Stay up to date this MLB Season with the daily Baseball Reference Newsletter.

Bob Shirley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: June 25, 1954 in Cushing, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 38th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK), the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) and the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (8th) of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

High School: Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: April 10, 1977 (Age 22-289d, 13,857th in major league history)
vs. CIN 8.2 IP, 4 H, 11 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: June 21, 1987 (Age 32-361d)
vs. CAL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Agents: Tony Attanasio

Full Name: Robert Charles Shirley

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.7

ERA

3.82

434

162

1432.0

790

WHIP

1.379

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 14-35 / in Starts: 9-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 8

1979 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	90	3	Apr 7	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		99	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.33	8	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.021	.28	0.02%	1.83	7b -23 1 out d4	8b end d 3
2	91	4	Apr 8	SDP	@	LAD	L,5-6	11-GF(12)	L(0-1)	0	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.00	7.40	5	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.239	2.83	-0.22%	-0.31	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
3	92	8	Apr 13	SDP		CIN	L,2-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	4.50	3.93	27	9	6	0	0	6	51			1	0	1	24	2	1	1	1	1	0	.72	-0.183	.93	-0.14%	-0.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
4	93	13	Apr 18	SDP		SFG	W,7-6	GS-7		4	6.1	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.96	3.77	27	7	10	2	0	5	46			0	0	0	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.111	1.33	-0.10%	-0.84	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out a1
5	94	16	Apr 21	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-5	6-6	BS(1)	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.96	3.77	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.167	2.93	-0.14%	-1.00	6b -2- 0 out a1	6b -2- 0 out tie
6	95	19	Apr 25	SDP	@	MON	L,6-9	GS-1	L(0-3)	3	0.1	6	5	5	0	1	1	0	7.56	4.41	7	0	0	0	0	6	20			0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.443	1.21	-0.31%	-5.19	1b start a 1	1b -2- 1 out d4
7	96	23	Apr 30	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	L(0-4)	4	2.0	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	7.23	4.61	10	2	1	1	0	3		0	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.22	-0.154	1.29	-0.10%	-0.11	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	97	26	May 4	SDP		MON	L,1-12	5-GF		3	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.70	4.13	16	5	7	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	2.55	5t 1-- 0 out d12	9t end d11
9	98	29	May 7	SDP		PHI	L,6-11	6-7		2	1.0	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	6.57	4.43	8	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.004	.06	0.00%	-1.38	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 123 0 out d6
10	99	31	May 9	SDP		PHI	L,0-2	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.31	4.37	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.013	.23	0.01%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
11	100	33	May 11	SDP		NYM	L,0-4	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.23	4.35	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.002	.07	0.00%	0.33	9t --3 2 out d4	9t end d 4
12	101	35	May 13	SDP		NYM	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	W(1-4)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.79	4.16	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.248	1.24	0.11%	0.87	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
13	102	38	May 16	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-7	6-6		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.59	4.04	4	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.47	6b --- 0 out d7	6b 3 out d7
14	103	41	May 20(1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	3.93	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.026	.58	0.01%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
15	104	42	May 20(2)	SDP	@	HOU	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		-1	0.2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.28	3.84	4	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.071	.30	-0.03%	-1.87	8b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 4
16	105	44	May 22	SDP		LAD	W,7-6	6-6		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.12	3.74	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.011	.09	0.00%	0.44	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
17	106	45	May 23	SDP		LAD	L,2-4	5-8		0	3.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	4.58	3.69	14	4	5	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.118	.42	0.05%	1.78	5t 1-- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d2
18	107	47	May 26	SDP		HOU	L,0-9	7-GF		2	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.23	3.46	10	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.31	7t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
19	108	52	May 30	SDP		ATL	W,10-2	2-GF	W(2-4)	3	8.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.50	3.03	27	11	6	1	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.130	.32	0.06%	2.86	2t 1-- 0 out d1	9t end a 8
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	109	54	Jun 1	SDP	@	PIT	L,8-9	9-9	L(2-5)	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.03	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.029	1.26	-0.02%	-0.13	9b --- 2 out tie	9b 1-- 2 out tie
21	110	56	Jun 3	SDP	@	PIT	L,0-7	3-5		1	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.49	2.98	9	5	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.013	.07	0.01%	1.25	3b --- 1 out d6	5b 3 out d6
22	111	59	Jun 7	SDP	@	CHC	L,3-4	5-GF(8)	L(2-6)	3	4.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.57	2.98	18	9	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	2	0	15	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.46	-0.152	1.18	-0.07%	0.07	5b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
23	112	65	Jun 14	SDP		PIT	W,2-1	8-10		6	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.38	2.86	11	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.347	1.74	0.14%	1.31	8t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
24	113	66	Jun 15	SDP		CHC	L,2-3	9-9	H(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	2.86	1	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	0.068	2.14	0.03%	0.21	9t --- 0 out a1	9t --- 1 out a1
25	114	68	Jun 17	SDP		CHC	L,5-8	1-5		1	4.1	3	1	0	2	4	0	0	3.12	2.81	17	4	4	2	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	0	2	0	0	0	.30	-0.101	.16	-0.03%	-0.70	1t -23 2 out d3	5t 3 out d5
26	115	72	Jun 22	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-7	L(2-7)	4	6.1	2	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.09	2.78	22	6	8	0	0	2	63			1	1	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.089	.95	0.04%	1.46	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
27	116	76	Jun 26	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	W(3-7)	3	9.0	11	1	0	2	5	0	0	2.72	2.72	39	12	9	2	0	11	66			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	2	0	1	.84	0.209	.19	0.03%	3.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
28	117	81	Jun 30	SDP		HOU	L,0-3	GS-8	L(3-8)	3	8.0	7	3	3	1	7	1	0	2.79	2.74	32	10	7	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.073	.21	-0.01%	0.49	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	118	85	Jul 4	SDP		LAD	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-8)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.52	2.67	30	10	12	2	2	2	87			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.40	0.256	.02	0.01%	3.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
30	119	89	Jul 8(2)	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS-4	L(4-9)	3	4.0	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.78	2.72	18	4	4	0	0	5	35			0	1	1	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.247	.13	-0.02%	-2.22	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
31	120	92	Jul 12	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	9	3	3	4	1	1	0	2.88	2.95	27	8	5	0	0	9	39			0	1	1	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.108	.20	-0.01%	-0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
32	121	96	Jul 15	SDP	@	MON	L,0-4	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	2.93	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.22	8b --- 0 out d3	8b --- 1 out d3
33	122	99	Jul 21	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	GS-8	L(4-10)	5	7.2	10	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.76	2.91	33	10	9	2	0	9	54			1	3	1	31	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.045	.66	-0.01%	0.77	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out d1
34	123	103	Jul 25	SDP		MON	L,5-6	GS-7		3	7.0	11	4	2	1	2	0	0	2.75	2.89	31	6	11	4	0	11	44			0	1	1	30	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.15	-0.033	.36	-0.01%	-0.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
35	124	107	Jul 29	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	L(4-11)	3	6.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	1	2.83	2.97	24	6	8	1	0	4	55			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.134	.12	-0.01%	-0.38	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	125	111	Aug 3	SDP	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS-7	W(5-11)	4	6.0	3	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.84	2.98	25	7	7	2	2	2	59			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	0.154	.08	0.01%	1.47	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
37	126	115	Aug 8	SDP	@	SFG	L,7-10	GS-4	L(5-12)	4	4.0	6	3	3	2	3	2	0	2.96	3.16	19	7	4	1	0	3	39			2	1	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	.82	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-1.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
38	127	119	Aug 12(2)	SDP		CIN	W,5-4	GS-6		3	5.1	8	4	4	3	5	0	1	3.10	3.16	25	5	3	0	0	8	38			0	2	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.424	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d1
39	128	123	Aug 17	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-9	GS-7		4	6.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.16	3.21	26	9	5	0	1	5	51			0	1	1	22	2	0	0	0	1	1	.92	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.10	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out a2
40	129	127	Aug 21	SDP	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-10	W(6-12)	3	10.0	6	2	1	1	5	0	1	3.01	3.15	34	12	9	1	4	6	78			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.211	.00	0.00%	2.79	1b start a 1	10b 3 out tie
41	130	131	Aug 26	SDP		PIT	L,2-9	GS-3	L(6-13)	4	2.0	8	7	7	1	2	2	0	3.38	3.30	15	4	0	0	0	8	13			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-6.13	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d7
42	131	135	Aug 31	SDP		STL	L,7-8	GS-4		4	4.0	9	6	6	1	4	0	0	3.63	3.26	21	2	5	1	0	9	23			0	1	1	19	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.488	.00	0.00%	-4.26	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
43	132	139	Sep 4	SDP		SFG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-14)	3	6.2	6	3	0	2	1	0	1	3.48	3.28	29	14	7	1	0	4	55			0	1	1	25	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.47	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.35	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
44	133	143	Sep 8	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-2	CG	W(7-14)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.41	3.30	33	12	11	1	2	5	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.36	0.130	.00	0.00%	2.53	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
45	134	147	Sep 13	SDP	@	LAD	L,6-8	GS-4	L(7-15)	4	4.0	4	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.53	3.34	16	4	4	0	0	4	40			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.270	.00	0.00%	-2.14	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
46	135	149	Sep 15	SDP		ATL	L,1-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.51	3.33	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
47	136	152	Sep 19	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-16)	3	7.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.52	3.35	29	8	8	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.112	.00	0.00%	0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
48	137	157	Sep 25	SDP	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	W(8-16)	5	9.0	7	2	2	4	4	2	1	3.45	3.48	37	9	12	1	4	7	65			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.291	.00	0.00%	2.27	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
49	138	161	Sep 30	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	1	3	1	0	0	3.38	3.49	28	9	13	2	0	2	57			0	2	1	23	1	1	0	0	1	1	.89	-0.100	.00	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
							14-35		W-L:8-16,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.7	205.0	196	89	77	59	117	15	6	3.38	3.49	843	1.11		6%	3%	185	51	11	55%	8	20	10	762	36	9	8	14	7	10	.92	-1.964	.31	-0.70%	3.17

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Shirley Pages

Bob Shirley Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Bob Shirley Pages at Baseball Reference