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: 20-14 / in Starts: 16-9

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: 3

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	311	6	Apr 20	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	5	2	4	5	1	0	2.25	4.48	36	15	9	0	0	3	55			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.48	-0.266	3.60	-0.39%	-1.34	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
2	312	16	May 3(1)	CIN		NYM	W,6-5	GS-5		12	5.0	6	4	2	0	4	0	0	2.77	3.14	24	10	10	4	1	0	47			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.17	-0.221	2.04	-0.23%	-1.69	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
3	313	23	May 9	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	6.2	7	5	4	4	4	0	0	3.66	3.16	30	8	7	1	2	7	42			0	0	1	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	-0.057	2.83	-0.08%	-0.45	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out a1
4	314	27	May 15	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	W(1-2)	5	9.0	11	5	5	2	6	2	0	4.08	3.69	38	9	10	0	0	11	49			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	2	0	1	.48	-0.047	.98	-0.06%	-0.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
5	315	32	May 20	CIN		MLN	L,3-7	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	9	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.04	3.67	30	11	6	0	0	9	45			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	-0.053	3.09	-0.08%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
6	316	37	May 26	CIN		LAD	W,6-2	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.63	3.63	34	14	13	7	0	2	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.378	1.34	0.39%	2.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	317	42	May 31(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.02	3.37	33	14	8	0	0	6	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.208	.86	0.26%	4.40	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
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	318	47	Jun 5	CIN		STL	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	9	4	4	2	2	2	0	3.26	3.74	29	6	10	1	0	9	43			0	1	0	27	3	0	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.130	1.64	-0.18%	-0.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
9	319	52	Jun 10	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS-9		4	9.0	10	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.36	3.83	38	16	16	8	0	0	51			0	1	1	34	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.38	0.133	4.10	0.24%	-0.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
10	320	57	Jun 15	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	6	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.32	3.84	28	11	14	3	0	0	50			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.056	4.30	0.13%	0.56	1b start a 2	7b -2- 1 out a1
11	321	62	Jun 21(1)	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	5	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.36	3.82	30	10	15	4	0	2	52			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.062	3.64	-0.13%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
12	322	69	Jun 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-8	L(3-5)	5	7.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.40	3.77	30	8	12	4	0	7	50			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.176	2.56	-0.20%	0.50	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out tie
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
13	323	74	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	GS-7		3	6.0	10	5	5	0	4	3	0	3.66	4.02	29	10	5	2	0	10	36			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.187	1.36	-0.22%	-2.60	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d4
14	324	84	Jul 12(2)	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-5	GS-5	L(3-6)	10	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	1	3.92	4.10	23	10	8	4	0	1	32			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	0	.81	-0.272	1.55	-0.31%	-2.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
15	325	88	Jul 16	CIN		HOU	W,3-2	4-7	W(4-6)	3	3.2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	4.05	13	5	3	1	0	5		2	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.05	0.351	5.95	0.61%	2.26	4t 12- 1 out a1	7t 3 out a1
16	326	91	Jul 19(1)	CIN		PHI	W,7-4	4-6		2	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.68	3.95	9	1	5	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.046	.97	0.13%	1.39	4t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
17	327	94	Jul 21	CIN		NYM	L,2-4	5-6		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.61	3.91	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.101	3.54	0.23%	0.92	5t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d1
18	328	96	Jul 23	CIN		NYM	W,5-4	7-9	H(1)	1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.89	9	4	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.63	-0.059	4.35	-0.09%	-0.05	7t --- 0 out a2	9t 12- 0 out a2
19	329	100	Jul 26(2)	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.56	3.81	7	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.023	.67	0.05%	0.92	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
20	330	102	Jul 28	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.52	3.82	6	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.067	3.13	0.15%	0.92	7b 1-3 2 out d1	8b end d 1
21	331	104	Jul 31	CIN	@	STL	W,7-6	6-GF	S(1)	2	3.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.50	3.80	13	7	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.301	4.78	0.50%	0.78	6b -2- 2 out a2	9b end a 1
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
22	332	107	Aug 4(1)	CIN		MLN	W,5-2	GS-9	W(5-6)	3	8.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.42	3.67	33	10	8	1	0	9	60			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.121	3.18	0.23%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
23	333	114	Aug 10	CIN		LAD	W,7-2	CG	W(6-6)	5	9.0	4	2	1	2	2	0	0	3.26	3.61	34	17	13	4	0	0	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.33	0.153	.68	0.19%	2.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	334	117	Aug 14	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-3	7-GF(8)	L(6-7)	3	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	3.28	3.68	8	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.166	1.68	-0.22%	-0.16	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
25	335	121	Aug 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	W(7-7)	4	9.0	6	1	0	2	2	0	2	3.08	3.67	35	14	15	4	0	0	73			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	.53	0.208	1.15	0.27%	3.12	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
26	336	126	Aug 25	CIN		NYM	W,7-2	CG	W(8-7)	5	9.0	6	2	2	5	4	1	2	3.01	3.78	39	14	8	3	3	6	66			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.139	1.71	0.19%	2.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	337	130	Aug 30(1)	CIN		HOU	L,5-8	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	6.0	6	4	2	1	1	0	1	3.01	3.76	28	11	8	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	1	2	1.40	-0.271	3.78	-0.44%	-1.23	1t start tie	6t 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
28	338	136	Sep 5	CIN		MLN	W,5-1	CG	W(9-8)	5	9.0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.85	3.71	31	19	8	0	0	3	78			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	3	.76	0.319	1.43	0.36%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	339	141	Sep 10	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.71	3.59	32	17	4	0	0	5	83			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.440	2.00	0.57%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	340	145	Sep 15	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-2	L(10-9)	4	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.79	3.62	6	0	2	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.33	-0.226	1.17	-0.12%	-2.15	1b start a 1	2b -2- 0 out d1
31	341	148	Sep 19(1)	CIN		STL	W,7-5	GS-3		3	2.1	6	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.01	3.75	13	2	3	1	0	6	25			1	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.317	.88	-0.16%	-3.86	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d5
32	342	155	Sep 25(2)	CIN	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS-7	W(11-9)	5	6.1	2	1	1	5	2	0	0	2.95	3.77	24	12	6	1	4	0	62			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.116	10.55	0.61%	1.18	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
33	343	161	Oct 1	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	GS-5		5	4.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.02	3.75	21	5	8	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.127	25.13	-1.44%	-0.91	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
34	344	163	Oct 4	CIN		PHI	L,0-10	7-8		2	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.04	3.73	7	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	-0.001	.07	-0.02%	-0.08	7t --- 0 out d9	8t 3 out d10
							20-14		W-L:11-9,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.6	195.2	181	77	66	49	78	16	7	3.04	3.73	808	1.21		10%	2%	123	54	5	0%	6	4	2	737	30	3	4	19	3	16	.97	0.522	3.18	0.76%	12.60

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