Bob Purkey

Full Name: Robert Thomas Purkey	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/175	First Game: April 14, 1954
Birthdate: July 14, 1929	Final Game: July 26, 1966
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 14, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bob Purkey (Robert Thomas Purkey) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 13 year career. Purkey broke into the bigs on April 14, 1954 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 5.07 ERA in 131.1 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Purkey's best season was 1962, when he posted a 2.81 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 141 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1954	PIT	N	36	11	3	8	5.07	38	78	74	0	0	0	131.1	145	3	62	4	1	7
1955	PIT	N	14	10	2	7	5.32	24	47	40	2	0	1	67.2	77	5	25	1	1	2
1956	PIT	N	2	0	0	0	2.25	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
1957	PIT	N	48	21	11	14	3.86	51	84	77	6	1	2	179.2	194	10	38	9	2	7
1958	CIN	N	37	34	17	11	3.60	70	106	100	17	3	0	250	259	25	49	3	1	4
1959	CIN	N	38	33	13	18	4.25	78	118	103	9	1	1	218	241	25	43	2	4	6
1960	CIN	N	41	33	17	11	3.60	97	114	101	11	1	0	252.2	259	23	59	5	2	9
1961	CIN	N	36	34	16	12	3.73	116	118	102	13	1	1	246.1	245	27	51	4	7	6
1962	CIN	N	37	37	23	5	2.81	141	109	90	18	2	0	288.1	260	28	64	3	6	14
1963	CIN	N	21	21	6	10	3.55	55	60	54	4	1	0	137	143	12	33	6	4	2
1964	CIN	N	34	25	11	9	3.04	78	77	66	9	2	1	195.2	181	16	49	4	6	7
1965	STL	N	32	17	10	9	5.79	39	83	80	3	1	2	124.1	148	20	33	4	2	7
1966	PIT	N	10	0	0	1	1.37	5	3	3	0	0	1	19.2	16	0	4	0	0	0
Total			386	276	129	115	3.79	793	998	891	92	13	9	2114.2	2170	195	510	45	36	71

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	PIT	N	P	36	11	131.1	16	40	0	6	0	6	1	0	1.000
1955	PIT	N	P	14	0	0	2	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1956	PIT	N	P	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	PIT	N	P	48	21	179.2	13	30	3	3	2	4	0	0	.935
1958	CIN	N	P	37	34	250	10	56	1	2	1	5	1	1	.985
1959	CIN	N	P	38	33	218	19	35	2	1	4	2	1	1	.964
1960	CIN	N	P	41	33	252.2	30	47	1	5	0	9	7	1	.987
1961	CIN	N	P	36	34	246.1	29	69	2	2	12	10	7	0	.980
1962	CIN	N	P	37	37	288.1	25	59	4	7	12	15	3	1	.955
1963	CIN	N	P	21	21	137	15	29	3	0	4	4	4	0	.936
1964	CIN	N	P	34	25	195.2	17	44	4	4	8	6	4	2	.938
1965	STL	N	P	32	17	124.1	8	28	1	1	3	5	1	0	.973
1966	PIT	N	P	10	0	19.2	0	10	1	1	0	2	3	0	.909
Total			P	386	266	2043	184	464	23	32	46	68	32	6	.966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1954	PIT	N	36	26	2	2	0	4	.077	.200	.115	1	0	4	12	0	3	0
1955	PIT	N	14	19	1	6	1	4	.316	.316	.474	0	0	0	4	0	3	0
1956	PIT	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	PIT	N	48	45	3	5	0	6	.111	.180	.200	0	2	3	22	1	2	0
1958	CIN	N	37	81	9	9	1	4	.111	.170	.173	2	0	6	42	0	6	0
1959	CIN	N	38	66	8	11	1	6	.167	.247	.273	2	1	6	34	1	4	1
1960	CIN	N	41	83	6	11	0	5	.133	.200	.133	0	0	7	44	0	6	1
1961	CIN	N	36	80	6	8	1	4	.100	.133	.162	2	0	2	32	1	7	2
1962	CIN	N	37	107	9	11	2	3	.103	.134	.178	2	0	4	56	0	7	0
1963	CIN	N	21	41	3	4	0	2	.098	.174	.098	0	0	4	22	0	3	1
1964	CIN	N	34	58	3	3	0	1	.052	.082	.052	0	0	1	33	1	8	0
1965	STL	N	32	35	3	1	0	3	.029	.056	.029	0	0	1	21	0	7	0
1966	PIT	N	11	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Total			387	645	53	71	6	42	.110	.163	.161	9	3	38	325	4	56	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1948).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Don Gross (December 9, 1957).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Roger Craig and Charlie James (December 14, 1964).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates (April 7, 1966).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (August 3, 1966).

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