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: 28-9 / in Starts: 28-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	253	2	Apr 10	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.45	3.57	30	12	14	6	0	0	56			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.050	2.60	-0.06%	0.24	1b start a 1	8b 123 1 out a3
2	254	7	Apr 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.1	11	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.07	2.82	33	10	11	0	0	10	46			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.139	1.25	0.12%	1.30	1b start a 2	8b -2- 1 out a2
3	255	11	Apr 21	CIN		SFG	L,6-8	GS-7		5	6.2	10	5	5	3	2	1	1	4.22	3.74	31	7	8	0	0	10	33			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.059	1.57	0.06%	-0.13	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a3
4	256	15	Apr 25	CIN		NYM	W,7-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.26	3.05	32	10	10	0	4	4	81			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.216	.82	0.18%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
5	257	19	Apr 29(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	10	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.20	3.33	39	12	13	2	2	10	55			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.60	0.467	1.99	0.35%	2.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
6	258	22	May 5	CIN		STL	W,8-7	GS-7		5	6.0	8	6	6	0	3	1	0	3.97	3.39	25	10	5	0	0	7	35			0	0	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.129	.93	-0.11%	-2.36	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a3
7	259	26	May 9	CIN		PHI	W,7-4	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	5	4	2	2	4	1	1	3.64	3.52	39	12	16	2	4	4	67			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	3	2	.59	0.158	.69	0.11%	0.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	260	29	May 13	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	GS-8	W(6-0)	3	7.2	9	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.77	3.55	33	7	10	0	4	9	48			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.049	2.64	0.05%	-0.27	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
9	261	33	May 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(7-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	7	1	0	3.42	3.59	35	10	8	2	1	6	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.393	2.42	0.51%	3.57	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
10	262	36	May 23	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(7-1)	4	8.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.30	3.45	30	6	12	0	3	8	60			0	1	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.131	1.78	0.20%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	263	40	May 27	CIN		CHC	W,10-0	SHO	W(8-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.97	3.24	32	7	13	0	1	4	85			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.246	.91	0.36%	4.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
12	264	44	May 31	CIN	@	MLN	W,7-4	CG	W(9-1)	3	9.0	7	4	3	2	5	1	0	2.97	3.28	36	8	14	0	1	7	62			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.239	2.08	0.32%	0.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
13	265	48	Jun 5	CIN	@	STL	L,9-10	GS-7		4	6.0	7	7	4	4	4	1	1	3.15	3.43	30	5	9	3	3	7	36			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	1	.84	-0.051	1.95	-0.07%	-3.65	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out a2
14	266	52	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	GS-7	W(10-1)	3	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.06	3.36	25	7	8	1	2	6	58			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.021	1.34	-0.02%	0.64	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a2
15	267	57	Jun 13	CIN		SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-1)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.82	3.31	31	7	14	0	0	3	82			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.366	.93	0.32%	4.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	268	63	Jun 18(2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(12-1)	4	9.0	7	2	1	1	6	0	0	2.69	3.19	34	9	11	1	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.406	1.73	0.33%	2.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
17	269	66	Jun 22	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS-7	W(13-1)	3	7.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.55	3.16	26	12	9	3	0	0	70			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.432	2.49	0.57%	3.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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
18	270	75	Jul 2(1)	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	GS-7	L(13-2)	9	6.2	7	6	4	4	7	1	1	2.69	3.24	32	6	7	1	1	7	43			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.06	-0.382	.94	-0.20%	-3.13	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d3
19	271	80	Jul 7	CIN		HOU	W,10-1	CG	W(14-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.59	3.16	36	6	14	0	4	6	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.160	.20	0.07%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
20	272	84	Jul 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(14-3)	5	8.0	8	1	0	5	3	0	0	2.45	3.19	37	14	9	0	1	6	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	0.249	1.14	0.15%	3.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	273	89	Jul 17	CIN		LAD	W,7-5	GS-4		3	3.0	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	2.69	3.19	16	5	9	5	0	0	27			0	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.241	.80	-0.11%	-3.36	1t start tie	4t --3 0 out a2
22	274	93	Jul 21	CIN		NYM	W,5-3	CG	W(15-3)	3	9.0	11	3	3	1	2	2	0	2.71	3.31	37	13	11	0	0	10	54			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.53	0.301	.74	0.09%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	275	98	Jul 25	CIN		PIT	W,13-6	CG	W(16-3)	3	9.0	7	6	5	1	1	2	0	2.82	3.42	36	17	11	0	0	6	51			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.002	.89	0.00%	-1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
24	276	102	Jul 29(1)	CIN		MLN	W,8-6	GS-6		3	6.0	6	5	5	1	3	3	0	2.97	3.59	25	8	7	0	1	6	42			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.306	.81	-0.16%	-1.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
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
25	277	105	Aug 2	CIN		STL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(16-4)	3	6.2	10	5	4	0	6	0	2	3.06	3.53	32	7	7	2	2	10	42			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.165	1.16	-0.15%	-1.79	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d5
26	278	111	Aug 6	CIN	@	HOU	W,1-0	GS-10		3	10.0	7	0	0	3	1	0	2	2.91	3.55	38	14	11	0	5	7	76			1	1	0	33	2	0	1	3	0	0	1.53	0.793	1.24	0.39%	4.66	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
27	279	116	Aug 11	CIN		NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(17-4)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	1	1	2.82	3.56	37	12	13	2	1	6	70			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.571	1.55	0.39%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
28	280	120	Aug 15	CIN		MLN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(18-4)	3	8.1	6	3	3	2	4	0	1	2.84	3.53	33	9	11	0	1	6	61			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.246	1.34	0.26%	1.49	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a2
29	281	125	Aug 20	CIN		LAD	W,7-3	CG(10)	W(19-4)	4	10.0	11	3	3	1	6	2	0	2.83	3.56	41	18	16	9	0	0	63			3	0	0	38	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.19	0.201	3.35	0.34%	2.22	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
30	282	129	Aug 24	CIN		HOU	W,4-2	CG	W(20-4)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.80	3.57	34	13	9	2	5	8	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.345	4.28	0.80%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	283	133	Aug 28	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-8	GS-4	L(20-5)	3	4.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	1	2.90	3.66	20	8	9	3	0	1	33			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.257	4.33	-0.67%	-2.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
Sept				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
32	284	138	Sep 2	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	0	2	1	0	2.94	3.67	22	7	8	1	0	5	52			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.066	1.12	-0.05%	-0.02	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
33	285	143	Sep 7	CIN		STL	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	9	4	1	1	4	1	1	2.90	3.69	30	9	6	1	0	9	52			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.098	1.89	-0.12%	-0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
34	286	147	Sep 11	CIN	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	W(21-5)	3	9.0	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	2.87	3.76	35	18	8	0	3	3	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.24	0.479	.79	0.18%	3.02	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
35	287	151	Sep 15	CIN	@	NYM	W,9-6	GS-8	W(22-5)	3	7.2	9	6	4	1	3	2	0	2.92	3.81	34	12	9	1	1	9	43			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.68	0.039	.32	0.01%	-2.44	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a3
36	288	155	Sep 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.0	6	3	1	1	6	0	1	2.87	3.76	30	14	2	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.164	.32	0.03%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
37	289	159	Sep 25	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(23-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.81	3.71	35	9	12	0	3	5	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.79	0.590	.00	0.00%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							28-9		W-L:23-5	3.7	288.1	260	109	90	64	141	28	14	2.81	3.71	1181	0.99		6%	7%	218	58		---%	15	3	2	1083	32	3	3	18	7	15	1.01	5.671	1.48	4.45%	38.95

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