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Billy Purtell
William Patrick Purtell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 16, 1908
Final Game September 22, 1914
Born January 6, 1886 in Columbus, OH
Died March 17, 1962 in Bradenton, FL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 22 CHW AL  26   69    3    9   2  0   0    3   2      2      .130  .155  .159    3   11   6           0    
 1909 23 CHW AL 103  361   34   93   9  3   0   40  14     19      .258  .302  .299   93  108  28           4    
 1910 24 TOT AL 151  536   36  117   6  5   2   51   7     39      .218  .278  .259   70  139  32           5    
         CHW AL 102  368   21   82   5  3   1   36   5     21      .223  .272  .261   71   96  18           4    
         BOS AL  49  168   15   35   1  2   1   15   2     18      .208  .289  .256   69   43  14           1    
 1911 25 BOS AL  27   82    5   23   5  3   0    7   1      1      .280  .298  .415   99   34   1           1    
 1914 28 DET AL  28   76    4   13   4  0   0    3   0  2   2   7  .171  .203  .224   26   17   3           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      335 1124   82  255  26 11   2  104  24  2  63   7  .227  .275  .275   73  309  70   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        544   40  123  13  5   1   50  12  1  30   3  .227  .275  .275   73  149  34   0   0   5   0
 Career High    151  536   36  117   9  5   2   51  14  2  39   7  .258  .302  .299   93  139  32   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 22 CHW AL   77   66    2   0.8    67| .130  .244| .155  .300| .159  .310| .314  .610|   3  .086  -7.3  -0.9     
 1909 23 CHW AL  412  296   32   2.9    71| .258  .248| .302  .308| .299  .315| .601  .623|  93  .472  -3.1  -0.4     
 1910 24 TOT AL  612  451   37   2.2    73| .218  .247| .278  .313| .259  .319| .537  .631|  70  .337 -18.8  -2.2     
         CHW AL  411  304   25   2.2    71| .223  .244| .272  .310| .261  .316| .533  .625|  71  .339 -12.8  -1.5     
         BOS AL  201  147   12   2.2    77| .208  .252| .289  .319| .256  .326| .545  .644|  69  .335  -6.0  -0.7     
 1911 25 BOS AL   85   60   10   4.4    95| .280  .280| .298  .346| .415  .368| .713  .714|  99  .534  -0.9  -0.1     
 1914 28 DET AL   82   68    3   1.2    85| .171  .260| .203  .334| .224  .340| .427  .674|  26  .134  -7.1  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1268  941   84   2.4    74| .227  .250| .275  .314| .275  .322| .550  .636|  73  .370 -37.2  -4.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1908 22 CHW AL 3B 25 18 60 5 5 .940 .932 3.12 3.20 1909 23 CHW AL 3B 71 90 158 19 11 .929 .931 3.49 3.33 2B 32 72 90 5 13 .970 .953 5.06 4.83 1910 24 TOT AL 3B 143 158 320 49 18 .907 .931 3.34 3.38 CHW AL 3B 102 117 233 36 16 .907 .931 3.43 3.38 BOS AL 3B 41 41 87 13 2 .908 .931 3.12 3.38 SS 8 8 21 3 2 .906 .927 3.62 5.20 1911 25 BOS AL 3B 15 22 30 8 1 .867 .929 3.47 3.26 2B 3 4 5 0 0 1.000 .947 3.00 4.93 SS 3 3 8 2 0 .846 .924 3.67 5.43 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1 0 1914 28 DET AL 3B 16 19 34 3 2 .946 .936 3.31 3.14 SS 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 5.15 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1909 23 CHW AL 2B 32 72 90 5 13 .970 .953 5.06 4.83 1911 25 BOS AL 2B 3 4 5 0 0 1.000 .947 3.00 4.93 1914 28 DET AL 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.80 1908 22 CHW AL 3B 25 18 60 5 5 .940 .932 3.12 3.20 1909 23 CHW AL 3B 71 90 158 19 11 .929 .931 3.49 3.33 1910 24 TOT AL 3B 143 158 320 49 18 .907 .931 3.34 3.38 CHW AL 3B 102 117 233 36 16 .907 .931 3.43 3.38 BOS AL 3B 41 41 87 13 2 .908 .931 3.12 3.38 1911 25 BOS AL 3B 15 22 30 8 1 .867 .929 3.47 3.26 1914 28 DET AL 3B 16 19 34 3 2 .946 .936 3.31 3.14 1911 25 BOS AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1 0 1910 24 BOS AL SS 8 8 21 3 2 .906 .927 3.62 5.20 1911 25 BOS AL SS 3 3 8 2 0 .846 .924 3.67 5.43 1914 28 DET AL SS 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 0.50 5.15
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 270 307 602 84 37 .915 .931 3.37 3.33 2B 36 77 97 5 13 .972 .953 4.83 4.84 SS 13 12 29 6 2 .872 .926 3.15 5.25 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 320 396 728 95 52 .922 .934 3.51 3.57
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1910 AL-151-7

Sac. Hits
1909 AL-28-10
1910 AL-32-3

Outs
1910 AL-451-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
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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Transactions 

August 9, 1910: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Frank Smith to the Boston Red Sox for Harry Lord and Amby McConnell.

January 5, 1912: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Hal Janvrin, Walter Lonergan, Marty McHale, Hap Myers, and Jack Thoney to the Jersey City (International) for Hick Cady.


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