Bob Purkey Notable

b. July 14, 1929 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1954–1957, 1966, Cincinnati Redlegs 1958–1959, Cincinnati Reds 1960–1964, St. Louis Cardinals 1965

Bob Purkey played for four clubs across 13 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954 and closing with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1966. His longest stay was with the Cincinnati Reds, from 1960 to 1964.

He went 129 and 115 with a 3.79 earned run average, pitching 2,114 innings in 386 games. He struck out 793, completed 92 of his 276 starts and threw 13 shutouts. Across 387 games he batted .110, with 71 hits and 53 runs. He finished with 6 home runs and 9 doubles.

He was selected to three All-Star teams between 1958 and 1962.

He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, USA on July 14, 1929, and died on March 16, 2008. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	3	1958, 1961, 1962
The Sporting News All-Star	1	1962

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1954	PIT	36	26	2	2	1	0	0	4	4	12	.077
1955	PIT	14	19	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	4	.316
1956	PIT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1957	PIT	48	45	3	5	0	2	0	6	3	22	.111
1958	CIN	37	81	9	9	2	0	1	4	6	42	.111
1959	CIN	38	66	8	11	2	1	1	6	6	34	.167
1960	CIN	41	83	6	11	0	0	0	5	7	44	.133
1961	CIN	36	80	6	8	2	0	1	4	2	32	.100
1962	CIN	37	107	9	11	2	0	2	3	4	56	.103
1963	CIN	21	41	3	4	0	0	0	2	4	22	.098
1964	CIN	34	58	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	33	.052
1965	STL	32	35	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	21	.029
1966	PIT	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
Career	—	387	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	38	325	.110

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1954	PIT	3	8	36	11	0	131.1	145	74	62	38	5.07
1955	PIT	2	7	14	10	1	67.2	77	40	25	24	5.32
1956	PIT	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	2	1	0	1	2.25
1957	PIT	11	14	48	21	2	179.2	194	77	38	51	3.86
1958	CIN	17	11	37	34	0	250.0	259	100	49	70	3.60
1959	CIN	13	18	38	33	1	218.0	241	103	43	78	4.25
1960	CIN	17	11	41	33	0	252.2	259	101	59	97	3.60
1961	CIN	16	12	36	34	1	246.1	245	102	51	116	3.73
1962	CIN	23	5	37	37	0	288.1	260	90	64	141	2.81
1963	CIN	6	10	21	21	0	137.0	143	54	33	55	3.55
1964	CIN	11	9	34	25	1	195.2	181	66	49	78	3.04
1965	STL	10	9	32	17	2	124.1	148	80	33	39	5.79
1966	PIT	0	1	10	0	1	19.2	16	3	4	5	1.37
Career	—	129	115	386	276	9	2114.2	2170	891	510	793	3.79

On this day & linked events

1929

Born July 14, 1929

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2008

Died March 16, 2008

1954

Major-league debut: Bob Purkey

Bob Purkey made a major-league debut on April 14, 1954.

1966

Final major-league game: Bob Purkey

Bob Purkey played a final major-league game on July 26, 1966.

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