Bob Shirley Stats

Bob Shirley was born on Friday, June 25, 1954, in Cushing, Oklahoma. Shirley was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 10, 1977, with the San Diego Padres. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Shirley baseball stats page.
"Tradition here (in St. Louis) is Stan Musial coming into the clubhouse making the rounds. Tradition in San Diego is Nate Colbert coming into the clubhouse and trying to sell you a used car." - Bob Shirley (1981)

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Bob Shirley

Bob Shirley Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#266)

Bob Shirley Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#266)
 

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Birth Name:   Robert Charles Shirley
Nickname:   Bob or The Staff Saver
Born On:   06-25-1954  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Cushing, Oklahoma
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Putnam City High School (Oklahoma City, OK)
College:   University of Oklahoma
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-10-1977 (Age 22)
Last Game:   06-21-1987
Draft:   1976 : 1st Round (8th)
Bob Shirley

Bob Shirley Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1977 23 Padres 39 35 0 12 18 .400 3.70 1 0 0 214.0 948 215 88 107 22 100 14 146 5 4 6 -
1978 24 Padres 50 20 10 8 11 .421 3.69 2 0 5 166.0 708 164 68 75 10 61 11 102 3 3 1 -
1979 25 Padres 49 25 13 8 16 .333 3.38 4 1 0 205.0 843 196 77 89 15 59 8 117 0 6 0 -
1980 26 Padres 59 12 32 11 12 .478 3.55 3 0 7 137.0 585 143 54 58 12 54 15 67 1 0 2 -
1981 27 Cardinals 28 11 5 6 4 .600 4.08 1 0 1 79.1 342 78 36 42 6 34 3 36 1 1 0 -
1982 28 Reds 41 20 6 8 13 .381 3.60 1 0 0 152.2 647 138 61 74 17 73 13 89 1 3 1 -
1983 29 Yankees 25 17 3 5 8 .385 5.08 1 1 0 108.0 467 122 61 71 10 36 3 53 1 0 1 -
1984 30 Yankees 41 7 11 3 3 .500 3.38 1 0 0 114.1 477 119 43 47 8 38 2 48 0 0 0 -
1985 31 Yankees 48 8 9 5 5 .500 2.64 2 0 2 109.0 446 103 32 34 5 26 2 55 1 0 0 -
1986 32 Yankees 39 6 9 0 4 .000 5.04 0 0 3 105.1 454 108 59 60 13 40 1 64 1 3 0 -
1987 33 Yankees 12 1 6 1 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 0 34.0 152 36 17 20 4 16 0 12 0 0 0 -
1987 33 Royals 3 0 1 0 0 .000 14.73 0 0 0 7.1 37 10 12 12 5 6 0 1 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
11 Years 434 162 105 67 94 .416 3.82 16 2 18 1,432.0 6,106 1,432 608 689 127 543 72 790 15 20 11 -
Bob Shirley

Bob Shirley Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1977 23 Padres 39 74 5 9 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 34 4 0 0 1 .122 .145 .149
1978 24 Padres 50 40 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 16 7 0 0 0 .125 .205 .125
1979 25 Padres 49 55 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 5 0 0 1 .091 .138 .109
1980 26 Padres 59 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 15 4 0 0 0 .033 .121 .033
1981 27 Cardinals 28 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 .136 .136 .136
1982 28 Reds 41 42 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13 5 0 0 0 .143 .163 .143
1983 29 Yankees 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1984 30 Yankees 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1985 31 Yankees 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1986 32 Yankees 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1987 33 Yankees 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1987 33 Royals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
11 Years 434 263 15 29 3 0 0 0 8 13 0 102 26 0 0 2 .110 .152 .122
Bob Shirley

Bob Shirley Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1977 Padres P 39 35 642 50 1.3 47 10 37 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .940 1.98
1978 Padres P 50 20 498 41 0.8 41 6 35 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.22
1979 Padres P 49 25 615 44 0.9 43 13 30 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .977 1.89
1980 Padres P 59 12 411 40 0.7 39 7 32 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.56
1981 Cardinals P 28 11 238 11 0.4 11 1 10 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.25
1982 Reds P 41 20 458 37 0.9 35 4 31 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .946 2.06
1983 Yankees P 25 17 324 25 1.0 25 5 20 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
1984 Yankees P 41 7 343 23 0.6 22 6 16 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .957 1.73
1985 Yankees P 48 8 327 22 0.5 19 4 15 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .864 1.57
1986 Yankees P 39 6 316 25 0.6 24 4 20 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.05
1987 Yankees P 12 1 102 4 0.3 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.06
1987 Royals P 3 0 22 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.23
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 434 162 4,296 323 0.7 311 62 249 12 13 n/a n/a n/a .963 1.95
11 Years 434 162 4,296 323 0.7 311 62 249 12 13 n/a n/a n/a .963 1.95
Bob Shirley

Bob Shirley Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1977 Padres 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.2 37.0 1.46 6.14 4.21
1978 Padres 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.5 20.0 1.67 5.53 3.31
1979 Padres 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 0.0 1.98 5.14 2.59
1980 Padres 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 30.0 1.24 4.40 3.55
1981 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.1 22.0 1.06 4.08 3.86
1982 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 21.0 1.22 5.25 4.30
1983 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.47 4.42 3.00
1984 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.26 3.78 2.99
1985 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.12 4.54 2.15
1986 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.60 5.47 3.42
1987 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.75 3.18 4.24
1987 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.17 1.23 7.36
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
11 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2.6 32.9 1.45 4.97 3.41
Bob Shirley

Bob Shirley Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1977 San Diego Padres 47 $19,000.00 - -
1978 San Diego Padres 32 $21,000.00 - -
1979 San Diego Padres 32 $21,000.00 - -
1980 San Diego Padres 32 Undetermined - -
1981 St. Louis Cardinals 32 Undetermined - -
1982 Cincinnati Reds 32 Undetermined - -
1983 New York Yankees 29 Undetermined - -
1984 New York Yankees 29 $600,000.00 - -
1985 New York Yankees 29 $637,500.00 - -
1986 New York Yankees 29 $750,000.00 - -
1987 New York Yankees 29 Undetermined - -
1987 Kansas City Royals 31 Undetermined - -




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