Bob Shirley

PITCHER · R/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1977–1987 BORN: CUSHING, USA
Career
67 W · 3.82 ERA · 790 K
1432.0 IP · 1.38 WHIP · 434 G
1987 Season
1-0 · 4.50 ERA
34.0 IP · 12 K · 1.53 WHIP
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Bob Shirley was a pitcher in MLB. Across 434 career appearances, with a 3.82 ERA and 790 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
1977 SD 12 18 3.70 39 35 0 214.0 215 88 100 146 1.47
1978 SD 8 11 3.69 50 20 5 166.0 164 68 61 102 1.36
1979 SD 8 16 3.38 49 25 0 205.0 196 77 59 117 1.24
1980 SD 11 12 3.55 59 12 7 137.0 143 54 54 67 1.44
1981 STL 6 4 4.08 28 11 1 79.1 78 36 34 36 1.41
1982 CIN 8 13 3.60 41 20 0 152.2 138 61 73 89 1.38
1983 NYY 5 8 5.08 25 17 0 108.0 122 61 36 53 1.46
1984 NYY 3 3 3.38 41 7 0 114.1 119 43 38 48 1.37
1985 NYY 5 5 2.64 48 8 2 109.0 103 32 26 55 1.18
1986 NYY 0 4 5.04 39 6 3 105.1 108 59 40 64 1.41
1987 KC 0 0 14.73 3 0 0 7.1 10 12 6 1 2.18
1987 NYY 1 0 4.50 12 1 0 34.0 36 17 16 12 1.53
Career Totals 67 94 3.82 434 162 18 1432.0 1432 608 543 790 1.38
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 SD 39 74 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 2 34 .122 .145 .149 .293
1978 SD 50 40 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 16 .125 .205 .125 .330
1979 SD 49 55 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 17 .091 .138 .109 .247
1980 SD 59 30 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 15 .033 .121 .033 .155
1981 STL 28 22 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .136 .136 .136 .273
1982 CIN 41 42 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 13 .143 .163 .143 .306
1983 NYY 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYY 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYY 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 KC 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Totals 434 263 15 29 3 0 0 8 0 13 102 .110 .152 .122 .274
Awards & Achievements
  • Player of the Week (1): 1985
Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1985$637,500
1986$750,000

Career Total: $1,387,500 (2 seasons)

Average: $693,750

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.