Bob Sykes
Robert Joseph Sykes
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 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
Final Game: October 4, 1981
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Standard Batting

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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
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
5 Seasons 62 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. 162 193 162 10 16 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 71 .097 .174 .097 .271 -24 16 3 8 13 3 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
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 Seasons 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. 193 165 5 0.9 99 .167 .097 .271 .174 .335 .097 .396 .271 .732 -24 .050 -10.7 -1.1 .211 .048 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 74 0.0% 36.5% 4.1% 0.0% 0% 9.00 2.3 31.0 3.00 49%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 24 STL NL 0 0 40% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1980 25 STL NL 1 0 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1981 26 STL NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1 0 33% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0 0% 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% 1 0 0% 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 Seasons 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% 3 0 0% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 24 13 26 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .095 .208 .095 .304 -15 2 0 2 2 0 0
1980 25 40 71 60 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 25 .100 .167 .100 .267 -25 6 1 3 5 1 0
1981 26 62 74 62 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 27 .097 .174 .097 .271 -24 6 1 3 5 1 0

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 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 24 13 29 23 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .174 .345 .174 .519 1 13
1980 25 27 46 41 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 14 .146 .217 .146 .364 1 27
1981 26 33 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 22
3 Seasons 73 80 67 6 10 0 0 0 3 0 6 28 .149 .275 .149 .424 2 62
162 Game Avg. 162 178 149 13 22 0 0 0 7 0 13 62 .149 .275 .149 .424 4 62

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