Win–loss record 23–26 Strikeouts 215 Role Baseball player | Earned run average 4.65 Name Bob Sykes | |
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Robert Joseph Sykes (born December 11, 1954 in Neptune, New Jersey) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during five seasons at the major league level for the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals.
Sykes was drafted by the Tigers in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft. He played his first professional season with their Rookie league Bristol Tigers in 1974, and split his last season with the New York Yankees' Double-A Nashville Sounds and Triple-A Columbus Clippers in 1982 after being traded for Willie McGee on October 21, 1981.
Primarily a starter for most of his career, Sykes was moved to the bullpen for the majority of his final major league season with the Cardinals in 1981.
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