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: 17-31 / in Starts: 9-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 11

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	53	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6	5-6		99	2.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	2.46	9	4	5	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.013	1.84	-0.02%	0.05	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
2	54	4	Apr 21(1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	2-9	W(1-0)	2	7.0	1	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.00	3.12	25	9	9	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.226	1.24	0.34%	2.68	2b --- 0 out a1	9b 12- 0 out a6
3	55	9	Apr 26	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.00	3.46	36	12	19	5	0	2	66			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.321	1.38	0.37%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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	56	13	May 1	PIT		STL	L,2-9	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	1	2.52	3.30	30	6	12	1	1	6	54			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.114	2.14	-0.11%	0.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
5	57	15	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	11-GF(11)		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	3.20	3	1	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	-0.093	4.17	-0.07%	0.53	11t 123 1 out tie	11t end d 1
6	58	18	May 5(2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	GS-2	L(2-2)	1	1.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	2.96	3.37	10	3	2	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.32	-0.180	1.32	-0.11%	-1.81	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d2
7	59	19	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,8-10	11-13		1	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.67	3.15	11	3	4	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.393	1.85	0.18%	1.41	11t --- 0 out tie	13t 3 out tie
8	60	20	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	4-5		0	2.0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	3.04	9	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	1	2	.51	-0.060	.33	-0.02%	-1.06	4t --- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d5
9	61	23	May 12(1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	8-GF		3	2.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.88	3.01	10	5	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.016	.04	0.00%	-1.06	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
10	62	28	May 19(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	9-GF	L(2-3)	6	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.09	3.03	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	-0.360	1.86	-0.11%	-0.93	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
11	63	33	May 26(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	2-3		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	3.00	6	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.047	.07	0.01%	0.94	2b --- 0 out d3	3b 3 out d3
12	64	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	9-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.89	3.07	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	-0.002	.56	0.00%	-0.03	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
13	65	37	May 30(2)	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	1	9.0	9	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.53	2.93	36	16	15	4	0	2	66			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.541	.20	0.05%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
14	66	41	Jun 2(2)	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-3)	2	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.11	2.84	31	12	12	4	1	4	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.557	.14	0.04%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	67	46	Jun 7	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	GS-5	L(4-4)	4	5.0	4	2	2	4	2	0	0	2.24	2.94	24	8	6	0	0	4	49			0	0	0	19	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.04	-0.017	.12	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
16	68	50	Jun 11	PIT		CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.95	2.89	32	14	11	2	0	5	76			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.203	.07	0.01%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
17	69	56	Jun 16 susp	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.1	5	3	2	0	2	1	1	2.05	3.02	24	7	11	1	3	3	50			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.124	.07	0.00%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
18	70	57	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	7-8	W(6-4)	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.00	2.98	6	1	2	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.093	.09	0.01%	1.31	7b 12- 1 out d1	8b 3 out d1
19	71	60	Jun 19(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(6-5)	1	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.21	2.95	19	4	10	1	2	5	45			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	.62	-0.143	.07	-0.01%	-0.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
20	72	62	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	W(7-5)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.19	2.98	4	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.49	0.663	.44	0.02%	1.86	11b 1-3 0 out a1	11b end a 1
21	73	63	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	11-11	L(7-6)	0	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.29	3.01	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.003	.19	0.00%	-0.02	11b --- 0 out tie	11b 1-- 1 out tie
22	74	64	Jun 23(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	5-7		0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.21	2.97	12	2	6	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.142	.07	0.01%	2.54	5b 12- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
23	75	69	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS-8		3	7.2	9	4	4	0	3	0	0	2.41	2.86	29	11	6	0	0	9	48			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	1	0	.98	0.153	.04	0.00%	1.24	1b start tie	8b -23 2 out a2
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
24	76	76	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-8	GS-5	L(7-7)	6	4.0	8	6	6	2	0	0	0	2.87	2.91	21	6	12	6	0	1	20			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.29	-0.279	.00	0.00%	-3.24	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d3
25	77	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	10-GF(13)	W(8-7)	1	4.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.75	2.92	16	4	9	2	3	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.596	.00	0.00%	1.93	10b --- 0 out tie	13b end a 1
26	78	81	Jul 10	PIT		MLN	W,5-2	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.69	2.93	35	8	12	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.198	.01	0.00%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	79	85	Jul 14(1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	1-7		3	5.2	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	2.95	2.91	25	6	10	1	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.25	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1t 12- 2 out d1	7t 123 1 out a3
28	80	89	Jul 18	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	GS-7		3	7.0	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.07	3.01	30	11	7	0	0	8	45			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.41	-0.250	.00	0.00%	-0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
29	81	93	Jul 21 susp	PIT		STL	L,2-11	GS-2	L(9-8)	2	2.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.31	3.10	15	0	3	0	1	7	27			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.55	-0.335	.00	0.00%	-3.06	1t start tie	2t 3 out d2
30	82	94	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	15-GF(15)	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	3.10	2	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.104	.00	0.00%	0.93	15b 12- 1 out a3	15b end a 3
31	83	98	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.21	3.01	34	6	17	2	3	8	66			0	0	0	34	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.393	.00	0.00%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
32	84	103	Jul 31	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS-6	L(10-9)	3	5.0	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.35	3.16	24	5	9	0	3	9	34			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-2.36	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d4
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
33	85	106	Aug 4(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-6		3	6.0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	3.14	24	8	11	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.041	.00	0.00%	0.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
34	86	110	Aug 10	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	GS-5	L(10-10)	5	5.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.29	3.21	21	5	13	5	0	1	45			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
35	87	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	GS-5	L(10-11)	5	4.2	8	4	4	0	2	0	1	3.42	3.18	23	6	10	3	0	4	34			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-1.82	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
36	88	118	Aug 18(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	3.17	4	2	2	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	0.191	.00	0.00%	0.92	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
37	89	121	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	GS-3	L(10-12)	4	3.0	6	4	3	0	1	0	0	3.50	3.15	14	4	3	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	.77	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-2.59	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
38	90	124	Aug 25(2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	4-4		1	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.55	3.16	5	0	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-2.07	4t --- 0 out d2	4t 123 1 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
39	91	129	Sep 1(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-11	GS-2	L(10-13)	6	2.0	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.79	3.17	13	6	2	0	0	4	21			0	0	0	11	1	1	1	1	0	0	.89	-0.322	.00	0.00%	-4.06	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
40	92	131	Sep 2(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-11	6-6		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.76	3.16	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.046	.00	0.00%	0.48	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
41	93	132	Sep 2(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	7-7		-1	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.74	3.19	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.39	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.48	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
42	94	133	Sep 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	12-GF(12)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	3.19	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.71	-0.168	.00	0.00%	0.13	12b 123 1 out tie	12b end d 1
43	95	138	Sep 8(1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	8-9	BL(10-14)	4	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.88	3.18	5	2	1	1	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	-0.430	.00	0.00%	-1.27	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t 1-3 1 out tie
44	96	140	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	4-6		1	2.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.82	3.21	10	4	3	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.22	0.164	.00	0.00%	1.76	4b 12- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d1
45	97	145	Sep 14(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.88	3.29	9	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-1.04	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
46	98	146	Sep 15(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-9	5-6		0	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.89	3.36	6	3	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.25	5b --- 1 out d5	6b 3 out d6
47	99	147	Sep 15(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-11	7-GF(8)		-1	2.0	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.01	3.36	13	2	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.05	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-2.01	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 8
48	100	150	Sep 21(1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	3-GF	W(11-14)	5	6.2	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.86	3.35	25	11	8	1	2	3		1	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.613	.00	0.00%	3.47	3t -2- 1 out d2	9t end a 1
							17-31		W-L:11-14,Sv:2,BSv:1	2.3	179.2	194	84	77	38	52	10	7	3.86	3.35	760	0.83		10%	4%	147	49	22	9%	4	0	0	697	29	5	9	14	11	8	1.17	1.809	.32	0.55%	10.70

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