Bob Purkey | Major Leaguer 1954-1966

Full Name: Robert Thomas Purkey
Born: July 14,1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: South Hills Catholic (Pittsburgh,PA)
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1948] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Pirates. [Dec 9,1957] - Traded by Pirates to Reds for Don Gross. [Dec 14,1964] - Traded by Reds to Cardinals for Charlie James and Roger Craig. [Apr 7,1966] - Purchased by Pirates from Cardinals. [Aug 3,1966] - Released by Pirates.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1954	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	3	8	5.07	36	11	0	0	7	0	131.1	145	78	74	3	62	38	1	1	9.94	0.21	4.25	2.60	1.58	--
1955	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	2	7	5.32	14	10	2	0	3	1	67.2	77	47	40	5	25	24	1	0	10.24	0.67	3.33	3.19	1.51	--
1956	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	0	0	2.25	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.50	2.25	0.00	2.25	0.50	--
1957	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	11	14	3.86	48	21	6	1	11	2	179.2	194	84	77	10	38	51	2	0	9.72	0.50	1.90	2.55	1.29	45%
1958	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	17	11	3.60	37	34	17	3	2	0	250.0	259	106	100	25	49	70	1	0	9.32	0.90	1.76	2.52	1.23	42%
1959	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	13	18	4.25	38	33	9	1	5	1	218.0	241	118	103	25	43	78	4	0	9.95	1.03	1.78	3.22	1.30	47%
1960	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	17	11	3.60	41	33	11	1	3	0	252.2	259	114	101	23	59	97	2	1	9.23	0.82	2.10	3.46	1.26	52%
1961	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	16	12	3.73	36	34	13	1	2	1	246.1	245	118	102	27	51	116	7	0	8.95	0.99	1.86	4.24	1.20	52%
1962	Cincinnati	NL	32	Cin	MLB	23	5	2.81	37	37	18	2	0	0	288.1	260	109	90	28	64	141	6	1	8.12	0.87	2.00	4.40	1.12	46%
1963	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	6	10	3.55	21	21	4	1	0	0	137.0	143	60	54	12	33	55	4	2	9.39	0.79	2.17	3.61	1.28	51%
1964	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	11	9	3.04	34	25	9	2	3	1	195.2	181	77	66	16	49	78	6	0	8.33	0.74	2.25	3.59	1.18	55%
1965	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	MLB	10	9	5.79	32	17	3	1	10	2	124.1	148	83	80	20	33	39	2	1	10.71	1.45	2.39	2.82	1.46	61%
1966	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	0	1	1.37	10	0	0	0	6	1	19.2	16	3	3	0	4	5	0	0	7.32	0.00	1.83	2.29	1.02	51%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)						129	115	3.79	386	276	92	13	53	9	2,114.2	2170	998	891	195	510	793	36	6	9.24	0.83	2.17	3.37	1.27	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1954	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	p		36	26	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	0		3	0	0	.077	.200	.115	315	--
1955	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	p		14	19	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	.316	.316	.474	790	--
1956	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	p		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1957	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	p	9	48	45	3	5	0	2	0	6	0	0	3	22	1	0	2	1	0	.111	.180	.200	380	53%
1958	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	p	9	37	81	9	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	6	42	0	0	6	1	0	.111	.170	.173	343	62%
1959	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	38	66	8	11	2	1	1	6	0	0	6	34	1	0	4	0	1	.167	.247	.273	520	51%
1960	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	p	9	41	83	6	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	44	0	0	6	0	1	.133	.200	.133	333	52%
1961	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	p	9	36	80	6	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	32	1	0	7	0	2	.100	.133	.163	296	55%
1962	Cincinnati	NL	32	Cin	MLB	p	9	37	107	9	11	2	0	2	3	0	0	4	56	0	0	7	1	0	.103	.134	.178	312	56%
1963	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	p	9	21	41	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	0	0	3	1	1	.098	.174	.098	272	45%
1964	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	p	9	34	58	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	33	1	0	8	1	0	.052	.082	.052	134	49%
1965	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	MLB	p	9	32	35	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	21	0	0	7	0	0	.029	.056	.029	085	60%
1966	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	p	9	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	67%

Major League Totals - 13 Season(s)								387	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	325	4		56	5	5	.110	.163	.161	324	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1961	Cincinnati	NL	31		Ws	0	1	1.64	2		1			0	11.0	6		2		3	5			4.91	---	2.45	4.09	0.82	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	1	1.64	2		1			0	11.0	6		2		3	5			4.91	---	2.45	4.09	0.82	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1961	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	Ws	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1954	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	P	36		131.1	16	40	0	56	6	-	-	-	1.000	3.84

1955	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	P	14		67.2	2	16	1	19	0	-	-	-	.947	2.39

1956	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	P	2		4	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.25

1957	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	P	48		179.2	13	30	3	46	3	-	-	-	.935	2.15

1958	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	P	37		250	10	56	1	67	2	-	-	-	.985	2.38

1959	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	38		218	19	35	2	56	1	-	-	-	.964	2.23

1960	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	P	41		252.2	30	47	1	78	5	-	-	-	.987	2.74

1961	Cincinnati	NL	31	Cin	MLB	P	36		246.1	29	69	2	100	2	-	-	-	.980	3.58

1962	Cincinnati	NL	32	Cin	MLB	P	37		288.1	25	59	4	88	7	-	-	-	.955	2.62

1963	Cincinnati	NL	33	Cin	MLB	P	21		137	15	29	3	47	0	-	-	-	.936	2.89

1964	Cincinnati	NL	34	Cin	MLB	P	34		195.2	17	44	4	65	4	-	-	-	.938	2.81

1965	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	MLB	P	32		124.1	8	28	1	37	1	-	-	-	.973	2.61

1966	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	P	10		19.2	0	10	1	11	1	-	-	-	.909	4.58

Awards

[1958] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #19), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1961] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1962] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #8), Major League Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3), Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1958, 1961-1962)

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