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: 21-20 / in Starts: 20-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 3

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	176	2	Apr 14	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-13	5-5		99	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.47	3	0	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.62	5b -23 1 out d9	5b 3 out d11
2	177	4	Apr 17(1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-5	5-6		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.28	7	2	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.021	.61	0.04%	0.95	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
3	178	6	Apr 20	CIN	@	MLN	W,10-5	4-6		2	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.00	11	2	7	0	5	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.049	.90	0.08%	1.30	4b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
4	179	7	Apr 21	CIN	@	MLN	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.53	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.011	.63	0.02%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
5	180	10	Apr 24(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-9	GS-8	L(0-1)	2	7.0	9	6	6	1	8	2	1	3.95	3.70	32	7	7	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.455	2.79	-0.63%	-2.20	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out a1
6	181	13	Apr 27	CIN		MLN	L,5-8	5-5		2	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.77	3.85	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	.25	-0.017	.49	-0.02%	-0.49	5t 1-- 1 out d5	5t 3 out d6
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	182	15	May 1	CIN		PIT	L,2-13	5-7		3	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	3.53	8	2	5	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.060	.37	0.05%	1.89	5t --3 1 out d4	7t 3 out d4
8	183	19	May 5	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	3	7.2	6	3	3	3	0	1	0	3.28	4.11	32	17	6	0	0	6	52			1	0	0	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.098	2.16	-0.11%	0.25	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a1
9	184	23	May 12	CIN	@	CHC	W,14-1	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	6	1	0	3	6	0	0	2.41	3.60	36	9	12	2	0	6	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.05	0.022	.13	0.03%	3.17	1b start a 7	9b 3 out a13
10	185	28	May 16	CIN		SFG	W,9-2	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	12	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.32	3.23	38	11	12	1	0	12	58			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	1	0	.79	0.103	2.42	0.19%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
11	186	33	May 21	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	2	4	6	0	0	2.37	3.14	31	12	2	0	0	7	52			1	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.43	-0.158	3.72	-0.25%	-0.21	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out tie
12	187	38	May 27	CIN		MLN	W,9-5	GS-5		5	5.0	6	5	5	2	1	2	0	2.98	3.63	23	3	11	0	1	6	34			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.59	-0.224	1.47	-0.34%	-2.59	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
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
13	188	43	Jun 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-5	GS-3	L(3-2)	4	2.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.47	3.60	14	2	4	1	0	6	30			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.259	2.94	-0.53%	-3.16	1b start tie	3b -23 2 out d4
14	189	46	Jun 5(1)	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-9	W(4-2)	3	8.0	9	2	1	2	0	1	0	3.18	3.76	35	6	18	2	0	9	56			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.069	2.74	0.07%	0.87	1b start a 1	9b -2- 0 out a1
15	190	51	Jun 10	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	7.2	6	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.97	3.74	30	10	14	3	0	1	66			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.239	1.57	0.29%	2.51	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a3
16	191	56	Jun 16	CIN		STL	L,5-6	GS-5	L(5-3)	5	5.0	8	6	5	3	1	0	0	3.36	3.75	28	11	5	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	23	3	0	1	1	0	2	.74	-0.297	1.01	-0.24%	-3.59	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
17	192	61	Jun 21	CIN		LAD	W,6-4	GS-8	W(6-3)	4	7.0	8	4	4	1	8	2	0	3.51	3.80	29	11	9	4	0	0	52			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.061	1.26	0.04%	-1.00	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
18	193	65	Jun 26	CIN		SFG	W,10-4	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	11	4	4	3	6	1	0	3.56	3.79	41	10	12	0	0	10	52			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.008	.46	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
19	194	69	Jul 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,13-8	GS-7	W(8-3)	5	7.0	7	6	5	4	1	1	0	3.75	3.93	31	11	8	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.02	-0.195	1.15	-0.13%	-2.76	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a1
20	195	74	Jul 6	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	GS-8	L(8-4)	3	7.1	3	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.83	3.82	29	12	6	0	3	3	58			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.72	0.019	2.16	0.02%	1.31	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
21	196	78	Jul 10	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-7	GS-6	L(8-5)	3	5.1	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.89	3.74	24	10	5	0	0	8	41			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.082	.53	-0.03%	-0.86	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d3
22	197	81	Jul 17(1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-8	W(9-5)	6	7.1	8	5	4	2	4	1	1	3.95	3.79	32	8	9	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	.86	0.155	.44	0.05%	-0.69	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
23	198	86	Jul 21	CIN		CHC	L,1-8	GS-7	L(9-6)	3	6.1	8	6	6	5	0	0	2	4.18	3.89	33	12	6	1	0	8	28			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.088	.50	-0.02%	-1.79	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d4
24	199	91	Jul 26	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.97	3.86	31	15	11	4	0	0	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.391	.13	0.03%	3.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
25	200	93	Jul 28	CIN	@	LAD	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.94	3.87	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.014	.01	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
26	201	96	Jul 31	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-6	GS-5	L(10-7)	2	4.1	10	5	4	1	1	0	0	4.08	3.84	23	8	4	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.42	-0.271	.04	0.00%	-2.12	1b start a 2	5b -23 1 out d1
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
27	202	101	Aug 5	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(11-7)	4	8.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.86	3.75	29	11	10	0	0	4	76			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.544	.02	0.01%	4.08	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
28	203	106	Aug 10	CIN		SFG	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.80	3.70	29	7	13	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
29	204	113	Aug 15(2)	CIN		MLN	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-7)	4	9.0	11	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.59	3.64	36	9	11	0	0	11	67			0	0	0	34	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.34	0.479	.00	0.00%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	205	117	Aug 19	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	GS-9	W(13-7)	3	8.1	12	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.58	3.60	36	14	9	1	3	12	46			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	-0.075	.00	0.00%	0.17	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a1
31	206	121	Aug 23	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-6	GS-7	L(13-8)	3	7.0	7	4	2	1	0	0	0	3.54	3.58	29	13	8	0	0	7	50			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-0.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
32	207	123	Aug 25	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	3.57	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
33	208	126	Aug 28	CIN	@	LAD	W,9-3	CG	W(14-8)	2	9.0	6	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.49	3.65	33	13	13	3	0	1	65			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.15	0.046	.00	0.00%	1.51	1b start a 9	9b 3 out a6
Sep/Oct				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
34	209	129	Sep 1	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	W(15-8)	3	9.0	7	4	3	0	3	2	1	3.47	3.71	33	16	6	2	1	7	62			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	3	0	2	1.06	0.153	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	210	133	Sep 5	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(16-8)	3	9.0	13	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.41	3.64	41	11	15	2	0	8	56			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	0.198	.00	0.00%	2.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
36	211	138	Sep 9(2)	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	CG	W(17-8)	3	9.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.35	3.65	30	11	15	0	0	3	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.423	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
37	212	141	Sep 13	CIN		CHC	W,8-6	GS-6		3	5.1	10	6	6	0	1	2	0	3.51	3.73	26	8	7	2	1	10	25			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.499	.00	0.00%	-3.28	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
38	213	145	Sep 18(2)	CIN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	L(17-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.41	3.73	35	10	14	2	0	6	68			0	1	0	31	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.19	0.288	.00	0.00%	3.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
39	214	148	Sep 23	CIN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	L(17-10)	4	9.0	10	6	5	1	4	1	2	3.47	3.74	38	17	7	2	0	7	48			1	1	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.08	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
40	215	151	Sep 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.50	3.73	26	8	6	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-0.14	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
41	216	154	Oct 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS-6	L(17-11)	4	5.2	12	6	5	0	1	1	0	3.60	3.75	27	9	7	1	0	10	24			0	2	1	25	2	1	0	0	0	1	.51	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-3.41	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d6
							21-20		W-L:17-11	3.3	252.2	259	114	101	59	97	23	9	3.60	3.75	1063	1.09		5%	2%	224	51	4	75%	9	7	1	978	50	4	6	26	4	16	.97	-0.043	.79	-1.39%	7.05

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