Bob Sykes

Robert Joseph Sykes

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 11, 1954 in Neptune, NJ
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1977
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Tigers 1977-1981

Final Game: October 4, 1981
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Standard Batting

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
1974	19	DET-min	Rk	14	43	30	6	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	4	.167	.278	.167	.444		5		0	7	1			BRS · APPY
1975	20	DET-min	AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MTG · SOUL
1976	21	DET-min	AAA	24	45	37	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	16	.108	.195	.135	.330		5		0	4	0			EVN · AA
1977	22	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	23	DET-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			EVN · AA
1978	23	DET	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	24	STL-min	A,AAA	8																									SPT,SPR · FLOR,AA
1979	24	STL	NL	13	26	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.095	.208	.095	.304	-15	2	0	2	2	0	0	1
1980	25	STL	NL	27	45	39	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	14	.103	.143	.103	.245	-31	4	1	1	3	1	0	1
1981	26	STL	NL	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	27	NYY-min	AA,AAA	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		NVL,CLB · SOUL,IL
5 Yrs				116	74	62	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	27	.097	.174	.097	.271	-24	6	1	3	5	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	103	87	6	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	38	.097	.174	.097	.271	-24	8	1	4	7	1	0

STL (3 yrs)				62	74	62	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	27	.097	.174	.097	.271	-24	6	1	3	5	1	0
DET (2 yrs)				54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				62	74	62	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	27	.097	.174	.097	.271	-24	6	1	3	5	1	0
AL (2 yrs)				54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1977	22	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1978	23	DET	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1979	24	STL	NL	13	26	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1980	25	STL	NL	27	45	-7	-0	-0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.491	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1981	26	STL	NL	22	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
5 Seasons				116	74	-10	-0	-0	0	8	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.3	.497	.500	-0.3	0.1	-0	$

STL (3 yrs)				62	74	-10	-0	-0	0	8	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.3	.495	.499	-0.3	0.0	-0	$
DET (2 yrs)				54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1979	24	STL	NL	26	21	1	1.3	101	.200	.095	.271	.208	.337	.095	.403	.304	.740	-15	.094	-3.4	-0.4	.263	.048	.000
1980	25	STL	NL	45	40	1	0.7	98	.154	.103	.271	.143	.334	.103	.394	.245	.728	-31	.034	-7.1	-0.7	.167	.026	.000
1981	26	STL	NL	3	2	0	0.0	94		.000	.266	.333	.332	.000	.381	.333	.713	1	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
5 Yrs				74	63	2	0.9	99	.167	.097	.271	.174	.335	.097	.396	.271	.732	-24	.050	-10.7	-1.1	.211	.048	.000
162 Game Avg.				103	88	3	0.9	99	.167	.097	.271	.174	.335	.097	.396	.271	.732	-24	.050	-10.7	-1.1	.211	.048	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	24	STL	NL	26	0.0%	42.3%	3.9%	0.0%	0%	11.00	1.9			4.50	38%
1980	25	STL	NL	45	0.0%	31.1%	2.2%	0.0%	0%	14.00	2.8		19.5	2.57	58%
1981	26	STL	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%		2.00	1.0				0%
5 Yrs				74	0.0%	36.5%	4.1%	0.0%	0%	9.00	2.3		31.0	3.00	49%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.7%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.51	7.0	44.8	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1977	22	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1978	23	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1979	24	STL	NL	-3.4	-0.4	26	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.84	-0.3	0.1	-3.7	-0.4	1.00	-3.4	0
1980	25	STL	NL	-7.1	-0.7	45	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.82	-0.5	-0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.91	-5.5	0
1981	26	STL	NL	-0.2	-0.0	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.69	0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.02	-0.1	0
5 Yrs				-10.7	-1.1	74	-0.7	0.4	-1.2	.82	-0.8	-0.1	-7.6	-0.8	0.95	-9.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1979	24	STL	NL	0	40%	6	0%	1	1
1980	25	STL	NL	1	33%	9	0%	1	1
1981	26	STL	NL	0	0%	2		0	0
5 Yrs				1	33%	17	0%	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1979	24	STL	NL	26	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	15	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1980	25	STL	NL	45	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	7	1	14%	8	2	25%	25	4	16%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0
1981	26	STL	NL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				74	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	13	1	8%	15	3	20%	42	4	10%	2	1	50%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1979	24	67	26	21	2	2	0	1	11	.095	.208	.095	.304	-15	2	0	2	2	0
1980	25	94	71	60	4	6	2	2	25	.100	.167	.100	.267	-25	6	1	3	5	1
1981	26	116	74	62	4	6	2	3	27	.097	.174	.097	.271	-24	6	1	3	5	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	24	13	26	21	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	13
1980	25	27	49	41	4	6	4	2	14	.146	.217	.146	.364	1	27
1981	26	33	5	3	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	22
3 Yrs		73	80	65	4	6	4	5	28	.092	.200	.092	.292	1	62
162 Game Avg.		162	178	144	9	13	9	11	62	.092	.200	.092	.292	2	62

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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