#43 Bob Purkey, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, Cleveland Indians Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bob Purkey
7/14/1929 32 USA,PA, 6"2 200
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 4 / 6 (Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Average Normal Normal 4.0 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 $ 5,700,000 1963 7 Year(s), 0 Days (1204 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 0 Days (1204 total Days) 7 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 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |
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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 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3.44 | 241.0 | 250 | 104 | 92 | 49 | 93 | 19 | 65.5 | 1 | 17 | 58.6 |
Projected | 29 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3.44 | 241.0 | 250 | 104 | 92 | 49 | 93 | | | | | |
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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 | 11.5 | 9.3 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.35 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 436 | 128 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 49 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .294 | .340 | .390 | .729 |
vs. RHB | 490 | 122 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 55 | 19 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .249 | .273 | .333 | .606 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3.87 | 139.2 | 136 | 65 | 60 | 28 | 60 |
Road | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2.84 | 101.1 | 114 | 39 | 32 | 21 | 33 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 63.0 | 66 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 21 |
May | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.82 | 38.1 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 16 |
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 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.58 | 55.0 | 69 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 21 |
Sept./Oct. | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3.30 | 84.2 | 82 | 37 | 31 | 17 | 35 |
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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 |
Total | 251 | 251 | 114 | 100 | 0 | 3.82 | 2094.2 | 2281 | 1007 | 890 | 144 | 508 | 687 | 175 | 9 | 1.33 | .291 | |
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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 |
Total | 251 | 739 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 225 | 0 | 0 | .084 | .098 | .106 | .204 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 29 | 29 | 19 | 45 | 1 | 66 | 2 | .970 | 241.0 | 2.46 | | | | |
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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... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1959, going 6-1, 2.41... Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game... Injured on 8/4/1959 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week... Injured on 9/18/1960 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks... 9/28/1960: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $5,700,000 per year, for 3 years. Injured on 5/20/1961 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks...
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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
| WHIP 1955 - 1.35 - 8th 1958 - 1.28 - 7th 1959 - 1.23 - 5th 1960 - 1.30 - 5th
| Wins 1958 - 19 - 8th 1959 - 21 - 3rd 1960 - 20 - 5th
| 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
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CG 1955 - 19 - 6th 1956 - 26 - 3rd 1957 - 25 - 1st 1958 - 28 - 2nd 1959 - 26 - 2nd 1960 - 32 - 2nd
| SHO 1958 - 3 - 3rd 1960 - 2 - 5th
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