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Bob Sykes
Robert Joseph Sykes

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 9, 1977
  vs. KCR 4.7 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 4, 1981
Born December 11, 1954 in Neptune, NJ

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (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 DET AL   5   7  32  20   3   0   7  0  132.7  141   74   65  15   50   58   2   3   585   0   2  4.41  4.28   97 1.440
 1978 23 DET AL   6   6  22  10   3   2   6  2   93.7   99   43   41  14   34   58   1   1   400   0   0  3.94  3.89   99 1.420
 1979 24 STL NL   4   3  13  11   0   0   1  0   67.0   86   49   46  11   34   35   1   4   310   2   1  6.18  3.82   62 1.791
 1980 25 STL NL   6  10  27  19   4   3   0  0  126.0  134   67   65  12   54   50   0   3   545   3   0  4.64  3.72   80 1.492
 1981 26 STL NL   2   0  22   1   0   0   7  0   37.3   37   20   19   2   18   14   1   3   160   1   0  4.58  3.56   78 1.473
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .469  23  26 116  61  10   5  21  2  456.7  497  253  236  54  190  215   5  14  2000   6   3  4.65  3.92   84 1.504
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  44  23   3   1   8  0  175.3  190   97   90  20   72   82   1   5   768   2   1  4.65  3.92   84 1.504
 Career High      6  10  32  20   4   3   7  2  132.7  141   74   65  15   54   58   2   4   585   3   2  3.94  4.28   99 1.420

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 24 STL NL  13   21    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  11  .095  .208  .095  -15    2   2   0   0   2   0
 1980 25 STL NL  27   39    2    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  14  .103  .143  .103  -31    4   3   1   0   1   1
 1981 26 STL NL  22    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .333  .000    1    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       62   62    4    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  27  .097  .174  .097  -24    6   5   1   0   3   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        162   10   16   0  0   0    5   0  0   8  71  .097  .174  .097  -24   16  13   3   0   8   3
 Career High     27   39    2    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  14                           4   3   1   0   2   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 24 STL NL   26   21    1   1.3   101| .095  .271| .208  .337| .095  .403| .303  .740| -15  .094  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1980 25 STL NL   45   40    1   0.7    98| .103  .271| .143  .334| .103  .394| .246  .728| -31  .034  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 1981 26 STL NL    3    2    0   0.0    94| .000  .266| .333  .332| .000  .381| .333  .713|   1  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        74   63    2   0.9    99| .097  .271| .174  .335| .097  .396| .271  .732| -24  .050 -10.7  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 DET AL P 32 6 20 2 3 .929 .949 0.81 0.84 1.76 1.95 20 132.7 1978 23 DET AL P 22 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 0.36 0.85 0.77 1.90 10 93.7 1979 24 STL NL P 13 0 7 0 0 1.000 .946 0.54 0.66 0.94 1.80 11 67.0 1980 25 STL NL P 27 4 14 1 2 .947 .952 0.67 0.69 1.29 1.91 19 126.0 1981 26 STL NL P 22 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.55 0.68 2.90 1.98 1 37.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 22 DET AL P 32 6 20 2 3 .929 .949 0.81 0.84 1.76 1.95 20 132.7 1978 23 DET AL P 22 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 0.36 0.85 0.77 1.90 10 93.7 1979 24 STL NL P 13 0 7 0 0 1.000 .946 0.54 0.66 0.94 1.80 11 67.0 1980 25 STL NL P 27 4 14 1 2 .947 .952 0.67 0.69 1.29 1.91 19 126.0 1981 26 STL NL P 22 4 8 0 1 1.000 .960 0.55 0.68 2.90 1.98 1 37.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 116 15 56 4 6 .947 .952 0.61 0.76 1.40 1.91 61 456.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 116 15 56 4 6 .947 .952 0.61 0.76 1.40 1.91 61 457
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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.

Shutouts
1980 NL-3-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

December 4, 1978: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Jack Murphy (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jerry Morales and Aurelio Lopez.

October 21, 1981: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Willie McGee.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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