#43 Bob Purkey, Reliever, 38 yrs, No Team Thursday, 11/2/1998 |
| Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bob Purkey
7/14/1929 38 USA,PA, 6"2 205
Reliever 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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Average Normal Prone 1.0 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 :
| Free Agent - - 12 Year(s), 84 Days (2148 total Days) 0 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 84 Days (2148 total Days) 14 Year(s)
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 7 | 6 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 8 | 6 | |
Talent | 3 | 8 | 7 | |
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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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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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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 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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 |
1959 | 35 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3.33 | 305.1 | 318 | 129 | 113 | 19 | 59 | 108 | 26 | 0 | 1.23 | .283 | CLE,AL |
1960 | 37 | 37 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 3.75 | 314.2 | 348 | 153 | 131 | 25 | 61 | 113 | 32 | 2 | 1.30 | .296 | CLE |
1961 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3.44 | 241.0 | 250 | 104 | 92 | 15 | 49 | 93 | 19 | 1 | 1.24 | .287 | CLE |
1962 | 45 | 45 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 4.10 | 373.1 | 404 | 192 | 170 | 23 | 93 | 157 | 21 | 2 | 1.33 | .296 | CLE |
1963 | 43 | 43 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 3.00 | 363.1 | 353 | 138 | 121 | 26 | 59 | 165 | 29 | 4 | 1.13 | .272 | CLE,AL |
1964 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2.90 | 238.2 | 226 | 92 | 77 | 12 | 50 | 119 | 18 | 2 | 1.16 | .276 | CLE STL,NL |
1965 | 42 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 4.80 | 339.1 | 391 | 202 | 181 | 37 | 93 | 125 | 27 | 3 | 1.43 | .296 | STL |
1966 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5.93 | 138.0 | 168 | 94 | 91 | 20 | 46 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 1.55 | .305 | STL CHN |
1967 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.32 | 19.2 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.63 | .351 | CHN |
Total | 460 | 426 | 202 | 163 | 0 | 3.90 | 3567.0 | 3852 | 1742 | 1546 | 264 | 852 | 1302 | 280 | 20 | 1.32 | .290 | |
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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 |
1959 | 35 | 109 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .107 | .101 | .208 | CLE,AL |
1960 | 37 | 118 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .110 | .118 | .153 | .270 | CLE |
1961 | 29 | 88 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .090 | .102 | .192 | CLE |
1962 | 45 | 132 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | .106 | .125 | .136 | .261 | CLE |
1963 | 43 | 132 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .176 | .167 | .343 | CLE,AL |
1964 | 29 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .049 | .093 | .074 | .167 | CLE STL,NL |
1965 | 42 | 128 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | .070 | .078 | .094 | .171 | STL |
1966 | 33 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .023 | .023 | .023 | .047 | STL CHN |
1967 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
Total | 460 | 1257 | 110 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 45 | 23 | 384 | 0 | 1 | .088 | .104 | .109 | .213 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
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Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1963, going 4-2, 1.60... 6/5/1963: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $9,980,000 per year, for 4 years. Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game... Injured on 8/1/1963 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1964, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... Traded from Cleveland to St. Louis (N) on 6/6/1964 (Going to CLE: P Dick Ricketts. Going to STL: P Bob Purkey)... Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game... Injured on 7/8/1964 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks... Released by St. Louis (N) on 9/13/1966... Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 9/17/1966 to a 1-year deal worth $352,000 per year... 10/10/1966: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $1,000,000 per year, for 1 years. Released by Chicago (N) on 7/23/1967... Retired in 1968.
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1955 - 3.77 - 7th 1958 - 3.66 - 6th 1959 - 3.33 - 3rd 1960 - 3.75 - 4th 1961 - 3.44 - 5th 1962 - 4.10 - 9th 1963 - 3.00 - 2nd 1964 - 2.90 - 2nd
| WHIP 1955 - 1.35 - 8th 1958 - 1.28 - 7th 1959 - 1.23 - 5th 1960 - 1.30 - 5th 1961 - 1.24 - 6th 1962 - 1.33 - 8th 1963 - 1.13 - 2nd 1964 - 1.16 - 2nd
| Wins 1958 - 19 - 8th 1959 - 21 - 3rd 1960 - 20 - 5th 1962 - 19 - 7th 1963 - 24 - 2nd 1965 - 21 - 8th
| Losses 1956 - 24 - 2nd 1957 - 16 - 6th 1958 - 17 - 7th
| IP 1956 - 347.0 - 2nd 1957 - 344.1 - 1st 1958 - 344.0 - 2nd 1959 - 305.1 - 6th 1960 - 314.2 - 3rd 1962 - 373.1 - 2nd 1963 - 363.1 - 2nd 1965 - 339.1 - 5th
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CG 1955 - 19 - 6th 1956 - 26 - 3rd 1957 - 25 - 1st 1958 - 28 - 2nd 1959 - 26 - 2nd 1960 - 32 - 2nd 1961 - 19 - 6th 1962 - 21 - 6th 1963 - 29 - 2nd 1965 - 27 - 2nd
| SHO 1958 - 3 - 3rd 1960 - 2 - 5th 1962 - 2 - 6th 1963 - 4 - 2nd 1964 - 2 - 7th 1965 - 3 - 6th
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