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Bob Locker

Robert Awtry Locker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 15, 1938 in George, IA
High School: George (George, IA)
School: Iowa State University
Signed
by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1965
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Athletics/Cubs/Pilots/Brewers 1965-1975

Final Game: June 20, 1975
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1965 27 CHW AL 5 2 .714 3.15 51 0 14 0 0 2 91.1 71 36 32 6 30 10 69 2 0 1 370 101 1.106 7.0 0.6 3.0 6.8 2.30
1966 28 CHW AL 9 8 .529 2.46 56 0 35 0 0 12 95.0 73 32 26 2 23 13 70 5 0 0 384 129 1.011 6.9 0.2 2.2 6.6 3.04
1967 29 CHW AL 7 5 .583 2.09 77 0 47 0 0 20 124.2 102 34 29 5 23 5 80 10 1 7 503 144 1.003 7.4 0.4 1.7 5.8 3.48
1968 30 CHW AL 5 4 .556 2.29 70 0 32 0 0 10 90.1 78 27 23 4 27 13 62 1 0 3 372 140 1.162 7.8 0.4 2.7 6.2 2.30
1969 31 TOT AL 5 6 .455 3.14 68 0 30 0 0 10 100.1 95 47 35 9 32 9 61 3 2 4 425 118 1.266 8.5 0.8 2.9 5.5 1.91
1969 31 CHW AL 2 3 .400 6.55 17 0 9 0 0 4 22.0 26 18 16 6 6 1 15 0 1 1 96 60 1.455 10.6 2.5 2.5 6.1 2.50
1969 31 SEP AL 3 3 .500 2.18 51 0 21 0 0 6 78.1 69 29 19 3 26 8 46 3 1 3 329 167 1.213 7.9 0.3 3.0 5.3 1.77
1970 32 TOT AL 3 4 .429 3.07 66 0 32 0 0 7 88.0 86 39 30 2 29 4 52 6 0 5 374 119 1.307 8.8 0.2 3.0 5.3 1.79
1970 32 MIL AL 0 1 .000 3.41 28 0 16 0 0 3 31.2 37 18 12 1 10 1 19 5 0 1 138 112 1.484 10.5 0.3 2.8 5.4 1.90
1970 32 OAK AL 3 3 .500 2.88 38 0 16 0 0 4 56.1 49 21 18 1 19 3 33 1 0 4 236 124 1.207 7.8 0.2 3.0 5.3 1.74
1971 33 OAK AL 7 2 .778 2.86 47 0 22 0 0 6 72.1 68 28 23 2 19 9 46 1 1 3 300 118 1.203 8.5 0.2 2.4 5.7 2.42
1972 34 OAK AL 6 1 .857 2.65 56 0 29 0 0 10 78.0 69 25 23 1 16 5 47 2 0 6 317 108 1.090 8.0 0.1 1.8 5.4 2.94
1973 35 CHC NL 10 6 .625 2.54 63 0 43 0 0 18 106.1 96 40 30 6 42 10 76 4 0 7 450 155 1.298 8.1 0.5 3.6 6.4 1.81
1975 37 CHC NL 0 1 .000 4.96 22 0 4 0 0 0 32.2 38 21 18 3 16 2 14 2 1 1 148 79 1.653 10.5 0.8 4.4 3.9 0.88
10 Seasons 57 39 .594 2.75 576 0 288 0 0 95 879.0 776 329 269 40 257 80 577 36 5 37 3643 123 1.175 7.9 0.4 2.6 5.9 2.25
162 Game Avg. 7 5 .594 2.75 68 0 34 0 0 11 104 92 39 32 5 30 9 68 4 1 4 430 123 1.175 7.9 0.4 2.6 5.9 2.25
CHW (5 yrs) 28 22 .560 2.68 271 0 137 0 0 48 423.1 350 147 126 23 109 42 296 18 2 12 1725 119 1.084 7.4 0.5 2.3 6.3 2.72
OAK (3 yrs) 16 6 .727 2.79 141 0 67 0 0 20 206.2 186 74 64 4 54 17 126 4 1 13 853 116 1.161 8.1 0.2 2.4 5.5 2.33
CHC (2 yrs) 10 7 .588 3.11 85 0 47 0 0 18 139.0 134 61 48 9 58 12 90 6 1 8 598 126 1.381 8.7 0.6 3.8 5.8 1.55
MIL (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 2.54 79 0 37 0 0 9 110.0 106 47 31 4 36 9 65 8 1 4 467 146 1.291 8.7 0.3 2.9 5.3 1.81
AL (8 yrs) AL 47 32 .595 2.69 491 0 241 0 0 77 740.0 642 268 221 31 199 68 487 30 4 29 3045 122 1.136 7.8 0.4 2.4 5.9 2.45
NL (2 yrs) NL 10 7 .588 3.11 85 0 47 0 0 18 139.0 134 61 48 9 58 12 90 6 1 8 598 126 1.381 8.7 0.6 3.8 5.8 1.55

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1965 27 CHW AL 91.1 0 36 41 3 .8 5 0.0 $
1966 28 CHW AL 95.0 0 32 41 4 1.5 9 0.6 $
1967 29 CHW AL 124.2 0 34 49 7 1.5 15 1.4 $
1968 30 CHW AL 90.1 0 27 42 2 1.3 15 1.4 $
1969 31 CHW AL 22.0 0 18 13 0 .9 -5 -0.6 $
1969 31 SEP AL 78.1 0 29 46 -4 1.3 17 1.5 $
1970 32 MIL AL 31.2 0 18 19 -1 .7 1 -0.2 $
1970 32 OAK AL 56.1 0 21 28 2 1.1 7 0.4 $
1971 33 OAK AL 72.1 0 28 33 2 1.0 5 0.1 $
1972 34 OAK AL 78.0 0 25 31 3 1.0 6 0.3 $
1973 35 CHC NL 106.1 0 40 65 -3 1.6 25 2.4 $
1975 37 CHC NL 32.2 0 21 21 -2 .5 0 -0.2 $
10 Seasons 878.9 0 329 429 13 1.2 100 7.1 $
CHW (5 yrs) 423.1 0 147 186 16 1.3 39 2.8 $
OAK (3 yrs) 206.2 0 74 92 7 1.0 18 0.8 $
CHC (2 yrs) 139.0 0 61 86 -5 1.3 25 2.2 $
MIL (2 yrs) 110.0 0 47 65 -5 1.1 18 1.3 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 33 OAK AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1972 34 OAK AL ALCS W DET 0 1 .000 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 4.5
1972 34 OAK AL WS W CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 1 .000 9.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 14 2.333 15.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2 ALCS 0 1 .000 10.13 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.250 13.5 3.4 6.8 3.4 0.50
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1965 27 CHW AL 51 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 28 CHW AL 56 18 16 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .250 .333 .250 .583 77 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 29 CHW AL 77 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1968 30 CHW AL 70 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 -65 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1969 31 TOT AL 68 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .077 .143 .077 .220 -36 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 31 CHW AL 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 31 SEP AL 51 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .083 .154 .083 .237 -31 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 32 TOT AL 66 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 32 MIL AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 32 OAK AL 38 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 33 OAK AL 47 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -56 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 34 OAK AL 56 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .333 .000 .333 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 35 CHC NL 63 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1975 37 CHC NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 576 105 95 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 61 .074 .146 .074 .219 -35 7 0 1 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 30 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 .074 .146 .074 .219 -35 2 0 0 1 0 0
CHW (5 yrs) 271 53 49 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 .082 .135 .082 .216 -34 4 0 1 1 0 0
OAK (3 yrs) 141 22 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 .056 .227 .056 .283 -14 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 85 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 0 0 1 0 0
MIL (2 yrs) 79 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .077 .143 .077 .220 -36 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 491 89 80 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 52 .075 .159 .075 .234 -29 6 0 1 1 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 85 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 .067 .067 .067 .133 -64 1 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 27 CHW AL 14 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1966 28 CHW AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1967 29 CHW AL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1968 30 CHW AL 9 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $16,000 1
1969 31 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1969 31 SEP AL 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $29,500 1
1970 32 MIL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1970 32 OAK AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $30,500 1
1971 33 OAK AL 7 -1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $30,500 1
1972 34 OAK AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $35,000 1
1973 35 CHC NL 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $45,000 1
9 Seasons 105 -14 0 1 0 0 9 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $186,500
CHW (5 yrs) 53 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $16,000
OAK (3 yrs) 22 -2 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $96,000
MIL (2 yrs) 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $29,500
CHC (1 yr) 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $45,000

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 33 OAK AL ALCS BAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 34 OAK AL ALCS DET W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 34 OAK AL WS CIN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1965 CHW AL 27 P 51 0 0 91.1 38 10 28 0 3 1.000 3.74 0.75 .947 2.04 2.03 9 3 25% 0
1966 CHW AL 28 P 56 0 0 95.0 37 11 25 1 1 .973 3.41 0.64 .951 1.99 1.98 8 1 11% 2
1967 CHW AL 29 P 77 0 0 124.2 58 13 42 3 3 .948 3.97 0.71 .957 1.96 1.96 10 3 23% 0
1968 CHW AL 30 P 70 0 0 90.1 32 6 25 1 1 .969 3.09 0.44 .956 1.89 1.88 9 2 18% 0
1969 TOT AL 31 P 68 0 0 100.1 35 11 23 1 0 .971 3.05 0.50 .949 1.88 1.88 7 0 0% 0
1969 CHW AL 31 P 17 0 0 22.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.29 .940 1.88 1.88 1 0 0% 0
1969 SEP AL 31 P 51 0 0 78.1 30 10 19 1 0 .967 3.33 0.57 .950 1.88 1.88 6 0 0% 0
1970 TOT AL 32 P 66 0 0 88.0 23 3 17 3 0 .870 2.05 0.30 .952 1.86 1.85 4 6 60% 0
1970 MIL AL 32 P 28 0 0 31.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.42 0.18 .950 1.88 1.85 0 5 100% 0
1970 OAK AL 32 P 38 0 0 56.1 17 2 13 2 0 .882 2.40 0.39 .953 1.85 1.85 4 1 20% 0
1971 OAK AL 33 P 47 0 0 72.1 25 3 20 2 0 .920 2.86 0.49 .960 1.98 1.97 4 0 0% 0
1972 OAK AL 34 P 56 0 0 78.0 15 5 9 1 0 .933 1.62 0.25 .953 1.86 1.85 5 2 29% 0
1973 CHC NL 35 P 63 0 0 106.1 35 10 21 4 3 .886 2.62 0.49 .954 1.88 1.88 9 4 31% 0
1975 CHC NL 37 P 22 0 0 32.2 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 3.03 0.50 .945 1.87 1.86 1 3 75% 0
10 Seasons P 576 0 0 879.0 309 77 216 16 11 .948 3.00 0.51 .953 1.93 1.91 66 24 27% 2
10 Seasons TOT 576 0 0 879.0 309 77 216 16 11 .948 3.00 0.51 .953 1.93 1.91 66 24 27% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 NL  .625 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1967 AL  77 (1st)
1968 AL  70 (3rd)
1969 AL  68 (4th)
1970 AL  66 (7th)
1973 NL  63 (6th)
Career  576 (213th)

Saves s c a p y
1966 AL  12 (10th)
1967 AL  20 (2nd)
1973 NL  18 (5th)
Career  95 (136th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 AL  10 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1966 AL  35 (9th)
1967 AL  47 (3rd)
1968 AL  32 (8th)
1973 NL  43 (5th)
Career  288 (115th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1967 AL  2.1 (10th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1967 AL  77 (1st)
1968 AL  70 (3rd)
1969 AL  68 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as Ps c a p y
1965 AL  3.74 (1st)
1966 AL  3.41 (2nd)
1967 AL  3.97 (2nd)
1968 AL  3.09 (3rd)
1971 AL  2.88 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1975 NL  born 1938-03-15 (9th)

                                         

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (824), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1164), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1056), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 23 (235), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196830Chicago White Sox$16,000Lords of the Realm, p. 31
196931Seattle Pilots$29,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197032Oakland Athletics$30,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197133Oakland Athletics$30,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197234Oakland Athletics$35,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197335Chicago Cubs$45,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197436Oakland Athletics$52,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$238,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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