Nickname:
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 07-14-1929
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Career Positions Played: P
All-Star: 1958,1961,1962
Height: 6 ft., 2 in. Weight: 195 lbs.
(Bob Purkey at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Pitching Rank: 798 / 4825
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1954 PIT:N P 24 36 33 26 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 .077 .265 .200 .115 4 - 12 3 0 0 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N P 25 14 22 19 6 5 0 0 1 4 1 .316 .259 .316 .474 0 0 4 3 0 0 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N P 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .256 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N P 27 48 52 45 5 3 0 2 0 6 3 .111 .260 .184 .200 3 0 22 2 1 1 1957 PIT:N
1958 CIN:N P 28 37 94 81 9 6 2 0 1 4 9 .111 .262 .170 .173 6 0 42 6 1 0 1958 CIN:N
1959 CIN:N P 29 38 77 66 11 7 2 1 1 6 8 .167 .260 .247 .273 6 0 34 4 0 1 1959 CIN:N
1960 CIN:N P 30 41 96 83 11 11 0 0 0 5 6 .133 .255 .200 .133 7 0 44 6 0 0 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N P 31 36 90 80 8 5 2 0 1 4 6 .100 .262 .133 .163 2 0 32 7 0 1 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N P 32 37 119 107 11 7 2 0 2 3 9 .103 .261 .134 .178 4 0 56 7 1 0 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N P 33 21 49 41 4 4 0 0 0 2 3 .098 .245 .174 .098 4 0 22 3 1 0 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N P 34 34 69 58 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 .052 .254 .082 .052 1 0 33 8 1 1 1964 CIN:N
1965 STL:N P 35 32 43 35 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 .029 .249 .056 .029 1 0 21 7 0 0 1965 STL:N
1966 PIT:N P 36 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .256 .000 .000 0 0 3 0 0 0 1966 PIT:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1954 PIT:N 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 3 - - - - - - - 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 9 - - - - - - - 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 9 - - - - - - - 1957 PIT:N
1958 CIN:N 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .25 .67 0 0 0 0 14 79 24 16 0 1.50 0 19 1958 CIN:N
1959 CIN:N 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .40 .00 0 0 0 1 18 60 17 8 1 2.12 1 15 1959 CIN:N
1960 CIN:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 1 0 0 0 11 79 21 16 1 1.31 1 20 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 1 0 0 0 13 81 28 18 3 1.56 2 15 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 0 0 0 0 19 104 23 26 2 .88 0 23 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 1 0 0 0 4 42 10 9 1 1.11 1 6 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .50 .00 0 0 0 0 3 64 20 12 0 1.67 0 16 1964 CIN:N
1965 STL:N 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 1 41 11 9 0 1.22 0 11 1965 STL:N
1966 PIT:N 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 1966 PIT:N
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1954 PIT:N 24 8 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .000 18 2 1 0 0 2 7 .111 .167 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 12 5 0 0 1 0 3 .417 .667 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 28 5 0 2 0 2 12 .179 .321 17 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .000 1957 PIT:N
1958 CIN:N 28 40 5 2 0 0 2 22 .125 .175 41 4 0 0 1 4 20 .098 .171 1958 CIN:N
1959 CIN:N 29 30 7 2 1 1 5 13 .233 .467 36 4 0 0 0 1 21 .111 .111 1959 CIN:N
1960 CIN:N 30 37 6 0 0 0 2 18 .162 .162 46 5 0 0 0 5 26 .109 .109 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N 31 32 6 2 0 0 1 12 .188 .250 48 2 0 0 1 1 20 .042 .104 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N 32 58 4 1 0 1 3 28 .069 .138 49 7 1 0 1 1 28 .143 .224 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N 33 17 2 0 0 0 2 8 .118 .118 24 2 0 0 0 2 14 .083 .083 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N 34 27 0 0 0 0 1 16 .000 .000 31 3 0 0 0 0 17 .097 .097 1964 CIN:N
1965 STL:N 35 20 1 0 0 0 0 11 .050 .050 15 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .000 1965 STL:N
1966 PIT:N 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 1966 PIT:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1954 PIT:N 24 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 12 5 0 0 1 0 4 .417 .667 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 34 5 0 2 0 3 14 .147 .265 1957 PIT:N
1958 CIN:N 28 27 2 0 0 0 0 14 .074 .074 54 7 2 0 1 6 28 .130 .222 1958 CIN:N
1959 CIN:N 29 24 1 0 0 0 0 12 .042 .042 42 10 2 1 1 6 22 .238 .405 1959 CIN:N
1960 CIN:N 30 26 3 0 0 0 6 12 .115 .115 57 8 0 0 0 1 32 .140 .140 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N 31 21 4 1 0 0 1 5 .190 .238 59 4 1 0 1 1 27 .068 .136 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N 32 23 5 1 0 1 3 14 .217 .391 84 6 1 0 1 1 42 .071 .119 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N 33 21 2 0 0 0 0 9 .095 .095 20 2 0 0 0 4 13 .100 .100 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N 34 14 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 44 3 0 0 0 1 25 .068 .068 1964 CIN:N
1965 STL:N 35 13 1 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .077 22 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 1965 STL:N
1966 PIT:N 36 - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1966 PIT:N
PITCHING STATS
YEAR CITY AGE G ERA OAV LAV W L SV BS HD GF GS GR QS CG SH IP H HR W IW SO G/F HB WP BK PK GDP GDPO YEAR
1954 PIT:N 24 36 5.07 .293 .265 3 8 0 - - - 11 25 - 0 0 131.1 145 3 62 - 38 - - - - - - - 1954
1955 PIT:N 25 14 5.32 .287 .259 2 7 1 - - - 10 4 - 2 0 67.2 77 5 25 - 24 - - - - - - - 1955
1956 PIT:N 26 2 2.25 .143 .256 0 0 0 - - - 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 0 - 1 - - - - - - - 1956
1957 PIT:N 27 48 3.86 .278 .260 11 14 2 - - - 21 27 - 6 1 179.2 194 10 38 - 51 - - - - - - - 1957
1958 CIN:N 28 37 3.60 .268 .262 17 11 0 0 0 2 34 3 18 17 3 250.0 259 25 49 3 70 .97 4 1 0 2 18 184 1958
1959 CIN:N 29 38 4.25 .279 .260 13 18 1 0 0 5 33 5 18 9 1 218.0 241 25 43 2 78 .99 6 4 0 1 16 159 1959
1960 CIN:N 30 41 3.60 .270 .255 17 11 0 0 0 3 33 8 18 11 1 252.2 259 23 59 6 97 1.20 9 2 1 1 26 215 1960
1961 CIN:N 31 36 3.73 .256 .262 16 12 1 0 0 2 34 2 19 13 1 246.1 245 27 51 4 116 1.35 6 7 0 0 11 160 1961
1962 CIN:N 32 37 2.81 .240 .261 23 5 0 0 0 0 37 0 26 18 2 288.1 260 28 64 3 141 1.12 14 6 1 2 18 222 1962
1963 CIN:N 33 21 3.55 .272 .245 6 10 0 0 0 0 21 0 11 4 1 137.0 143 12 33 6 55 1.37 2 4 2 2 9 101 1963
1964 CIN:N 34 34 3.04 .246 .254 11 9 1 0 2 3 25 9 15 9 2 195.2 181 16 49 4 78 1.53 7 6 0 3 19 168 1964
1965 STL:N 35 32 5.79 .294 .249 10 9 2 4 0 10 17 15 7 3 1 124.1 148 20 33 4 39 1.36 7 2 1 1 16 124 1965
1966 PIT:N 36 10 1.37 .235 .256 0 1 1 - - - 0 10 0 0 0 19.2 16 0 4 - 5 - - - - - - - 1966
PITCHING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 AT2 SERA IPS RERA IPR R ER SUP BFP SH SF IR IRS S<6 S6 S7 S8 S9 R<6 R6 R7 R8 R9 RX YEAR
1954 PIT:N 24 - - - - - - - - - - 74 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1954
1955 PIT:N 25 - - - - - - - - - - 40 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1955
1956 PIT:N 26 - - - - - - - 2.25 4.0 - 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 1956
1957 PIT:N 27 - - - - - - - - - - 77 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1957
1958 CIN:N 28 5 1 0 0 .02 3.62 248.2 .00 1.1 106 100 3.3 1040 12 7 6 3 7 3 3 3 18 0 0 0 0 3 0 1958
1959 CIN:N 29 2 1 0 0 .01 4.39 209.0 1.00 9.0 118 103 4.0 928 11 5 1 1 11 4 6 2 10 0 0 0 4 1 0 1959
1960 CIN:N 30 9 7 0 0 .06 3.78 240.2 .00 12.0 114 101 5.0 1064 14 4 4 3 4 4 7 6 12 5 0 0 3 0 0 1960
1961 CIN:N 31 10 7 1 0 .08 3.72 244.1 4.50 2.0 118 102 3.9 1030 10 5 1 0 6 5 4 4 15 0 0 0 1 1 0 1961
1962 CIN:N 32 15 3 1 0 .07 2.81 288.1 - - 109 90 4.7 1181 13 7 0 0 2 5 5 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1962
1963 CIN:N 33 4 4 0 0 .07 3.55 137.0 - - 60 54 3.4 570 8 2 0 0 4 5 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1963
1964 CIN:N 34 6 4 1 0 .05 3.20 174.1 1.69 21.1 77 66 4.1 808 12 3 5 0 5 2 7 2 9 3 2 4 0 0 0 1964
1965 STL:N 35 5 1 1 0 .04 5.87 95.0 5.52 29.1 83 80 5.3 549 3 2 6 0 7 3 2 1 4 2 1 3 5 1 3 1965
1966 PIT:N 36 - - - - - - - 1.37 19.2 - 3 - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 1966
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1954 PIT:N 24 232 74 7 3 2 31 11 .319 .118 263 71 10 3 1 31 27 .270 .105 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 166 47 7 1 2 13 14 .283 .073 102 30 6 2 3 12 10 .294 .105 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 14 2 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .000 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 398 104 16 1 6 20 34 .261 .048 299 90 13 4 4 18 18 .301 .057 1957 PIT:N
1958 CIN:N 28 475 121 28 1 13 25 37 .255 .050 493 138 25 1 12 24 33 .280 .046 1958 CIN:N
1959 CIN:N 29 446 124 19 2 13 19 52 .278 .041 417 117 22 4 12 24 26 .281 .054 1959 CIN:N
1960 CIN:N 30 455 122 26 0 11 27 40 .268 .056 523 137 24 4 12 30 57 .262 .054 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N 31 443 123 25 4 13 23 50 .278 .049 515 122 27 4 14 28 66 .237 .052 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N 32 615 149 13 2 17 33 89 .242 .051 468 111 19 1 11 31 52 .237 .062 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N 33 240 64 18 1 4 11 33 .267 .044 285 79 17 1 8 22 22 .277 .072 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N 34 399 100 14 1 10 18 40 .251 .043 338 81 16 2 6 31 38 .240 .084 1964 CIN:N
1965 STL:N 35 276 83 6 1 12 21 30 .301 .071 228 65 8 1 8 12 9 .285 .050 1965 STL:N
1966 PIT:N 36 35 9 0 1 0 3 3 .257 .079 33 7 0 0 0 1 2 .212 .029 1966 PIT:N
Throws: R AGAINST LHB AGAINST RHB
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1954 PIT:N 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1954 PIT:N
1955 PIT:N 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1955 PIT:N
1956 PIT:N 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1957 PIT:N
1958 CIN:N 28 424 140 32 2 13 33 29 .330 .072 544 119 21 0 12 16 41 .219 .029 1958 CIN:N
1959 CIN:N 29 395 122 22 2 13 24 35 .309 .057 468 119 19 4 12 19 43 .254 .039 1959 CIN:N
1960 CIN:N 30 422 111 22 2 16 35 40 .263 .077 556 148 28 2 7 22 57 .266 .038 1960 CIN:N
1961 CIN:N 31 432 110 21 6 11 24 53 .255 .053 526 135 31 2 16 27 63 .257 .049 1961 CIN:N
1962 CIN:N 32 451 118 14 3 16 37 65 .262 .076 632 142 18 0 12 27 76 .225 .041 1962 CIN:N
1963 CIN:N 33 249 73 20 2 6 16 27 .293 .060 276 70 15 0 6 17 28 .254 .058 1963 CIN:N
1964 CIN:N 34 315 74 15 1 6 26 36 .235 .076 422 107 15 2 10 23 42 .254 .052 1964 CIN:N
1965 STL:N 35 221 78 8 2 12 21 20 .353 .087 283 70 6 0 8 12 19 .247 .041 1965 STL:N
1966 PIT:N 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1966 PIT:N
FIELDING STATS - PITCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1954 PIT:N 24 1.000 .960 36 11 131.1 16 40 0 0 6
1955 PIT:N 25 .947 .950 14 10 67.2 2 16 1 - 0
1956 PIT:N 26 1.000 .966 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 0
1957 PIT:N 27 .935 .962 48 21 179.2 13 30 3 - 3
1958 CIN:N 28 .986 .955 37 34 250.0 10 59 1 0 2
1959 CIN:N 29 .967 .954 38 33 218.0 20 39 2 2 1
1960 CIN:N 30 .987 .962 41 33 252.2 30 48 1 0 5
1961 CIN:N 31 .979 .959 36 34 246.1 26 68 2 2 2
1962 CIN:N 32 .955 .948 37 37 288.1 25 59 4 1 7
1963 CIN:N 33 .939 .951 21 21 137.0 15 31 3 2 0
1964 CIN:N 34 .939 .953 34 25 195.2 17 45 4 1 4
1965 STL:N 35 .973 .956 32 17 124.1 9 27 1 0 4
1966 PIT:N 36 .909 .947 10 0 19.2 0 10 1 - 1
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 1,745 2,755 1,833 3,885 411 3,058 3,749 3,955 1,031
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