Bob Shirley stats
Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1977
- College
- Oklahoma
Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1977
- College
- Oklahoma
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 434
- W
- 67
- L
- 94
- ERA
- 3.82
- IP
- 1432.0
- K
- 790
- BB
- 543
- WHIP
- 1.38
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | SD | 39 | 12 | 18 | 3.70 | 214.0 | 146 | 100 | 1.47 |
| 1978 | SD | 50 | 8 | 11 | 3.69 | 166.0 | 102 | 61 | 1.36 |
| 1979 | SD | 49 | 8 | 16 | 3.38 | 205.0 | 117 | 59 | 1.24 |
| 1980 | SD | 59 | 11 | 12 | 3.55 | 137.0 | 67 | 54 | 1.44 |
| 1981 | STL | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4.08 | 79.1 | 36 | 34 | 1.41 |
| 1982 | CIN | 41 | 8 | 13 | 3.60 | 152.2 | 89 | 73 | 1.38 |
| 1983 | NYY | 25 | 5 | 8 | 5.08 | 108.0 | 53 | 36 | 1.46 |
| 1984 | NYY | 41 | 3 | 3 | 3.38 | 114.1 | 48 | 38 | 1.37 |
| 1985 | NYY | 48 | 5 | 5 | 2.64 | 109.0 | 55 | 26 | 1.18 |
| 1986 | NYY | 39 | 0 | 4 | 5.04 | 105.1 | 64 | 40 | 1.41 |
| 1987 |  NYY/KC | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6.31 | 41.1 | 13 | 22 | 1.65 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 16
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 5.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | SD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | SD | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | SD | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | SD | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NYY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYY | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NYY/KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bob Shirley's career stats?
Bob Shirley played 11 seasons for the Padres, the Cardinals, the Reds and the Yankees. He had 67 wins and 790 strikeouts with a 3.82 ERA over 1,432.0 innings. His best season was 1977: 12 wins, a 3.70 ERA and 146 strikeouts.
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