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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: 18-21 / in Starts: 15-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 2

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	1	4	Apr 10	SDP	@	CIN	W,12-4	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.2	4	4	0	4	11	0	1	0.00	1.93	36	4	13	2	0	3	75			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.189	.75	0.18%	2.72	1b start a 1	9b 123 2 out a11
2	2	10	Apr 17	SDP		CIN	L,1-4	GS-8	L(1-1)	6	8.0	10	4	1	1	5	0	0	0.54	1.90	33	8	11	0	1	8	56			0	2	2	31	2	0	0	3	1	3	.68	-0.141	.90	-0.11%	-0.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
3	3	14	Apr 22	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.2	3	2	2	0	5	2	0	1.07	2.82	29	12	9	2	0	3	75			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.403	.86	0.28%	1.91	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out a2
4	4	19	Apr 26	SDP		LAD	L,1-4	GS-8	L(2-2)	3	8.0	7	3	1	2	7	1	0	1.08	2.95	33	5	12	1	0	7	65			2	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	1	0	.83	-0.092	1.25	-0.08%	0.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
5	5	24	May 1	SDP		NYM	L,2-8	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	3.0	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	1.98	3.07	16	4	2	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	11	2	1	1	1	1	0	.94	-0.275	.49	-0.09%	-3.30	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d4
6	6	28	May 5	SDP		PHI	L,5-8	GS-4	L(2-4)	3	3.1	3	4	3	3	1	0	0	2.50	3.22	16	3	6	1	0	3	38			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.315	.65	-0.10%	-2.38	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d1
7	7	31	May 11(1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-3	GS-3		5	2.2	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.76	3.14	15	1	3	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.116	.70	-0.03%	-1.36	1b start a 2	3b 123 2 out a2
8	8	37	May 16	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-9	GS-3	L(2-5)	4	2.2	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	3.60	3.47	16	4	5	4	0	1	28			0	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.264	.32	-0.06%	-3.75	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d5
9	9	40	May 20	SDP	@	MON	W,12-4	GS-6	W(3-5)	3	5.1	10	4	3	0	5	1	0	3.75	3.45	27	3	9	2	0	10	39			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.050	.29	-0.01%	-2.34	1b start a 4	6b 1-3 1 out a4
10	10	44	May 24	SDP		ATL	W,4-3	GS-5		3	4.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.81	3.42	22	7	3	1	0	5	45			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.43	-0.149	.44	-0.03%	-1.07	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out a3
11	11	48	May 28	SDP		HOU	W,6-5	GS-8	W(4-5)	3	7.2	6	4	4	5	6	1	1	3.92	3.64	35	12	5	1	0	6	52			2	1	0	29	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.04	0.241	.24	0.03%	0.19	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a3
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
12	12	53	Jun 1	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-2	GS-6	L(4-6)	3	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.71	3.55	23	8	7	0	0	5	59			0	0	1	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.151	.76	0.06%	1.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
13	13	57	Jun 6	SDP	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.48	3.50	28	11	6	1	0	7	59			0	1	1	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.348	.51	0.08%	2.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
14	14	61	Jun 11	SDP	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS-6	W(5-6)	4	6.0	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.22	3.46	27	5	9	4	0	6	61			3	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	0.280	.51	0.07%	2.99	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
15	15	66	Jun 16	SDP		CHC	W,8-6	GS-5	W(6-6)	4	5.0	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.14	3.55	21	10	8	4	0	0	54			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.116	.20	0.01%	1.18	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
16	16	70	Jun 20	SDP		PIT	L,3-5	GS-9	L(6-7)	3	8.1	7	5	2	2	4	1	0	3.05	3.60	34	8	13	1	0	7	57			0	2	2	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.13	-0.281	.26	-0.04%	-0.92	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
17	17	74	Jun 25	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-9	GS-2	L(6-8)	4	1.2	5	5	5	3	0	3	0	3.47	4.08	13	3	2	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.318	.05	-0.02%	-4.15	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d5
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
18	18	79	Jul 1	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	GS-5	L(6-9)	5	5.0	6	2	2	5	2	1	0	3.48	4.25	24	7	4	1	0	6	44			0	1	0	18	0	0	2	2	0	1	1.23	-0.038	.04	0.00%	0.18	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
19	19	84	Jul 6	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-5	GS-8		4	7.0	6	3	2	4	3	0	0	3.42	4.21	32	10	10	1	0	5	54			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.056	.00	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a2
20	20	90	Jul 11	SDP		SFG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(6-10)	4	7.0	10	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.52	4.15	34	9	9	0	0	10	41			0	1	1	30	1	0	1	0	0	1	.68	-0.184	.01	0.00%	-0.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
21	21	95	Jul 17	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	GS-5	L(6-11)	5	4.2	7	4	4	4	4	2	0	3.69	4.34	24	3	6	1	0	7	34			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.07	-0.327	.02	0.00%	-2.03	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d2
22	22	100	Jul 25	SDP		PHI	L,4-6	GS-9		7	8.0	4	2	2	5	4	1	0	3.60	4.40	31	8	10	0	0	4	65			1	0	1	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.255	.00	0.00%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
23	23	105	Jul 29	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS-7	L(6-12)	3	6.2	6	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.62	4.31	29	10	6	1	0	5	52			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.085	.00	0.00%	0.75	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d1
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
24	24	109	Aug 3	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-8	GS-5	L(6-13)	4	4.2	7	6	6	5	0	0	1	3.88	4.39	27	6	9	0	2	6	21			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	0	1	.95	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-3.88	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d6
25	25	114	Aug 7(2)	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-9	GS-2	L(6-14)	3	2.0	5	5	5	1	4	2	1	4.15	4.53	13	1	4	3	0	2	29			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-3.92	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
26	26	115	Aug 8	SDP	@	MON	L,5-6	7-8	L(6-15)	0	1.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.16	4.55	8	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.98	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-0.48	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 12- 2 out d1
27	27	118	Aug 10(2)	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	9-10		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.11	4.52	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	0.248	.00	0.00%	0.87	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
28	28	120	Aug 12	SDP		HOU	W,5-4	7-9	H(1)	1	2.0	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.11	4.44	7	0	2	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.185	.00	0.00%	1.24	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t 1-- 1 out a2
29	29	124	Aug 17	SDP	@	CIN	W,7-4	GS-7	W(7-15)	4	6.1	6	4	3	5	5	1	0	4.12	4.49	31	9	6	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.130	.00	0.00%	-0.77	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a3
30	30	128	Aug 22	SDP	@	PIT	W,1-0	GS-8	W(8-15)	4	7.1	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.93	4.39	27	4	9	0	1	5	71			0	2	2	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.483	.00	0.00%	3.47	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
31	31	132	Aug 28	SDP		PIT	L,1-10	GS-3	L(8-16)	5	3.0	6	5	4	1	1	1	0	4.08	4.45	16	6	2	0	0	6	29			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	.82	-0.318	.00	0.00%	-3.69	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
32	32	135	Aug 31	SDP		STL	W,2-1	GS-7	W(9-16)	2	7.0	7	1	0	2	5	0	0	3.91	4.35	30	6	10	4	2	7	64			1	0	1	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.313	.00	0.00%	2.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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
33	33	138	Sep 4	SDP		CHC	L,1-2	GS-7		3	7.0	7	1	0	4	5	0	0	3.76	4.30	30	15	6	3	0	0	62			0	2	2	25	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.39	0.226	.00	0.00%	2.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
34	34	142	Sep 8	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-7	GS-6	L(9-17)	3	5.0	5	3	3	0	6	0	0	3.80	4.19	20	7	3	0	0	4	51			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out tie
35	35	147	Sep 13	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-18	GS-2	L(9-18)	4	1.2	5	7	7	3	0	0	0	4.11	4.23	12	2	2	0	0	5	14			2	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-3.79	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d4
36	36	150	Sep 16	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	2-8		2	7.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.01	4.17	27	7	9	1	0	3		2	0	2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.78	0.315	.00	0.00%	3.01	2t 12- 0 out d2	8t 3 out tie
37	37	154	Sep 22	SDP		CIN	W,3-1	GS-6	W(10-18)	5	6.0	6	1	1	4	2	1	0	3.93	4.23	28	7	9	1	1	6	54			0	0	0	24	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.35	0.175	.00	0.00%	1.61	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
38	38	158	Sep 27	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS-8	W(11-18)	4	8.0	8	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.82	4.18	31	7	8	0	1	8	68			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.437	.00	0.00%	2.99	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
39	39	162	Oct 2	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	W(12-18)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	6	1	0	3.70	4.17	35	11	10	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	0.457	.00	0.00%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							18-21		W-L:12-18,Hld:1	3.6	214.0	215	107	88	100	146	22	4	3.70	4.17	948	0.96		8%	2%	189	50	4	0%	16	14	13	831	30	6	14	13	5	22	1.09	0.819	.26	0.14%	-2.07

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