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Bob Turley Robert Lee Turley (Bullet Bob) Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 2", Weight 215 lb. MLB Debut September 29, 1951 Final Game September 21, 1963 Born September 19, 1930 in Troy, IL Died March 30, 2013 (age 82)

• Pitched a one-hitter for NYA vs. MLN on May 7, 1955
• Pitched a one-hitter for NYA vs. BOA on August 31, 1956   (9 IP in a 10 inning game)
• Pitched a one-hitter for NYA vs. KCA on April 18, 1958

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1953 22 WAA AL   4   7  .364  48   1   0  34  12   0   64.0   48   303   38   36   2   70   5   1   54   2  0  5.06  
 1954 23 WAA AL  17  10  .630  39  35   5   0   0   2  265.0  187  1138   98   89   7  173  13   7  211   1  0  3.02  CY-3
 1955 24 NYA AL  16  13  .552  34  34   7   0   0   3  258.2  158  1105  100   86  19  180   7   7  237   6  0  2.99  CY-2
 1956 25 NYA AL   3   4  .429  21   6   0  11   0   0   55.0   57   262   36   33   5   40   0   2   32   1  0  5.40  
 1957 26 NYA AL   9   6  .600  29  29   1   0   0   0  175.1  117   714   52   41  16   82   4   2  195   0  0  2.10  CY-6
 1958 27 NYA AL  22   7  .759  35  35   5   0   0   2  229.1  168   936   71   62  19   90   1   5  182   6  0  2.43  CY-1
 1959 28 NYA AL   6  10  .375  20  20   0   0   0   0  117.0  117   508   65   64  15   52   2   3   77   1  0  4.92  
 1960 29 NYA AL  11  10  .524  30  30   0   0   0   0  186.2  134   776   87   76  17   96   0   1  107  12  2  3.66  
 1961 30 NYA AL   1   1  .500   3   3   0   0   0   0   13.1   16    64   12   12   3    9   0   0   12   0  0  8.10  
 1962 31 NYA AL   4   2  .667  28   4   0  12   2   0   66.0   70   312   37   34   9   50   5   1   41   4  0  4.64  
 1963 32 NYA AL   1   6  .143  28   8   1  10   1   1   79.0   68   351   34   32   8   52   1   2   54   0  0  3.65  
         BOA AL   2   2  .500   7   7   1   0   0   0   41.0   40   182   26   25   8   21   0   1   32   0  0  5.49  
         TOT      3   8  .273  35  15   2  10   1   1  120.0  108   533   60   57  16   73   1   3   86   0  0  4.28 
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 11 Seasons      96  78  .552 322 212  20  67  15   8 1550.1 1180  6651  656  590 128  915  38  32 1234  33  2  3.43
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With NYA      73  59  .553 228 169  14  33   3   6 1180.1  905  5028  494  440 111  651  20  23  937  30  2  3.35
   With WAA      21  17  .553  87  36   5  34  12   2  329.0  235  1441  136  125   9  243  18   8  265   3  0  3.42
   With BOA       2   2  .500   7   7   1   0   0   0   41.0   40   182   26   25   8   21   0   1   32   0  0  5.49
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     101  85  .543 310 237  78  38  12  24 1714.2 1366  7447  753  693 140 1068  21  56 1265  39  3  3.64
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1953 22 WAA AL  39   34   4.7  21  1.00   13   6   1  .462   0    9    8  .889    8    3  .727   23   
 1954 23 WAA AL  43  101   3.4   0  4.80   83  12   0  .145   3   11    8  .727   11   11  .500  -36   
 1955 24 NYA AL  43   89   3.1   0  4.76   84   9   0  .107   5   13    3  .231    5    0 1.000  -50   
 1956 25 NYA AL  36   33   5.3   1  4.33   17   4   0  .235   2    4    2  .500    0    1  .000  -52   
 1957 26 NYA AL  43   57   2.9   0  3.83   56   5   0  .089   1    3    1  .333    9    5  .643  -55   
 1958 27 NYA AL  38   72   2.8   0  5.37   84  13   0  .155   0   10   10 1.000    8    4  .667  -82   
 1959 28 NYA AL  46   66   5.1   0  3.65   41   3   0  .073   0    6    6 1.000    6    5  .545    0   
 1960 29 NYA AL  44   67   3.2   0  4.47   54   4   0  .074   0   10    9  .900    5    4  .556  -64   
 1961 30 NYA AL  38   13   9.0   0  5.33    4   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000   90   
 1962 31 NYA AL  34   46   6.4   3  3.50   10   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  -16   
 1963 32 NYA AL  48   39   4.5   1  2.88   16   1   0  .062   0    3    3 1.000    2    0 1.000  -25   
         BOA AL  49   26   5.9   0  4.43   15   2   0  .133   0    0    0  .000    3    0 1.000   80   
         TOT          66   5.0   1         31   3   0  .097   0    3    3 1.000    5    0 1.000
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 11 Seasons          650   3.7  26        477  59   1  .124  11   69   50  .725   57   33  .633  -40   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #19 (Class of 1953): 0 of 16 votes, 0.0% -- dropped from future ballots

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1956 WS    NYA NY2   W    1  0.00   0-0   0  0    .0   1   2   1   0
 1957 WS    NYA CIN   L    2  0.75   1-0   0  2  12.0  10   1   4   9
 1958 WS    NYA CHN   W    2 10.57   1-1   0  2   7.2  10   9   6   6
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Draft History

• 1954: Round 3 (#31 overall) by WAA

Transaction History

• 1963-06: traded by BOA to NYA with Dave Nicholson for Pete Runnels, Carl Willey

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1953 WAA 72-82 Larry Cupp 1954 WAA 87-67 Larry Cupp 1955 NYA 84-70 Billy Vanson 1956 NYA 101-53 Billy Vanson 1957 NYA 94-60 Billy Vanson 1958 NYA 100-54 Billy Vanson 1959 NYA 90-64 Billy Vanson 1960 NYA 81-73 Billy Vanson 1961 NYA 83-71 Billy Vanson 1962 NYA 79-83 Billy Vanson 1963 NYA 86-76 Billy Vanson 1963 BOA 76-86 Mike Tomeo

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