Bob Sebra
Robert Bush Sebra
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 11, 1961 in Ridgewood, NJ
High School: Gloucester Catholic (Medford Lakes, NJ)
School: University of Nebraska
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1985
Final Game: June 30, 1990
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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
1985 23 TEX AL 0 2 .000 7.52 7 4 0 0 0 0 20.1 26 17 17 4 14 2 13 1 0 0 102 56 1.967 11.5 1.8 6.2 5.8 0.93
1986 24 MON NL 5 5 .500 3.55 17 13 4 3 1 0 91.1 82 39 36 9 25 2 66 3 3 2 377 105 1.172 8.1 0.9 2.5 6.5 2.64
1987 25 MON NL 6 15 .286 4.42 36 27 3 4 1 0 177.1 184 99 87 15 67 0 156 3 2 8 765 95 1.415 9.3 0.8 3.4 7.9 2.33
1988 26 PHI NL 1 2 .333 7.94 3 3 0 0 0 0 11.1 15 11 10 0 10 0 7 0 1 0 60 45 2.206 11.9 0.0 7.9 5.6 0.70
1989 27 TOT NL 2 3 .400 5.20 21 5 4 0 0 1 55.1 65 36 32 8 28 3 35 7 1 2 263 68 1.681 10.6 1.3 4.6 5.7 1.25
1989 27 PHI NL 2 3 .400 4.46 6 5 0 0 0 0 34.1 41 20 17 6 10 2 21 4 0 1 157 79 1.485 10.7 1.6 2.6 5.5 2.10
1989 27 CIN NL 0 0 6.43 15 0 4 0 0 1 21.0 24 16 15 2 18 1 14 3 1 1 106 56 2.000 10.3 0.9 7.7 6.0 0.78
1990 28 MIL AL 1 2 .333 8.18 10 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 20 10 10 1 5 1 4 1 0 1 59 47 2.273 16.4 0.8 4.1 3.3 0.80
6 Seasons 15 29 .341 4.71 94 52 13 7 2 1 366.2 392 212 192 37 149 8 281 15 7 13 1626 84 1.475 9.6 0.9 3.7 6.9 1.89
162 Game Avg. 7 14 .341 4.71 44 24 6 3 1 0 171 183 99 89 17 69 4 131 7 3 6 757 84 1.475 9.6 0.9 3.7 6.9 1.89
PHI (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 5.32 9 8 0 0 0 0 45.2 56 31 27 6 20 2 28 4 1 1 217 67 1.664 11.0 1.2 3.9 5.5 1.40
MON (2 yrs) 11 20 .355 4.12 53 40 7 7 2 0 268.2 266 138 123 24 92 2 222 6 5 10 1142 98 1.333 8.9 0.8 3.1 7.4 2.41
TEX (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.52 7 4 0 0 0 0 20.1 26 17 17 4 14 2 13 1 0 0 102 56 1.967 11.5 1.8 6.2 5.8 0.93
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 6.43 15 0 4 0 0 1 21.0 24 16 15 2 18 1 14 3 1 1 106 56 2.000 10.3 0.9 7.7 6.0 0.78
MIL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 8.18 10 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 20 10 10 1 5 1 4 1 0 1 59 47 2.273 16.4 0.8 4.1 3.3 0.80
NL (4 yrs) 14 25 .359 4.43 77 48 11 7 2 1 335.1 346 185 165 32 130 5 264 13 7 12 1465 89 1.419 9.3 0.9 3.5 7.1 2.03
AL (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 7.76 17 4 2 0 0 0 31.1 46 27 27 5 19 3 17 2 0 1 161 53 2.074 13.2 1.4 5.5 4.9 0.89

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
1985 23 TEX AL 7 102 85 17 26 6 1 4 4 0 14 13 .306 .402 .541 .943 .314 46 1 1 0 2 2
1986 24 MON NL 17 377 343 39 82 15 2 9 14 3 25 66 .239 .294 .373 .667 .269 128 5 3 3 3 2
1987 25 MON NL 36 765 676 99 184 42 3 15 36 6 67 156 .272 .337 .410 .747 .330 277 12 3 12 7 0
1988 26 PHI NL 3 60 45 11 15 4 0 0 4 0 10 7 .333 .417 .422 .839 .349 19 0 0 0 5 0
1989 27 TOT NL 21 263 220 36 65 12 3 8 8 3 28 35 .295 .388 .486 .874 .317 107 2 7 5 3 3
1989 27 CIN NL 15 106 81 16 24 3 0 2 3 1 18 14 .296 .433 .407 .840 .328 33 1 3 2 2 1
1989 27 PHI NL 6 157 139 20 41 9 3 6 5 2 10 21 .295 .357 .532 .890 .310 74 1 4 3 1 2
1990 28 MIL AL 10 59 49 10 20 6 1 1 0 0 5 4 .408 .456 .633 1.089 .413 31 0 1 2 2 1
6 Seasons 94 1626 1418 212 392 85 10 37 66 12 149 281 .276 .347 .429 .775 .316 608 20 15 22 22 8
162 Game Avg. 44 757 660 99 183 40 5 17 31 6 69 131 .276 .347 .429 .775 .316 283 9 7 10 10 4
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
1985 23 TEX AL 7 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 1 25% 37 59 15 7 2 0 2 2.2 2.4 3.8
1986 24 MON NL 17 13 4 4 5 0 1 5 8 .385 0 1 3 1 9 69% 56 85 24 3 1 2 5 3.6 4.4 6.4
1987 25 MON NL 36 27 6 15 6 0 3 10 17 .370 1 2 4 1 12 44% 50 90 22 15 7 1 10 3.4 3.4 6.0
1988 26 PHI NL 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37 50 24 4 3 1 1 4.8 8.3 3.8 74 1 2 0 0 86
1989 27 TOT NL 21 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 2 40% 72 32 13 4 0 2 3.3 3.4 6.1 100 1 2 2 0 118
1989 27 PHI NL 6 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 2 40% 49 72 32 5 0 0 2 3.3 3.4 6.1 100 1 2 2 0 118
5 Seasons 69 52 13 25 14 2 4 18 34 .346 1 3 7 2 24 46% 50 90 15 34 13 4 20 3.4 3.8 5.8 90 2 4 2 0 118
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
1985 23 TEX AL 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.814 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 5.0
1986 24 MON NL 17 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1.023 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 5.8
1987 25 MON NL 36 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 0.953 0 1 8 1 0 8 2 7 5 0 6 1 5.4
1989 27 TOT NL 21 16 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 4 0 0% 0.856 2 3 11 4 0 12 2 14 8 5 9 1 4.6 25
1989 27 PHI NL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.017 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 11.0
1989 27 CIN NL 15 15 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 4 0 0% 7 0.617 2 3 10 3 0 12 2 13 7 5 8 1 4.2 25
1990 28 MIL AL 10 10 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 10 5 50% 8 1.208 3 2 5 4 1 5 5 5 4 5 5 2 3.3 22
5 Seasons 91 42 13 2 4 1 1 0 100% 4 2 19 7 37% 0.954 7 8 27 9 3 30 10 32 22 11 26 4 4.6 24

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%
1985 23 TEX AL 102 51% 3.9% 12.8% 13.7% 10.8% 42% 0.66 69% 11 1 9%
1986 24 MON NL 377 58% 2.4% 17.5% 6.6% 6.9% 32% 1.05 72% 49 5 10%
1987 25 MON NL 765 55% 2.0% 20.4% 8.8% 7.8% 33% 0.90 67% 123 12 10%
1988 26 PHI NL 60 63% 0.0% 11.7% 16.7% 6.7% 27% 0.43 0.42 72% 30% 0.0% 17% 15 0 0%
1989 27 TOT NL 263 52% 3.0% 13.3% 10.7% 8.8% 35% 0.62 0.76 68% 18% 9.4% 25% 44 2 5%
1989 27 PHI NL 157 61% 3.8% 13.4% 6.4% 11.5% 44% 0.66 0.90 72% 17% 11.1% 24% 20 1 5%
1989 27 CIN NL 106 39% 1.9% 13.2% 17.0% 4.7% 21% 0.56 0.57 63% 18% 6.5% 28% 24 1 4%
1990 28 MIL AL 59 32% 1.7% 6.8% 8.5% 13.6% 40% 0.52 0.47 78% 22% 3.8% 16% 13 0 0%
6 Seasons 1626 55% 2.3% 17.3% 9.2% 8.1% 34% 0.57 0.86 69% 20% 6.6% 22% 255 20 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 PHI NL 60 222 3.70 125 56% 29% 10% 26% 34% 71% 0% 40% 85% 47% 12% 7 4 20% 12 8 0 14% 2 3 0 0 0
1989 27 TOT NL 242 873 3.61 508 58% 27% 15% 22% 35% 72% 3% 42% 77% 50% 7% 16 4 15% 36 16 1 21% 4 9 21 0 7
1989 27 PHI NL 136 500 3.68 304 61% 28% 14% 23% 35% 72% 4% 44% 80% 51% 7% 9 3 16% 22 11 0 20% 3 4 21 0 1
1989 27 CIN NL 106 373 3.52 204 55% 25% 17% 20% 35% 72% 2% 39% 73% 48% 7% 7 1 13% 14 5 1 21% 1 5 0 0 6
1990 28 MIL AL 59 215 3.64 133 62% 27% 13% 23% 37% 73% 5% 45% 82% 58% 7% 4 3 17% 10 6 2 25% 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 361 1310 3.63 766 58% 27% 14% 23% 35% 72% 3% 42% 80% 51% 7% 27 11 16% 58 30 3 20% 7 12 21 0 7
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
1985 23 TEX AL 102 26 4 0 1 0 4 2 2 6 4 0 67% 1 0 0 36 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 24 MON NL 377 82 9 0 6 3 6 4 5 13 12 1 92% 3 2 2 132 14 3 82% 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1987 25 MON NL 764 184 15 1 5 7 8 7 8 41 23 7 56% 4 8 1 278 36 6 86% 34 6 2 0 0 0 3 0 18 1
1988 26 PHI NL 60 15 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 11 6 1 55% 1 0 0 22 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1989 27 TOT NL 263 65 5 0 8 0 6 4 4 2 6 19 8 3 42% 3 2 0 100 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 0
1989 27 PHI NL 157 41 2 0 6 0 3 3 3 1 5 12 5 2 42% 2 1 0 54 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1989 27 CIN NL 106 24 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 7 3 1 43% 1 1 0 46 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
1990 28 MIL AL 59 20 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 3 2 60% 2 1 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
6 Seasons 1625 392 8 0 37 1 26 15 22 15 22 95 56 14 59% 14 13 3 598 66 12 85% 62 12 4 0 0 0 7 0 51 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+
1985 23 0 2 .000 7.52 7 4 0 0 0 0 20.1 26 17 17 4 14 2 13 1 0 0 102 56 1.967 11.5 1.8 6.2 5.8 0.93 56
1986 24 5 7 .417 4.27 24 17 4 3 1 0 111.2 108 56 53 13 39 4 79 4 3 2 479 89 1.316 8.7 1.0 3.1 6.4 2.03 89
1987 25 11 22 .333 4.36 60 44 7 7 2 0 289.0 292 155 140 28 106 4 235 7 5 10 1244 93 1.377 9.1 0.9 3.3 7.3 2.22 93
1988 26 12 24 .333 4.50 63 47 7 7 2 0 300.1 307 166 150 28 116 4 242 7 6 10 1304 90 1.408 9.2 0.8 3.5 7.3 2.09 90
1989 27 14 27 .341 4.61 84 52 11 7 2 1 355.2 372 202 182 36 144 7 277 14 7 12 1567 86 1.451 9.4 0.9 3.6 7.0 1.92 86
1990 28 15 29 .341 4.71 94 52 13 7 2 1 366.2 392 212 192 37 149 8 281 15 7 13 1626 84 1.475 9.6 0.9 3.7 6.9 1.89 84

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
1985 23 0 2 .000 8.10 20.0 27 20 18 4 15 13 1 2.100 12.2 6.8 5.9 0.87 1.8 7
1986 24 5 4 .556 3.89 88.0 85 42 38 9 26 64 3 1.261 8.7 2.7 6.5 2.46 0.9 17
1987 25 9 10 .474 4.27 173.0 179 91 82 15 65 152 3 1.410 9.3 3.4 7.9 2.34 0.8 36
1988 26 0 1 .000 9.00 11.0 16 12 11 0 11 7 0 2.455 13.1 9.0 5.7 0.64 0.0 3
1989 27 1 4 .200 6.23 52.0 69 40 36 8 30 33 7 1.904 11.9 5.2 5.7 1.10 1.4 21
1990 28 0 1 .000 9.00 11.0 21 12 11 1 5 4 1 2.364 17.2 4.1 3.3 0.80 0.8 10
6 Seasons 15 22 .405 4.97 355.0 397 217 196 37 152 273 15 1.546 10.1 6.9 1.80 0.9 94

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 NL--7.917--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1987 NL--156--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1987 NL--2.328--8th

Losses s c a p y
1987 NL--15--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1989 NL--7--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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