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Bob Shirley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: June 25, 1954 in Cushing, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 38th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK), the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) and the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (8th) of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

High School: Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: April 10, 1977 (Age 22-289d, 13,857th in major league history)
vs. CIN 8.2 IP, 4 H, 11 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: June 21, 1987 (Age 32-361d)
vs. CAL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Tony Attanasio

Full Name: Robert Charles Shirley

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.7

ERA

3.82

434

162

1432.0

790

WHIP

1.379

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-16 / in Starts: 6-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 5

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	267	2	Apr 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-6	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.2	5	4	4	2	0	1	0	13.50	9.88	13	5	1	0	0	5	30			0	1	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.237	.88	-0.16%	-2.67	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
2	268	12	Apr 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-13	8-GF(8)		12	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	14.73	11.21	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.48	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d10
3	269	18	Apr 27	NYY		KCR	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-1)	7	9.0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.26	5.04	33	10	14	1	0	8	72			0	1	1	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.472	.99	0.32%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	270	22	May 2	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS-8	L(1-2)	4	7.0	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.58	5.50	28	13	5	3	0	7	48			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.45	-0.160	.50	-0.11%	-1.48	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d3
5	271	27	May 8	NYY	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS-5		5	4.2	7	5	0	0	2	0	0	3.70	4.81	22	9	4	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.357	1.19	-0.25%	-2.65	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d1
6	272	31	May 14	NYY		CHW	W,8-5	GS-9	W(2-2)	5	8.0	5	4	3	2	5	0	0	3.62	4.18	31	4	15	0	0	5	61			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.381	.61	0.19%	0.48	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a5
7	273	36	May 20	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-8	GS-3	L(2-3)	5	2.2	6	6	4	2	3	1	0	4.37	4.44	16	3	2	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.392	.98	-0.26%	-3.91	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out d3
8	274	40	May 24	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-7	GS-4		3	3.1	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.93	4.42	16	4	4	0	0	3	37			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	-0.209	1.32	-0.16%	-1.92	1b start a 1	4b 12- 1 out d2
9	275	45	May 30	NYY		OAK	W,10-5	5-8		5	2.2	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.83	4.36	10	1	4	0	0	1		1	0	3	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.060	2.33	0.05%	0.49	5t 1-- 1 out tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	276	50	Jun 4	NYY		SEA	L,4-5	GS-8	L(2-4)	4	8.0	6	4	3	2	5	1	0	4.59	4.29	30	10	7	0	0	6	59			0	2	1	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.75	-0.093	1.04	-0.08%	-0.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
11	277	59	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-9	GS-5	L(2-5)	9	5.0	6	8	8	3	0	1	0	5.50	4.55	24	5	10	2	0	6	20			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.371	.56	-0.22%	-5.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
12	278	64	Jun 19	NYY		MIL	W,8-3	6-7	H(1)	4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.52	4	2	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.032	1.14	0.03%	0.48	6t 12- 1 out a4	7t 12- 1 out a4
13	279	69	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-12	5-8		6	2.2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.31	4.45	13	4	6	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	1	0	.26	-0.021	.42	-0.02%	-0.11	5b -23 1 out d3	8b -2- 0 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	280	73	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,12-8	4-GF	W(3-5)	4	5.1	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	5.00	4.39	19	4	7	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.221	1.83	0.25%	1.63	4t 1-- 2 out tie	9t end a 4
15	281	83	Jul 14	NYY		TEX	L,2-11	9-GF		12	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	5.34	4.57	7	0	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-2.52	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 9
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	282	102	Aug 2(2)	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-13	GS-2	L(3-6)	18	2.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.73	4.53	11	2	2	0	0	5	30			1	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.253	1.80	-0.25%	-2.94	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
17	283	109	Aug 8(2)	NYY		TOR	W,11-3	GS-7	W(4-6)	5	6.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.63	4.38	28	10	4	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	2	0	1	.69	0.046	1.31	0.05%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a6
18	284	113	Aug 12	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	7-7		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.60	4.37	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.037	6.61	-0.08%	-0.18	7b --- 0 out tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
19	285	118	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	GS-5		4	4.2	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	5.49	4.47	19	7	5	1	0	3	50			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.040	1.41	-0.05%	-0.02	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d2
20	286	123	Aug 23	NYY		OAK	L,3-9	1-5		5	4.0	5	4	3	1	4	0	0	5.56	4.32	18	4	4	0	0	5		1	0	1	2	1	16	1	0	1	0	0	2	.89	-0.067	1.21	-0.05%	-0.73	1t 1-- 1 out d1	5t 1-3 1 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	287	138	Sep 8	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS-6	W(5-6)	15	5.0	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	5.44	4.37	22	4	10	0	0	4	47			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.175	2.13	-0.20%	-1.49	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out a4
22	288	144	Sep 13	NYY		MIL	W,2-1	GS-8		4	7.2	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	5.09	4.24	31	9	10	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.65	0.276	.97	0.10%	2.37	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out tie
23	289	151	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-7)	7	6.2	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.93	4.14	28	7	9	0	4	7	53			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.083	.03	0.00%	1.43	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d1
24	290	155	Sep 26	NYY		CLE	L,0-7	GS-3	L(5-8)	4	2.2	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.98	4.13	15	2	2	0	0	5	40			0	1	1	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d2
25	291	161	Oct 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	4	0	5	0	0	5.08	3.98	22	5	5	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-1.54	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
							9-16		W-L:5-8,Hld:1	4.9	108.0	122	71	61	36	53	10	0	5.08	3.98	467	0.93		4%	2%	119	45	7	29%	7	8	5	416	32	1	3	11	6	5	.90	-1.210	.97	-0.89%	-19.70

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