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Bob Stanley
Robert William Stanley (Stanley Steamer)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb.

Debut April 16, 1977
  vs. CLE 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, Sv
Final Game September 5, 1989
Born November 10, 1954 in Portland, ME

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1977 22 BOS AL   8   7  41  13   3   1  13  3  151.0  176   74   67  10   43   44   3   2   651   5   1  3.99  4.56  114 1.450
 1978 23 BOS AL  15   2  52   3   0   0  35 10  141.7  142   50   41   5   34   38   1   0   578   5   0  2.60  4.16  160 1.242 MVP-25,CYA-7
 1979 24 BOS AL  16  12  40  30   9   4   7  1  216.7  250  110   96  14   44   56   4   0   914   4   0  3.99  4.48  112 1.357 AS
 1980 25 BOS AL  10   8  52  17   5   1  25 14  175.0  186   75   66  11   52   71   7   1   737   8   0  3.39  4.24  125 1.360
 1981 26 BOS AL  10   8  35   1   0   0  14  0   98.7  110   46   42   3   38   28   6   1   430   4   0  3.83  3.88  101 1.500
 1982 27 BOS AL  12   7  48   0   0   0  33 14  168.3  161   60   58  11   50   83   4   2   694   6   0  3.10  4.33  140 1.253 MVP-25,CYA-7
 1983 28 BOS AL   8  10  64   0   0   0  53 33  145.3  145   56   46   7   38   65   3   4   602  12   0  2.85  4.36  153 1.259 MVP-15,AS
 1984 29 BOS AL   9  10  57   0   0   0  47 22  106.7  113   57   42   9   23   52   2   1   455   9   0  3.54  4.20  118 1.275
 1985 30 BOS AL   6   6  48   0   0   0  41 10   87.7   76   30   28   7   30   46   2   1   360  10   0  2.87  4.32  150 1.209
 1986 31 BOS AL   6   6  66   1   0   0  50 16   82.3  109   48   40   9   22   54   0   1   366   8   0  4.37  4.19   96 1.591
 1987 32 BOS AL   4  15  34  20   4   1   5  0  152.7  198   96   85  17   42   67   1   3   676   7   0  5.01  4.56   91 1.572
 1988 33 BOS AL   6   4  57   0   0   0  31  5  101.7   90   41   36   6   29   57   7   5   419   7   1  3.19  4.13  130 1.170
 1989 34 BOS AL   5   2  43   0   0   0  22  4   79.3  102   54   43   4   26   32   1   1   356   2   0  4.88  4.13   85 1.613
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Years            97      85       7    132        1858       690      471       41  22  7238  87   2  3.64  4.31  118 1.364
 WL%= .542      115     637      21     376    1707.0       797      113       693
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   9  59   8   1   0  35 12  160.7  174   75   64  10   44   65   3   2   681   8   0  3.64  4.31  118 1.364
 Career High     16  15  66  30   9   4  53 33  216.7  250  110   96  17   52   83   7   5   914  12   1  2.60  4.56  160 1.170

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1977 22 BOS AL   P   41      6   43    2    6  .961  .948  1.20  0.84  2.92  1.95   13  151.0
 1978 23 BOS AL   P   52     10   34    1    2  .978  .954  0.85  0.85  2.79  1.90    3  141.7
 1979 24 BOS AL   P   40     19   43    3    2  .954  .949  1.55  0.81  2.57  1.92   30  216.7 AS
 1980 25 BOS AL   P   52      9   42    2    8  .962  .957  0.98  0.77  2.62  1.85   17  175.0
 1981 26 BOS AL   P   35     10   29    2    6  .951  .963  1.11  0.81  3.56  1.98    1   98.7
 1982 27 BOS AL   P   48     13   43    2    4  .966  .957  1.17  0.73  2.99  1.80    0  168.3
 1983 28 BOS AL   P   64      9   18    3    3  .900  .957  0.42  0.73  1.67  1.80    0  145.3 AS
 1984 29 BOS AL   P   57      7   28    2    0  .946  .959  0.61  0.70  2.95  1.79    0  106.7
 1985 30 BOS AL   P   48      8   12    1    1  .952  .952  0.42  0.70  2.05  1.86    0   87.7
 1986 31 BOS AL   P   66      6   14    2    0  .909  .957  0.30  0.68  2.19  1.83    1   82.3
 1987 32 BOS AL   P   34     15   22    1    4  .974  .956  1.09  0.67  2.18  1.84   20  152.7
 1988 33 BOS AL   P   57      7   12    2    2  .905  .960  0.33  0.67  1.68  1.78    0  101.7
 1989 34 BOS AL   P   43      3   17    1    0  .952  .962  0.47  0.66  2.27  1.87    0   79.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1977 22 BOS AL   P   41      6   43    2    6  .961  .948  1.20  0.84  2.92  1.95   13  151.0
 1978 23 BOS AL   P   52     10   34    1    2  .978  .954  0.85  0.85  2.79  1.90    3  141.7
 1979 24 BOS AL   P   40     19   43    3    2  .954  .949  1.55  0.81  2.57  1.92   30  216.7
 1980 25 BOS AL   P   52      9   42    2    8  .962  .957  0.98  0.77  2.62  1.85   17  175.0
 1981 26 BOS AL   P   35     10   29    2    6  .951  .963  1.11  0.81  3.56  1.98    1   98.7
 1982 27 BOS AL   P   48     13   43    2    4  .966  .957  1.17  0.73  2.99  1.80    0  168.3
 1983 28 BOS AL   P   64      9   18    3    3  .900  .957  0.42  0.73  1.67  1.80    0  145.3
 1984 29 BOS AL   P   57      7   28    2    0  .946  .959  0.61  0.70  2.95  1.79    0  106.7
 1985 30 BOS AL   P   48      8   12    1    1  .952  .952  0.42  0.70  2.05  1.86    0   87.7
 1986 31 BOS AL   P   66      6   14    2    0  .909  .957  0.30  0.68  2.19  1.83    1   82.3
 1987 32 BOS AL   P   34     15   22    1    4  .974  .956  1.09  0.67  2.18  1.84   20  152.7
 1988 33 BOS AL   P   57      7   12    2    2  .905  .960  0.33  0.67  1.68  1.78    0  101.7
 1989 34 BOS AL   P   43      3   17    1    0  .952  .962  0.47  0.66  2.27  1.87    0   79.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 637    122  357   24   38  .952  .956  0.75  0.74  2.53  1.86   85 1707.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       637    122  357   24   38  .952  .956  0.75  0.74  2.53  1.86   85   1707
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   3   0   4.76  0  0  0  0   5.2   7   3   3   1 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   5   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   6.1   5   0   1   4 
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   2   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   1     2   1   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   5   0   5.40  0  0  0  0   6.2   9   4   4   1 
  3 Postseason Ser      1-2  10   0   2.77  0  0  1  0  13    14   4   5   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   ALCS  BOS CAL     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS NYM     L   5   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2  10   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1979   BOS AL      0  0  0   2     1   1   1   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1983   BOS AL      0  0  0   2     2   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/2      0  0  0  0   4     3   1   1   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0   2.25 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1979   BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1983   BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1979 *
1983 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1978-AL-25-0.02
1982-AL-25-0.02
1983-AL-15-0.03
Car-993-0.07 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1978-AL-7-0.01
1982-AL-7-0.03
Car-213-0.04 shares

ERA
1982 AL-3.10-2

Wins
1979 AL-16-8

Won-Loss %
1978 AL-.882-2
1982 AL-.632-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1979 AL-1.83-4

Games
1983 AL-64-5
1986 AL-66-5

Saves
1980 AL-14-8
1982 AL-14-9
1983 AL-33-2
1984 AL-22-8
1986 AL-16-8
Car-132-77

Shutouts
1979 AL-4-4

Hits Allowed
1979 AL-250-8

Losses
1987 AL-15-6

Hit Batsmen
1980 AL-7-6
1981 AL-6-4

Games Finished
1983 AL-53-4
1984 AL-47-7
1986 AL-50-8
Car-376-63

Adjusted ERA+
1980 AL-125-9
1982 AL-140-1

      

Gray Ink: Pitching - 34 (687) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 24.0 (520) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 9, 1974: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

December 20, 1989: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Boston Red Sox$1,075,000
1986Boston Red Sox$1,060,000
1987Boston Red Sox$1,075,000
1988Boston Red Sox$1,060,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,270,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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