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

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-18 / in Starts: 8-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 3

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	345	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	T,10-10	11-GF(11)		99	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	7.02	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.19	0.201	11.42	0.27%	0.86	11b 12- 1 out tie	11b end tie
2	346	4	Apr 15	STL		CIN	L,4-10	GS-7	L(0-1)	2	6.0	8	9	9	3	3	2	3	12.15	8.67	30	8	5	0	1	8	20			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.96	-0.492	1.85	-0.57%	-6.42	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d5
3	347	8	Apr 21	STL		MLN	W,6-3	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	0	6.89	5.52	33	14	7	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.58	0.225	.80	0.19%	1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	348	11	Apr 27	STL	@	MLN	L,5-9	GS-4	L(1-2)	5	3.1	7	6	6	1	0	1	0	8.53	5.83	19	5	6	1	0	7	21			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.261	1.36	-0.24%	-4.34	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	349	17	May 2(2)	STL		PIT	W,5-4	GS-3		4	3.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	0	9.00	5.65	17	4	1	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	.95	-0.244	1.71	-0.26%	-2.54	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
6	350	19	May 4	STL		SFG	L,2-9	4-6		1	3.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.64	5.28	14	7	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	.18	-0.005	.41	-0.01%	-0.54	4t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d7
7	351	22	May 8	STL	@	PHI	L,8-9	8-9	BS(1)	3	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	8.33	5.04	8	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.68	-0.190	7.82	-0.24%	-0.12	8b --- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
8	352	24	May 10	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	8-GF(10)	BL(1-3)	1	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	1	8.69	5.34	11	2	3	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	-0.502	5.78	-0.49%	-1.49	8b 123 2 out a1	10b end d 2
9	353	27	May 14	STL	@	PIT	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.40	5.25	4	1	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.15	0.315	7.87	0.24%	0.82	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
10	354	30	May 16(2)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.91	5.00	12	4	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.094	1.61	0.11%	0.34	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 4
11	355	33	May 19	STL		PHI	W,7-6	8-GF	W(2-3)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.46	4.75	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.087	1.32	0.12%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
12	356	37	May 23	STL		NYM	W,8-7	10-GF(12)	W(3-3)	3	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.87	4.52	10	3	5	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.404	4.91	0.65%	1.46	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
13	357	41	May 27	STL	@	HOU	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	7.20	4.74	9	3	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.14	-0.028	.50	-0.06%	-2.18	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
14	358	43	May 29	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	BL(3-4)	1	2.1	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	7.23	4.78	14	4	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.12	-0.496	9.95	-0.95%	-2.23	8b --- 0 out a1	10b end d 1
15	359	45	May 31	STL	@	SFG	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.06	4.69	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.21	0.01%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	360	48	Jun 3	STL		LAD	L,10-11	GS-4		2	3.0	6	6	6	2	1	0	0	7.77	4.63	17	4	4	2	0	6	22			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.350	3.20	-0.60%	-3.88	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out a3
17	361	54	Jun 10	STL		CIN	L,7-8	6-7		6	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	7.63	4.46	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.006	1.29	-0.01%	-0.03	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d1
18	362	58	Jun 13(2)	STL		MLN	W,12-2	CG	W(4-4)	2	9.0	8	2	0	4	7	0	0	6.44	4.12	39	11	9	1	0	8	70			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.227	.48	0.12%	2.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
19	363	61	Jun 16	STL		PIT	L,9-10	7-8	BS(4)	2	1.1	6	3	3	0	0	1	1	6.75	4.36	11	3	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	-0.468	1.84	-0.24%	-2.92	7t --- 0 out a2	8t 12- 1 out tie
20	364	65	Jun 20	STL	@	MLN	W,6-4	GS-8	W(5-4)	3	7.1	7	2	2	1	0	2	0	6.27	4.59	30	12	10	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.148	.28	0.04%	1.10	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a4
21	365	70	Jun 25	STL		CHC	L,4-12	GS-1	L(5-5)	4	0.2	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	6.62	4.63	8	0	1	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.285	.48	-0.06%	-3.27	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d3
22	366	75	Jun 29	STL	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-6	L(5-6)	3	6.0	8	4	4	0	1	2	0	6.56	4.79	25	8	8	0	0	8	41			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.161	.25	-0.03%	-1.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	367	80	Jul 4	STL	@	NYM	W,6-2	GS-9	W(6-6)	4	8.2	10	2	2	1	2	1	0	6.09	4.69	36	11	12	4	0	10	57			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.195	.44	0.07%	1.43	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a4
24	368	90	Jul 17	STL		NYM	W,4-1	GS-7	W(7-6)	12	6.0	7	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.77	4.73	25	11	6	1	2	7	53			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	.81	0.055	.46	0.02%	0.94	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
25	369	95	Jul 22	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	7.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.63	4.57	28	7	10	0	0	9	47			1	1	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.42	-0.127	.91	-0.05%	-0.12	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
26	370	100	Jul 27	STL	@	SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.14	4.42	29	16	7	3	2	5	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.19	0.543	1.11	0.30%	4.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	371	106	Aug 3(1)	STL		HOU	L,7-10	GS-7	L(8-8)	6	6.1	8	5	5	4	0	1	0	5.25	4.54	30	10	8	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	25	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.05	-0.094	.54	-0.03%	-0.48	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
28	372	112	Aug 8	STL		SFG	L,4-6	5-6		4	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	5.32	4.76	9	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.099	.17	-0.02%	-1.03	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d4
29	373	115	Aug 12	STL	@	MLN	W,5-4	12-GF(13)	W(9-8)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	4.73	7	1	5	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.309	.14	0.01%	0.90	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 1
30	374	119	Aug 16	STL		MLN	L,8-10	GS-6		3	5.0	8	8	7	1	1	1	1	5.54	4.78	24	8	5	1	0	8	21			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.610	.10	-0.04%	-5.04	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d2
31	375	124	Aug 21	STL	@	NYM	L,2-6	GS-1	L(9-9)	4	0.2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	5.73	4.84	7	1	1	0	1	2	33			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.284	.02	0.00%	-3.03	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d3
32	376	130	Aug 26	STL		CHC	W,7-4	GS-6	W(10-9)	4	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	2	0	5.79	4.95	24	6	7	1	0	8	36			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-1.94	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
							13-18		W-L:10-9,Sv:2,BSv:4	3.1	124.1	148	83	80	33	39	20	7	5.79	4.95	549	1.18		6%	2%	148	42	6	0%	5	1	0	504	14	2	4	16	2	9	1.14	-2.091	1.42	-1.75%	-25.74

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