Bob Sykes
1977–1981 · bats B / throws L · Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals
62G
.097AVG
.174OBP
.097SLG
More career statistics
6H
0HR
2RBI
0SB
23–26W–L
456.2IP
215K
4.65ERA
61GS
2SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 62 | 116 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 74 | 62 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .097 | .174 | .097 | .271 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456.7 | 116 | 61 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 497 | 253 | 236 | 54 | 190 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 4.65 | 1.504 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1979-09-29 to 1980-05-04
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1980-07-04 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1980-07-31 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1977-09-03 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 |  Detroit Tigers | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 132 | 58 |
| 1978 | Detroit Tigers | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 93 | 58 |
| 1979 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 21 | 2 | – | – | – | .095 | 67 | 35 |
| 1980 | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 39 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .103 | 126 | 50 |
| 1981 | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 37 | 14 |