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: 3-11 / in Starts: 2-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 1

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	37	3	Apr 16	PIT		BRO	L,0-6	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.0	6	6	6	1	3	0	0	7.71	1.94	27	15	8	4	0	0	43			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.99	-0.023	2.01	-0.03%	-2.00	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out d4
2	38	7	Apr 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-9		5	8.1	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.28	2.50	31	16	6	1	0	4	62			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.62	0.260	.70	0.18%	2.30	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a3
3	39	11	Apr 27	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.70	2.45	35	12	9	0	3	4	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.405	.81	0.23%	3.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
4	40	17	May 2	PIT		STL	W,5-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	1	0	1	1	0	1	2.70	2.55	34	14	10	1	2	7	71			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	2	1.13	0.347	.86	0.16%	3.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	41	22	May 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-11	GS-	L(2-2)	4	3.0	6	6	3	3	1	0	1	3.22	2.81	21						27						16			0		0
6	42	31	May 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-4	L(2-3)	9	3.0	7	6	6	4	1	1	0	4.35	3.36	20	4	4	1	0	7	18			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.279	.42	-0.08%	-4.32	1b start tie	4b --3 0 out d5
7	43	43	May 30(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	GS-2	L(2-4)	12	2.0	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	4.57	3.38	12	4	7	3	0	0	35			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.254	.09	-0.02%	-2.94	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
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
8	44	46	Jun 1	PIT		STL	L,2-6	GS-3	L(2-5)	1	3.0	6	5	4	2	1	0	0	5.08	3.40	17	6	2	0	0	6	28			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.292	.05	-0.01%	-3.51	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
9	45	51	Jun 5(2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-5	GS-8	L(2-6)	3	8.0	13	5	5	5	1	1	0	5.16	3.74	38	8	11	1	3	13	32			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.144	.04	0.00%	-1.02	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
10	46	54	Jun 9	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	GS-8	L(2-7)	3	7.0	11	6	6	0	2	1	0	5.46	3.73	31	10	8	0	0	11	33			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.236	.02	0.00%	-1.90	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d3
11	47	58	Jun 14	PIT	@	STL	W,10-5	7-GF	S(1)	4	3.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	5.49	3.81	12	4	2	0	1	4		3	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	.38	0.093	.00	0.00%	1.35	7b 123 0 out a6	9b end a 5
12	48	60	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	3.76	3												3			0		0
13	49	65	Jun 20	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.32	3.70	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
14	50	68	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-10	3-6		3	3.1	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.32	3.82	13	4	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.37	3b --- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d5
							3-11		W-L:2-7,Sv:1	3.7	67.2	77	47	40	25	24	5	2	5.32	3.82	298	1.41		7%	5%	60	43	3	0%	3	1	0	268	13	3	1	9	0	4	.89	-0.141	.53	0.43%	-4.97

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