Purkey (129-115 career mark) has earned a 3.79 ERA while giving up 9.2 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.55 and he has gone up against 8,899 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. In his MLB career, Purkey has allowed 2,170 hits while he has earned 793 K’s in 2,114 innings pitched. He has conceded a total of 891 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.267 and a FIP of 3.8.
Bob Purkey Stats

Year | Team | G | IP | W | L | WHIP | ERA | H | BB | SO | FIP | SV | GS | HR | ER | R | BF | SO/W | H/9 | SO/9 |
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Career | 386 | 2114.2 | 129 | 115 | 1.267 | 3.79 | 2,170 | 510 | 793 | 3.80 | 8 | 276 | 195 | 891 | 998 | 8,899 | 1.55 | 9.2 | 3.4 | |
1966 | PIT | 10 | 19.2 | 0 | 1 | 1.017 | 1.37 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2.66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 1.25 | 7.3 | 2.3 |
1965 | STL | 32 | 124.1 | 10 | 9 | 1.456 | 5.79 | 148 | 33 | 39 | 4.95 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 80 | 83 | 549 | 1.18 | 10.7 | 2.8 |
1964 | CIN | 34 | 195.2 | 11 | 9 | 1.175 | 3.04 | 181 | 49 | 78 | 3.73 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 66 | 77 | 808 | 1.59 | 8.3 | 3.6 |
1963 | CIN | 21 | 137.0 | 6 | 10 | 1.285 | 3.55 | 143 | 33 | 55 | 3.58 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 54 | 60 | 570 | 1.67 | 9.4 | 3.6 |
1962 | CIN | 37 | 288.1 | 23 | 5 | 1.124 | 2.81 | 260 | 64 | 141 | 3.71 | 0 | 37 | 28 | 90 | 109 | 1,181 | 2.20 | 8.1 | 4.4 |
1961 | CIN | 36 | 246.1 | 16 | 12 | 1.202 | 3.73 | 245 | 51 | 116 | 3.75 | 1 | 34 | 27 | 102 | 118 | 1,031 | 2.27 | 9.0 | 4.2 |
1960 | CIN | 41 | 252.2 | 17 | 11 | 1.259 | 3.60 | 259 | 59 | 97 | 3.75 | 0 | 33 | 23 | 101 | 114 | 1,064 | 1.64 | 9.2 | 3.5 |
1959 | CIN | 38 | 218.0 | 13 | 18 | 1.303 | 4.25 | 241 | 43 | 78 | 3.99 | 1 | 33 | 25 | 103 | 118 | 927 | 1.81 | 9.9 | 3.2 |
1958 | CIN | 37 | 250.0 | 17 | 11 | 1.232 | 3.60 | 259 | 49 | 70 | 3.85 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 100 | 106 | 1,040 | 1.43 | 9.3 | 2.5 |
1957 | PIT | 48 | 179.2 | 11 | 14 | 1.291 | 3.86 | 194 | 38 | 51 | 3.36 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 77 | 84 | 761 | 1.34 | 9.7 | 2.6 |
1956 | PIT | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0.00 | 4.5 | 2.3 |
1955 | PIT | 14 | 67.2 | 2 | 7 | 1.507 | 5.32 | 77 | 25 | 24 | 3.82 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 40 | 47 | 298 | 0.96 | 10.2 | 3.2 |
1954 | PIT | 36 | 131.1 | 3 | 8 | 1.576 | 5.07 | 145 | 62 | 38 | 3.69 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 74 | 78 | 581 | 0.61 | 9.9 | 2.6 |