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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-22 / in Starts: 13-20
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	1 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 77 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	52 (28-14-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 77 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	47 (25-15-7)

Most Driven In
E Bailey	2
F Thomas	1
R McMillan	1
E Kasko	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
J Lynch	2
V Pinson	2
G Bell	2
Self	1
F Thomas	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	138	1	Apr 9	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	.64	0.031	1.65	0.05%	0.23	P
2	139	3 (1)	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	9	.85	-0.068	2.10	-0.10%	-0.73	P
3	140	8 (4)	Apr 21	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-7	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9	.45	0.014	1.29	0.02%	0.12	P
4	141	12 (3)	Apr 25	CIN		MLN	W,7-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9						P
5	142	13	Apr 26	CIN		MLN	W,11-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	1.04	-0.027	2.76	-0.04%	-0.11	P
6	143	15 (1)	Apr 30	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	9	1.75	-0.070	4.96	-0.12%	-0.43	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	144	20 (4)	May 4	CIN		SFG	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	9	1.23	-0.129	4.08	-0.26%	-1.13	P
8	145	23 (2)	May 9	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	9	.78	-0.075	2.84	-0.16%	-0.91	P
9	146	27 (3)	May 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	9	1.87	-0.051	5.70	-0.09%	-0.49	P
10	147	31 (3)	May 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.200	.390	9	1.20	-0.063	3.75	-0.12%	-0.58	P
11	148	36 (4)	May 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.174	.341	9	1.12	-0.090	2.90	-0.14%	-0.73	P
12	149	39 (2)	May 24 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.167	.174	.341	9						P
13	150	41 (1)	May 27	CIN		PHI	W,10-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.222	.308	.530	9	.60	0.050	1.14	0.06%	2.27	P
14	151	45 (3)	May 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.214	.296	.511	9	1.73	-0.045	3.04	-0.05%	-0.44	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	152	51 (5)	Jun 6	CIN		SFG	L,3-13	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.214	.296	.511	9						P
16	153	55 (3)	Jun 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.300	.550	9	.43	-0.002	.53	0.00%	0.18	P
17	154	65 (9)	Jun 20	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.281	.517	9	1.41	-0.080	1.40	-0.05%	-0.84	P
18	155	69 (3)	Jun 25	CIN		CHC	L,2-6	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.281	.559	9	.97	0.076	.76	0.04%	0.65	P
19	156	73 (3)	Jun 28 (2)	CIN		STL	L,8-11	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.278	.281	.559	8						P
20	157	74	Jun 30	CIN		MLN	W,8-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.265	.528	9	1.15	-0.054	.44	-0.01%	-0.64	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	158	79 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.256	.257	.514	9	1.21	-0.034	.53	-0.01%	-0.32	P
22	159	84 (4)	Jul 12	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.302	.270	.573	9	1.18	0.065	.07	0.00%	0.75	P
23	160	89 (4)	Jul 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.283	.250	.533	9	1.42	-0.112	.24	-0.01%	-0.88	P
24	161	93 (3)	Jul 23	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.262	.554	9	.88	0.008	.18	0.00%	0.03	P
25	162	98 (4)	Jul 27	CIN		STL	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.275	.244	.519	9	.51	-0.023	.06	0.00%	-0.81	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	163	103 (4)	Aug 1	CIN		CHC	W,12-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.204	.291	.347	.638	9	.83	0.001	.14	0.00%	1.58	P
27	164	106 (2)	Aug 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.291	.347	.638	9	.92	-0.014	.34	0.00%	-0.22	P
28	165	117 (10)	Aug 16 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.281	.333	.614	9	.60	-0.030	.08	0.00%	-0.26	P
29	166	122 (4)	Aug 20	CIN		LAD	L,5-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.327	.603	9	.72	-0.018	.08	0.00%	-0.16	P
30	167	126 (3)	Aug 25	CIN		CHC	L,6-8	GS-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.288	.327	.615	9	1.29	0.041	.05	0.00%	0.39	P
31	168	130 (3)	Aug 29	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.295	.333	.628	9	1.64	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.20	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	169	134 (3)	Sep 4	CIN		MLN	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.286	.321	.607	9	1.08	-0.055	.02	0.00%	-0.40	P
33	170	138 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.273	.305	.578	9	1.25	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
34	171	144 (5)	Sep 13	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.261	.290	.551	9	1.80	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-1.25	P
35	172	148 (3)	Sep 17	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.254	.281	.535	9	1.18	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.56	P
36	173	152 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.247	.273	.519	9	.56	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
37	174	153	Sep 26	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.247	.273	.519	9						P
38	175	154	Sep 27	CIN		PIT	W,9-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.247	.273	.519	9						P
							16-22		77	66	8	11	2	1	1	6	6	0	34	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.247	.273	.519		1.03	-1.072	1.24	-1.00%	-6.83

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