Bob Thurman
Robert Burns Thurman
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 14, 1917 in Kellyville, OK
High School: North (Wichita, KS)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1955
Final Game: April 21, 1959
Died: October 31, 1998 in Wichita, KS
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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
1955 38 CIN NL 82 170 152 19 33 2 3 7 22 0 2 17 26 .217 .296 .408 .704 81 62 6 0 1 0 2 7
1956 39 CIN NL 80 150 139 25 41 5 2 8 22 0 0 10 14 .295 .340 .532 .872 125 74 3 0 0 1 2 9/7
1957 40 CIN NL 74 206 190 38 47 4 2 16 40 0 0 15 33 .247 .306 .542 .848 117 103 3 1 0 0 0 79
1958 41 CIN NL 94 203 178 23 41 7 4 4 20 1 2 20 38 .230 .320 .382 .702 81 68 5 4 0 1 1 7/9
1959 42 CIN NL 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 334 733 663 106 163 18 11 35 106 1 4 62 112 .246 .314 .465 .779 100 308 17 5 1 2 5
162 Game Avg. 162 356 322 51 79 9 5 17 51 0 2 30 54 .246 .314 .465 .779 100 149 8 2 0 1 2

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
1955 38 CIN NL 170 128 16 3.3 110 .218 .217 .271 .296 .343 .408 .429 .704 .772 81 .350 -5.3 -0.5 .606 .289 .191 .0
1956 39 CIN NL 150 102 25 6.6 108 .280 .295 .271 .340 .339 .532 .428 .872 .766 125 .668 4.3 0.4 .832 .309 .237 .0
1957 40 CIN NL 206 146 31 5.8 108 .220 .247 .275 .306 .340 .542 .426 .848 .766 117 .598 3.0 0.3 .815 .374 .295 .0
1958 41 CIN NL 203 145 21 3.9 111 .270 .230 .277 .320 .345 .382 .432 .702 .778 81 .418 -5.3 -0.5 .632 .258 .152 1.6
1959 42 CIN NL 4 3 0 0.0 108 .333 .250 .274 .250 .342 .250 .425 .500 .766 32 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
5 Seasons 733 524 93 4.8 109 .247 .246 .274 .314 .342 .465 .429 .779 .771 100 .515 -3.7 -0.4 .714 .308 .219 1.9
162 Game Avg. 356 254 45 4.8 109 .247 .246 .274 .314 .342 .465 .429 .779 .771 100 .515 -3.7 -0.4 .714 .308 .219 1

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
1955 38 CIN NL 170 4.1% 15.3% 10.0% 7.1% 36% 1.53 5.8 21.7 6.9 1.48 70%
1956 39 CIN NL 150 5.3% 9.3% 6.7% 10.0% 37% 1.40 9.9 17.4 6.3 1.12 79%
1957 40 CIN NL 206 7.8% 16.0% 7.3% 10.7% 47% 2.20 5.8 11.9 4.8 1.29 68%
1958 41 CIN NL 203 2.0% 18.7% 9.9% 7.4% 37% 1.90 4.7 44.5 8.9 1.04 67%
1959 42 CIN NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 2.0 75%
5 Seasons 733 4.8% 15.3% 8.5% 8.7% 39% 1.81 5.9 18.9 6.3 1.24 71%
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
1955 38 CIN NL 2 0 28% 39 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 13% 8 8 0 3 3 0 4 1 2
1956 39 CIN NL 1 0 40% 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 31% 11 8 2 2 1 1 3 1 2
1957 40 CIN NL 3 0 47% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 48% 9 6 3 2 1 1 10 4 6
1958 41 CIN NL 5 0 31% 73 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 39% 11 7 4 4 2 1 3 1 2
1959 42 CIN NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 11 0 36% 226 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 34% 40 30 9 11 7 3 20 7 12
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
1955 38 CIN NL 170 91% 33 44 9 2 5 1.68 7 1 2 6 1 6 1 0 1 1 100% 51 6 12% 18 2 11% 132 17 13% 8 4 50% 15 7 47% 0
1956 39 CIN NL 152 84% 41 48 9 0 3 1.64 8 0 6 7 1 6 2 0 0 0 37 3 8% 12 5 42% 107 14 13% 6 4 67% 7 2 29% 0
1957 40 CIN NL 206 91% 47 34 9 4 5 1.75 16 1 11 16 0 12 4 0 0 0 62 3 5% 27 9 33% 161 26 16% 11 4 36% 7 3 43% 0
1958 41 CIN NL 203 84% 41 48 11 0 6 1.76 4 0 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 49 5 10% 24 5 21% 136 20 15% 9 3 33% 9 2 22% 0
1959 42 CIN NL 4 75% 1 4 1 0 1 0.88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
5 Seasons 735 88% 163 178 39 6 20 1.68 35 2 26 33 2 28 7 0 1 1 100% 199 17 9% 81 21 26% 538 79 15% 35 16 46% 39 15 38% 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
1955 38 82 170 152 19 33 2 3 7 22 0 2 17 26 .217 .296 .408 .704 81 62 6 0 1 0 2
1956 39 162 320 291 44 74 7 5 15 44 0 2 27 40 .254 .317 .467 .784 102 136 9 0 1 1 4
1957 40 236 526 481 82 121 11 7 31 84 0 2 42 73 .252 .312 .497 .809 108 239 12 1 1 1 4
1958 41 330 729 659 105 162 18 11 35 104 1 4 62 111 .246 .315 .466 .780 101 307 17 5 1 2 5
1959 42 334 733 663 106 163 18 11 35 106 1 4 62 112 .246 .314 .465 .779 100 308 17 5 1 2 5

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 38 86 172 156 18 31 2 3 7 21 0 16 27 .199 .273 .385 .658 16 82
1956 39 84 154 143 26 41 5 2 8 23 0 10 15 .287 .331 .517 .849 25 80
1957 40 77 213 197 38 48 4 2 16 40 0 15 34 .244 .300 .528 .828 31 74
1958 41 99 211 186 23 42 7 4 4 20 1 20 40 .226 .313 .371 .684 21 94
1959 42 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
5 Seasons 350 754 686 105 162 18 11 35 104 1 61 117 .236 .302 .448 .750 93 334
162 Game Avg. 162 349 318 49 75 8 5 16 48 0 28 54 .236 .302 .448 .750 43 334

* 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

Oldest s c a p y
1955 NL  born 1917-05-14 (8th)
1956 NL  born 1917-05-14 (8th)
1957 NL  born 1917-05-14 (5th)
1958 NL  born 1917-05-14 (3rd)
1959 NL  born 1917-05-14 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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