Bob Purkey
Bob Purkey
Full name: Robert Thomas Purkey Born: July 14, 1929, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania First Game: April 14, 1954; Final Game: July 26, 1966 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 175 P on TSN NL All-Star Team
Bob Purkey
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1954 PIT N 1954 PIT N 1955 PIT N 1955 PIT N 1956 PIT N 1956 PIT N 1957 PIT N 1957 PIT N 1958 CIN N 1958 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1960 CIN N Daily Splits 41 83 6 11 0 0 0 5 7 0 44 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 .133 .200 .133 0.0 1960 CIN N 1961 CIN N Daily Splits 36 80 6 8 2 0 1 4 2 0 32 1 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 .100 .133 .162 0.0 1961 CIN N 1962 CIN N Daily Splits 37 107 9 11 2 0 2 3 4 0 56 0 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 .103 .134 .178 0.0 1962 CIN N 1963 CIN N Daily Splits 21 41 3 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 22 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 .098 .174 .098 0.0 1963 CIN N 1964 CIN N Daily Splits 34 58 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 33 1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 .052 .082 .052 0.0 1964 CIN N 1965 STL N Daily Splits 32 35 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 21 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 .029 .056 .029 0.0 1965 STL N 1966 PIT N Daily Splits 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1966 PIT N Splits 387 645 53 71 9 3 6 42 38 0i 325 4 56 5 0i 10i 5 0 0 .110 .163 .161 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1961 CIN N Daily Splits 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1961 CIN N
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1961 NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1961 NL
1962 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1962 NL
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1954 PIT N 1954 PIT N 1955 PIT N 1955 PIT N 1956 PIT N 1956 PIT N 1957 PIT N 1957 PIT N 1958 CIN N 1958 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1960 CIN N Daily Splits 41 33 11 1 3 0 252.2 259 1064 23 114 101 59 5 97 13 4 2 9 1 50 4 26 17 17 11 3.60 0.5 1960 CIN N 1961 CIN N Daily Splits 36 34 13 1 2 1 246.1 245 1031 27 118 102 51 4 116 10 5 7 6 0 52 8 12 16 16 12 3.73 0.8 1961 CIN N 1962 CIN N Daily Splits 37 37 18 2 0 0 288.1 260 1181 28 109 90 64 3 141 13 7 6 14 1 32 3 18 16 23 5 2.81 3.0 1962 CIN N 1963 CIN N Daily Splits 21 21 4 1 0 0 137 143 570 12 60 54 33 6 55 8 2 4 2 2 35 2 9 6 6 10 3.55 -0.3 1963 CIN N 1964 CIN N Daily Splits 34 25 9 2 3 1 195.2 181 808 16 77 66 49 4 78 14 3 6 7 0 30 3 19 17 11 9 3.04 0.8 1964 CIN N 1965 STL N Daily Splits 32 17 3 1 10 2 124.1 148 549 20 83 80 33 4 39 3 2 2 7 1 14 2 16 10 10 9 5.79 -3.4 1965 STL N 1966 PIT N Daily Splits 10 0 0 0 6 1 19.2 16 75 0 3 3 4 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.37 0.3 1966 PIT N Splits 386 276 92 13 53 9 2114.2 2170 8899 195 998 891 510 41i 793 107 52 36 71 6 213i 23i101i 84i129 115 3.79 1.5 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1961 CIN N Daily Splits 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 6 43 2 5 2 3 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1.64 1961 CIN N
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1961 NL Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 16 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.25 1961 NL
1962 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 1962 NL
Total Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 24 1 2 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1954 PIT N 6 1.000
1955 PIT N 1956 PIT N 1957 PIT N 1958 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1960 CIN N Daily P 41 33 11 252.2 30 47 1 5 0 0 7 9 1 .987
1961 CIN N Daily P 36 34 13 246.1 29 69 2 2 0 12 7 10 0 .980
1962 CIN N Daily P 37 37 18 288.1 25 59 4 7 0 12 3 15 1 .955
1963 CIN N Daily P 21 21 4 137 15 29 3 0 0 4 4 4 0 .936
1964 CIN N Daily P 34 25 9 195.2 17 44 4 4 0 8 4 6 2 .938
1965 STL N Daily P 32 17 3 124.1 8 28 1 1 0 3 1 5 0 .973
1966 PIT N Daily P 10 0 0 19.2 0 10 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 .909
Total P 386 167i 58i 1264 i 184 464 23 32 0i 39i 29i 51i 4i .966
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1961 CIN N Daily P 2 1 1 11 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .875
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1961 NL Daily P 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1962 NL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 3 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions 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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