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Bob
Locker		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: March 15, 1938 in Usa, IA, GEORGE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1965    1966   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 27 KCR AL $ 300,000 4 5 6 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
1966 28 KCR AL $ 300,000 5 4 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 8
1967 29 KCR AL $ 300,000 4 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
1968 30 SDP NL $ 300,000 4 4 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
1969 31 SDP NL $ 3,342,857 6 4 5 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
1970 32 SDP NL $ 1,750,000 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1971 33 DET AL $ 1,750,000 4 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 8
1972 34 SDP NL $ 1,750,000 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 6
1973 35 SDP NL $ 1,750,000 3 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,342,857 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 27 KCR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 28 KCR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 29 KCR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 30 SDP NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 31 SDP NL $ 3,342,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 32 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 33 DET AL $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 34 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 35 SDP NL $ 1,750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,342,857   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1965 27 KCR AL 7 7 .500 85 0 0 0 20 105.7 103 36 6 28 59 3.07 .254 .304 .348 .652 12.4
1966 28 KCR AL 8 2 .800 81 6 0 0 19 110.7 89 24 4 22 75 1.95 .219 .262 .314 .577 18.6
1967 29 KCR AL 6 6 .500 55 0 0 0 14 65.3 77 35 4 22 32 4.82 .295 .358 .418 .775 4.3
    AAA   0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 3 0 3 8 3.86 .296 .367 .481 .848  
1968 30 SDP NL 2 9 .182 43 41 0 0 0 143.3 130 47 8 44 83 2.95 .239 .302 .320 .622 6.1
1969 31 SDP NL 12 9 .571 33 33 2 0 0 224.7 258 104 19 57 119 4.17 .289 .332 .401 .733 11.6
1970 32 SDP NL 9 12 .429 32 32 1 0 0 189.7 215 89 15 55 91 4.22 .286 .335 .400 .735 8.4
1971 33 SDP NL 2 2 .500 27 0 0 0 4 47.3 59 23 3 21 14 4.37 .307 .375 .411 .786 3.4
  DET AL 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 20.3 24 11 1 9 14 4.87 .293 .359 .390 .749 1.0
  TOT   3 2 .600 36 0 0 0 4 67.7 83 34 4 30 28 4.52 .303 .370 .405 .775 4.3
1972 34 SDP NL 2 5 .286 39 0 0 0 2 65.7 88 49 5 32 17 6.72 .322 .391 .414 .805 0.0
1973 35 AAA   4 3 .571 33 0 0 0 0 48.3 64 23 5 16 20 4.28 .330 .381 .443 .824  
8 Years Sim 49 52 .485 404 112 3 0 59 972.6 1043 418 65 290 504 3.87 .274 .327 .377 .704 65.8
2 Years AAA 4 3 .571 42 0 0 0 0 55.3 72 26 5 19 28 4.23 .326 .379 .448 .827  
Season Average 6 6 .500 50 14 0 0 7 121.6 130 52 8 36 63 3.87 .274 .327 .377 .704  
Career Highs 12 12 .800 85 41 2 0 20 224.7 258 104 19 57 119 6.72 .322 .391 .418 .805  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   555 223 37 145 322   .263 .310 .368 .678
vs LH   488 195 28 145 182   .288 .344 .388 .732
Home 26 21 .553 214 57 2 0 35 529.6 555 231 43 168 274 3.93 .269 .325 .380 .705
Away 23 31 .426 190 55 1 0 28 443.0 488 187 22 122 230 3.80 .279 .326 .373 .699
Mar/Apr 8 3 .727 52 24 1 0 5 171.0 163 45 5 51 93 2.37 .253 .307 .326 .633
May 8 18 .308 76 18 0 0 10 165.3 192 85 18 46 96 4.63 .292 .338 .412 .750
June 13 9 .591 83 18 0 0 11 188.3 197 78 5 65 98 3.73 .268 .328 .345 .673
July 6 10 .375 64 16 1 0 10 147.0 184 104 16 43 68 6.37 .305 .351 .459 .809
August 6 7 .462 73 19 1 0 12 182.6 182 66 10 49 88 3.25 .259 .307 .354 .660
Sep/Oct 8 5 .615 56 17 0 0 15 118.3 125 40 11 36 61 3.04 .270 .323 .378 .701
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 27 KCR AL 85 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1966 28 KCR AL 82 14 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .143 .214 -0.5 0.0
1967 29 KCR AL 55 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
1968 30 SDP NL 43 43 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .070 .070 .070 .140 -2.2 0.0
4 Years Sim 265 66 6 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 .091 .091 .106 .197 -2.2 0.2
162 Game Average 40 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .091 .091 .106 .197 -1.4  
Career Highs 85 43 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   41 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .073 .073 .073 .146 -2.1
vs LH   25 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .120 .120 .160 .280 -0.4
Home 142 34 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .088 .088 .088 .176 -1.5
Away 123 32 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .094 .094 .125 .219 -1.1
RISP   19 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.4
Close/Late   2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Mar/Apr 14 16 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .188 .313 -0.1
May 40 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
June 59 12 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
July 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
August 22 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Sep/Oct 34 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 27 KCR AL P 85 0 105.7 6 24 0 2 1.000 2.56    
1966 28 KCR AL P 81 6 110.7 10 12 0 3 1.000 1.79    
1967 29 KCR AL P 55 0 65.3 3 12 1 1 .938 2.07    
1968 30 SDP NL P 43 41 143.3 8 21 4 2 .879 1.82    
1969 31 SDP NL P 33 33 224.7 11 35 1 5 .979 1.84    
1970 32 SDP NL P 32 32 189.7 7 32 3 3 .929 1.85    
1971 33 SDP NL P 27 0 47.3 6 11 0 1 1.000 3.23    
  DET AL P 9 0 20.3 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.10    
  TOT   P 36 0 67.7 8 16 0 2 1.000 3.19    
1972 34 SDP NL P 39 0 65.7 4 18 2 0 .917 3.02    
Career Totals   404 112 972.6 57 170 11 18 .954 2.10    
Career Highs   85 41 224.7 11 35 4 5 1.000 3.19    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1966 28 KCR AL 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 2 11.7 11 6 1 2 9 4.63 .250 .283 .364 .646
1967 29 KCR AL 1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 2 13.3 11 4 1 3 7 2.70 .224 .269 .306 .575
1968 30 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 1 0 0 3 3.86 .222 .222 .222 .444
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 20 0 0 0 4 27.3 24 11 2 5 19 3.62 .235 .271 .324 .595
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 28 KCR AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1967 29 KCR AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 30 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1965-2-20
1966-2-19
1967-6-14
 Games Pitched
1965-2-85
1966-4-81
 Walks per 9IP
1969-10-2.3
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1965
Earned first career win on 5/7/1965
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Had first career hit (double) on 4/23/1966, off Tommy John (BOS)
Injured on 5/15/1966 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Injured on 7/4/1967 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/1/1968 (Going to SDP: P Bob Locker, P Frank Carpin, P Milt Pappas, RF Floyd Robinson. Going to KCR: SS Jack Kubiszyn)
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,342,857 through salary arbitration
9/1/1969: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/27/1970 with a Inflamed Tricep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 7/31/1971 (Going to SDP: P Fred Beene, SS Danny Thompson. Going to DET: P Phil Niekro, P Bob Locker)
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/1/1972 (Going to SDP: P George Brunet, P Bob Locker, P Phil Niekro. Going to DET: LF Frank Johnson)
Injured on 4/6/1972 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/4/1973 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
 
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