Bob Purkey

Robert Thomas Purkey
Born: July 14, 1929
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Deceased: 2008
Allegheny County, PA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 175
Career: 1954-1966
Minor League Statistics

Bob Purkey compiled a career record of 129 wins and 115 losses in his 387-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Redlegs, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. He began playing during the 1954 season and last took the field during the 1966 campaign.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Cincinnati Redlegs

Cincinnati Reds

St. Louis Cardinals

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1954	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	8	.273	5.07	36	11	7	0	0	0	131.3	145	78	74	3	62	0	38	7	1	1	581
1955	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	7	.222	5.32	14	10	3	2	0	1	67.7	77	47	40	5	25	1	24	2	0	1	298
1956	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14
1957	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	14	.440	3.86	48	21	11	6	1	2	179.7	194	84	77	10	38	9	51	7	0	2	761
1958	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	17	11	.607	3.60	37	34	2	17	3	0	250.0	259	106	100	25	49	3	70	4	0	1	1040
1959	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	13	18	.419	4.25	38	33	5	9	1	1	218.0	241	118	103	25	43	2	78	6	0	4	927
1960	NL	Cincinnati Reds	17	11	.607	3.60	41	33	3	11	1	0	252.7	259	114	101	23	59	5	97	9	1	2	1064
1961	NL	Cincinnati Reds	16	12	.571	3.73	36	34	2	13	1	1	246.3	245	118	102	27	51	4	116	6	0	7	1031
1962	NL	Cincinnati Reds	23	5	.821	2.81	37	37	0	18	2	0	288.3	260	109	90	28	64	3	141	14	1	6	1181
1963	NL	Cincinnati Reds	6	10	.375	3.55	21	21	0	4	1	0	137.0	143	60	54	12	33	6	55	2	2	4	570
1964	NL	Cincinnati Reds	11	9	.550	3.04	34	25	3	9	2	1	195.7	181	77	66	16	49	4	78	7	0	6	808
1965	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	10	9	.526	5.79	32	17	10	3	1	2	124.3	148	83	80	20	33	4	39	7	1	2	549
1966	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	0	1	.000	1.37	10	0	6	0	0	1	19.7	16	3	3	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	75
Totals			129	115	.529	3.79	386	276	53	92	13	9	2114.7	2170	998	891	195	510	41	793	71	6	36	8899

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1954	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	36	33	26	2	2	1	0	0	4	4	12	.077	.200	.115	.315	3	0	0	3	0
1955	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	14	22	19	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	4	.316	.316	.474	.789	9	0	0	3	0
1956	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1957	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	48	52	45	3	5	0	2	0	6	3	22	.111	.180	.200	.380	9	0	1	2	1
1958	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	37	94	81	9	9	2	0	1	4	6	42	.111	.170	.173	.343	14	0	0	6	1
1959	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	38	77	66	8	11	2	1	1	6	6	34	.167	.247	.273	.519	18	1	1	4	0
1960	NL	Cincinnati Reds	41	96	83	6	11	0	0	0	5	7	44	.133	.200	.133	.333	11	1	0	6	0
1961	NL	Cincinnati Reds	36	90	80	6	8	2	0	1	4	2	32	.100	.133	.163	.295	13	2	1	7	0
1962	NL	Cincinnati Reds	37	119	107	9	11	2	0	2	3	4	56	.103	.134	.178	.311	19	0	0	7	1
1963	NL	Cincinnati Reds	21	49	41	3	4	0	0	0	2	4	22	.098	.174	.098	.271	4	1	0	3	1
1964	NL	Cincinnati Reds	34	69	58	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	33	.052	.082	.052	.134	3	0	1	8	1
1965	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	32	43	35	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	21	.029	.056	.029	.084	1	0	0	7	0
1966	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			387	748	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	38	325	.110	.163	.161	.325	104	5	4	56	5

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1954	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	36	11	131.3	16	40	0	6	1.000	3.838	1.556
1955	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	14	10	67.7	2	16	1	0	.947	2.394	1.286
1956	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	2	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	.500
1957	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	48	21	179.7	13	30	3	3	.935	2.154	.896
1958	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	P	37	34	250.0	10	56	1	2	.985	2.376	1.784
1959	NL	Cincinnati Redlegs	P	38	33	218.0	19	35	2	1	.964	2.229	1.421
1960	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	41	33	252.7	30	47	1	5	.987	2.743	1.878
1961	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	36	34	246.3	29	69	2	2	.980	3.581	2.722
1962	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	37	37	288.3	25	59	4	7	.955	2.622	2.270
1963	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	21	21	137.0	15	29	3	0	.936	2.891	2.095
1964	NL	Cincinnati Reds	P	34	25	195.7	17	44	4	4	.938	2.806	1.794
1965	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	32	17	124.3	8	28	1	1	.973	2.606	1.125
1966	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	10	0	19.7	0	10	1	1	.909	4.576	1.000
Totals				386	276	2114.7	184	464	23	32	.966	2.758	1.679

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1961	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43
Totals				0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1961	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	P	2	1	11.0	4	3	1	0	.875	5.727	3.500
Totals					2	1	11.0	4	3	1	0	.875	5.727	3.500

Awards

1962 - NL TSN All-Star P

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