Bob Turley
Robert Lee Turley (Bullet Bob)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 19, 1930 in Troy, IL
High School: Central (East St. Louis, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1951
Final Game: September 21, 1963
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 SLB AL 20 P 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 1.00
1953 SLB AL 22 P 10 7 4 3 0 2 1.000 0.70 .957 0.88
1954 BAL AL 23 P 35 35 247.1 43 7 35 1 1 .977 1.53 1.20 .958 2.01 0.93 AS,MVP-23
1955 NYY AL 24 P 36 34 246.2 40 6 30 4 2 .900 1.31 1.00 .957 1.99 0.83 AS
1956 NYY AL 25 P 27 21 132.0 22 3 18 1 2 .955 1.43 0.78 .950 1.92 0.82
1957 NYY AL 26 P 32 23 176.1 37 13 22 2 1 .946 1.79 1.09 .965 1.99 0.86
1958 NYY AL 27 P 33 31 245.1 43 17 26 0 4 1.000 1.58 1.30 .960 1.95 0.82 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1959 NYY AL 28 P 33 22 154.1 30 11 18 1 1 .967 1.69 0.88 .953 2.05 0.85
1960 NYY AL 29 P 34 24 173.1 31 10 21 0 1 1.000 1.61 0.91 .965 1.96 0.78
1961 NYY AL 30 P 15 12 72.0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.80 .950 2.05 0.83
1962 NYY AL 31 P 24 8 69.0 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.75 .956 2.07 0.79
1963 TOT AL 32 P 30 19 129.0 23 9 14 0 1 1.000 1.60 0.77 .952 1.99 0.79
1963 LAA AL 32 P 19 12 87.1 16 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.65 0.84 .950 1.99 0.79
1963 BOS AL 32 P 11 7 41.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.51 0.64 .957 1.99 0.79
12 Seasons P 310 229 1645.1 308 88 211 9 16 .971 1.64 0.96 .958 1.99 0.83
12 Seasons TOT 310 229 1645.1 308 88 211 9 16 .971 1.64 0.96 .929 1.99 0.83

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 SLB AL 20 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 SLB AL 22 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 23 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYY AL 24 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NYY AL 25 27 21 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYY AL 26 32 23 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 27 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 28 33 22 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 29 34 24 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 30 15 12 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYY AL 31 24 8 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAA AL 32 19 12 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BOS AL 32 11 7 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 310 229 310 310 310 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 23 1089 67% 19% 35 91% 2 7 1 5 33 26 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 60%
1955 NYY AL 24 1096 64% 19% 38 87% 1 7 0 5 32 26 3 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 7 86%
1956 NYY AL 25 633 69% 15% 23 87% 0 2 2 0 18 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 4 75%
1957 NYY AL 26 737 66% 17% 26 88% 0 14 3 9 22 18 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 71%
1958 NYY AL 27 1038 71% 24% 31 87% 1 16 3 11 25 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 5 60%
1959 NYY AL 28 688 71% 23% 24 79% 0 9 1 7 19 16 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1960 NYY AL 29 747 76% 27% 19 95% 0 10 0 9 19 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 67%
1961 NYY AL 30 343 70% 18% 9 89% 1 3 1 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1962 NYY AL 31 328 71% 25% 16 88% 1 3 0 3 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1963 LAA AL 32 389 68% 22% 14 79% 1 5 0 5 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1963 BOS AL 32 197 68% 22% 3 100% 0 4 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 7285 69% 21% 238 87% 7 80 11 60 203 165 14 9 2 4 3 4 13 8 12 1 43 67%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* 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.

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