Bob Sykes

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 11, 1954 in Neptune, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL).

High School: St. Rose HS (Belmar, NJ)

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: April 9, 1977 (Age 22-119d, 13,850th in major league history)
vs. KCR 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 4, 1981 (Age 26-297d)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Robert Joseph Sykes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

ERA

4.65

116

456.2

215

WHIP

1.504

Summary of 54 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 22 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	29
STL	25

Platoon
vs RHB	46
vs LHB	8

Home/Road
Home	34
Away	20

Outs
1	22
0	16
2	16

22 Opps
NYM	6
BAL	5
SFG	4
TOR	4
OAK	3
NYY	3
ATL	3
BOS	3
LAD	3
MIN	2
CHC	2
CIN	2
CAL	2
KCR	2
PIT	2
PHI	2
TEX	1
SDP	1
SEA	1
CLE	1
MIL	1
CHW	1

46 Batters
Lee Mazzilli	3
Jack Clark	2
Otto Vélez	2
Bill Robinson	2
Lee May	2
Dale Murphy	2
Bobby Bonds	2
Dick Davis	1
Davey Lopes	1
Dwight Evans	1
Darrell Evans	1
Mitchell Page	1
Dusty Baker	1
Joel Youngblood	1
Gary Alexander	1
Bob Bailor	1
Bump Wills	1
Leroy Stanton	1
Amos Otis	1
Gary Matthews	1
Darrell Porter	1
Roy White	1
Larry Wolfe	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Carlos López	1
Manny Sanguillén	1
Butch Hobson	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Larry Herndon	1
Gene Tenace	1
Ken Griffey	1
Bill Buckner	1
Jim Rice	1
Leon Durham	1
Mike Jorgensen	1
Rick Auerbach	1
Larry Hisle	1
Steve Brye	1
Lamar Johnson	1
Ron Cey	1
Pete Mackanin	1
Andrés Mora	1
John Stearns	1
Dave McKay	1
Dan Norman	1
Dave Kingman	1

15 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	24
Busch Stad (STL)	10
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	29
9	15
8	4
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
1--	8
12-	6
-2-	6
--3	3
1-3	3
123	1
-23	1

94 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	26
1 on	17
2 on	10
3 on	1
Any on	28

Inning
1	9
2	4
3	11
4	8
5	7
6	2
7	1
8	5
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	24
4-6	17
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	7
+1	7
Tied	19
-1	2
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	22
Tied	19
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	14
LF	8
1B	6
CF	6
DH	6
3B	5
2B	4
C	4
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	13
3rd	11
1st	7
6th	6
7th	5
2nd	4
8th	4
5th	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-05-03	Bump Wills	TEX	@	DET	ahead 11-0	t 9	0	1--	2	7	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Harrah Scores
2	2	2	1	1977-05-10	Larry Hisle	MIN	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	3	7	12%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Norwood Scores
3	3	3	1	1977-06-09	Leroy Stanton	SEA		DET	tied 1-1	b 8	1	---	1	4	DH	29%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1977-07-10	Lamar Johnson	CHW	@	DET	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1	4	DH	10%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1977-07-24	Bob Bailor	TOR	@	DET	behind 0-6	t 9	2	1--	2	3	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Woods Scores
6	6	6	1	1977-08-09 (2)	Steve Brye	MIL	@	DET	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	2	8	11%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	1977-08-28	Bobby Bonds	CAL	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2	3	9	12%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Remy Scores
8	8	8	2	1977-08-28	Bobby Bonds	CAL	@	DET	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	-2-	2	3	9	10%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Remy Scores/unER
9	9	9	1	1977-09-03	Manny Sanguillén	OAK	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	10%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	2	1977-09-03	Mike Jorgensen	OAK	@	DET	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	---	1	8	3	10%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	11	3	1977-09-03	Mitchell Page	OAK	@	DET	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	---	1	3	7	9%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	1977-09-08	Doug DeCinces	BAL	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 9	0	--3	2	7	5	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bumbry Scores
13	13	13	1	1977-09-18	Dave Kingman	NYY	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	6	DH	16%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Piniella Scores
14	14	14	2	1977-09-18	Reggie Jackson	NYY	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	12-	3	4	9	16%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Nettles Scores; T. Munson Scores
15	15	15	1	1977-09-23	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	DET	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	12-	3	8	5	19%	89%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Fisk Scores; F. Lynn Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1978-05-19	Jim Rice	BOS	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	17%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Burleson Scores
17	17	2	2	1978-05-19	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	DET	behind 2-7	t 9	0	1--	2	8	9	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hobson Scores
18	18	3	1	1978-05-24 (2)	Andrés Mora	BAL		DET	tied 0-0	b 7	1	---	1	6	7	24%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	4	1	1978-05-29	Carlos López	BAL	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	5	2	1978-05-29	Lee May	BAL	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1-3	3	4	DH	23%	85%		Home Run (LF-CF); B. Smith Scores; K. Singleton Scores
21	21	6	3	1978-05-29	Lee May	BAL	@	DET	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	---	1	4	DH	4%	93%		Home Run (LF-CF)
22	22	7	1	1978-06-03	Larry Wolfe	MIN	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---	1	7	5	13%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
23	23	8	1	1978-06-15	Amos Otis	KCR		DET	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	4	8	10%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	9	1	1978-06-23	Roy White	NYY	@	DET	ahead 8-3	t 6	1	12-	3	1	7	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Piniella Scores; B. Doyle Scores
25	25	10	1	1978-06-29	Gary Alexander	CLE		DET	behind 0-2	b 3	2	12-	3	4	DH	33%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF); P. Dade Scores; A. Thornton Scores
26	26	11	1	1978-07-31	Otto Vélez	TOR		DET	tied 7-7	b 14	1	---	1	9	9	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	12	1	1978-08-15	Darrell Porter	KCR	@	DET	ahead 3-2	t 9	0	---	1	4	2	9%	93%		Home Run
28	28	13	1	1978-08-23 (2)	Otto Vélez	TOR	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	3	9	18%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bailor Scores
29	29	14	2	1978-08-23 (2)	Dave McKay	TOR	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	1--	2	7	4	10%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Howell Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1979-04-20	Ken Griffey	CIN	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	---	1	1	9	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	1979-05-20	John Stearns	NYM		STL	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---	1	5	2	14%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	3	1	1979-05-31	Joel Youngblood	NYM	@	STL	behind 0-7	t 5	1	--3	2	1	9	2%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Flynn Scores
33	33	4	1	1979-06-06	Jack Clark	SFG	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	10%	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
34	34	5	2	1979-06-06	Jack Clark	SFG	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---	1	3	9	15%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	6	1	1979-06-11	Davey Lopes	LAD		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	7	2	1979-06-11	Ron Cey	LAD		STL	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1--	2	5	5	17%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Garvey Scores
37	37	8	3	1979-06-11	Dusty Baker	LAD		STL	behind 3-6	b 4	1	---	1	6	7	9%	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	9	1	1979-09-26	Pete Mackanin	PHI		STL	ahead 10-1	b 8	1	---	1	2	4	0%	100%		Home Run (LF-CF)
39	39	10	1	1979-09-29	Lee Mazzilli	NYM	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	-23	3	3	3	12%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Taveras Scores; E. Maddox Scores
40	40	11	2	1979-09-29	Dan Norman	NYM	@	STL	ahead 5-2	t 6	1	1-3	3	7	7	7%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Stearns Scores; J. Youngblood Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1980-04-17	Bill Robinson	PIT		STL	behind 2-8	b 3	0	---	1	4	3	3%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	2	1	1980-05-17	Darrell Evans	SFG		STL	tied 0-0	b 5	0	123	4	2	5	17%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. LeMaster Scores; V. Blue Scores; L. Herndon Scores
43	43	3	1	1980-06-10	Dale Murphy	ATL		STL	behind 0-2	b 5	2	12-	3	2	8	42%	68%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Gómez Scores; G. Hubbard Scores
44	44	4	2	1980-06-10	Gary Matthews	ATL		STL	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	-2-	2	4	9	10%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Chambliss Scores
45	45	5	1	1980-06-15	Rick Auerbach	CIN	@	STL	behind 2-5	t 9	0	---	1	8	PH	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	6	1	1980-06-24	Bill Robinson	PIT	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	18%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Foli Scores
47	47	7	1	1980-07-13 (1)	Lee Mazzilli	NYM		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	1	3	15%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	8	2	1980-07-13 (1)	Lee Mazzilli	NYM		STL	behind 1-3	b 8	0	1-3	3	1	3	49%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Flynn Scores; A. Treviño Scores
49	49	9	1	1980-07-25	Gene Tenace	SDP		STL	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	1	6	2	16%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	10	1	1980-07-31	Larry Herndon	SFG		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	7	23%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Pettini Scores; J. Clark Scores
51	51	11	1	1980-08-16	Bill Buckner	CHC	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	9	18%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Randle Scores
52	52	12	1	1980-08-31	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	8	12%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1981-05-30	Dick Davis	PHI		STL	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	-2-	2	5	9	4%	98%		Home Run; G. Matthews Scores
54	54	2	1	1981-09-22	Leon Durham	CHC		STL	behind 2-3	b 8	2	---	1	4	9	34%	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)