Bob Purkey
Robert Thomas Purkey
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 14, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: South Hills (Pittsburgh, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1954
Final Game: July 26, 1966
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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
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 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 NL 0 0 2.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 168 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 115 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 107 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 109 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 95 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 75 260 1.017 7.3 0.0 1.8 2.3 1.25
13 Seasons 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

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
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

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1958 CIN NL 28
1961 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 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 1 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 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 Seasons (3 Appearances) 1 0 0 3.00 1 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*

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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
1954 24 PIT NL 36 581 495 78 145 12 4 3 6 2 62 38 .293 .375 .352 .727 .309 174 4 7 11 6
1955 25 PIT NL 14 298 268 47 77 9 3 5 1 1 25 24 .287 .353 .399 .752 .301 107 5 2 3 0 1
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
1957 27 PIT NL 48 760 697 84 194 28 5 10 4 0 38 51 .278 .317 .376 .693 .284 262 12 7 7 11 9
1958 28 CIN NL 37 1040 968 106 259 53 2 25 5 1 49 70 .268 .304 .404 .707 .266 391 18 4 12 7 3
1959 29 CIN NL 38 928 863 118 241 41 6 25 2 1 43 78 .279 .316 .428 .744 .282 369 16 6 11 5 2
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
13 Seasons 386 8897 8158 998 2170 356 43 195 69 34 510 793 .266 .313 .392 .705 .273 3197 156 71 106 52 41
162 Game Avg. 40 914 838 103 223 37 4 20 7 3 52 81 .266 .313 .392 .705 .273 328 16 7 11 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
1954 24 PIT NL 36 11 2 7 2 0 1 2 9 .182 0 0 0 0 5 45% 42 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% 43 77 18 6 6 3 4 2.8 1.8 5.9
1957 27 PIT NL 48 21 6 11 4 0 1 9 12 .429 2 2 6 1 8 38% 49 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 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% 48 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% 51 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 0 6 13 1 19 56% 53 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 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 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% 54 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 76 20 23 8 6 4 5.6 5.9 5.6
11 Seasons 374 276 117 106 53 16 26 142 134 .514 14 30 92 13 148 54% 51 86 12 186 70 112 77 4.4 4.4 6.8
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
1954 24 PIT NL 36 25 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 0.779 2 2 15 0 1 18 6 13 21 1 16 4 8.5
1955 25 PIT NL 14 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.947 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6.3
1956 26 PIT NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.258 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% 1.123 11 5 6 5 5 12 10 12 15 8 12 9 6.1
1958 28 CIN NL 37 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 9 1.103 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 1.074 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 0.974 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 1.008 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 0.995 4 2 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 1.165 8 4 3 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 1.714 4 2 4 2 1 7 3 7 6 1 6 1 5.9
11 Seasons 328 110 53 12 9 13 9 5 69% 16 2 64 10 16% 1.045 32 19 43 18 13 64 33 62 74 16 65 18 6.4

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%
1954 24 PIT NL 581 40% 0.5% 6.5% 10.7% 3.3% 13% 1.15 79% 74 4 5%
1955 25 PIT NL 298 42% 1.7% 8.1% 8.4% 5.7% 22% 1.62 80% 35 5 14%
1956 26 PIT NL 14 29% 7.1% 7.1% 0.0% 7.1% 50% 0.83 86% 0 0
1957 27 PIT NL 760 43% 1.3% 6.7% 5.0% 5.7% 22% 0.83 85% 149 12 8%
1958 28 CIN NL 1040 44% 2.4% 6.7% 4.7% 7.7% 31% 0.87 85% 179 18 10%
1959 29 CIN NL 928 46% 2.7% 8.4% 4.6% 7.8% 30% 0.86 82% 154 16 10%
1960 30 CIN NL 1063 43% 2.2% 9.1% 5.6% 7.2% 30% 1.08 81% 207 26 13%
1961 31 CIN NL 1030 45% 2.6% 11.3% 5.0% 8.5% 36% 1.12 80% 148 12 8%
1962 32 CIN NL 1181 42% 2.4% 11.9% 5.4% 5.3% 24% 1.01 78% 208 18 9%
1963 33 CIN NL 570 47% 2.1% 9.7% 5.8% 8.6% 34% 1.12 81% 88 9 10%
1964 34 CIN NL 808 43% 2.0% 9.7% 6.1% 6.1% 27% 1.28 80% 156 19 12%
1965 35 STL NL 549 44% 3.6% 7.1% 6.0% 6.6% 24% 1.22 81% 116 16 14%
1966 36 PIT NL 75 36% 0.0% 6.7% 5.3% 1.3% 6% 1.08 84% 17 1 6%
13 Seasons 8897 44% 2.2% 8.9% 5.7% 6.7% 27% 1.03 81% 1531 156 10%
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
1954 24 PIT NL 277 145 3 0 11 1 0 1 0 29 18 1 62% 3 1 0 121 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 304
1955 25 PIT NL 176 77 5 0 3 2 1 2 1 7 4 0 57% 3 1 2 73 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 122
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 679 194 10 0 23 6 4 6 4 51 25 3 49% 7 2 2 252 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 81
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 2 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 1 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 2 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 Seasons 8387 2170 195 2 138 93 98 102 89 395 197 36 50% 114 36 48 3094 69 34 67% 65 28 4 5 0 1 14 0 162 510
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+
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 97 1.345 9.6 0.6 2.5 2.6 1.06 97
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 5.05 132.0 146 82 74 3 62 38 7 1.576 10.0 4.2 2.6 0.61 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 4.13 181.0 206 92 83 11 40 51 7 1.359 10.2 2.0 2.5 1.28 0.5 48
1958 28 16 12 .571 3.54 257.0 268 112 101 26 51 72 4 1.241 9.4 1.8 2.5 1.41 0.9 37
1959 29 11 13 .458 4.24 223.0 250 117 105 26 45 80 6 1.323 10.1 1.8 3.2 1.78 1.0 38
1960 30 15 13 .536 3.83 254.0 276 120 108 25 63 97 10 1.335 9.8 2.2 3.4 1.54 0.9 41
1961 31 15 13 .536 3.64 255.0 255 114 103 28 53 120 6 1.208 9.0 1.9 4.2 2.26 1.0 36
1962 32 21 10 .677 2.78 282.0 258 97 87 28 64 138 14 1.142 8.2 2.0 4.4 2.16 0.9 37
1963 33 6 8 .429 4.39 127.0 152 69 62 13 35 51 2 1.472 10.8 2.5 3.6 1.46 0.9 21
1964 34 11 9 .550 3.42 187.0 189 79 71 17 51 75 7 1.283 9.1 2.5 3.6 1.47 0.8 34
1965 35 4 9 .308 6.05 119.0 149 89 80 20 33 37 7 1.529 11.3 2.5 2.8 1.12 1.5 32
1966 36 2 0 1.000 1.50 18.0 16 3 3 0 4 5 0 1.111 8.0 2.0 2.5 1.25 0.0 10
13 Seasons 118 111 .515 3.92 2109.0 2244 1021 919 202 527 789 72 1.314 9.6 3.4 1.50 0.9 386

* 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

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 (829th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-ML--3--5%
0.05 Career Shares (204th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1962 NL--2.809--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--142nd

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--205th

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--.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--154th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1958 NL--1040--6th
1960 NL--1064--8th
1961 NL--1031--9th
1962 NL--1181--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1958 NL--115--9th
1962 NL--143--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 41 (395), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (371), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Robert Bob bobby robert Thomas Purkey

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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