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 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
1959 25 CLE AL 3 2 .600 3.13 24 7 8 0 0 2 77.2 66 33 27 6 41 2 40 3 0 3 338 118 1.378 7.6 0.7 4.8 4.6 0.98
1960 26 CLE AL 3 5 .375 3.37 32 11 10 2 2 2 123.0 121 51 46 10 37 3 53 2 1 1 521 112 1.285 8.9 0.7 2.7 3.9 1.43
1961 27 CLE AL 4 4 .500 4.53 37 4 17 0 0 2 95.1 112 50 48 12 40 4 37 2 0 4 425 87 1.594 10.6 1.1 3.8 3.5 0.93
1962 28 TOT NL 1 0 1.000 5.09 6 0 0 0 0 0 17.2 17 12 10 4 12 0 10 0 0 1 81 77 1.642 8.7 2.0 6.1 5.1 0.83
1962 28 STL NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
1962 28 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 5.74 5 0 0 0 0 0 15.2 16 12 10 4 10 0 9 0 0 0 72 67 1.660 9.2 2.3 5.7 5.2 0.90
1963 29 PHI NL 0 0 5.91 9 0 5 0 0 0 10.2 10 7 7 0 5 1 7 0 0 0 46 55 1.406 8.4 0.0 4.2 5.9 1.40
1964 30 PHI NL 0 0 2.79 8 0 0 0 0 0 19.1 21 6 6 2 6 3 11 0 0 2 83 124 1.397 9.8 0.9 2.8 5.1 1.83
1965 31 CIN NL 0 1 .000 5.71 11 0 3 0 0 0 17.1 20 15 11 2 8 5 8 0 0 1 77 66 1.615 10.4 1.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
1967 33 CAL AL 3 0 1.000 2.33 9 1 6 0 0 2 19.1 14 6 5 1 3 0 7 1 0 0 74 133 0.879 6.5 0.5 1.4 3.3 2.33
1968 34 CAL AL 2 3 .400 6.44 29 0 11 0 0 2 36.1 51 29 26 3 13 3 21 1 1 2 172 45 1.761 12.6 0.7 3.2 5.2 1.62
9 Seasons 16 15 .516 4.02 165 23 60 2 2 10 416.2 432 209 186 40 165 21 194 9 2 14 1817 91 1.433 9.3 0.9 3.6 4.2 1.18
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .516 4.02 60 8 22 1 1 4 151 156 76 67 14 60 8 70 3 1 5 657 91 1.433 9.3 0.9 3.6 4.2 1.18
PHI (3 yrs) 1 0 1.000 4.53 22 0 5 0 0 0 45.2 47 25 23 6 21 4 27 0 0 2 201 78 1.489 9.3 1.2 4.1 5.3 1.29
CLE (3 yrs) 10 11 .476 3.68 93 22 35 2 2 6 296.0 299 134 121 28 118 9 130 7 1 8 1284 103 1.409 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.10
CAL (2 yrs) 5 3 .625 5.01 38 1 17 0 0 4 55.2 65 35 31 4 16 3 28 2 1 2 246 59 1.455 10.5 0.6 2.6 4.5 1.75
STL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
CIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.71 11 0 3 0 0 0 17.1 20 15 11 2 8 5 8 0 0 1 77 66 1.615 10.4 1.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
NL (4 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.71 34 0 8 0 0 0 65.0 68 40 34 8 31 9 36 0 0 4 287 77 1.523 9.4 1.1 4.3 5.0 1.16
AL (5 yrs) 15 14 .517 3.89 131 23 52 2 2 10 351.2 364 169 152 32 134 12 158 9 2 10 1530 94 1.416 9.3 0.8 3.4 4.0 1.18

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
1959 25 CLE AL 24 343 288 33 66 6 2 6 3 0 41 40 .229 .328 .326 .655 .245 94 4 3 8 3 2
1960 26 CLE AL 32 521 475 51 121 15 1 10 4 1 37 53 .255 .311 .354 .665 .269 168 13 2 7 0 3
1961 27 CLE AL 37 425 373 50 112 12 1 12 4 4 40 37 .300 .368 .434 .802 .305 162 11 2 6 4 4
1962 28 PHI NL 5 72 61 12 16 3 1 4 0 1 10 9 .262 .366 .541 .907 .250 33 2 0 1 0 0
1962 28 STL NL 1 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 28 TOT NL 6 81 68 12 17 3 1 4 0 1 12 10 .250 .363 .500 .863 .241 34 2 0 1 0 0
1963 29 PHI NL 9 45 39 7 10 2 1 0 2 0 5 7 .256 .333 .359 .692 .303 14 1 0 0 1 1
1964 30 PHI NL 8 83 76 6 21 3 0 2 3 1 6 11 .276 .329 .395 .724 .302 30 2 0 1 0 3
1965 31 CIN NL 11 77 67 15 20 2 1 2 0 1 8 8 .299 .368 .448 .816 .310 30 4 0 1 1 5
1967 33 CAL AL 9 74 69 6 14 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .203 .243 .246 .490 .210 17 2 1 0 1 0
1968 34 CAL AL 29 172 154 29 51 6 1 3 1 2 13 21 .331 .385 .442 .826 .366 68 2 1 3 1 3
9 Seasons 165 1821 1609 209 432 49 8 40 17 10 165 194 .268 .338 .383 .721 .283 617 41 9 27 11 21
162 Game Avg. 60 659 582 76 156 18 3 14 6 4 60 70 .268 .338 .383 .721 .283 223 15 3 10 4 8
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
1959 25 CLE AL 24 7 1 2 4 1 0 4 3 .571 3 0 0 0 2 29% 46 72 32 8 3 2 4 5.0 4.8 6.5
1960 26 CLE AL 32 11 3 2 6 0 1 5 6 .455 2 2 2 2 5 45% 53 82 21 21 4 2 5 4.4 5.2 6.7
1961 27 CLE AL 37 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 1.000 0 2 0 0 1 25% 36 62 25 14 4 1 2 4.9 3.2 4.6
1967 33 CAL AL 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 3 3 1 0 12.4 14.4 5.0
4 Seasons 102 23 6 4 13 2 1 14 9 .609 5 4 2 2 8 35% 47 82 21 46 14 6 11 5.0 5.1 6.2
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
1959 25 CLE AL 24 17 8 2 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 7 5 71% 6 0.954 3 4 10 4 1 12 4 13 9 2 10 1 5.7
1960 26 CLE AL 32 21 10 0 3 3 2 1 67% 4 1 16 8 50% 8 1.021 5 6 10 5 1 15 10 11 11 3 12 3 7.0
1961 27 CLE AL 37 33 17 3 4 2 2 0 100% 4 0 16 10 63% 8 0.898 8 9 15 4 6 23 9 24 24 1 24 4 7.0
1962 28 TOT NL 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 0.867 2 2 2 1 1 4 4 2 5 0 6 0 8.8
1962 28 STL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.055 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1962 28 PHI NL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 2 0.968 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 4 0 5 0 9.4
1963 29 PHI NL 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 7 0.204 0 3 5 0 0 9 5 4 3 4 3 2 3.6
1964 30 PHI NL 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 3 1.157 2 4 2 0 0 8 6 2 7 0 7 0 7.3
1965 31 CIN NL 11 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 7 0.581 2 4 5 0 2 9 6 5 6 2 6 0 4.7
1967 33 CAL AL 9 8 6 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 7 1 14% 8 1.249 4 1 3 2 1 5 3 5 5 1 5 1 5.4
1968 34 CAL AL 29 29 11 2 3 3 2 1 67% 5 2 20 9 45% 9 1.015 7 9 12 5 4 20 11 18 14 10 14 7 3.8
9 Seasons 165 142 60 10 11 12 10 2 83% 18 4 103 45 44% 0.949 33 42 64 21 16 105 58 84 84 23 87 18 5.8

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%
1959 25 CLE AL 343 44% 1.8% 11.7% 12.0% 4.1% 21% 1.26 71% 66 4 6%
1960 26 CLE AL 521 34% 1.9% 10.2% 7.1% 5.0% 22% 1.29 79% 104 13 13%
1961 27 CLE AL 425 38% 2.8% 8.7% 9.4% 5.9% 22% 1.29 77% 88 11 13%
1962 28 TOT NL 81 35% 4.9% 12.4% 14.8% 9.9% 47% 0.91 67% 17 2 12%
1962 28 STL NL 9 56% 0.0% 11.1% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 0.67 67% 0 0
1962 28 PHI NL 72 32% 5.6% 12.5% 13.9% 11.1% 50% 0.95 67% 17 2 12%
1963 29 PHI NL 46 37% 0.0% 15.6% 11.1% 6.7% 30% 1.88 73% 12 1 8%
1964 30 PHI NL 83 48% 2.4% 13.3% 7.2% 6.0% 24% 2.36 76% 15 2 13%
1965 31 CIN NL 77 43% 2.6% 10.4% 10.4% 6.5% 25% 2.31 75% 25 4 16%
1967 33 CAL AL 74 41% 1.4% 9.5% 4.1% 1.4% 7% 1.04 84% 16 2 13%
1968 34 CAL AL 172 35% 1.7% 12.2% 7.6% 5.8% 20% 1.39 76% 38 2 5%
9 Seasons 1822 38% 2.2% 10.7% 9.1% 5.3% 23% 1.33 76% 381 41 11%
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
1959 25 CLE AL 343 66 6 0 7 3 3 2 4 12 8 4 67% 6 3 1 140 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1960 26 CLE AL 521 121 10 0 8 5 5 7 3 31 15 1 48% 9 1 3 194 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1961 27 CLE AL 424 112 12 0 14 9 3 4 8 19 9 2 47% 5 4 0 180 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1962 28 TOT NL 81 17 4 0 2 1 3 3 1 5 2 0 40% 2 1 0 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 28 STL NL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 28 PHI NL 72 16 4 0 2 1 3 3 1 5 2 0 40% 2 0 0 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 29 PHI NL 46 10 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 1 0 0 19 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 30 PHI NL 83 21 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 5 2 0 40% 2 2 0 32 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1965 31 CIN NL 77 20 2 0 8 1 1 2 0 17 9 1 53% 2 1 3 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1967 33 CAL AL 74 14 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 34 CAL AL 172 51 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 10 7 1 70% 3 2 0 77 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
9 Seasons 1821 432 40 0 53 24 16 22 18 106 56 10 53% 30 14 7 728 17 10 63% 17 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 1
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+
1959 25 3 2 .600 3.13 24 7 8 0 0 2 77.2 66 33 27 6 41 2 40 3 0 3 338 118 1.378 7.6 0.7 4.8 4.6 0.98 118
1960 26 6 7 .462 3.27 56 18 18 2 2 4 200.2 187 84 73 16 78 5 93 5 1 4 859 114 1.321 8.4 0.7 3.5 4.2 1.19 114
1961 27 10 11 .476 3.68 93 22 35 2 2 6 296.0 299 134 121 28 118 9 130 7 1 8 1284 103 1.409 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.0 1.10 103
1962 28 11 11 .500 3.76 99 22 35 2 2 6 313.2 316 146 131 32 130 9 140 7 1 9 1365 101 1.422 9.1 0.9 3.7 4.0 1.08 101
1963 29 11 11 .500 3.83 108 22 40 2 2 6 324.1 326 153 138 32 135 10 147 7 1 9 1411 99 1.421 9.0 0.9 3.7 4.1 1.09 99
1964 30 11 11 .500 3.77 116 22 40 2 2 6 343.2 347 159 144 34 141 13 158 7 1 11 1494 100 1.420 9.1 0.9 3.7 4.1 1.12 100
1965 31 11 12 .478 3.86 127 22 43 2 2 6 361.0 367 174 155 36 149 18 166 7 1 12 1571 98 1.429 9.1 0.9 3.7 4.1 1.11 98
1966 32 11 12 .478 3.86 127 22 43 2 2 6 361.0 367 174 155 36 149 18 166 7 1 12 1571 98 1.429 9.1 0.9 3.7 4.1 1.11 98
1967 33 14 12 .538 3.79 136 23 49 2 2 8 380.1 381 180 160 37 152 18 173 8 1 12 1645 99 1.401 9.0 0.9 3.6 4.1 1.14 99
1968 34 16 15 .516 4.02 165 23 60 2 2 10 416.2 432 209 186 40 165 21 194 9 2 14 1817 91 1.433 9.3 0.9 3.6 4.2 1.18 91

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
1959 25 5 3 .625 3.46 78.0 72 33 30 7 45 40 3 1.500 8.3 5.2 4.6 0.89 0.8 24
1960 26 7 6 .538 3.67 125.0 131 57 51 11 40 54 2 1.368 9.4 2.9 3.9 1.35 0.8 32
1961 27 4 6 .400 4.80 90.0 112 53 48 12 40 35 2 1.689 11.2 4.0 3.5 0.88 1.2 37
1962 28 0 1 .000 5.29 17.0 18 11 10 4 13 10 0 1.824 9.5 6.9 5.3 0.77 2.1 6
1963 29 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 10 9 8 0 5 7 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 6.3 1.40 0.0 9
1964 30 1 1 .500 3.00 18.0 22 7 6 2 6 10 0 1.556 11.0 3.0 5.0 1.67 1.0 8
1965 31 0 1 .000 6.19 16.0 20 12 11 2 8 7 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 3.9 0.88 1.1 11
1967 33 1 1 .500 3.00 18.0 15 7 6 1 3 7 1 1.000 7.5 1.5 3.5 2.33 0.5 9
1968 34 0 3 .000 9.84 32.0 59 39 35 3 15 19 1 2.313 16.6 4.2 5.3 1.27 0.8 29
9 Seasons 18 23 .439 4.57 404.0 459 228 205 42 175 189 9 1.569 10.2 4.2 1.08 0.9 165

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y
1960 AL  2 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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