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: 8-13 / in Starts: 8-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	290	23	May 7	CIN		HOU	L,2-3	GS-6		99	5.1	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.29	20	5	8	1	1	4	59			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.018	1.55	0.02%	0.73	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out a1
2	291	28	May 12(1)	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-0	GS-9	W(1-0)	4	8.2	7	0	0	8	4	0	0	0.00	3.55	39	14	6	0	1	7	66			0	0	0	31	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.11	0.372	2.01	0.40%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a3
3	292	34	May 18	CIN	@	STL	W,9-7	GS-5		5	4.1	8	5	5	1	0	1	1	2.45	4.33	22	5	7	0	0	8	26			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.368	2.13	-0.36%	-4.03	1b start a 5	5b -23 1 out a1
4	293	38	May 24	CIN		PHI	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	5.2	8	5	5	3	1	0	0	3.75	4.19	28	12	5	0	0	7	31			1	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.200	2.01	-0.27%	-2.94	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d5
5	294	43	May 29	CIN		SFG	L,4-5	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	3.2	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	3.25	3.74	13	4	5	0	0	1	58			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.041	2.26	0.05%	0.54	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out tie
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
6	295	49	Jun 5(2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-7	L(1-3)	6	7.0	9	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.63	4.01	30	5	11	2	0	9	42			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.134	.91	-0.14%	-1.03	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	296	53	Jun 9(1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS-9		3	8.0	7	4	4	2	0	2	0	3.80	4.47	33	8	16	3	4	7	50			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.040	1.53	0.06%	-0.64	1b start a 2	9b --- 0 out a3
8	297	59	Jun 14	CIN		NYM	L,3-10	GS-3	L(1-4)	4	2.1	6	6	6	1	2	1	1	4.80	4.70	14	2	2	1	0	6	22			0	0	0	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.429	2.54	-0.67%	-5.16	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d5
9	298	64	Jun 18	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	GS-8		3	8.0	8	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.25	4.54	28	11	7	3	2	8	64			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.340	2.22	0.45%	2.49	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
10	299	69	Jun 23(1)	CIN		HOU	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.63	4.04	30	10	10	2	2	4	85			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.284	1.51	0.51%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
11	300	74	Jun 28	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-7	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	3	0	1	2	0	3.71	4.26	22	10	7	0	1	4	53			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.120	1.72	-0.24%	-0.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
12	301	78	Jul 2	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-4	GS-6	W(3-4)	3	6.0	6	3	2	0	2	0	0	3.65	4.06	25	11	6	2	1	6	52			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.13	-0.177	3.20	-0.30%	-0.61	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
13	302	84	Jul 7(1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-4	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	9	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.78	4.00	31	14	15	8	0	0	41			0	1	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	1	.73	-0.131	2.90	-0.31%	-1.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
14	303	95	Jul 18	CIN		STL	W,6-3	GS-7	W(4-5)	10	6.2	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.70	3.90	26	9	7	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	1	0	.67	0.086	.74	0.06%	0.33	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a3
15	304	100	Jul 24	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-6)	5	8.0	8	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.57	3.87	34	16	11	6	3	1	56			0	1	0	29	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.027	1.78	-0.02%	1.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	305	105	Jul 28(2)	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(4-7)	3	8.0	10	5	4	1	7	0	0	3.65	3.66	34	9	8	0	1	9	50			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.135	1.43	-0.14%	-1.64	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
17	306	112	Aug 4(1)	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(5-7)	6	9.0	10	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.51	3.55	37	12	12	1	4	10	60			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.199	.63	0.10%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	307	119	Aug 10	CIN		LAD	L,3-10	GS-7	L(5-8)	5	7.0	9	4	3	1	4	1	0	3.53	3.56	32	10	14	6	1	3	48			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.162	2.11	-0.19%	-0.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
19	308	126	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	W,2-1	GS-8	W(6-8)	6	7.1	8	1	1	2	9	1	0	3.40	3.50	31	9	9	4	2	2	65			1	0	0	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.38	0.057	.74	0.02%	1.00	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a1
20	309	135	Aug 27	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-6	L(6-9)	9	6.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.45	3.54	22	11	10	5	0	0	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.139	.25	-0.02%	-0.66	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
Sept				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
21	310	140	Sep 2(1)	CIN	@	NYM	L,3-5	GS-4	L(6-10)	5	4.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.55	3.58	19	3	6	0	2	6	40			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.201	.06	-0.01%	-1.30	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
							8-13		W-L:6-10	4.6	137.0	143	60	54	33	55	12	2	3.55	3.58	570	1.04		12%	7%	108	51		---%	4	4	0	525	35	2	6	9	2	6	.92	-0.786	1.62	-1.01%	-4.76

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