Purnal Goldy

Purnal William Goldy

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 28, 1937 in Camden, NJ
School: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1962
Team: Tigers 1962-1963

Final Game: September 28, 1963
Died: September 21, 2009 in Denver, CO
Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, CO
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1959	21	DET-min	D,B	94	315	315		96	24	5	8						.305	.305	.489	.794		154							ERI,DHM · NYPL,CARL
1960	22	DET-min	A	138	580	544	86	186	36	10	20	106	1		36	73	.342	.383	.555	.938		302							KNX · SALL
1961	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	134	556	523	95	177	32	9	9	99	5		33	70	.338	.378	.486	.863		254							BIR,DEN · SOUA,AA
1962	24	DET-min	AAA	66	272	249	40	78	8	4	3	29	3		15	37	.313	.353	.414	.767		103		2	3	3	1		DEN · AA
1962	24	DET	AL	20	72	70	8	16	1	1	3	12	0	0	0	12	.229	.236	.400	.636	65	28	3	1	0	1	0	9
1963	25	DET-min	AAA	126	474	472	59	123	18	7	17	71	1	1	2	91	.261	.264	.436	.700		206							SYR · IL
1963	25	DET	AL	9	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	2	0	0	0	0	0
1964	26	ATL-min	AAA	127	410	380	41	93	13	2	8	57	0	1	22	84	.245	.291	.353	.644		134		4	1	3			DEN · PCL
1965	27	DET-PIT-min	AAA	105	330	304	33	79	13	5	5	47	3	2	19	56	.260	.307	.385	.692		117		3	1	3			SYR,CLB · IL
2 Yrs				29	80	78	9	18	1	1	3	12	0	0	0	16	.231	.238	.385	.622	63	30	3	1	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	447	436	50	101	6	6	17	67	0	0	0	89	.231	.238	.385	.622	63	168	17	6	0	6	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1962	24	DET	AL	20	72	-4	0	-0	-4	-1	-9	-1.0	2	-7	-0.8	.452	.494	-0.3	-0.5	-3	$	9
1963	25	DET	AL	9	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$
2 Seasons				29	80	-5	1	-0	-4	-1	-10	-1.1	2	-7	-0.9	.465	.497	-0.4	-0.6	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1962	24	DET	AL	72	58	6	2.8	106	.232	.229	.268	.236	.341	.400	.417	.636	.758	65	.288	-4.1	-0.4	.509	.171	.171	.0
1963	25	DET	AL	8	6	1	4.5	97	.500	.250	.259	.250	.326	.250	.400	.500	.725	39	.532	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
2 Yrs				80	64	7	2.9	105	.250	.231	.267	.238	.339	.385	.415	.622	.754	63	.313	-4.8	-0.5	.492	.154	.154	.0
162 Game Avg.				447	358	39	2.9	105	.250	.231	.267	.238	.339	.385	.415	.622	.754	63	.313	-4.8	-0.5	.492	.154	.154

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	24	DET	AL	72	4.2%	16.7%	0.0%	6.9%	31%		5.8	23.3	5.8	1.30	78%
1963	25	DET	AL	8	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			1.00	50%
2 Yrs				80	3.8%	20.0%	0.0%	6.3%	28%		4.9	26.0	6.5	1.29	75%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.7%	8.3%	6.4%	28%	1.77	6.1	38.7	8.7	1.06	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	24	DET	AL	-4.0	-0.4	73	-0.1	1.5	-1.6	1.14	-0.3	0.1	-2.5	-0.2	0.96	-2.6	1.49	3
1963	25	DET	AL	-0.7	-0.1	8	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.45	-0.1	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.12	-0.9	1.45	8
2 Yrs				-4.7	-0.5	81	-0.4	1.6	-1.9	1.17	-0.3	0.0	-3.4	-0.3	0.97	-3.5	1.46	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1962	24	DET	AL	36%	22	1	67%	3	2	1	2	2	1	1
1963	25	DET	AL	50%	5	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				38%	27	1	71%	4	2	2	2	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1962	24	DET	AL	72	25%	16			3	1	0	0	1.49	3	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0%	15	3	20%	10	6	60%	45	9	20%	6	2	33%	6	5	83%	0
1963	25	DET	AL	8	75%	2			8	2	0	0	1.45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				80	30%	18			11	3	0	0	1.46	3	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0%	18	3	17%	12	6	50%	50	9	18%	6	2	33%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			74%			10%			30%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	24	20	72	70	8	16	1	1	3	12	0	0	0	12	.229	.236	.400	.636	65	28	3	1	0	1	0
1963	25	29	80	78	9	18	1	1	3	12	0	0	0	16	.231	.238	.385	.622	63	30	3	1	0	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	24	20	71	69	8	15	1	1	3	11	12	.217	.225	.391	.617	6	20
1963	25	9	9	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	9
2 Yrs		29	80	78	10	18	1	1	3	11	16	.231	.238	.385	.622	7	29
162 Game Avg.		162	447	436	56	101	6	6	17	61	89	.231	.238	.385	.622	39	29

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