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Bob Purkey
Robert Thomas Purkey

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 14, 1954
Final Game July 26, 1966
Born July 14, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 24 PIT NL   3   8  36  11   0   0   7  0  131.3  145   78   74   3   62   38   7   1   581       1  5.07  4.19   83 1.576
 1955 25 PIT NL   2   7  14  10   2   0   3  1   67.7   77   47   40   5   25   24   2   1   298   1   0  5.32  4.12   77 1.507
 1956 26 PIT NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    2    1    1   1    0    1   0   0    14   0   0  2.25  3.77  168 0.500
 1957 27 PIT NL  11  14  48  21   6   1  11  2  179.7  194   84   77  10   38   51   7   2   761   9   0  3.86  3.80   99 1.291
 1958 28 CIN NL  17  11  37  34  17   3   2  0  250.0  259  106  100  25   49   70   4   1  1040   3   0  3.60  4.15  115 1.232 MVP-19,AS
 1959 29 CIN NL  13  18  38  33   9   1   5  1  218.0  241  118  103  25   43   78   6   4   927   2   0  4.25  4.07   96 1.303
 1960 30 CIN NL  17  11  41  33  11   1   3  0  252.7  259  114  101  23   59   97   9   2  1064   5   1  3.60  3.84  107 1.259
 1961 31 CIN NL  16  12  36  34  13   1   2  1  246.3  245  118  102  27   51  116   6   7  1031   4   0  3.73  4.07  109 1.202 AS
 1962 32 CIN NL  23   5  37  37  18   2   0  0  288.3  260  109   90  28   64  141  14   6  1181   3   1  2.81  4.02  143 1.124 MVP-8,CYA-3,AS
 1963 33 CIN NL   6  10  21  21   4   1   0  0  137.0  143   60   54  12   33   55   2   4   570   6   2  3.55  3.35   95 1.285
 1964 34 CIN NL  11   9  34  25   9   2   3  1  195.7  181   77   66  16   49   78   7   6   808   4   0  3.04  3.61  119 1.175
 1965 35 STL NL  10   9  32  17   3   1  10  2  124.3  148   83   80  20   33   39   7   2   549   4   1  5.79  3.86   67 1.456
 1966 36 PIT NL   0   1  10   0   0   0   6  1   19.7   16    3    3   0    4    5   0   0    75   0   0  1.37  3.57  260 1.017
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .529 129 115 386 276  92  13  53  9 2114.7 2170  998  891 195  510  793  71  36  8899  41   6  3.79  3.92  103 1.267
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  11  39  28   9   1   5  0  217.0  222  102   91  20   52   81   7   3   914   4   0  3.79  3.92  103 1.267
 Career High     23  18  48  37  18   3  11  2  288.3  260  118  103  28   64  141  14   7  1181   9   2  2.81  4.19  143 1.124

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 24 PIT NL  36   26    2    2   1  0   0    4   0  0   4  12  .077  .200  .115  -14    3   3   0       0   0
 1955 25 PIT NL  14   19    1    6   0  0   1    4   0  0   0   4  .316  .316  .474  108    9   3   0   0   0   0
 1957 27 PIT NL  48   45    3    5   0  2   0    6   0  0   3  22  .111  .180  .200    4    9   2   1   0   1   0
 1958 28 CIN NL  37   81    9    9   2  0   1    4   0  0   6  42  .111  .170  .173  -11   14   6   1   0   0   0 MVP-19,AS
 1959 29 CIN NL  38   66    8   11   2  1   1    6   0  0   6  34  .167  .247  .273   36   18   4   0   0   1   1
 1960 30 CIN NL  41   83    6   11   0  0   0    5   0  0   7  44  .133  .200  .133   -7   11   6   0   0   0   1
 1961 31 CIN NL  36   80    6    8   2  0   1    4   0  0   2  32  .100  .133  .163  -23   13   7   0   0   1   2 AS
 1962 32 CIN NL  37  107    9   11   2  0   2    3   0  0   4  56  .103  .134  .178  -18   19   7   1   0   0   0 MVP-8,AS
 1963 33 CIN NL  21   41    3    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  22  .098  .174  .098  -20    4   3   1   0   0   1
 1964 34 CIN NL  34   58    3    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  33  .052  .082  .052  -62    3   8   1   0   1   0
 1965 35 STL NL  32   35    3    1   0  0   0    3   0  0   1  21  .029  .056  .029  -76    1   7   0   0   0   0
 1966 36 PIT NL  11    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     387  645   53   71   9  3   6   42   0  0  38 325  .110  .163  .161  -12  104  56   5   0   4   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        270   22   30   4  1   3   18   0  0  16 136  .110  .163  .161  -12   44  23   2   0   2   2
 Career High     48  107    9   11   2  2   2    6   0  0   7  56                          19   8   1   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 24 PIT NL   33   27    1   1.0   107| .077  .272| .200  .343| .115  .420| .315  .763| -14  .053  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1955 25 PIT NL   22   16    3   5.0   104| .316  .263| .316  .334| .474  .417| .790  .750| 108  .531   0.1   0.0   0%
 1957 27 PIT NL   52   43    2   1.3   100| .111  .265| .180  .328| .200  .410| .380  .738|   4  .084  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 1958 28 CIN NL   94   79    3   1.0   111| .111  .277| .170  .346| .173  .432| .343  .778| -11  .058 -13.6  -1.4   0%
 1959 29 CIN NL   77   60    5   2.2   108| .167  .275| .247  .341| .273  .425| .520  .766|  36  .209  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1960 30 CIN NL   96   79    3   1.0   101| .133  .265| .200  .332| .133  .407| .333  .739|  -7  .065 -12.6  -1.3   0%
 1961 31 CIN NL   90   81    2   0.7   107| .100  .272| .133  .339| .163  .424| .296  .763| -23  .027 -14.5  -1.5   0%
 1962 32 CIN NL  119  104    3   0.8   106| .103  .275| .134  .342| .178  .417| .312  .759| -18  .037 -18.7  -1.9   0%
 1963 33 CIN NL   49   42    1   0.6    92| .098  .258| .174  .320| .098  .385| .272  .705| -20  .035  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1964 34 CIN NL   69   64    1   0.4    96| .052  .267| .082  .325| .052  .396| .134  .721| -62  .015 -12.7  -1.4   0%
 1965 35 STL NL   43   41    0   0.0   101| .029  .269| .056  .334| .029  .407| .085  .741| -76  .000  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1966 36 PIT NL    4    4    0   0.0    96| .000  .264| .000  .323| .000  .398| .000  .722|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      748  640   24   1.0   104| .110  .270| .163  .336| .161  .414| .324  .750| -12  .062 -105.4 -10.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 24 PIT NL P 36 16 40 0 6 1.000 .961 1.56 0.87 3.84 2.07 11 131.3 1955 25 PIT NL P 14 2 16 1 0 .947 .952 1.29 0.83 2.39 2.03 10 67.7 1956 26 PIT NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.85 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1957 27 PIT NL P 48 13 30 3 3 .935 .962 0.90 0.82 2.15 2.06 21 179.7 1958 28 CIN NL P 37 10 56 1 2 .985 .955 1.78 0.77 2.38 1.97 34 250.0 AS 1959 29 CIN NL P 38 19 35 2 1 .964 .954 1.42 0.82 2.23 1.99 33 218.0 1960 30 CIN NL P 41 30 47 1 5 .987 .962 1.88 0.87 2.74 2.09 33 252.7 1961 31 CIN NL P 36 29 69 2 2 .980 .959 2.72 0.88 3.58 2.18 34 246.3 AS 1962 32 CIN NL P 37 25 59 4 7 .955 .948 2.27 0.82 2.62 2.07 37 288.3 AS 1963 33 CIN NL P 21 15 29 3 0 .936 .950 2.10 0.84 2.89 2.06 21 137.0 1964 34 CIN NL P 34 17 44 4 4 .938 .953 1.79 0.84 2.81 2.14 25 195.7 1965 35 STL NL P 32 8 28 1 1 .973 .955 1.12 0.81 2.61 2.08 17 124.3 1966 36 PIT NL P 10 0 10 1 1 .909 .943 1.00 0.74 4.57 1.96 0 19.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 24 PIT NL P 36 16 40 0 6 1.000 .961 1.56 0.87 3.84 2.07 11 131.3 1955 25 PIT NL P 14 2 16 1 0 .947 .952 1.29 0.83 2.39 2.03 10 67.7 1956 26 PIT NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.85 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1957 27 PIT NL P 48 13 30 3 3 .935 .962 0.90 0.82 2.15 2.06 21 179.7 1958 28 CIN NL P 37 10 56 1 2 .985 .955 1.78 0.77 2.38 1.97 34 250.0 1959 29 CIN NL P 38 19 35 2 1 .964 .954 1.42 0.82 2.23 1.99 33 218.0 1960 30 CIN NL P 41 30 47 1 5 .987 .962 1.88 0.87 2.74 2.09 33 252.7 1961 31 CIN NL P 36 29 69 2 2 .980 .959 2.72 0.88 3.58 2.18 34 246.3 1962 32 CIN NL P 37 25 59 4 7 .955 .948 2.27 0.82 2.62 2.07 37 288.3 1963 33 CIN NL P 21 15 29 3 0 .936 .950 2.10 0.84 2.89 2.06 21 137.0 1964 34 CIN NL P 34 17 44 4 4 .938 .953 1.79 0.84 2.81 2.14 25 195.7 1965 35 STL NL P 32 8 28 1 1 .973 .955 1.12 0.81 2.61 2.08 17 124.3 1966 36 PIT NL P 10 0 10 1 1 .909 .943 1.00 0.74 4.57 1.96 0 19.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 386 184 464 23 32 .966 .956 1.68 0.83 2.76 2.07 276 2114.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 386 184 464 23 32 .966 .956 1.68 0.83 2.76 2.07 276 2115
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   2   1   1.64  0  1  0  1  11     6   2   3   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1958   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1961-1 CIN NL      0  0  0   2     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1961-2 CIN NL   *  0  0  0   2     1   1   1   2   2  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1962-1 CIN NL      0  0  0   2     2   1   1   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1962-2 CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 3/5      1  0  0  0   6     3   2   2   2   4  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   3.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1958   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1961-1 CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-2 CIN NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1962-1 CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-2 CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/5      1   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1958
1961-1 *
1961-2 (P)
1962-1 *
1962-2

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1958-NL-19-0.01
1962-NL-8-0.12
Car-829-0.13 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1962-ML-3-0.05
Car-204-0.05 shares

ERA
1962 NL-2.81-3

Wins
1958 NL-17-4
1960 NL-17-8
1961 NL-16-7
1962 NL-23-3

Won-Loss %
1958 NL-.607-7
1960 NL-.607-8
1962 NL-.821-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1958 NL-1.232-5
1961 NL-1.202-2
1962 NL-1.124-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1957 NL-1.90-4
1958 NL-1.76-4
1959 NL-1.78-4
1960 NL-2.10-7
1961 NL-1.86-3
1962 NL-2.00-5

Innings
1958 NL-250.0-5
1960 NL-252.7-9
1961 NL-246.3-8
1962 NL-288.3-2

Games Started
1958 NL-34-5
1959 NL-33-10
1960 NL-33-9
1961 NL-34-9
1962 NL-37-6

Comp. Games
1958 NL-17-4
1961 NL-13-5
1962 NL-18-5

Shutouts
1958 NL-3-2
1962 NL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1958 NL-25-7
1959 NL-25-7
1960 NL-23-10
1961 NL-27-6
1962 NL-28-5

Hits Allowed
1958 NL-259-4
1959 NL-241-9
1960 NL-259-5
1961 NL-245-3
1962 NL-260-8

SO to Walk
1961 NL-2.27-8
1962 NL-2.20-9

Losses
1957 NL-14-7
1959 NL-18-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1958 NL-100-4
1959 NL-103-6
1960 NL-101-7
1961 NL-102-3

Hit Batsmen
1954 NL-7-2
1957 NL-7-4
1959 NL-6-9
1960 NL-9-2
1961 NL-6-5
1962 NL-14-1
1964 NL-7-7
1965 NL-7-10

Batters Faced
1958 NL-1040-6
1960 NL-1064-8
1961 NL-1031-9
1962 NL-1181-2

Adjusted ERA+
1958 NL-115-9
1962 NL-143-3

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 66 (369) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 36.0 (366) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1957: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Don Gross.

December 14, 1964: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Roger Craig and Charlie James.

April 7, 1966: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals.

August 3, 1966: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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Uniforms 
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