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Bob Purkey

Robert Thomas Purkey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 14, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: South Hills HS (Pittsburgh, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1954
Teams (by GP): Reds/Pirates/Redlegs/Cardinals 1954-1966

Final Game: July 26, 1966
Died: March 16, 2008 in Allegheny County, PA
Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, McMurray, PA
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
1948	18	PIT-min	D	19	8	.704	3.01	31						224.0	162	109	75		106								1.196	6.5		4.3			GNV · ALSL
1949	19	PIT-min	B	17	6	.739	2.94	31						205.0	172	81	67		92								1.288	7.6		4.0			DAV · IIIL
1950	20	PIT-min	AA	12	12	.500	4.78	32						196.0	218	116	104		114								1.694	10.0		5.2			NOR · SOUA
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	23	PIT-min	AA	11	13	.458	3.41	30	27					198.0	190	106	75	6	93								1.429	8.6	0.3	4.2			NOR · SOUA
1954	24	PIT	NL	3	8	.273	5.07	36	11	7	0	0	0	131.1	145	78	74	3	62		38	7	1	1	581	82	1.576	9.9	0.2	4.2	2.6	0.61
1955	25	PIT-min	AA	6	4	.600	3.46	16	14					104.0	112	49	40	6	29								1.356	9.7	0.5	2.5			NOR · SOUA
1955	25	PIT	NL	2	7	.222	5.32	14	10	3	2	0	1	67.2	77	47	40	5	25	1	24	2	0	1	298	77	1.507	10.2	0.7	3.3	3.2	0.96
1956	26	PIT-min	Opn	6	8	.429	3.36	20	14		5	0		118.0	125	52	44	7	23		60	3	0	4			1.254	9.5	0.5	1.8	4.6	2.61	HOL · PCL
1956	26	PIT	NL	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	183	0.500	4.5	2.3	0.0	2.3
1957	27	PIT	NL	11	14	.440	3.86	48	21	11	6	1	2	179.2	194	84	77	10	38	9	51	7	0	2	761	99	1.291	9.7	0.5	1.9	2.6	1.34
1958	28	CIN	NL	17	11	.607	3.60	37	34	2	17	3	0	250.0	259	106	100	25	49	3	70	4	0	1	1040	117	1.232	9.3	0.9	1.8	2.5	1.43	AS,MVP-19
1959	29	CIN	NL	13	18	.419	4.25	38	33	5	9	1	1	218.0	241	118	103	25	43	2	78	6	0	4	927	96	1.303	9.9	1.0	1.8	3.2	1.81
1960	30	CIN	NL	17	11	.607	3.60	41	33	3	11	1	0	252.2	259	114	101	23	59	5	97	9	1	2	1064	106	1.259	9.2	0.8	2.1	3.5	1.64
1961	31	CIN	NL	16	12	.571	3.73	36	34	2	13	1	1	246.1	245	118	102	27	51	4	116	6	0	7	1031	108	1.202	9.0	1.0	1.9	4.2	2.27	AS
1962	32	CIN	NL	23	5	*.821*	2.81	37	37	0	18	2	0	288.1	260	109	90	28	64	3	141	14	1	6	1181	143	1.124	8.1	0.9	2.0	4.4	2.20	AS,CYA-3,MVP-8
1963	33	CIN	NL	6	10	.375	3.55	21	21	0	4	1	0	137.0	143	60	54	12	33	6	55	2	2	4	570	94	1.285	9.4	0.8	2.2	3.6	1.67
1964	34	CIN	NL	11	9	.550	3.04	34	25	3	9	2	1	195.2	181	77	66	16	49	4	78	7	0	6	808	119	1.175	8.3	0.7	2.3	3.6	1.59
1965	35	STL	NL	10	9	.526	5.79	32	17	10	3	1	2	124.1	148	83	80	20	33	4	39	7	1	2	549	67	1.456	10.7	1.4	2.4	2.8	1.18
1966	36	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	1.37	10	0	6	0	0	1	19.2	16	3	3	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	75	266	1.017	7.3	0.0	1.8	2.3	1.25
13 Yrs				129	115	.529	3.79	386	276	53	92	13	9	2114.2	2170	998	891	195	510	41	793	71	6	36	8899	103	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4	1.55
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.529	3.79	40	28	5	9	1	1	217	223	103	92	20	52		81	7	1	4	914	103	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4	1.55

CIN (7 yrs)				103	76	.575	3.49	244	217	15	81	11	3	1588.0	1588	702	616	156	348	27	635	48	4	30	6621	112	1.219	9.0	0.9	2.0	3.6	1.82
PIT (5 yrs)				16	30	.348	4.36	110	42	28	8	1	4	402.1	434	213	195	19	129	10	119	16	1	4	1729	91	1.399	9.7	0.4	2.9	2.7	0.92
STL (1 yr)				10	9	.526	5.79	32	17	10	3	1	2	124.1	148	83	80	20	33	4	39	7	1	2	549	67	1.456	10.7	1.4	2.4	2.8	1.18

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1954	24	PIT	NL	131.1	36	11	78	5.35	4.77	-0.24	0.00	102.0	5.11	-3	-0.3	.6	-0.2	0.8	11	.492	.498	$
1955	25	PIT	NL	67.2	14	10	47	6.25	4.52	-0.27	0.00	101.6	4.87	-9	-0.9	.8	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.437	.495	$
1956	26	PIT	NL	4.0	2	0	1	2.25	3.96	-0.02	0.00	106.0	4.22	1	0.1	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.554	.501	$
1957	27	PIT	NL	179.2	48	21	84	4.21	4.40	0.37	0.00	98.6	3.97	-3	-0.3	1.8	-0.1	1.2	14	.493	.498	$
1958	28	CIN	NL	250.0	37	34	106	3.82	4.47	0.07	0.00	104.7	4.61	22	2.4	2.1	-0.1	4.5	49	.566	.515	$	AS,MVP-19
1959	29	CIN	NL	218.0	38	33	118	4.87	4.46	-0.08	0.00	101.6	4.61	-8	-0.8	1.2	-0.2	1.0	17	.479	.495	$
1960	30	CIN	NL	252.2	41	33	114	4.06	4.36	0.00	0.06	100.9	4.46	11	1.2	.2	-0.2	3.3	38	.529	.507	$
1961	31	CIN	NL	246.1	36	34	118	4.31	4.54	0.24	0.07	100.6	4.40	2	0.2	1.7	-0.1	2.3	30	.506	.501	$	AS
1962	32	CIN	NL	288.1	37	37	109	3.40	4.47	-0.07	0.07	102.3	4.71	40	4.5		-0.1	6.9	75	.621	.528	$	AS,CYA-3,MVP-8
1963	33	CIN	NL	137.0	21	21	60	3.94	3.73	-0.08	0.06	100.7	3.90	-2	-0.2		-0.1	0.9	13	.491	.499	$
1964	34	CIN	NL	195.2	34	25	77	3.54	4.07	0.14	0.04	102.4	4.06	9	1.1	1.1	-0.1	2.7	32	.532	.507	$
1965	35	STL	NL	124.1	32	17	83	6.01	4.03	0.24	0.01	108.2	4.12	-26	-2.7	2.2	-0.5	-2.1	-13	.414	.483	$
1966	36	PIT	NL	19.2	10	0	3	1.37	3.82	0.07	-0.16	102.3	3.67	5	0.6	1.4	0.1	0.8	7	.555	.503	$
13 Seasons				2114.2	386	276	998	4.25	4.36	0.05	0.03	102.1	4.43	39	4.8	1.3	-1.6	22.1	272	.512	.502	$

CIN (7 yrs)				1588.0	244	217	702	3.98	4.35	0.04	0.04	102.0	4.44	75	8.4	1.0	-0.8	21.6	254	.534	.507	$
PIT (5 yrs)				402.1	110	42	213	4.76	4.51	0.04	-0.01	100.5	4.48	-9	-0.9	1.2	-0.3	2.6	31	.492	.499	$
STL (1 yr)				124.1	32	17	83	6.01	4.03	0.24	0.01	108.2	4.12	-26	-2.7	2.2	-0.5	-2.1	-13	.414	.483	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
1961	31	CIN	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43	0.818	4.9	1.6	2.5	4.1	1.67
1 WS							0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43	0.818	4.9	1.6	2.5	4.1	1.67

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	ERA	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
1958	CIN	NL	28

1961	CIN	NL	31	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
1961	CIN	NL	31	1	0	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	9	1.500	4.5	4.5	9.0	9.0	1.00
1962	CIN	NL	32	0	0	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
1962	CIN	NL	32
3 Yrs (3 GP)				1	0	0	3.00	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	24	0.833	4.5	1.5	3.0	6.0	2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1954	24	PIT	NL	36	293	495	78	145	15	5	3	6	2	62	38	.293	.375	.362	.737	.309	179	4	7	11	6		3
1955	25	PIT	NL	14	223	268	47	77	10	3	5	3	1	25	24	.287	.353	.403	.756	.301	108	8	2	3	0	1	5
1956	26	PIT	NL	2	14	14	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.357	.500	.083	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	27	PIT	NL	48	690	697	84	194	28	5	10	4	0	38	51	.278	.317	.376	.693	.284	262	12	7	7	11	9	7
1958	28	CIN	NL	37	1039	968	106	259	53	2	25	5	1	49	70	.268	.304	.404	.707	.266	391	18	4	12	7	3	12
1959	29	CIN	NL	38	926	863	118	241	41	6	25	2	1	43	78	.279	.316	.428	.744	.282	369	16	6	11	5	2	11
1960	30	CIN	NL	41	1063	978	114	259	50	4	23	9	7	59	97	.265	.311	.395	.706	.274	386	26	9	13	4	5	16
1961	31	CIN	NL	36	1030	958	118	245	52	8	27	10	7	51	116	.256	.296	.411	.707	.266	394	12	6	10	5	4	15
1962	32	CIN	NL	37	1181	1083	109	260	32	3	28	15	3	64	141	.240	.289	.353	.642	.252	382	18	14	13	7	3	15
1963	33	CIN	NL	21	570	525	60	143	35	2	12	4	4	33	55	.272	.317	.415	.732	.285	218	9	2	8	2	6	6
1964	34	CIN	NL	34	808	737	77	181	30	3	16	6	4	49	78	.246	.298	.360	.657	.255	265	19	7	12	3	4	16
1965	35	STL	NL	32	549	504	83	148	14	2	20	5	1	33	39	.294	.344	.448	.793	.286	226	16	7	3	2	4	9
1966	36	PIT	NL	10	75	68	3	16	0	1	0	2	3	4	5	.235	.278	.265	.542	.254	18	1	0	3	0	0	1
13 Yrs				386	8461	8158	998	2170	360	44	195	71	34	510	793	.266	.313	.393	.706	.273	3203	159	71	106	52	41	116
162 Game Avg.				40	869	838	103	223	37	5	20	7	3	52	81	.266	.313	.393	.706	.273	329	16	7	11	5		12
MLB Averages																.254	.321	.386	.707	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1954	24	PIT	NL	-10.6	-1.0	302	-0.8	3.1	-3.9	.73	-0.4	-0.6	-11.6	-1.1	0.73	-7.5	2	2	16
1955	25	PIT	NL	-9.8	-0.9	232	-0.7	3.7	-4.4	.92	-0.8	0.1	-10.3	-1.0	0.92	-9.1	0	0	1
1956	26	PIT	NL	0.9	0.1	14	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.25	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.25	0.4	0	1	0
1957	27	PIT	NL	0.1	0.0	714	0.6	13.5	-12.9	1.13	0.9	-0.3	5.9	0.6	1.13	10.2	11	5	7
1958	28	CIN	NL	17.2	1.8	1050	2.1	20.6	-18.5	1.10	1.3	0.6	18.6	1.9	1.10	16.0	1	0	2
1959	29	CIN	NL	-5.0	-0.5	940	-1.3	17.5	-18.7	1.07	-0.1	-1.1	-7.4	-0.7	1.07	-0.8	1	3	1
1960	30	CIN	NL	6.8	0.7	1084	-0.0	18.0	-18.0	.97	0.5	-0.5	7.3	0.8	0.97	3.3	0	0	8
1961	31	CIN	NL	8.5	0.8	1064	1.6	19.4	-17.9	1.00	1.2	0.3	10.1	1.0	1.00	16.2	1	0	1
1962	32	CIN	NL	35.7	3.8	1220	*5.7*	22.6	-16.9	1.01	3.9	1.7	38.8	*4.1*	1.01	43.1	0	0	0
1963	33	CIN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	591	-0.8	9.2	-10.0	.92	-0.7	-0.1	-4.7	-0.5	0.93	-5.6	0	0	0
1964	34	CIN	NL	11.6	1.3	832	0.5	13.9	-13.4	.97	0.9	-0.4	12.7	1.4	0.97	11.9	3	3	3
1965	35	STL	NL	-21.1	-2.1	564	-2.0	10.5	-12.5	1.14	-1.8	0.1	-25.3	-2.5	1.14	-22.6	7	3	5
1966	36	PIT	NL	5.2	0.6	77	1.0	2.4	-1.4	1.68	0.5	0.0	9.5	1.1	1.68	6.2	4	2	4
13 Yrs				38.0	4.3	8684	5.9	154.5	-148.6	1.02	5.3	0.5	44.7	5.1	1.02	61.6	30	19	48

Starting Pitching*

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
1954	24	PIT	NL	36	11	2	7	2	0	1	2	9	.182	0	0	0	0	5	45%	42.1	69	21	7	4	4	5	3.4	4.5	5.5
1955	25	PIT	NL	14	10	2	7	1	0	0	2	8	.200	1	0	2	0	3	30%	42.5	77	18	6	6	3	4	2.8	2.5	5.9

1957	27	PIT	NL	48	21	6	11	4	0	1	9	12	.429	2	2	6	1	8	38%	49.0	80	20	24	11	12	4	3.0	3.4	5.9
1958	28	CIN	NL	37	34	17	11	6	2	2	17	17	.500	0	6	17	3	18	53%	52.2	79	15	18	4	19	7	4.1	4.0	7.3
1959	29	CIN	NL	38	33	11	17	5	2	6	13	20	.394	1	2	9	1	18	55%	47.6	74	21	18	8	15	8	4.2	4.2	6.3
1960	30	CIN	NL	41	33	17	11	5	4	2	20	13	.606	2	3	11	1	18	55%	50.9	78	24	26	11	16	5	4.9	4.8	7.3
1961	31	CIN	NL	36	34	16	12	6	3	3	19	15	.559	1	6	13	1	19	56%	52.8	86	12	11	4	10	11	4.4	3.8	7.2
1962	32	CIN	NL	37	37	23	5	9	3	2	28	9	.757	4	3	18	2	26	70%	58.1	85	27	25	9	20	5	5.4	5.4	7.8
1963	33	CIN	NL	21	21	6	10	5	0	3	8	13	.381	2	2	4	1	11	52%	51.1	85	22	15	1	4	11	3.4	3.5	6.5
1964	34	CIN	NL	34	25	10	8	7	1	5	16	9	.640	2	4	9	2	15	60%	53.9	83	25	13	4	3	13	4.9	4.7	7.0
1965	35	STL	NL	32	17	7	7	3	1	1	8	9	.471	0	2	3	1	7	41%	42.2	76	20	23	8	6	4	5.6	5.9	5.6
11 Yrs				374	276	117	106	53	16	26	142	134	.514	15	30	92	13	148	54%	51	86	12	186	70	112	77	4.4	4.4	6.8
MLB Averages													.500						52%	52	118	-14					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1954	24	PIT	NL	36	25	7	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	11	1	9%	6	.729	2	2	16	0	1	19	6	14	21	1	17	4	8.5
1955	25	PIT	NL	14	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0			.924	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	6.3
1956	26	PIT	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		3	.250	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	6.0
1957	27	PIT	NL	48	27	11	5	3	3	2	1	67%	4	0	21	2	10%		1.134	11	5	7	5	6	12	10	13	15	8	13	9	6.1
1958	28	CIN	NL	37	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	3	50%	9	1.096	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.3
1959	29	CIN	NL	38	5	5	2	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	1	1	100%	8	1.072	1	3	1	1	1	3	1	4	4	0	5	2	5.4
1960	30	CIN	NL	41	8	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	3	75%	5	.966	0	0	8	0	0	8	3	5	3	2	3	1	4.5
1961	31	CIN	NL	36	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0%	8	1.002	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.0

1964	34	CIN	NL	34	9	3	1	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	5	0	0%	7	.974	3	3	3	3	1	5	3	6	9	0	9	0	7.1
1965	35	STL	NL	32	15	10	3	2	6	2	4	33%	6	0	6	0	0%	8	1.144	7	3	5	6	3	6	3	12	12	1	12	0	5.9
1966	36	PIT	NL	10	10	6	0	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	9	0	0%	7	1.678	4	2	4	2	1	7	3	7	6	1	6	1	5.9
11 Yrs				328	110	53	12	9	13	9	5	69%	16	2	64	10	16%		1.034	30	19	48	18	14	66	33	65	74	16	68	18	6.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1954	24	PIT	NL	581	60%	1.0%	13.0%	21.2%	7.9%	16%	1.07	157%	74	4	5%
1955	25	PIT	NL	298	55%	2.2%	10.8%	11.2%	8.1%	23%	1.68	107%	44	8	18%
1956	26	PIT	NL	14	71%	7.1%	7.1%	0.0%	7.1%	50%	0.83	86%	0	0
1957	27	PIT	NL	760	57%	1.5%	7.4%	5.5%	6.2%	22%	0.83	94%	151	12	8%
1958	28	CIN	NL	1040	56%	2.4%	6.7%	4.7%	7.7%	31%	0.87	85%	179	18	10%
1959	29	CIN	NL	928	54%	2.7%	8.4%	4.6%	7.8%	30%	0.86	83%	154	16	10%
1960	30	CIN	NL	1063	57%	2.2%	9.1%	5.6%	7.2%	30%	1.08	81%	207	26	13%
1961	31	CIN	NL	1030	55%	2.6%	11.3%	5.0%	8.5%	36%	1.12	80%	148	12	8%
1962	32	CIN	NL	1181	58%	2.4%	11.9%	5.4%	5.3%	24%	1.01	78%	208	18	9%
1963	33	CIN	NL	570	53%	2.1%	9.7%	5.8%	8.6%	34%	1.12	81%	88	9	10%
1964	34	CIN	NL	808	57%	2.0%	9.7%	6.1%	6.1%	27%	1.28	80%	156	19	12%
1965	35	STL	NL	549	56%	3.6%	7.1%	6.0%	6.6%	24%	1.22	81%	116	16	14%
1966	36	PIT	NL	75	64%	0.0%	6.7%	5.3%	1.3%	6%	1.08	84%	17	1	6%
13 Yrs				8897	56%	2.3%	9.4%	6.0%	7.1%	28%	1.03	85%	1542	159	10%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	14.0%	8.7%	6.5%	28%	1.03	75%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1954	24	PIT	NL	293	145			3	0	11	1	0	1	0	31	19	1	61%	3	1	0	127	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	288
1955	25	PIT	NL	223	77			5	0	3	3	1	2	2	9	4	0	44%	5	1	2	88	3	1	75%	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	75
1956	26	PIT	NL	14	2			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	27	PIT	NL	690	194			10	0	23	6	4	6	4	51	25	3	49%	7	2	2	255	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	70
1958	28	CIN	NL	1039	259			25	0	12	12	13	13	12	30	19	0	63%	12	1	1	406	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	1
1959	29	CIN	NL	926	241			25	1	13	12	13	13	12	41	23	1	56%	11	4	4	331	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	2
1960	30	CIN	NL	1063	259			23	0	21	7	16	11	12	48	21	1	44%	16	2	0	408	9	7	56%	9	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	0
1961	31	CIN	NL	1030	245			27	0	9	16	11	13	14	51	20	11	39%	15	7	12	338	10	7	59%	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	29	0
1962	32	CIN	NL	1181	260			28	0	14	12	16	17	11	40	22	6	55%	15	6	12	418	15	3	83%	14	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	33	0
1963	33	CIN	NL	570	143			12	0	4	6	6	4	8	22	11	3	50%	6	4	4	212	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1964	34	CIN	NL	808	181			16	0	10	10	6	10	6	37	16	8	43%	16	6	8	299	6	4	60%	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	21	0
1965	35	STL	NL	549	148			20	1	12	8	12	12	8	34	16	2	47%	9	2	3	205	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
1966	36	PIT	NL	75	16			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	40%	1	0	0	30	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				8461	2170			195	2	138	94	98	102	90	399	198	36	50%	116	36	48	3118	71	34	68%	66	28	5	5	0	1	11	0	162	436
MLB Averages																		51%							61%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1954	24	3	8	.273	5.07	36	11	7	0	0	0	131.1	145	78	74	3	62		38	7	1	1	581	82	1.576	9.9	0.2	4.2	2.6	0.61	82
1955	25	5	15	.250	5.16	50	21	10	2	0	1	199.0	222	125	114	8	87	1	62	9	1	2	879	80	1.553	10.0	0.4	3.9	2.8	0.71	80
1956	26	5	15	.250	5.10	52	21	11	2	0	1	203.0	224	126	115	9	87	1	63	9	1	2	893	81	1.532	9.9	0.4	3.9	2.8	0.72	81
1957	27	16	29	.356	4.52	100	42	22	8	1	3	382.2	418	210	192	19	125	10	114	16	1	4	1654	88	1.419	9.8	0.4	2.9	2.7	0.91	88
1958	28	33	40	.452	4.15	137	76	24	25	4	3	632.2	677	316	292	44	174	13	184	20	1	5	2694	98	1.345	9.6	0.6	2.5	2.6	1.06	98
1959	29	46	58	.442	4.18	175	109	29	34	5	4	850.2	918	434	395	69	217	15	262	26	1	9	3621	97	1.334	9.7	0.7	2.3	2.8	1.21	97
1960	30	63	69	.477	4.05	216	142	32	45	6	4	1103.1	1177	548	496	92	276	20	359	35	2	11	4685	99	1.317	9.6	0.8	2.3	2.9	1.30	99
1961	31	79	81	.494	3.99	252	176	34	58	7	5	1349.2	1422	666	598	119	327	24	475	41	2	18	5716	101	1.296	9.5	0.8	2.2	3.2	1.45	101
1962	32	102	86	.543	3.78	289	213	34	76	9	5	1638.0	1682	775	688	147	391	27	616	55	3	24	6897	106	1.266	9.2	0.8	2.1	3.4	1.58	106
1963	33	108	96	.529	3.76	310	234	34	80	10	5	1775.0	1825	835	742	159	424	33	671	57	5	28	7467	105	1.267	9.3	0.8	2.1	3.4	1.58	105
1964	34	119	105	.531	3.69	344	259	37	89	12	6	1970.2	2006	912	808	175	473	37	749	64	5	34	8275	106	1.258	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4	1.58	106
1965	35	129	114	.531	3.81	376	276	47	92	13	8	2095.0	2154	995	888	195	506	41	788	71	6	36	8824	103	1.270	9.3	0.8	2.2	3.4	1.56	103
1966	36	129	115	.529	3.79	386	276	53	92	13	9	2114.2	2170	998	891	195	510	41	793	71	6	36	8899	103	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4	1.55	103

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
1954	24	5	9	.357	5.02	131.0	148	81	73	3	63	38	7	1.611	10.2	4.3	2.6	0.60	0.2	36
1955	25	2	5	.286	5.35	69.0	79	46	41	5	26	24	2	1.522	10.3	3.4	3.1	0.92	0.7	14
1956	26	0	0		1.80	5.0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	1.8		0.0	2
1957	27	10	10	.500	4.08	181.0	205	91	82	11	40	51	7	1.354	10.2	2.0	2.5	1.28	0.5	48
1958	28	16	12	.571	3.49	258.0	266	111	100	26	50	72	4	1.225	9.3	1.7	2.5	1.44	0.9	37
1959	29	11	13	.458	4.24	223.0	249	117	105	26	44	80	6	1.314	10.0	1.8	3.2	1.82	1.0	38
1960	30	14	14	.500	3.85	255.0	275	121	109	24	63	98	10	1.325	9.7	2.2	3.5	1.56	0.8	41
1961	31	15	13	.536	3.67	255.0	253	116	104	28	53	120	6	1.200	8.9	1.9	4.2	2.26	1.0	36
1962	32	21	10	.677	2.77	283.0	255	97	87	27	63	138	14	1.124	8.1	2.0	4.4	2.19	0.9	37
1963	33	6	8	.429	4.39	127.0	153	69	62	13	35	51	2	1.480	10.8	2.5	3.6	1.46	0.9	21
1964	34	11	9	.550	3.47	187.0	188	80	72	17	51	75	7	1.278	9.0	2.5	3.6	1.47	0.8	34
1965	35	4	9	.308	6.05	119.0	148	89	80	20	33	37	7	1.521	11.2	2.5	2.8	1.12	1.5	32
1966	36	2	0	1.000	1.50	18.0	17	3	3	0	4	5	0	1.167	8.5	2.0	2.5	1.25	0.0	10
13 Yrs		117	112	.511	3.92	2111.0	2236	1022	919	200	525	790	72	1.308	9.5		3.4	1.50	0.9	386

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1958 1961-1 * 1961-2 (P) 1962-1 * 1962-2	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1958 NL (19, 1%) 1962 NL (8, 12%) 0.13 Career Shares (851st)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1962 ML (3, 5%) 0.05 Career Shares (219th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1962 NL 6.7 (5th)
WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1958 NL 4.5 (4th) 1962 NL 6.9 (1st)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1962 NL 2.81 (3rd)	Wins s c a p y 1958 NL 17 (4th) 1960 NL 17 (8th) 1961 NL 16 (7th) 1962 NL 23 (3rd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1958 NL .607 (7th) 1960 NL .607 (8th) 1962 NL .821 (1st)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1958 NL 1.232 (5th) 1961 NL 1.202 (2nd) 1962 NL 1.124 (5th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1957 NL 1.904 (4th) 1958 NL 1.764 (4th) 1959 NL 1.775 (4th) 1960 NL 2.102 (7th) 1961 NL 1.863 (3rd) 1962 NL 1.998 (5th) Career 2.171 (145th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1958 NL 250.0 (5th) 1960 NL 252.7 (9th) 1961 NL 246.3 (8th) 1962 NL 288.3 (2nd)	Games Started s c a p y 1958 NL 34 (5th) 1959 NL 33 (10th) 1960 NL 33 (9th) 1961 NL 34 (9th) 1962 NL 37 (6th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1958 NL 17 (4th) 1961 NL 13 (5th) 1962 NL 18 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1958 NL 3 (2nd) 1962 NL 2 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1958 NL 25 (7th) 1959 NL 25 (7th) 1960 NL 23 (10th) 1961 NL 27 (6th) 1962 NL 28 (5th) Career 195 (224th)	Hits s c a p y 1958 NL 259 (4th) 1959 NL 241 (9th) 1960 NL 259 (5th) 1961 NL 245 (3rd) 1962 NL 260 (8th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1961 NL 2.275 (8th) 1962 NL 2.203 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1957 NL 0.501 (2nd)	Losses s c a p y 1957 NL 14 (7th) 1959 NL 18 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1958 NL 100 (4th) 1959 NL 103 (6th) 1960 NL 101 (7th) 1961 NL 102 (3rd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1954 NL 7 (2nd) 1957 NL 7 (4th) 1959 NL 6 (9th) 1960 NL 9 (2nd) 1961 NL 6 (5th) 1962 NL 14 (1st) 1964 NL 7 (7th) 1965 NL 7 (10th) Career 71 (193rd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1958 NL 1,040 (6th) 1960 NL 1,064 (8th) 1961 NL 1,031 (9th) 1962 NL 1,181 (2nd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1958 NL 115 (9th) 1962 NL 143 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1958 NL 17 (7th) 1962 NL 36 (1st)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1958 NL 1.8 (8th) 1962 NL 3.8 (1st)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1962 NL 38.81 (2nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1958 NL 2.1 (10th) 1962 NL 5.7 (1st)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1962 NL 3.9 (2nd)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1962 NL 4.1 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 66 (387), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 36 (377), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Lee Stine (995) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Collin Balester (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Les Munns (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Art Herring (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Butcher (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Genewich (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Kaufmann (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Wegman (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Benton (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie Leibrandt (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Forsch (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Forsch (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dutch Leonard (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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