Bob Purkey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: July 14, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: March 16, 2008 in Allegheny County, PA

Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, McMurray, PA

High School: South Hills HS (Pittsburgh, PA)

Debut: April 14, 1954 (Age 24-274d, 11,093rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 26, 1966 (Age 37-012d)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Robert Thomas Purkey

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5x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.7

129

115

ERA

3.79

386

276

2114.2

793

WHIP

1.267

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6		9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 21 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3		25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	9 (4)	Apr 26	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (3)	May 1	PIT		STL	L,2-9	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
5	15 (1)	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	18 (2)	May 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	GS	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	19	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,8-10		11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
8	20	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	23 (2)	May 12 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
10	28 (4)	May 19 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	33 (4)	May 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	37 (2)	May 30 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	41 (3)	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
15	46 (4)	Jun 7	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
16	50 (3)	Jun 11	PIT		CIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
17	56 (5)	Jun 16 susp	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS	24	5.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
18	57	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	60 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
20	62 (1)	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	63	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	64	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5		12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	69 (4)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	29	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	76 (6)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-8	GS	21	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	78 (1)	Jul 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	81 (2)	Jul 10	PIT		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
27	85 (3)	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9		25	5.2	0	0	2	2	0	P
28	89 (3)	Jul 18	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
29	93 (3)	Jul 21 susp	PIT		STL	L,2-11	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	94	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	98 (3)	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	103 (4)	Jul 31	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	106 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
34	110 (3)	Aug 10	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	115 (4)	Aug 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	GS	23	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	118 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	121 (2)	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	GS	14	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
38	124 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-8		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	129 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-11	GS	13	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
40	131 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-11		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	132	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	133	Sep 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	138 (4)	Sep 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	140 (1)	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4		10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	145 (4)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	146	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-9		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	147	Sep 15 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-11	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	150 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	GF	25	6.2	0	1	0	1	0
							48gm		179.2	13	30	3	46	3