Bob Shirley ERA in 1987
6.311987 Regular Season
Bob Shirley posted a 6.31 ERA in the 1987 regular season.
- Bob Shirley's highest ERA of the 11 seasons on file; the best is 2.64 in 1985.
- Up 1.27 from 5.04 in 1986.
Best of 11 regular seasons, 1977 through 1987. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 |  SD | 39 | 12 | 18 | 3.70 | 214.0 | 146 | 100 | 1.47 | 0 |
| 1978 | SD | 50 | 8 | 11 | 3.69 | 166.0 | 102 | 61 | 1.36 | 5 |
| 1979 | SD | 49 | 8 | 16 | 3.38 | 205.0 | 117 | 59 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1980 | SD | 59 | 11 | 12 | 3.55 | 137.0 | 67 | 54 | 1.44 | 7 |
| 1981 |  STL | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4.08 | 79.1 | 36 | 34 | 1.41 | 1 |
| 1982 |  CIN | 41 | 8 | 13 | 3.60 | 152.2 | 89 | 73 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1983 |  NYY | 25 | 5 | 8 | 5.08 | 108.0 | 53 | 36 | 1.46 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYY | 41 | 3 | 3 | 3.38 | 114.1 | 48 | 38 | 1.37 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYY | 48 | 5 | 5 | 2.64 | 109.0 | 55 | 26 | 1.18 | 2 |
| 1986 | NYY | 39 | 0 | 4 | 5.04 | 105.1 | 64 | 40 | 1.41 | 3 |
| 1987 |  NYY/KC | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6.31 | 41.1 | 13 | 22 | 1.65 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV