Bob Shirley
Robert Charles Shirley
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 25, 1954 in Cushing, OK
High School: Putnam City (Oklahoma City, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Final Game: June 21, 1987
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 SDP NL 23 P 39 35 214.0 50 10 37 3 2 .940 1.98 1.21 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 SDP NL 24 P 50 20 166.0 41 6 35 0 1 1.000 2.22 0.82 .949 1.91 0.72
1979 SDP NL 25 P 49 25 205.0 44 13 30 1 1 .977 1.89 0.88 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 SDP NL 26 P 59 12 137.0 40 7 32 1 1 .975 2.56 0.66 .950 1.91 0.69
1981 STL NL 27 P 28 11 79.1 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.25 0.39 .955 1.97 0.68
1982 CIN NL 28 P 41 20 152.2 37 4 31 2 1 .946 2.06 0.85 .951 1.96 0.70
1983 NYY AL 29 P 25 17 108.0 25 5 20 0 1 1.000 2.08 1.00 .956 1.80 0.73
1984 NYY AL 30 P 41 7 114.1 23 6 16 1 4 .957 1.73 0.54 .957 1.79 0.70
1985 NYY AL 31 P 48 8 109.0 22 4 15 3 1 .864 1.57 0.40 .959 1.86 0.70
1986 NYY AL 32 P 39 6 105.1 25 4 20 1 1 .960 2.05 0.62 .956 1.83 0.68
1987 TOT AL 33 P 15 1 41.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.33 .960 1.85 0.67
1987 NYY AL 33 P 12 1 34.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.06 0.33 .950 1.85 0.67
1987 KCR AL 33 P 3 0 7.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.33 1.000 1.84 0.67
11 Seasons P 434 162 1432.0 323 62 249 12 13 .963 1.95 0.72 .952 1.86 0.69
11 Seasons TOT 434 162 1432.0 323 62 249 12 13 .963 1.95 0.72 .915 1.86 0.69

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 SDP NL 23 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SDP NL 24 50 20 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SDP NL 25 49 25 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SDP NL 26 59 12 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 STL NL 27 28 11 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CIN NL 28 41 20 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 29 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYY AL 30 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYY AL 31 48 0 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY AL 32 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 33 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 KCR AL 33 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 434 123 266 434 434 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1977 SDP NL 23 998 75% 23% 32 94% 0 10 4 2 38 18 2 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 6 83%
1978 SDP NL 24 732 77% 25% 32 94% 1 6 1 2 34 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 100%
1979 SDP NL 25 871 79% 27% 21 95% 0 11 0 9 29 16 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 86%
1980 SDP NL 26 613 80% 25% 25 92% 0 6 0 6 31 17 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1981 STL NL 27 354 80% 30% 8 100% 0 1 0 0 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 CIN NL 28 669 75% 21% 27 89% 2 4 1 2 31 18 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1983 NYY AL 29 482 82% 24% 16 88% 0 5 0 5 19 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1984 NYY AL 30 487 82% 24% 12 92% 1 6 2 3 12 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 2 2 1 0%
1985 NYY AL 31 456 82% 25% 15 80% 0 4 0 2 15 10 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 6 67%
1986 NYY AL 32 463 77% 25% 17 100% 1 4 1 3 22 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1987 NYY AL 33 154 82% 27% 4 75% 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 KCR AL 33 39 82% 18% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 6318 79% 25% 209 92% 7 59 9 36 244 142 14 13 0 6 7 6 13 8 10 3 50 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 89%

* 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.

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