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Bob Buhl

Birthdate:

8/12/1928

Died:

2/16/2001

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Saginaw, MI, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Bob Buhl along with starters Warren Spahn and Lew Burdette paced the

Milwaukee Braves during late 1950s. Buhl posted 100 wins from 1953 through 1960, including two 18-win seasons.

Bob Buhl had an 18-7 record in 1957, a NL leading winning percentage of .720

led the National League in the Braves’ World Series Championship over the

Yankees. His 2.89 earned run average was third in the league in ERA in 1959, trailing Sam Jones by just 0.02 runs. And, he was the toughest Braves pitcher against the very tough Dodgers: in 1956 he sported an 8-0 record against the league-champion boys from Brooklyn.

A very poor batter, Bob Buhl had a career batting mark of .089, and in 1962 he came to bat 70 times and never reached base. No other pitcher has ever had a worse year at the plate.

On April 30, 1962 Buhl was traded to the Cubs for sophomore pitcher Jack Curtis.

In Chicago Bob Buhl posted four strong seasons, winning at least 11 games from 1962 thru 1965. He finished his excellent career with the Phillies after being traded there in April of 1966.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1953	MLN (NL)	30	18	13	8	0	8	3	154.1	133	59	51	9	73	0	83	1	3	1	2.97
1954	MLN (NL)	31	14	2	7	3	2	1	110.1	117	54	49	5	65	0	57	5	2	0	4.00
1955	MLN (NL)	38	27	13	11	1	11	1	201.2	168	85	72	13	109	5	117	2	1	0	3.21
1956	MLN (NL)	38	33	18	8	0	13	2	216.2	190	96	80	18	105	7	86	3	2	1	3.32
1957	MLN (NL)	34	31	18	7	0	14	2	216.2	191	77	66	15	121	4	117	3	0	0	2.74
1958	MLN (NL)	11	10	5	2	1	3	0	73.0	74	33	28	5	30	0	27	3	1	0	3.45
1959	MLN (NL)	31	25	15	9	0	12	4	198.0	181	76	63	19	74	3	105	4	2	0	2.86
1960	MLN (NL)	36	33	16	9	0	11	2	238.2	202	89	82	23	103	7	121	11	3	2	3.09
1961	MLN (NL)	32	28	9	10	0	9	1	188.1	180	99	86	23	98	4	77	3	5	0	4.11
1962	CHC (NL)	34	30	12	13	0	8	1	212.0	204	108	87	23	94	6	109	5	6	1	3.69
1962	MLN (NL)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	5	5	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	22.50
1963	CHC (NL)	37	34	11	14	0	6	0	226.0	219	96	85	24	62	1	108	8	3	2	3.38
1964	CHC (NL)	36	35	15	14	0	11	3	227.2	208	103	97	22	68	4	107	9	5	0	3.83
1965	CHC (NL)	32	31	13	11	0	2	0	184.1	207	100	90	26	57	4	92	5	0	0	4.39
1966	PHI (NL)	32	18	6	8	1	1	0	132.0	156	74	70	10	39	6	59	6	4	0	4.77
1966	CHC (NL)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	15.43
1967	PHI (NL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	12.00
17 years		457	369	166	132	6	111	20	2587.0	2446	1162	1019	238	1105	52	1268	68	37	7	3.55

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1953	MLN (NL)	30	53	3	6	0	0	0	2	2	18	0	0	0	0	5	0	.113	.145	SLG
1954	MLN (NL)	31	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	.91	SLG
1955	MLN (NL)	38	57	2	6	0	0	0	0	3	24	0	0	0	0	7	0	.105	.150	SLG
1956	MLN (NL)	38	73	1	7	2	0	0	3	1	34	0	0	0	0	6	0	.96	.108	SLG
1957	MLN (NL)	34	73	4	6	0	0	0	4	6	34	0	0	0	0	3	0	.82	.152	SLG
1958	MLN (NL)	11	25	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.200	SLG
1959	MLN (NL)	31	70	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	38	0	0	0	0	2	0	.57	.83	SLG
1960	MLN (NL)	36	89	4	14	0	0	0	4	0	40	0	0	0	0	3	0	.157	.157	SLG
1961	MLN (NL)	32	60	2	4	0	0	0	2	5	30	0	0	0	0	2	0	.67	.138	SLG
1962	CHC (NL)	34	69	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	35	1	1	0	1	7	1	.0	.91	SLG
1962	MLN (NL)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1963	CHC (NL)	37	74	2	8	0	0	0	5	0	28	1	0	0	0	7	0	.108	.108	SLG
1964	CHC (NL)	36	73	3	7	0	0	0	1	6	31	0	0	0	0	5	1	.96	.163	SLG
1965	CHC (NL)	32	67	3	4	0	0	0	2	3	36	0	1	0	0	2	0	.60	.100	SLG
1966	PHI (NL)	32	41	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	22	0	0	0	1	3	0	.98	.159	SLG
1966	CHC (NL)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1967	PHI (NL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
17 years		457	857	31	76	2	0	0	26	38	389	2	2	0	2	53	2	.89	.129	.SLG

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