#43 Bob Purkey, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Cleveland Indians Friday, 10/6/1958 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bob Purkey
7/14/1929 29 USA,PA, 6"2 195
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Loyal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 2 / 6 (Fair) Average Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1958 (Automatic) 4 Year(s), 0 Days (688 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 0 Days (688 total Days) 4 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 9 | 8 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 8 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 9 | 9 | |
Talent | 2 | 9 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 58 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 3 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .979 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 42 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3.66 | 344.0 | 356 | 153 | 140 | 85 | 114 | 28 | 66.7 | 3 | 28 | 66.7 |
Projected | 44 | 44 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3.66 | 361.0 | 374 | 161 | 147 | 89 | 120 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 9.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.54 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 600 | 144 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 65 | 50 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .240 | .299 | .328 | .627 |
vs. RHB | 725 | 212 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 86 | 88 | 35 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .292 | .323 | .393 | .716 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 23 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 4.59 | 184.1 | 212 | 102 | 94 | 48 | 66 |
Road | 19 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2.59 | 159.2 | 144 | 51 | 46 | 37 | 48 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.90 | 62.0 | 67 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 15 |
May | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.97 | 69.2 | 63 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 29 |
June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 | 57.2 | 58 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
July | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.53 | 53.2 | 56 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 17 |
August | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.05 | 51.2 | 63 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 15 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.56 | 49.1 | 49 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 20 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1955 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3.77 | 198.1 | 200 | 91 | 83 | 19 | 67 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 1.35 | .268 | CLE |
1956 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 4.33 | 347.0 | 402 | 188 | 167 | 19 | 103 | 98 | 26 | 2 | 1.46 | .306 | CLE |
1957 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 4.29 | 344.1 | 407 | 189 | 164 | 23 | 84 | 104 | 25 | 1 | 1.43 | .305 | CLE |
1958 | 42 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3.66 | 344.0 | 356 | 153 | 140 | 24 | 85 | 114 | 28 | 3 | 1.28 | .280 | CLE,AL |
Total | 150 | 150 | 58 | 66 | 0 | 4.04 | 1233.2 | 1365 | 621 | 554 | 85 | 339 | 373 | 98 | 6 | 1.38 | .293 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1954, AAA | 28 | 28 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4.49 | 204.2 | 232 | 106 | 102 | 11 | 57 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 1.41 | .317 |
1955, AAA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 16.1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | .321 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1955 | 24 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .151 | .288 | CLE |
1956 | 42 | 117 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .060 | .075 | .094 | .169 | CLE |
1957 | 42 | 120 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .058 | .073 | .058 | .131 | CLE |
1958 | 42 | 114 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .103 | .096 | .199 | CLE,AL |
Total | 150 | 424 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 140 | 0 | 0 | .078 | .092 | .094 | .187 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 42 | 42 | 23 | 79 | 10 | 105 | 3 | .971 | 344.0 | 2.75 | | | | |
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Injured on 4/25/1954 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week... Injured on 5/1/1955 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 7 weeks... Earned first career win on 7/2/1955... Had first career hit on 7/6/1955, off Eddie Erautt (CHA)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1955, going 5-1, 3.19... Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1956, off Bobby Shantz (KC)... Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1958, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA... Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1955 - 3.77 - 7th
| WHIP 1955 - 1.35 - 8th
| Losses 1956 - 24 - 2nd 1957 - 16 - 6th
| IP 1956 - 347.0 - 2nd 1957 - 344.1 - 1st
| CG 1955 - 19 - 6th 1956 - 26 - 3rd 1957 - 25 - 1st
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