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Bob Sykes

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Full Name: Robert Joseph Sykes Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195 First Game: April 9, 1977
Birthdate: December 11, 1954 Final Game: October 4, 1981
Birthplace: Neptune, New Jersey MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on December 11, 1954 in Neptune, New Jersey, Bob Sykes (Robert Joseph Sykes) played for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 5 year career. Sykes broke into the bigs on April 9, 1977 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.41 ERA in 132.2 innings pitched in 1977, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Sykes's best season was 1978, when he posted a 3.94 ERA and struck out 58 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1977 DET A 32 20 5 7 4.41 58 74 65 3 0 0 132.2 141 15 50 0 3 2
1978 DET A 22 10 6 6 3.94 58 43 41 3 2 2 93.2 99 14 34 0 1 1
1979 STL N 13 11 4 3 6.18 35 49 46 0 0 0 67 86 11 34 2 4 1
1980 STL N 27 19 6 10 4.64 50 67 65 4 3 0 126 134 12 54 3 3 0
1981 STL N 22 1 2 0 4.58 14 20 19 0 0 0 37.1 37 2 18 1 3 1
Total NL 62 31 12 13 5.08 99 136 130 4 3 0 230.1 257 25 106 6 10 2
Total AL 54 30 11 13 4.22 116 117 106 6 2 2 226.1 240 29 84 0 4 3
Total 116 61 23 26 4.65 215 253 236 10 5 2 456.2 497 54 190 6 14 5

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1977 DET A P 32 20 132.2 6 20 2 3 0 2 11 3 0 .929
1978 DET A P 22 10 93.2 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .889
1979 STL N P 13 11 67 0 7 0 0 0 1 12 3 1 1.000
1980 STL N P 27 19 126 4 14 1 2 0 1 15 5 2 .947
1981 STL N P 22 1 37.1 4 8 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1.000
Total P 116 61 456.2 15 56 4 6 0 5 40 14 4 .947

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1977 DET A 32 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 DET A 22 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 STL N 13 21 2 2 0 0 .095 .208 .095 0 0 1 11 2 2 0 0 0
1980 STL N 27 39 2 4 0 2 .103 .143 .103 0 0 1 14 1 3 0 0 1
1981 STL N 22 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 62 62 4 6 0 2 .097 .174 .097 0 0 3 27 3 5 0 0 1
Total AL 54 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 116 62 4 6 0 2 .097 .174 .097 0 0 3 27 3 5 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Jack Murphy to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jerry Morales and Aurelio Lopez (December 4, 1978).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Yankees in exchange for Willie McGee (October 21, 1981).

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