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Bob Shirley
Robert Charles Shirley

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Oklahoma

Debut April 10, 1977
vs. CIN 8.7 IP, 4 H, 11 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game June 21, 1987
Born June 25, 1954 in Cushing, OK

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1977 23 SDP NL  12  18  39  35   1   0   0  0  214.0  215  107   88  22  100  146   4   5   948  14   6  3.70  3.56   96 1.472
 1978 24 SDP NL   8  11  50  20   2   0  10  5  166.0  164   75   68  10   61  102   3   3   708  11   1  3.69  3.29   89 1.355
 1979 25 SDP NL   8  16  49  25   4   1  13  0  205.0  196   89   77  15   59  117   6   0   843   8   0  3.38  3.52  104 1.244
 1980 26 SDP NL  11  12  59  12   3   0  32  7  137.0  143   58   54  12   54   67   0   1   585  15   2  3.55  3.43   97 1.438
 1981 27 STL NL   6   4  28  11   1   0   5  1   79.3   78   42   36   6   34   36   1   1   342   3   0  4.08  3.56   87 1.412
 1982 28 CIN NL   8  13  41  20   1   0   6  0  152.7  138   74   61  17   73   89   3   1   647  13   1  3.60  3.68  102 1.382
 1983 29 NYY AL   5   8  25  17   1   1   3  0  108.0  122   71   61  10   36   53   0   1   467   3   1  5.08  3.87   76 1.463
 1984 30 NYY AL   3   3  41   7   1   0  11  0  114.3  119   47   43   8   38   48   0   0   477   2   0  3.38  3.80  112 1.373
 1985 31 NYY AL   5   5  48   8   2   0   9  2  109.0  103   34   32   5   26   55   0   1   446   2   0  2.64  4.02  152 1.183
 1986 32 NYY AL   0   4  39   6   0   0   9  3  105.3  108   60   59  13   40   64   3   1   454   1   0  5.04  4.10   81 1.405
 1987 33 TOT AL   1   0  15   1   0   0   7  0   41.3   46   32   29   9   22   13   0   1   189   0   0  6.31  4.45   70 1.645
         NYY AL   1   0  12   1   0   0   6  0   34.0   36   20   17   4   16   12   0   0   152   0   0  4.50  4.43   98 1.529
         KCR AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    7.3   10   12   12   5    6    1   0   1    37   0   0 14.73  4.56   31 2.182
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .416  67  94 434 162  16   2 105 18 1432.0 1432  689  608 127  543  790  20  15  6106  72  11  3.82  3.67   96 1.379
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  10  49  18   1   0  11  2  163.3  163   78   69  14   61   90   2   1   696   8   1  3.82  3.67   96 1.379
 Career High     12  18  59  35   4   1  32  7  214.0  215  107   88  22  100  146   6   5   948  15   6  2.64  4.45  152 1.183

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 23 SDP NL  39   74    5    9   2  0   0    2   0  0   2  34  .122  .145  .149  -17   11   4   0   0   0   1
 1978 24 SDP NL  50   40    4    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  16  .125  .205  .125   -2    5   7   0   0   0   0
 1979 25 SDP NL  49   55    2    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  17  .091  .138  .109  -29    6   5   0   0   0   1
 1980 26 SDP NL  59   30    3    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  15  .033  .121  .033  -53    1   4   0   0   0   0
 1981 27 STL NL  28   22    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .136  .136  .136  -23    3   1   0   0   0   0
 1982 28 CIN NL  41   42    1    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  13  .143  .163  .143  -14    6   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     434  263   15   29   3  0   0    8   0  0  13 102  .110  .152  .122  -21   32  26   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         98    6   11   1  0   0    3   0  0   5  38  .110  .152  .122  -21   12  10   0   0   0   1
 Career High     59   74    5    9   2  0   0    2   0  0   4  34                          11   7   0   0   0   1

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 23 SDP NL   80   70    2   0.8    94| .122  .257| .145  .323| .149  .392| .294  .715| -17  .036 -11.8  -1.2   0%
 1978 24 SDP NL   51   42    2   1.3    87| .125  .251| .205  .318| .125  .370| .330  .687|  -2  .102  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1979 25 SDP NL   63   56    1   0.5    94| .091  .260| .138  .325| .109  .387| .247  .711| -29  .017  -9.6  -1.0   0%
 1980 26 SDP NL   37   33    0   0.0    90| .033  .260| .121  .321| .033  .377| .154  .698| -53  .000  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1981 27 STL NL   23   20    0   0.0    94| .136  .266| .136  .332| .136  .381| .272  .713| -23  .000  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1982 28 CIN NL   48   41    1   0.7    96| .143  .268| .163  .331| .143  .389| .306  .720| -14  .032  -6.6  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      302  262    6   0.6    93| .110  .260| .152  .324| .122  .384| .274  .708| -21  .027 -43.0  -4.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1977 23 SDP NL   P   39     10   37    3    2  .940  .949  1.21  0.67  1.98  1.85   35  214.0
 1978 24 SDP NL   P   50      6   35    0    1 1.000  .951  0.82  0.72  2.22  1.91   20  166.0
 1979 25 SDP NL   P   49     13   30    1    1  .977  .951  0.88  0.66  1.89  1.80   25  205.0
 1980 26 SDP NL   P   59      7   32    1    1  .975  .951  0.66  0.69  2.56  1.91   12  137.0
 1981 27 STL NL   P   28      1   10    0    0 1.000  .957  0.39  0.68  1.25  1.97   11   79.3
 1982 28 CIN NL   P   41      4   31    2    1  .946  .951  0.85  0.70  2.06  1.96   20  152.7
 1983 29 NYY AL   P   25      5   20    0    1 1.000  .958  1.00  0.73  2.08  1.80   17  108.0
 1984 30 NYY AL   P   41      6   16    1    4  .957  .957  0.54  0.70  1.73  1.79    7  114.3
 1985 31 NYY AL   P   48      4   15    3    1  .864  .955  0.40  0.70  1.57  1.86    8  109.0
 1986 32 NYY AL   P   39      4   20    1    1  .960  .956  0.62  0.68  2.05  1.83    6  105.3
 1987 33 TOT AL   P   15      2    3    0    0 1.000  .962  0.33  0.67  1.09  1.85    1   41.3
         NYY AL   P   12      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.33  0.67  1.06  1.85    1   34.0
         KCR AL   P    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.67  1.23  1.85    0    7.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1977 23 SDP NL   P   39     10   37    3    2  .940  .949  1.21  0.67  1.98  1.85   35  214.0
 1978 24 SDP NL   P   50      6   35    0    1 1.000  .951  0.82  0.72  2.22  1.91   20  166.0
 1979 25 SDP NL   P   49     13   30    1    1  .977  .951  0.88  0.66  1.89  1.80   25  205.0
 1980 26 SDP NL   P   59      7   32    1    1  .975  .951  0.66  0.69  2.56  1.91   12  137.0
 1981 27 STL NL   P   28      1   10    0    0 1.000  .957  0.39  0.68  1.25  1.97   11   79.3
 1982 28 CIN NL   P   41      4   31    2    1  .946  .951  0.85  0.70  2.06  1.96   20  152.7
 1983 29 NYY AL   P   25      5   20    0    1 1.000  .958  1.00  0.73  2.08  1.80   17  108.0
 1984 30 NYY AL   P   41      6   16    1    4  .957  .957  0.54  0.70  1.73  1.79    7  114.3
 1985 31 NYY AL   P   48      4   15    3    1  .864  .955  0.40  0.70  1.57  1.86    8  109.0
 1986 32 NYY AL   P   39      4   20    1    1  .960  .956  0.62  0.68  2.05  1.83    6  105.3
 1987 33 TOT AL   P   15      2    3    0    0 1.000  .962  0.33  0.67  1.09  1.85    1   41.3
         NYY AL   P   12      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  0.33  0.67  1.06  1.85    1   34.0
         KCR AL   P    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.67  1.23  1.85    0    7.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 434     62  249   12   13  .963  .953  0.72  0.69  1.95  1.86  162 1432.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       434     62  249   12   13  .963  .953  0.72  0.69  1.95  1.86  162   1432

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games Started
1977 NL-35-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1977 NL-100-3

Losses
1977 NL-18-3
1979 NL-16-2
1982 NL-13-10

Hit Batsmen
1979 NL-6-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 38th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1975: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 7, 1976: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).
December 8, 1980: Traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later, Rollie Fingers, and Gene Tenace to the St. Louis Cardinals for Terry Kennedy, Steve Swisher, Mike Phillips, John Littlefield, John Urrea, Kim Seaman, and Al Olmsted. The San Diego Padres sent Bob Geren (December 10, 1980) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
April 1, 1982: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Jeff Lahti and Jose Brito (minors).
November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.
December 10, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
December 20, 1986: Released by the New York Yankees.
January 28, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
June 5, 1987: Released by the New York Yankees.
June 13, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
July 4, 1987: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
July 31, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Salaries Leaders
1985 New York Yankees $637,500

1986 New York Yankees $750,000

Career (may be incomplete) $1,387,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms
View Bob Shirley's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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