Bob Sykes
Born: December 11, 1954, Neptune, NJHeight: 6'1" Weight: 195 Bats: Both Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1977 Detroit AL 22 5 7 4.41 32 20 3 5 7 0 0 132.2 141 585 74 65 15 50 0 2 58 1978 Detroit AL 23 6 6 3.94 22 10 3 6 6 2 2 93.2 99 400 43 41 14 34 0 1 58 1979 St. Louis NL 24 4 3 6.18 13 11 0 1 1 0 0 67.0 86 310 49 46 11 32 2 1 35 1980 St. Louis NL 25 6 10 4.64 27 19 4 8 0 0 3 126.0 134 545 67 65 12 51 3 0 50 1981 St. Louis NL 26 2 0 4.58 22 1 0 14 7 0 0 37.1 37 160 20 19 2 17 1 1 14 TOTALS 23 26 4.65 116 61 10 34 21 2 5 456.2 497 2000 253 236 54 184 6 5 215
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1977 Detroit AL 32 521 74 141 210 14 5 15 8 4 11 3 50 0 2 58 8 .271 .403 .334 1978 Detroit AL 22 360 43 99 150 9 0 14 3 2 1 1 34 0 1 58 14 .275 .417 .338 1979 St. Louis NL 13 273 49 86 143 22 1 11 1 1 12 3 32 2 1 35 9 .315 .524 .392 1980 St. Louis NL 27 483 67 134 207 29 4 12 5 3 15 5 51 3 0 50 7 .277 .429 .348 1981 St. Louis NL 22 139 20 37 47 4 0 2 2 0 1 2 17 1 1 14 5 .266 .338 .354
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1977 Detroit AL 22 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Detroit AL 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 St. Louis NL 24 13 21 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 0 .095 .095 .208 1980 St. Louis NL 25 27 39 2 4 4 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 14 1 .103 .103 .143 1981 St. Louis NL 26 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .333 TOTALS 116 62 4 6 6 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 3 27 1 .097 .097 .174
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1977 Detroit AL P 132.2 20 32 6 20 2 3 .929 1.76 11 3 0 1978 Detroit AL P 93.2 10 22 1 7 1 0 .889 0.77 1 1 0 1979 St. Louis NL P 67.0 11 13 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.94 12 3 1 1980 St. Louis NL P 126.0 19 27 4 14 1 2 .947 1.29 15 5 2 1981 St. Louis NL P 37.1 1 22 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.89 1 2 1
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with John Murphy to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jerry Morales and Aurelio Lopez (December 4, 1978).
- Placed on disabled list by St. Louis Cardinals (June 11, 1979)
- Activated by St. Louis Cardinals (July 26, 1979)
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Yankees in exchange for Willie McGee (October 21, 1981).
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