Bob Shirley

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 180 lb

BornJune 25, 1954 · Cushing, OK, USA

MLB debutApril 10, 1977

Final gameJune 21, 1987

Seasons11 (1977–1987)

San Diego Padres 1977–1980; St. Louis Cardinals 1981; Cincinnati Reds 1982; New York Yankees 1983–1986; Kansas City Royals 1987; New York Yankees 1987

Percentile snapshot

1979 season — qualified pitchers

98.8

9.4

7.1

4.7

12.9

SHO

27.1

196

68.2

78.8

65.9

117

61.2

76.5

205.0

ERA

3.38

74.1

WHIP

1.244

67.1

K/9

5.14

64.7

FIP

3.45

81.2

FIP-

97.2

51.8

ERA+

105.0

sWAR

2.2

30.6

of 86 qualified 1979 pitchers (min 161 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

96.8

25.1

sWAR

11.2

88.2

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1977	39	80	74	5	9	2	2	2	34	.122	.145	.149	.293	-25.2	-17.5	.139	1.6
1978	50	51	40	4	5	0	2	4	16	.125	.205	.125	.330	-1.6	-2.4	.175	0.9
1979	49	63	55	2	5	1	0	3	17	.091	.138	.109	.247	-37.0	-29.6	.126	2.2
1980	59	37	30	3	1	0	1	3	15	.033	.121	.033	.155	-57.9	-53.6	.097	1.0
1981	28	23	22	0	3	0	1	0	7	.136	.136	.136	.273	-43.7	-23.0	.128	0.2
1982	41	48	42	1	6	0	2	1	13	.143	.163	.143	.306	-26.3	-14.3	.148	1.5
1983	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3
1984	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.7
1985	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1986	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1977	39	35	12	18	0	1	0	215	88	100	146	22	214.0	3.70	1.472	6.14	4.16	115.4	97.5	1.6
1978	50	20	8	11	5	2	0	164	68	61	102	10	166.0	3.69	1.355	5.53	3.33	99.4	91.0	0.9
1979	49	25	8	16	0	4	1	196	77	59	117	15	205.0	3.38	1.244	5.14	3.45	97.2	105.0	2.2
1980	59	12	11	12	7	3	0	143	54	54	67	12	137.0	3.55	1.438	4.40	4.09	118.2	97.5	1.0
1981	28	11	6	4	1	1	0	78	36	34	36	6	79.3	4.08	1.412	4.08	4.07	114.0	87.4	0.2
1982	41	20	8	13	0	1	0	138	61	73	89	17	152.7	3.60	1.382	5.25	4.52	123.0	102.3	1.5
1983	25	17	5	8	0	1	1	122	61	36	53	10	108.0	5.08	1.463	4.42	4.05	102.8	77.5	-0.3
1984	41	7	3	3	0	1	0	119	43	38	48	8	114.3	3.38	1.373	3.78	3.81	99.2	113.5	1.7
1985	48	8	5	5	2	2	0	103	32	26	55	5	109.0	2.64	1.183	4.54	3.04	75.4	152.9	2.8
1986	39	6	0	4	3	0	0	108	59	40	64	13	105.3	5.04	1.405	5.47	4.41	107.1	81.6	0.0
1987	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	46	29	22	13	9	41.3	6.31	1.645	2.83	6.67	149.8	70.2	-0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

434

302

263

RBI

102

.1103

OBP

.1522

SLG

.1217

OPS

.2739

Pitching

G (P)

434

162

SHO

1,432

SO (P)

790

BB allowed

543

ERA

3.821

WHIP

1.3792

K/9

4.97

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
1977-10-02	SD @ SF Gameday	4	0	2	0	1	2
1978-05-21	SD @ CIN Gameday	3	1	2	0	1	2
1977-08-03	SD @ PHI Gameday	2	0	1	1	0	2
1977-09-08	SD @ HOU Gameday	2	1	1	1	0	2
1979-06-07	SD @ CHC Gameday	1	0	1	1	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1977-04-10	SD @ CIN Gameday	8.2	4	4	0	4	11
1978-06-25	HOU @ SD Gameday	9.0	4	1	1	2	8
1978-05-26	CIN @ SD Gameday	8.0	4	2	2	2	8
1982-09-26	HOU @ CIN Gameday	7.0	7	4	4	4	8
1981-04-18	STL @ CIN Gameday	5.2	4	2	2	4	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.