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: 20-16 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 1

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	217	2	Apr 13	CIN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	2	1	4	7	0	0	1.00	2.35	39	7	13	2	2	8	68			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	0.345	3.22	0.54%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	218	6	Apr 18	CIN	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	4	1	0	1.00	3.24	35	15	7	0	1	6	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.17	0.109	.46	0.18%	3.39	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
3	219	11	Apr 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	9	5	5	0	3	2	0	2.52	3.85	28	11	14	3	1	0	42			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.049	1.47	-0.08%	-1.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
4	220	16	Apr 30(2)	CIN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.38	3.37	33	16	7	2	4	5	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.394	1.75	0.39%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
5	221	21	May 5	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-5	GS-8		4	8.0	6	4	2	2	3	0	0	2.36	3.22	32	10	11	0	2	6	59			1	1	0	28	1	1	1	0	2	1	.61	-0.148	1.60	-0.23%	-0.27	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
6	222	25	May 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-8	GS-3		6	3.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.00	3.42	16	5	3	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.271	5.30	-0.56%	-2.49	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d3
7	223	29	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	1	2	2.67	3.61	34	16	8	1	1	5	74			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.69	0.706	5.05	1.27%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	224	34	May 22	CIN		LAD	L,1-2	GS-10	L(4-2)	4	9.2	10	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.54	3.59	41	16	18	5	0	4	58			1	1	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.267	6.61	0.62%	2.69	1t start tie	10t 12- 2 out d1
9	225	38	May 28	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	2	2	2	2.48	3.85	36	14	10	3	3	8	65			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.348	2.29	0.61%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	226	41	May 30(2)	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.44	3.88	4	1	2	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	0.179	19.71	0.50%	0.87	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
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
11	227	43	Jun 2	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	GS-5	L(5-3)	2	5.0	9	4	4	0	2	1	0	2.75	3.91	23	4	8	1	2	9	35			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.160	3.69	-0.41%	-1.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
12	228	48	Jun 6	CIN		MLN	W,7-3	GS-8	W(6-3)	3	8.0	13	3	2	1	3	0	1	2.70	3.79	37	13	6	1	1	13	48			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	0.200	6.39	0.53%	1.11	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
13	229	54	Jun 11(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,9-3	GS-7	W(7-3)	4	7.0	10	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.79	3.68	31	7	12	2	3	9	46			0	0	0	29	6	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	-0.014	5.66	-0.04%	0.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
14	230	59	Jun 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	W(8-3)	5	9.0	10	5	5	0	4	0	0	2.98	3.51	37	13	10	2	1	10	51			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	0	1	1	.74	0.171	3.45	0.48%	-0.57	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
15	231	65	Jun 22	CIN		STL	W,7-5	GS-8	W(9-3)	4	7.2	8	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.18	3.52	33	10	9	1	3	8	41			0	2	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	0.062	6.29	0.20%	-1.13	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
16	232	70	Jun 28(1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-16	GS-4	L(9-4)	5	4.0	9	8	8	2	2	2	0	3.70	3.73	23	6	4	0	4	9	12			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	1	0	1	.50	-0.397	2.67	-1.28%	-5.97	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
17	233	71	Jun 28(2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.75	3.83	4	2	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.006	.18	-0.02%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
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
18	234	76	Jul 2(2)	CIN	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(10-4)	3	8.2	4	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.70	3.77	29	10	10	1	2	4	69			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.176	7.00	0.61%	1.10	1b start a 3	9b --- 2 out a1
19	235	82	Jul 7(2)	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.52	3.65	35	15	13	6	0	2	70			1	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.508	8.98	2.36%	3.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
20	236	86	Jul 14	CIN		CHC	L,7-8	GS-6		6	5.1	11	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.64	3.68	27	3	9	2	2	11	32			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.252	3.80	-0.64%	-1.85	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
21	237	91	Jul 19	CIN		LAD	L,3-8	GS-6	L(11-5)	4	5.1	9	8	5	1	3	0	0	3.82	3.62	26	7	15	7	0	0	26			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.367	7.63	-1.86%	-4.12	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d4
22	238	94	Jul 23(1)	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	W(12-5)	3	9.0	8	5	5	0	6	3	0	3.89	3.73	35	8	13	0	3	8	57			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.001	7.24	0.00%	-0.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
23	239	99	Jul 27	CIN	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.73	3.62	33	10	9	0	2	5	78			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.590	9.73	2.26%	3.20	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
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
24	240	107	Aug 4	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	GS-8		7	8.0	6	4	1	2	1	1	0	3.61	3.67	32	14	9	1	2	6	59			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.28	-0.266	7.71	-0.96%	0.11	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
25	241	112	Aug 8	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	L(13-6)	3	8.1	12	6	5	2	4	3	0	3.69	3.83	40	12	12	5	3	10	39			0	0	0	37	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.23	-0.540	7.80	-2.06%	-1.31	1b start a 1	9b --- 1 out d1
26	242	115	Aug 12	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-6	GS-6	L(13-7)	3	6.0	5	5	5	3	1	2	0	3.82	3.97	27	8	10	0	1	5	40			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.238	5.42	-1.00%	-2.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
27	243	118	Aug 16(1)	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-0	SHO	W(14-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.64	3.83	31	15	9	4	0	0	86			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.191	4.31	1.54%	4.89	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
28	244	123	Aug 22(1)	CIN		SFG	L,2-12	GS-3	L(14-8)	5	2.0	8	6	6	0	1	2	0	3.88	3.94	14	4	1	0	0	8	17			1	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.320	5.12	-1.34%	-4.46	1t start tie	3t -23 0 out d4
29	245	127	Aug 25	CIN		LAD	L,2-7	GS-6	L(14-9)	2	6.0	7	6	6	0	7	3	0	4.03	4.02	26	9	10	3	0	0	41			0	0	0	26	0	2	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.300	7.41	-2.04%	-2.92	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
30	246	132	Aug 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-7	L(14-10)	4	7.0	7	3	2	4	5	0	0	3.98	3.98	32	11	7	0	1	5	54			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.046	5.52	-0.18%	0.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
31	247	137	Sep 5	CIN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	W(15-10)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	1	3.90	3.90	36	12	8	2	1	6	72			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.442	6.56	2.26%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
32	248	141	Sep 10	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	W(16-10)	4	9.0	2	2	1	2	4	0	0	3.78	3.84	31	12	11	1	3	2	79			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.213	5.97	0.82%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	249	145	Sep 17	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	GS-7	L(16-11)	6	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.79	3.80	30	11	9	3	0	5	54			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.061	1.37	-0.07%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
34	250	148	Sep 22	CIN		SFG	L,0-6	GS-3	L(16-12)	4	2.1	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.86	3.80	14	3	3	0	1	4	37			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.215	.48	-0.06%	-2.39	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
35	251	151	Sep 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-5		3	5.0	5	3	1	2	2	0	0	3.82	3.78	23	10	4	0	0	5	49			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.075	.55	-0.03%	-0.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
36	252	154	Oct 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.73	3.75	23	8	7	1	1	3	65			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.245	.00	0.00%	2.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
							20-16		W-L:16-12,Sv:1	3.9	246.1	245	118	102	51	116	27	6	3.73	3.75	1030	1.12		9%	8%	197	53	1	0%	10	7	0	958	52	8	4	11	5	15	1.00	1.420	4.88	2.33%	8.64

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