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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2 Statistics
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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.

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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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