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 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
1977 22 DET AL 5 7 .417 4.41 32 20 7 3 0 0 132.2 141 74 65 15 50 0 58 2 2 3 585 97 1.440 9.6 1.0 3.4 3.9 1.16
1978 23 DET AL 6 6 .500 3.94 22 10 6 3 2 2 93.2 99 43 41 14 34 0 58 1 0 1 400 99 1.420 9.5 1.3 3.3 5.6 1.71
1979 24 STL NL 4 3 .571 6.18 13 11 1 0 0 0 67.0 86 49 46 11 34 2 35 1 1 4 310 62 1.791 11.6 1.5 4.6 4.7 1.03
1980 25 STL NL 6 10 .375 4.64 27 19 0 4 3 0 126.0 134 67 65 12 54 3 50 0 0 3 545 80 1.492 9.6 0.9 3.9 3.6 0.93
1981 26 STL NL 2 0 1.000 4.58 22 1 7 0 0 0 37.1 37 20 19 2 18 1 14 1 0 3 160 78 1.473 8.9 0.5 4.3 3.4 0.78
5 Seasons 23 26 .469 4.65 116 61 21 10 5 2 456.2 497 253 236 54 190 6 215 5 3 14 2000 84 1.504 9.8 1.1 3.7 4.2 1.13
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .469 4.65 45 23 8 4 2 1 175 191 97 91 21 73 2 83 2 1 5 768 84 1.504 9.8 1.1 3.7 4.2 1.13
STL (3 yrs) 12 13 .480 5.08 62 31 8 4 3 0 230.1 257 136 130 25 106 6 99 2 1 10 1015 73 1.576 10.0 1.0 4.1 3.9 0.93
DET (2 yrs) 11 13 .458 4.22 54 30 13 6 2 2 226.1 240 117 106 29 84 0 116 3 2 4 985 98 1.432 9.5 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.38
NL (3 yrs) 12 13 .480 5.08 62 31 8 4 3 0 230.1 257 136 130 25 106 6 99 2 1 10 1015 73 1.576 10.0 1.0 4.1 3.9 0.93
AL (2 yrs) 11 13 .458 4.22 54 30 13 6 2 2 226.1 240 117 106 29 84 0 116 3 2 4 985 98 1.432 9.5 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.38

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
1977 22 DET AL 32 585 521 74 141 14 5 15 11 3 50 58 .271 .334 .403 .738 .279 210 8 2 8 4 0
1978 23 DET AL 22 400 360 43 99 9 0 14 1 1 34 58 .275 .338 .417 .754 .293 150 14 1 3 2 0
1979 24 STL NL 13 310 273 49 86 22 1 11 12 3 34 35 .315 .392 .524 .915 .329 143 9 1 1 1 2
1980 25 STL NL 27 545 483 67 134 29 4 12 15 5 54 50 .277 .348 .429 .777 .288 207 7 0 5 3 3
1981 26 STL NL 22 160 139 20 37 4 0 2 1 2 18 14 .266 .354 .338 .693 .285 47 5 1 2 0 1
5 Seasons 116 2000 1776 253 497 78 10 54 40 14 190 215 .280 .349 .426 .776 .292 757 43 5 19 10 6
162 Game Avg. 45 768 682 97 191 30 4 21 15 5 73 83 .280 .349 .426 .776 .292 291 17 2 7 4 2
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
1977 22 DET AL 32 20 5 6 9 0 1 10 10 .500 0 4 3 0 6 30% 44 76 25 23 6 8 8 5.3 4.8 5.3
1978 23 DET AL 22 10 3 5 2 1 1 3 7 .300 0 1 3 2 3 30% 48 85 28 13 3 0 5 4.6 6.1 5.8
1979 24 STL NL 13 11 4 3 4 1 0 7 4 .636 1 2 0 0 3 27% 40 63 15 13 6 2 5 6.0 5.9 5.9
1980 25 STL NL 27 19 6 7 6 1 1 7 12 .368 1 2 4 3 8 42% 49 82 20 23 11 3 9 4.8 5.4 6.3
1981 26 STL NL 22 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 26 26 26 10 4 1 0 7.0 9.0 0.3
5 Seasons 116 61 18 21 22 3 3 28 33 .459 2 10 10 5 20 33% 45 85 15 82 30 14 27 5.2 5.4 5.7
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
1977 22 DET AL 32 12 7 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 0 15 8 53% 8 0.944 4 1 7 2 3 7 9 3 6 5 6 0 6.8
1978 23 DET AL 22 12 6 3 1 4 2 2 50% 4 0 17 7 41% 6 1.017 6 5 1 6 0 6 11 1 11 1 11 1 9.0
1979 24 STL NL 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.051 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.5
1980 25 STL NL 27 8 0 0 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 0 0% 9 1.021 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 5 2 5 2 1 2.6
1981 26 STL NL 22 21 7 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 0 0% 7 0.543 3 4 13 5 1 15 3 18 13 3 13 3 5.3
5 Seasons 116 55 21 5 5 7 2 5 29% 9 1 44 15 34% 0.964 16 12 25 16 6 33 26 29 33 15 33 5 6.0

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%
1977 22 DET AL 585 77% 2.6% 9.9% 8.6% 5.8% 24% 1.11 77% 112 8 7%
1978 23 DET AL 400 74% 3.5% 14.5% 8.5% 5.8% 23% 0.97 73% 95 14 15%
1979 24 STL NL 310 73% 3.6% 11.3% 11.0% 11.0% 40% 0.66 74% 59 9 15%
1980 25 STL NL 545 81% 2.2% 9.2% 9.9% 8.3% 34% 0.77 78% 82 7 9%
1981 26 STL NL 160 69% 1.3% 8.8% 11.3% 3.8% 16% 1.04 77% 37 5 14%
5 Seasons 2000 76% 2.7% 10.8% 9.5% 7.1% 29% 0.90 76% 385 43 11%
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
1977 22 DET AL 585 141 15 0 12 12 3 14 1 33 19 4 58% 8 3 2 222 11 3 79% 8 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1978 23 DET AL 400 99 14 0 3 13 1 10 4 8 4 2 50% 3 1 1 169 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 24 STL NL 310 86 11 0 1 10 1 6 5 22 15 1 68% 4 4 1 129 12 3 80% 9 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
1980 25 STL NL 545 134 12 1 9 10 2 4 8 26 12 1 46% 4 3 1 190 15 5 75% 14 3 1 2 0 0 3 2 9 0
1981 26 STL NL 160 37 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 7 4 1 57% 2 3 0 65 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
5 Seasons 2000 497 54 1 30 46 8 34 20 96 54 9 56% 21 14 5 775 40 14 74% 32 11 8 3 0 0 8 4 36 0
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+
1977 22 5 7 .417 4.41 32 20 7 3 0 0 132.2 141 74 65 15 50 0 58 2 2 3 585 97 1.440 9.6 1.0 3.4 3.9 1.16 97
1978 23 11 13 .458 4.22 54 30 13 6 2 2 226.1 240 117 106 29 84 0 116 3 2 4 985 98 1.432 9.5 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.38 98
1979 24 15 16 .484 4.66 67 41 14 6 2 2 293.1 326 166 152 40 118 2 151 4 3 8 1295 87 1.514 10.0 1.2 3.6 4.6 1.28 87
1980 25 21 26 .447 4.66 94 60 14 10 5 2 419.1 460 233 217 52 172 5 201 4 3 11 1840 85 1.507 9.9 1.1 3.7 4.3 1.17 85
1981 26 23 26 .469 4.65 116 61 21 10 5 2 456.2 497 253 236 54 190 6 215 5 3 14 2000 84 1.504 9.8 1.1 3.7 4.2 1.13 84

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1977 22 6 8 .429 4.43 130.0 142 71 64 15 50 57 2 1.477 9.8 3.5 3.9 1.14 1.0 32
1978 23 4 5 .444 4.66 87.0 103 50 45 15 35 54 1 1.586 10.7 3.6 5.6 1.54 1.6 22
1979 24 2 4 .333 6.71 63.0 87 52 47 11 34 33 1 1.921 12.4 4.9 4.7 0.97 1.6 13
1980 25 5 8 .385 5.26 118.0 137 77 69 12 55 47 0 1.627 10.4 4.2 3.6 0.85 0.9 27
1981 26 2 3 .400 5.37 52.0 57 34 31 3 28 20 2 1.635 9.9 4.8 3.5 0.71 0.5 22
5 Seasons 19 28 .404 5.12 450.0 526 284 256 56 202 211 6 1.618 10.5 4.2 1.04 1.1 116

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 NL--3--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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