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David Purcey

David Kent Purcey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: April 22, 1982 in St. Charles, IL
High School: Trinity Christian Academy (Addison, TX)
School: University of Oklahoma
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 23, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 2008
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Tigers/Athletics 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$436k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.044, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Octagon Hilliard / Smart [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:04AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 26 TOR AL 3 6 .333 5.54 12 12 0 1 0 0 65.0 67 41 40 9 29 0 58 4 0 3 289 77 1.477 9.3 1.2 4.0 8.0 2.00
2009 27 TOR AL 1 3 .250 6.19 9 9 0 0 0 0 48.0 54 35 33 6 30 1 39 1 0 3 223 72 1.750 10.1 1.1 5.6 7.3 1.30
2010 28 TOR AL 1 1 .500 3.71 33 0 18 0 0 1 34.0 26 16 14 3 15 1 32 0 0 3 143 114 1.206 6.9 0.8 4.0 8.5 2.13
2011 29 TOT AL 1 2 .333 5.61 33 0 9 0 0 0 33.2 33 21 21 2 27 2 22 0 0 0 157 75 1.782 8.8 0.5 7.2 5.9 0.81
2011 29 TOR AL 0 0 11.57 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 14 42 3.000 11.6 0.0 15.4 11.6 0.75
2011 29 OAK AL 0 0 2.13 9 0 3 0 0 0 12.2 9 3 3 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 50 195 0.947 6.4 0.7 2.1 5.0 2.33
2011 29 DET AL 1 2 .333 7.23 19 0 6 0 0 0 18.2 21 15 15 1 20 2 12 0 0 0 93 58 2.196 10.1 0.5 9.6 5.8 0.60
4 Seasons 6 12 .333 5.38 87 21 27 1 0 1 180.2 180 113 108 20 101 4 151 5 0 9 812 80 1.555 9.0 1.0 5.0 7.5 1.50
162 Game Avg. 4 8 .333 5.38 55 13 17 1 0 1 114 113 71 68 13 64 3 95 3 0 6 511 80 1.555 9.0 1.0 5.0 7.5 1.50
TOR (4 yrs) 5 10 .333 5.42 59 21 18 1 0 1 149.1 150 95 90 18 78 2 132 5 0 9 669 80 1.527 9.0 1.1 4.7 8.0 1.69
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 2.13 9 0 3 0 0 0 12.2 9 3 3 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 50 195 0.947 6.4 0.7 2.1 5.0 2.33
DET (1 yr) 1 2 .333 7.23 19 0 6 0 0 0 18.2 21 15 15 1 20 2 12 0 0 0 93 58 2.196 10.1 0.5 9.6 5.8 0.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2008 26 TOR AL 65.0 12 41 41 2 1.0 0 0.0 $
2009 27 TOR AL 48.0 9 35 28 0 1.0 -7 -0.7 $403,700
2010 28 TOR AL 34.0 0 16 19 0 .4 3 0.2 $
2011 29 TOR AL 2.1 0 3 1 0 .7 -2 -0.1 $436,400
2011 29 OAK AL 12.2 0 3 7 -0 .4 4 0.3 $
2011 29 DET AL 18.2 0 15 11 -0 .7 -4 -0.4 $
4 Seasons 180.2 21 113 107 2 .8 -6 -0.7 $840,100
TOR (4 yrs) 149.1 21 95 89 2 .9 -6 -0.6 $840,100
OAK (1 yr) 12.2 0 3 7 -0 .4 4 0.3 $
DET (1 yr) 18.2 0 15 11 -0 .7 -4 -0.4 $

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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
2008 26 TOR AL 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 27 TOR AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2010 28 TOR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 29 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (4 yrs) 54 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 26 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2010 28 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $ 1
2011 29 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $ 1
3 Seasons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
TOR (2 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
DET (1 yr) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2008 TOR AL 26 P 12 65.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 0.83 0.50 .952 1.61 1.59
2009 TOR AL 27 P 9 48.0 8 2 5 1 1 .875 0 0 1.31 0.78 .952 1.54 1.51
2010 TOR AL 28 P 33 34.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.79 0.09 .953 1.64 1.61
2011 TOT AL 29 P 33 0 0 33.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.60 0.18 .950 1.60 1.59 3 1 25% 1
2011 TOR AL 29 P 5 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.54 1.60 0 0 0
2011 OAK AL 29 P 9 0 0 12.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.13 0.33 .950 1.63 1.59 0 0 0
2011 DET AL 29 P 19 0 0 18.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.45 0.16 .950 1.59 1.59 3 1 25% 1
4 Seasons P 87 0 0 180.2 23 7 15 1 1 .957 -1 -1 1.10 0.25 .952 1.59 1.59 3 1 25% 1
4 Seasons TOT 87 0 0 180.2 23 7 15 1 1 .957 -1 -6 1.10 0.25 .952 1.59 1.59 3 1 25% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ted Wills (985)
  2. Rafael Roque (985)
  3. Frank Biscan (983)
  4. Lefty York (983)
  5. John Cummings (981)
  6. Lenny DiNardo (979)
  7. Steve Searcy (979)
  8. Drew Hall (979)
  9. Jason Jacome (978)
  10. Augie Johns (978)
Similar Pitchers through 29 
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  1. Arnold Earley (986)
  2. Trever Miller (982)
  3. Lenny DiNardo (979)
  4. Dick Lanahan (977)
  5. Brad Woodall (977)
  6. Scott Eyre (976)
  7. George Brunet (976)
  8. Emilio Palmero (972)
  9. Ray Pierce (972)
  10. Ted Wills (971)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Porter Vaughan (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rafael Roque (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Arnold Earley (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200927Toronto Blue Jays$403,700
201129Toronto Blue Jays$436,400
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$840,100
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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