Bobby Locke
Lawrence Donald Locke
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 3, 1934 in Rowes Run, PA
High School: Redstone (Republic, PA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1959
Final Game: September 29, 1968
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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
1959 CLE AL 25 P 24 7 77.2 21 9 11 1 1 .952 2.32 0.83 .957 2.05 0.85
1960 CLE AL 26 P 32 11 123.0 42 10 30 2 2 .952 2.93 1.25 .967 1.96 0.78
1961 CLE AL 27 P 37 4 95.1 29 9 20 0 0 1.000 2.74 0.78 .952 2.05 0.83
1962 TOT NL 28 P 6 0 17.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.57 1.17 .943 2.09 0.82
1962 STL NL 28 P 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .900 2.25 0.80
1962 PHI NL 28 P 5 0 15.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.45 1.20 .950 2.07 0.82
1963 PHI NL 29 P 9 0 10.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.22 .950 2.02 0.84
1964 PHI NL 30 P 8 0 19.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.79 0.75 .950 2.14 0.84
1965 CIN NL 31 P 11 0 17.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.63 0.64 .957 2.08 0.81
1967 CAL AL 33 P 9 1 19.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.79 0.67 .950 1.96 0.74
1968 CAL AL 34 P 29 0 36.1 6 2 3 1 1 .833 1.24 0.17 .967 1.88 0.73
9 Seasons P 165 23 416.2 126 39 83 4 6 .968 2.64 0.74 .958 2.01 0.80
9 Seasons TOT 165 23 416.2 126 39 83 4 6 .968 2.64 0.74 .926 2.01 0.80

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 CLE AL 25 24 7 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 CLE AL 26 35 11 35 35 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1961 CLE AL 27 37 4 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 28 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 STL NL 28 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PHI NL 29 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 30 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CIN NL 31 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CAL AL 33 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CAL AL 34 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 168 23 168 168 165 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1959 CLE AL 25 350 76% 30% 11 91% 0 9 0 7 9 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1960 CLE AL 26 530 83% 32% 39 85% 1 12 0 11 33 26 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 67%
1961 CLE AL 27 436 82% 29% 24 88% 1 9 0 7 19 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1962 PHI NL 28 74 73% 24% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1962 STL NL 28 10 70% 30% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PHI NL 29 48 73% 33% 1 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 30 89 81% 34% 4 75% 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 CIN NL 31 80 80% 34% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1967 CAL AL 33 74 85% 32% 5 100% 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CAL AL 34 178 80% 27% 6 67% 0 3 0 2 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0%
9 Seasons 1869 80% 30% 101 86% 2 42 1 34 84 61 12 4 1 2 1 3 6 5 6 0 18 83%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%

* 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.

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