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Bob Buhl
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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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