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: 16-22 / in Starts: 13-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 1

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	138	1	Apr 9	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.00	2.21	32	13	9	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.329	2.37	0.51%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	139	3	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	1.50	1.99	33	10	10	0	2	7	69			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.493	3.36	0.73%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	140	8	Apr 21	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-7	GS-4	L(2-1)	6	3.1	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.38	2.21	17	4	8	3	1	4	27			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	2	0	1.22	-0.423	3.49	-0.73%	-3.84	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d3
4	141	12	Apr 25	CIN		MLN	W,7-6	GS-3		3	2.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.24	2.29	13	2	3	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.274	2.23	-0.38%	-3.33	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d3
5	142	13	Apr 26	CIN		MLN	W,11-10	8-GF	W(3-1)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.91	2.23	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.192	3.58	0.31%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end tie
6	143	15	Apr 30	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	8	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.62	2.79	32	5	13	1	3	8	53			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.189	3.22	0.32%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
7	144	20	May 4	CIN		SFG	L,5-6	GS-9	L(3-2)	3	8.2	10	6	6	0	6	2	0	4.17	3.08	37	11	10	0	0	10	46			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.00	-0.421	6.64	-0.84%	-0.79	1t start tie	9t --3 2 out d2
8	145	23	May 9	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	2.94	33	16	11	0	4	5	74			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.480	3.58	1.04%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	146	27	May 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS-3	L(4-3)	3	2.0	5	6	6	1	0	1	0	4.33	3.24	12	3	4	0	2	4	21			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.310	3.39	-0.57%	-5.03	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d6
10	147	31	May 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-9	GS-6	L(4-4)	3	6.0	6	5	3	2	2	2	0	4.34	3.65	27	7	10	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	2	.67	-0.262	2.09	-0.49%	-2.12	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
11	148	36	May 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	1	4.23	3.56	35	9	12	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.174	3.59	0.27%	0.87	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
12	149	39	May 24(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(4-5)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.30	3.54	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.332	4.00	-0.44%	-0.73	9b --- 2 out tie	10b end d 1
13	150	41	May 27	CIN		PHI	W,10-4	CG	W(5-5)	2	9.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.26	3.44	37	11	16	3	4	8	51			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.044	.91	0.05%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	151	45	May 31(1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	GS-4	L(5-6)	3	3.2	7	4	3	2	2	2	0	4.41	3.75	20	5	4	1	0	7	33			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.276	1.80	-0.29%	-2.20	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
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
15	152	51	Jun 6	CIN		SFG	L,3-13	GS-3	L(5-7)	5	2.2	6	6	6	1	2	1	0	4.92	3.85	15	2	4	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.276	1.10	-0.28%	-2.98	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d4
16	153	55	Jun 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-8	W(6-7)	3	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.74	3.89	26	6	13	2	3	4	62			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.195	1.03	0.15%	1.01	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
17	154	65	Jun 20	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-9	GS-6	L(6-8)	9	5.2	9	6	6	2	1	2	0	5.02	4.12	27	5	18	7	0	1	26			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.347	1.03	-0.21%	-2.94	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d4
18	155	69	Jun 25	CIN		CHC	L,2-6	GS-7	L(6-9)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	1	4.85	4.08	27	8	6	0	1	5	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.108	.73	0.05%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
19	156	73	Jun 28(2)	CIN		STL	L,8-11	8-GF		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.76	4.01	8	2	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.006	.16	0.00%	0.64	8t -2- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
20	157	74	Jun 30	CIN		MLN	W,8-5	GS-6	W(7-9)	1	5.0	8	5	5	0	2	2	0	4.95	4.15	23	5	8	0	2	8	33			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.279	.35	-0.06%	-2.46	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out a1
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
21	158	79	Jul 5(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS-3		4	2.1	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.17	4.14	14	4	3	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	12	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.265	.45	-0.07%	-2.21	1b start a 1	3b -2- 1 out tie
22	159	84	Jul 12	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	W(8-9)	6	9.0	5	3	2	0	4	1	0	4.94	4.06	32	9	19	9	0	0	71			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.180	.06	0.01%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
23	160	89	Jul 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(8-10)	4	8.0	7	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.70	4.02	32	7	15	0	3	6	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.227	.19	0.02%	2.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
24	161	93	Jul 23	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-2	GS-6		5	6.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.62	3.97	21	11	4	2	1	2	60			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	.87	-0.011	.18	0.00%	0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
25	162	98	Jul 27	CIN		STL	W,8-3	CG	W(9-10)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.52	3.88	37	18	5	0	0	9	58			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.72	0.175	.08	0.01%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
26	163	103	Aug 1	CIN		CHC	W,12-3	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	0	4.43	3.76	35	8	13	2	2	6	67			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.58	-0.020	.10	0.00%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
27	164	106	Aug 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	GS-4	L(10-11)	3	4.0	6	5	4	2	2	1	0	4.55	3.83	20	4	11	4	0	1	32			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.336	.40	-0.07%	-2.88	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d2
28	165	117	Aug 16(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-6	L(10-12)	10	5.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	1	4.57	3.83	23	5	9	3	1	5	42			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.003	.19	0.00%	0.50	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out a1
29	166	122	Aug 20	CIN		LAD	L,5-8	GS-5	L(10-13)	3	4.2	7	7	0	2	2	1	0	4.45	3.89	24	7	13	6	0	0	36			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.355	.11	-0.03%	-3.69	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d5
30	167	126	Aug 25	CIN		CHC	L,6-8	GS-4	L(10-14)	4	3.1	8	6	6	0	1	2	0	4.68	4.00	18	5	4	0	0	8	21			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.04	-0.399	.04	-0.01%	-3.50	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d1
31	168	130	Aug 29	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-6	L(10-15)	3	5.2	11	6	3	2	1	2	0	4.68	4.13	30	9	7	2	2	11	28			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.21	-0.432	.01	0.00%	-3.64	1b start tie	6b 123 2 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	169	134	Sep 4	CIN		MLN	L,1-4	GS-8	L(10-16)	5	7.0	10	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.60	4.08	30	7	9	3	2	10	49			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.051	.02	0.00%	0.07	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out d1
33	170	138	Sep 9(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-9	W(11-16)	4	9.0	9	2	2	0	2	1	1	4.48	4.07	37	6	20	3	2	8	63			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.440	.00	0.00%	2.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
34	171	144	Sep 13	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	W(12-16)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.37	4.07	36	14	12	2	2	8	61			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.402	.00	0.00%	2.05	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
35	172	148	Sep 17	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-7	L(12-17)	3	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	1	4.35	4.08	27	11	11	4	0	0	55			1	0	1	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.055	.00	0.00%	0.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
36	173	152	Sep 22(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	L(12-18)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	1	4.33	4.02	31	8	9	1	1	8	52			0	0	0	29	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.140	.00	0.00%	0.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
37	174	153	Sep 26	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	8-GF	W(13-18)	3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.29	4.01	8	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
38	175	154	Sep 27	CIN		PIT	W,9-7	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	3.99	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.197	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
							16-22		W-L:13-18,Sv:1	3.4	218.0	241	118	103	43	78	25	6	4.25	3.99	928	0.82		10%	6%	199	48	1	100%	2	1	1	863	41	6	2	16	5	11	1.07	-1.356	1.31	-1.01%	-8.34

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