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

Born: June 25, 1954 in Cushing, OK
Schools: University of Oklahoma
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Final Game: June 21, 1987
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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
1977 23 SDP NL 12 18 .400 3.70 39 35 0 1 0 0 214.0 215 107 88 22 100 14 146 4 6 5 948 96 1.472 9.0 0.9 4.2 6.1 1.46
1978 24 SDP NL 8 11 .421 3.69 50 20 10 2 0 5 166.0 164 75 68 10 61 11 102 3 1 3 708 89 1.355 8.9 0.5 3.3 5.5 1.67
1979 25 SDP NL 8 16 .333 3.38 49 25 13 4 1 0 205.0 196 89 77 15 59 8 117 6 0 0 843 104 1.244 8.6 0.7 2.6 5.1 1.98
1980 26 SDP NL 11 12 .478 3.55 59 12 32 3 0 7 137.0 143 58 54 12 54 15 67 0 2 1 585 97 1.438 9.4 0.8 3.5 4.4 1.24
1981 27 STL NL 6 4 .600 4.08 28 11 5 1 0 1 79.1 78 42 36 6 34 3 36 1 0 1 342 87 1.412 8.8 0.7 3.9 4.1 1.06
1982 28 CIN NL 8 13 .381 3.60 41 20 6 1 0 0 152.2 138 74 61 17 73 13 89 3 1 1 647 102 1.382 8.1 1.0 4.3 5.2 1.22
1983 29 NYY AL 5 8 .385 5.08 25 17 3 1 1 0 108.0 122 71 61 10 36 3 53 0 1 1 467 76 1.463 10.2 0.8 3.0 4.4 1.47
1984 30 NYY AL 3 3 .500 3.38 41 7 11 1 0 0 114.1 119 47 43 8 38 2 48 0 0 0 477 112 1.373 9.4 0.6 3.0 3.8 1.26
1985 31 NYY AL 5 5 .500 2.64 48 8 9 2 0 2 109.0 103 34 32 5 26 2 55 0 0 1 446 152 1.183 8.5 0.4 2.1 4.5 2.12
1986 32 NYY AL 0 4 .000 5.04 39 6 9 0 0 3 105.1 108 60 59 13 40 1 64 3 0 1 454 81 1.405 9.2 1.1 3.4 5.5 1.60
1987 33 TOT AL 1 0 1.000 6.31 15 1 7 0 0 0 41.1 46 32 29 9 22 0 13 0 0 1 189 70 1.645 10.0 2.0 4.8 2.8 0.59
1987 33 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 4.50 12 1 6 0 0 0 34.0 36 20 17 4 16 0 12 0 0 0 152 98 1.529 9.5 1.1 4.2 3.2 0.75
1987 33 KCR AL 0 0 14.73 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 10 12 12 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 37 31 2.182 12.3 6.1 7.4 1.2 0.17
11 Seasons 67 94 .416 3.82 434 162 105 16 2 18 1432.0 1432 689 608 127 543 72 790 20 11 15 6106 96 1.379 9.0 0.8 3.4 5.0 1.45
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .416 3.82 50 18 12 2 0 2 163 163 79 69 14 62 8 90 2 1 2 697 96 1.379 9.0 0.8 3.4 5.0 1.45
NYY (5 yrs) 14 20 .412 4.05 165 39 38 4 1 5 470.2 488 232 212 40 156 8 232 3 1 3 1996 98 1.368 9.3 0.8 3.0 4.4 1.49
SDP (4 yrs) 39 57 .406 3.58 197 92 55 10 1 12 722.0 718 329 287 59 274 48 432 13 9 9 3084 97 1.374 9.0 0.7 3.4 5.4 1.58
KCR (1 yr) 0 0 14.73 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 10 12 12 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 37 31 2.182 12.3 6.1 7.4 1.2 0.17
STL (1 yr) 6 4 .600 4.08 28 11 5 1 0 1 79.1 78 42 36 6 34 3 36 1 0 1 342 87 1.412 8.8 0.7 3.9 4.1 1.06
CIN (1 yr) 8 13 .381 3.60 41 20 6 1 0 0 152.2 138 74 61 17 73 13 89 3 1 1 647 102 1.382 8.1 1.0 4.3 5.2 1.22
AL (5 yrs) 14 20 .412 4.22 168 39 39 4 1 5 478.0 498 244 224 45 162 8 233 3 1 4 2033 95 1.381 9.4 0.8 3.1 4.4 1.44
NL (6 yrs) 53 74 .417 3.62 266 123 66 12 1 13 954.0 934 445 384 82 381 64 557 17 10 11 4073 97 1.378 8.8 0.8 3.6 5.3 1.46
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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
1977 23 SDP NL 39 80 74 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 34 .122 .145 .149 .293 -17 11 1 0 4 0 0 1
1978 24 SDP NL 50 51 40 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .125 .205 .125 .330 -2 5 0 0 7 0 0 1
1979 25 SDP NL 49 63 55 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 .091 .138 .109 .247 -29 6 1 0 5 0 0 1
1980 26 SDP NL 59 37 30 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 .033 .121 .033 .155 -53 1 0 0 4 0 0 1
1981 27 STL NL 28 23 22 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .136 .136 .136 .273 -23 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1982 28 CIN NL 41 48 42 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .143 .163 .143 .306 -14 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
11 Seasons 266 302 263 15 29 3 0 0 8 0 0 13 102 .110 .152 .122 .274 -21 32 2 0 26 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 184 160 9 18 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 62 .110 .152 .122 .274 -21 19 1 0 16 0 0
SDP (4 yrs) 197 231 199 14 20 3 0 0 5 0 0 12 82 .101 .152 .116 .267 -23 23 2 0 20 0 0
STL (1 yr) 28 23 22 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .136 .136 .136 .273 -23 3 0 0 1 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 41 48 42 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .143 .163 .143 .306 -14 6 0 0 5 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 SDP NL 23 P 39 35 214.0 50 10 37 3 2 .940 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.22 0.82 .949 1.91 0.72
1979 SDP NL 25 P 49 25 205.0 44 13 30 1 1 .977 0.0 0.0 1.89 0.88 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 SDP NL 26 P 59 12 137.0 40 7 32 1 1 .975 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.25 0.39 .955 1.97 0.68
1982 CIN NL 28 P 41 20 152.2 37 4 31 2 1 .946 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.08 1.00 .956 1.80 0.73
1984 NYY AL 30 P 41 7 114.1 23 6 16 1 4 .957 0.0 0.0 1.73 0.54 .957 1.79 0.70
1985 NYY AL 31 P 48 8 109.0 22 4 15 3 1 .864 0.0 0.0 1.57 0.40 .959 1.86 0.70
1986 NYY AL 32 P 39 6 105.1 25 4 20 1 1 .960 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.23 0.33 1.000 1.84 0.67
11 Seasons P 434 162 1432.0 323 62 249 12 13 .963 0.0 0.0 1.95 0.72 .952 1.86 0.69
11 Seasons TOT 434 162 1432.0 323 62 249 12 13 .963 0.0 0.0 1.95 0.72 .915 1.86 0.69

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
1977 NL--35--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 NL--100--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1977 NL--18--3rd
1979 NL--16--2nd
1982 NL--13--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL--6--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 38th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 7, 1976: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

December 8, 1980: Traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later, Rollie Fingers and Gene Tenace to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later, Terry Kennedy, John Littlefield, Al Olmsted, Mike Phillips, Kim Seaman, Steve Swisher and John Urrea. The San Diego Padres sent Bob Geren (December 10, 1980) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

April 1, 1982: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Jose Brito (minors) and Jeff Lahti.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

December 20, 1986: Released by the New York Yankees.

January 28, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

June 5, 1987: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 13, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 4, 1987: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

July 31, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Yankees$637,500
1986New York Yankees$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,387,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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