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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,0-6		9	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	10 (5)	Apr 23	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	GF	16	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
4	16 (5)	Apr 29	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	21 (4)	May 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	GS	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	26 (4)	May 13	PIT		MLN	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	2
7	31 (4)	May 17	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	34 (2)	May 20	PIT		STL	L,4-17	GS	6	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	37 (2)	May 23 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	GF	10	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
10	40 (2)	May 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-21	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	44 (3)	May 30 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-8		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	45	May 30 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-10		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	49 (3)	Jun 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-7		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	52 (2)	Jun 8	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	58 (5)	Jun 13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	GS	29	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
16	61 (2)	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,2-11		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	64 (2)	Jun 23	PIT		STL	L,1-7		0	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	66 (1)	Jun 25	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	74 (7)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-9		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	76 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-8		22	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	79 (2)	Jul 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	87 (7)	Jul 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS	34	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
23	92 (4)	Jul 22	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	0	11.0	6	5	0	11	2
24	97 (4)	Jul 26	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	GS	0	6.0	1	4	0	5	0
25	100 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,8-6		0	5.1	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	104 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-12		16	2.2	2	0	0	2	1
27	109 (4)	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,6-8	GS	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	117 (7)	Aug 15 susp	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7		22	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	120 (2)	Aug 19	PIT		BRO	L,5-7		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	121	Aug 20	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	125 (3)	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,0-13	GF	26	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	136 (10)	Sep 5	PIT		PHI	L,5-12		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	137	Sep 6 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-6		32	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	143 (5)	Sep 12 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-13		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	145 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-9		0	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	152 (6)	Sep 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							36gm		131.1	16	40	0	56	6