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Bobby Locke

Lawrence Donald Locke

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Angels/Phillies/Reds/Cardinals 1959-1968

Final Game: September 29, 1968
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 3 338 119 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 80 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 69 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 58 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 83 127 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 67 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 74 137 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 46 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 92 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 92 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 81 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 104 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 60 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 67 1.615 10.4 1.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
NL (4 yrs) NL 1 1 .500 4.71 34 0 8 0 0 0 65.0 68 40 34 8 31 9 36 0 0 4 287 80 1.523 9.4 1.1 4.3 5.0 1.16
AL (5 yrs) AL 15 14 .517 3.89 131 23 52 2 2 10 351.2 364 169 152 32 134 12 158 9 2 10 1530 95 1.416 9.3 0.8 3.4 4.0 1.18

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1959 25 CLE AL 77.2 7 33 38 3 .9 5 0.4 $
1960 26 CLE AL 123.0 11 51 66 3 1.0 15 1.4 $
1961 27 CLE AL 95.1 4 50 55 1 .9 5 0.0 $
1962 28 STL NL 2.0 0 0 1 0 .1 1 0.1 $
1962 28 PHI NL 15.2 0 12 8 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
1963 29 PHI NL 10.2 0 7 6 0 .2 -1 -0.1 $
1964 30 PHI NL 19.1 0 6 10 0 1.1 4 0.4 $
1965 31 CIN NL 17.1 0 15 11 0 .6 -4 -0.5 $
1967 33 CAL AL 19.1 1 6 8 1 1.1 2 0.2 $
1968 34 CAL AL 36.1 0 29 15 1 .9 -14 -2.0 $
9 Seasons 416.2 23 209 218 9 .9 9 -0.6 $
PHI (3 yrs) 45.2 0 25 24 0 .9 -1 -0.2 $
CLE (3 yrs) 296.0 22 134 159 7 .9 25 1.8 $
CAL (2 yrs) 55.2 1 35 23 2 1.0 -12 -1.8 $
STL (1 yr) 2.0 0 0 1 0 .1 1 0.1 $
CIN (1 yr) 17.1 0 15 11 0 .6 -4 -0.5 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1959 25 CLE AL 24 27 24 4 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 .333 .360 .500 .860 137 12 1 0 2 0 0 1
1960 26 CLE AL 35 47 38 7 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 7 .237 .341 .263 .604 69 10 0 0 3 0 0 1
1961 27 CLE AL 37 20 19 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .211 .250 .211 .461 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 28 TOT NL 6 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 56 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 28 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 28 PHI NL 5 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 56 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 29 PHI NL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 30 PHI NL 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1965 31 CIN NL 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 33 CAL AL 9 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 305 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1968 34 CAL AL 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 168 113 98 12 25 2 0 1 12 0 0 9 22 .255 .318 .306 .624 74 30 1 0 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 109 95 12 24 2 0 1 12 0 0 9 21 .255 .318 .306 .624 74 29 1 0 6 0 0
PHI (3 yrs) 22 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 2 0 0 1 0 0
CLE (3 yrs) 96 94 81 12 21 2 0 1 11 0 0 8 19 .259 .326 .321 .647 79 26 1 0 5 0 0
CAL (2 yrs) 38 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 105 2 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 51 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 34 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 22 2 0 0 1 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 134 100 87 12 23 2 0 1 11 0 0 8 19 .264 .326 .322 .648 80 28 1 0 5 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1959 25 CLE AL 27 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1960 26 CLE AL 47 -1 1 0 0 0 4 1 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1961 27 CLE AL 20 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1962 28 PHI NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1963 29 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1964 30 PHI NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1965 31 CIN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1967 33 CAL AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1968 34 CAL AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
9 Seasons 113 -3 1 0 0 0 9 3 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $
PHI (3 yrs) 11 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
CLE (3 yrs) 94 -2 1 0 0 0 8 3 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $
CAL (2 yrs) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
CIN (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1959 CLE AL 25 P 24 7 0 77.2 21 9 11 1 1 .952 2.32 0.83 .955 2.05 2.03 3 0 0% 0
1960 CLE AL 26 P 32 11 2 123.0 42 10 30 2 2 .952 2.93 1.25 .967 1.96 1.95 4 1 20% 0
1961 CLE AL 27 P 37 4 0 95.1 29 9 20 0 0 1.000 2.74 0.78 .954 2.05 2.02 4 4 50% 0
1962 TOT NL 28 P 6 0 0 17.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.57 1.17 .949 2.09 2.03 0 1 100% 0
1962 STL NL 28 P 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .950 2.25 2.00 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 28 P 5 0 0 15.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.45 1.20 .948 2.07 2.04 0 1 100% 0
1963 PHI NL 29 P 9 0 0 10.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.22 .950 2.02 2.06 2 0 0% 0
1964 PHI NL 30 P 8 0 0 19.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.79 0.75 .953 2.14 2.12 3 1 25% 0
1965 CIN NL 31 P 11 0 0 17.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.63 0.64 .956 2.08 2.08 0 1 100% 0
1967 CAL AL 33 P 9 1 0 19.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.79 0.67 .957 1.96 1.96 0 0 0
1968 CAL AL 34 P 29 0 0 36.1 6 2 3 1 1 .833 1.24 0.17 .957 1.88 1.88 1 2 67% 0
9 Seasons P 165 23 2 416.2 126 39 83 4 6 .968 2.64 0.74 .958 2.01 1.99 17 10 37% 0
9 Seasons TOT 165 23 2 416.2 126 39 83 4 6 .968 2.64 0.74 .958 2.01 1.99 17 10 37% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
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  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ()

Shutouts s c a p y
1960 AL  2 (10th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1960 AL  2.93 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1961 AL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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