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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-20 / in Starts: 17-17
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	54 (24-22-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	57 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
R McMillan	2
W Dropo	1
Self	1
D Fondy	0

Most Driven In By
D Fondy	2
J Lynch	2
D Hoak	1
F Robinson	1
P Whisenant	1
Self	1
V Pinson	1

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	101	2 (1)	Apr 18	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.53	0.077	1.23	0.11%	0.07	P
2	102	6 (3)	Apr 23	CIN		MLN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	9	.86	0.020	2.61	0.04%	-0.26	P
3	103	10 (3)	Apr 29	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.200	.300	9	1.72	-0.166	3.75	-0.22%	-1.11	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	104	13 (2)	May 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.167	.250	9	.95	-0.047	2.91	-0.09%	-0.39	P
5	105	18 (4)	May 9	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.200	.333	9	1.14	-0.056	3.27	-0.10%	-0.44	P
6	106	22 (3)	May 14	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.188	.313	9	.86	-0.022	1.68	-0.03%	-0.23	P
7	107	25 (2)	May 18	CIN		MLN	W,11-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.150	.250	9	.67	-0.075	1.20	-0.08%	-1.25	P
8	108	29 (3)	May 23	CIN		LAD	W,4-1	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.136	.227	9	1.03	0.035	1.10	0.02%	0.00	P
9	109	34 (4)	May 28	CIN		CHC	L,4-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.087	.130	.217	9	.60	-0.015	.82	-0.01%	-0.17	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	110	37 (2)	Jun 1 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.115	.154	.269	9	.81	-0.044	1.12	-0.04%	-0.53	P
11	111	42 (4)	Jun 5	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.138	.276	.414	9	.83	0.084	1.57	0.09%	0.22	P
12	112	46 (3)	Jun 9	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.129	.258	.387	9	.62	-0.036	2.12	-0.07%	-0.58	P
13	113	49 (2)	Jun 14	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.176	.273	.449	9	.93	0.050	2.95	0.10%	0.32	P
14	114	55 (5)	Jun 20	CIN		CHC	L,3-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.176	.273	.449	9						P
15	115	58 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,6-8	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.176	.273	.449	8						P
16	116	61 (2)	Jun 24 (2)	CIN		LAD	L,2-7	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.158	.243	.401	9	2.04	-0.198	6.26	-0.36%	-1.23	P
17	117	66 (4)	Jun 30	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.154	.237	.391	9	.85	-0.021	3.21	-0.05%	-0.22	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	118	71 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.146	.163	.244	.407	9	.33	0.009	.85	0.01%	0.00	P
19	119	73 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,1-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.146	.163	.244	.407	9						P
20	120	75 (1)	Jul 10	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.170	.227	.397	9	.37	-0.006	1.17	-0.01%	-0.87	P
21	121	80 (4)	Jul 14	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.167	.222	.389	9	1.08	-0.031	2.02	-0.04%	-0.33	P
22	122	85 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.157	.208	.365	9	1.65	-0.132	2.13	-0.10%	-0.92	P
23	123	92 (6)	Jul 25 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.145	.192	.338	9	.89	-0.097	1.21	-0.08%	-1.05	P
24	124	97 (4)	Jul 30	CIN		SFG	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.153	.196	.349	9	1.37	-0.003	2.68	0.00%	0.52	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	125	99 (1)	Aug 1	CIN		LAD	L,2-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.153	.196	.349	7						P
26	126	101 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	CIN		LAD	L,6-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.150	.193	.343	9	1.05	-0.027	1.21	-0.02%	-0.25	P
27	127	105 (3)	Aug 7	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.117	.143	.183	.326	9	1.92	-0.168	1.86	-0.10%	-1.06	P
28	128	110 (4)	Aug 11	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.152	.177	.329	9	.93	-0.018	.17	0.00%	-0.09	P
29	129	115 (4)	Aug 15	CIN		PIT	W,6-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.159	.185	.344	9	.84	-0.014	.03	0.00%	-0.15	P
30	130	119 (3)	Aug 19	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.155	.179	.334	9	.52	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
31	131	123 (3)	Aug 23	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.151	.174	.325	9	.64	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
32	132	128 (4)	Aug 29	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.169	.169	.338	9	1.20	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	133	134 (5)	Sep 2	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.167	.167	.333	9	.84	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
34	134	137 (2)	Sep 6	CIN	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.171	.160	.331	9	.54	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
35	135	142 (4)	Sep 10	CIN	@	MLN	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.104	.167	.156	.323	9	1.67	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.59	P
36	136	145 (2)	Sep 14 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.101	.163	.152	.315	9	.88	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
37	137	150 (4)	Sep 20	CIN		MLN	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.170	.173	.343	9	1.22	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
							17-20		94	81	9	9	2	0	1	4	6	0	42	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	.111	.170	.173	.343		.98	-1.121	1.53	-1.02%	-12.56

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