 5 3 14 13 9 12 7 14 6 5.5
9 Seasons 319 315 116 24 20 31 20 11 65% 44 10 216 70 32% 0.865 75 77 159 53 34 228 118 197 191 62 205 55 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1962 26 DET AL 24 42% 12.5% 12.5% 8.3% 20.8% 63% 1.40 63% 3 1 33%
1963 27 STL NL 48 33% 8.3% 16.7% 14.6% 10.4% 46% 1.00 56% 11 1 9%
1964 28 STL NL 170 31% 1.8% 21.2% 8.8% 6.5% 34% 1.14 66% 27 5 19%
1965 29 CHC NL 275 36% 2.2% 13.8% 9.8% 8.0% 37% 1.11 73% 54 4 7%
1966 30 WSA AL 439 36% 1.4% 20.1% 6.4% 6.8% 33% 1.16 70% 78 6 8%
1967 31 WSA AL 440 35% 3.0% 12.3% 9.3% 8.4% 40% 0.81 75% 70 5 7%
1968 32 WSA AL 376 38% 3.5% 14.9% 8.0% 6.7% 32% 0.67 71% 61 4 7%
1969 33 WSA AL 341 43% 0.9% 12.6% 11.1% 4.1% 20% 0.90 74% 80 2 3%
1970 34 TOT AL 227 44% 1.8% 16.7% 13.7% 6.2% 34% 1.02 65% 44 5 11%
1970 34 WSA AL 30 23% 3.3% 20.0% 30.0% 6.7% 50% 1.33 43% 6 2 33%
1970 34 MIL AL 197 47% 1.5% 16.2% 11.2% 6.1% 32% 0.98 69% 38 3 8%
9 Seasons 2340 38% 2.4% 15.6% 9.4% 7.0% 34% 0.93 71% 428 33 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1962 26 DET AL 24 8 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 2 1 40% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 27 STL NL 48 11 4 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 STL NL 170 32 3 0 11 2 1 1 2 13 4 3 31% 1 2 0 52 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1965 29 CHC NL 275 59 6 0 6 4 2 3 3 23 13 2 57% 1 0 0 105 6 4 60% 4 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
1966 30 WSA AL 439 91 6 0 8 6 0 3 3 21 11 3 52% 4 2 0 152 5 11 31% 5 7 0 3 0 1 1 0 8 0
1967 31 WSA AL 440 93 13 0 11 9 4 2 11 27 15 5 56% 3 1 1 146 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1968 32 WSA AL 376 78 13 0 6 9 4 9 4 12 7 2 58% 5 2 6 131 3 7 30% 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1969 33 WSA AL 341 69 3 0 15 1 2 1 2 21 12 2 57% 7 4 4 143 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 12 0
1970 34 TOT AL 227 41 4 0 11 4 0 3 1 18 10 0 56% 3 2 5 87 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1970 34 WSA AL 30 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1970 34 MIL AL 197 37 3 0 11 3 0 2 1 18 10 0 56% 3 2 4 75 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
9 Seasons 2340 482 55 1 70 39 16 26 29 140 74 18 53% 24 13 16 844 27 35 44% 23 30 4 3 0 2 10 1 60 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1962 26 0 1 .000 7.20 4 0 3 0 0 1 5.0 8 4 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 24 56 2.000 14.4 5.4 3.6 5.4 1.50 56
1963 27 0 2 .000 5.74 13 0 5 0 0 1 15.2 19 12 10 7 9 1 11 1 0 0 72 65 1.787 10.9 4.0 5.2 6.3 1.22 65
1964 28 2 2 .500 3.39 41 0 15 0 0 3 58.1 51 26 22 10 24 4 47 2 0 2 242 112 1.286 7.9 1.5 3.7 7.3 1.96 112
1965 29 4 2 .667 3.27 82 0 26 0 0 3 124.0 110 51 45 16 51 10 85 4 0 2 517 114 1.298 8.0 1.2 3.7 6.2 1.67 114
1966 30 11 5 .688 3.06 140 1 41 0 0 6 235.2 201 89 80 22 79 15 173 8 2 4 956 118 1.188 7.7 0.8 3.0 6.6 2.19 118
1967 31 17 7 .708 3.40 188 3 59 0 0 10 341.1 294 143 129 35 120 18 227 10 2 5 1396 102 1.213 7.8 0.9 3.2 6.0 1.89 102
1968 32 22 14 .611 3.46 244 3 88 0 0 12 434.0 372 183 167 48 150 20 283 10 2 7 1774 97 1.203 7.7 1.0 3.1 5.9 1.89 97
1969 33 25 17 .595 3.40 291 3 102 0 0 17 513.2 441 220 194 51 188 22 326 11 2 11 2115 99 1.225 7.7 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.73 99
1970 34 27 21 .563 3.36 319 4 116 0 0 20 566.0 482 240 211 55 219 25 364 13 2 13 2342 101 1.239 7.7 0.9 3.5 5.8 1.66 101

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1962 26 0 0 7.20 5.0 8 4 4 3 2 3 0 2.000 14.4 3.6 5.4 1.50 5.4 4
1963 27 0 1 .000 5.40 10.0 11 7 6 4 7 7 1 1.800 9.9 6.3 6.3 1.00 3.6 9
1964 28 3 1 .750 2.63 41.0 32 13 12 3 15 35 1 1.146 7.0 3.3 7.7 2.33 0.7 28
1965 29 3 3 .500 3.54 61.0 60 27 24 6 27 35 2 1.426 8.9 4.0 5.2 1.30 0.9 41
1966 30 6 5 .545 3.46 104.0 96 44 40 6 30 82 4 1.212 8.3 2.6 7.1 2.73 0.5 58
1967 31 3 7 .300 5.62 96.0 104 67 60 15 46 49 2 1.563 9.8 4.3 4.6 1.07 1.4 48
1968 32 3 6 .333 5.36 84.0 91 56 50 15 35 51 0 1.500 9.8 3.8 5.5 1.46 1.6 56
1969 33 4 4 .500 3.55 76.0 73 33 30 3 40 41 1 1.487 8.6 4.7 4.9 1.03 0.4 47
1970 34 3 2 .600 3.24 50.0 42 20 18 4 32 36 2 1.480 7.6 5.8 6.5 1.13 0.7 28
9 Seasons 25 29 .463 4.17 527.0 517 271 244 59 234 339 13 1.425 8.8 5.8 1.45 1.0 319

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1966 AL  58 (10th)
1968 AL  56 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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