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John Purdin

John Nolan Purdin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 16, 1942 in Lynx, OH
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1964
Team: Dodgers 1964-1969

Final Game: August 1, 1969
Died: March 28, 2010 in Charleston, SC
Cremated
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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
1964 21 LAD NL 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 22 LAD NL 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 25 LAD NL 36 6 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 213 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 26 LAD NL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Yrs 59 16 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 50 4 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 44 44 3 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .250 .250 .250 .500 50 11 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1964 21 LAD NL 3 5 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .511 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1965 22 LAD NL 11 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1968 25 LAD NL 36 6 1 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $ 1
1969 26 LAD NL 9 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
4 Seasons 59 16 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $

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
1964 21 LAD NL 5 4 0 0.0 88 .250 .200 .255 .200 .312 .200 .379 .400 .691 17 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1965 22 LAD NL 3 3 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .250 .000 .312 .000 .378 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1968 25 LAD NL 6 3 2 18.1 75 .750 .500 .243 .500 .300 .500 .342 1.000 .642 213 .951 0.7 0.1 1.000 .000 .000
1969 26 LAD NL 2 2 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .251 .000 .320 .000 .372 .000 .693 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
4 Yrs 16 12 2 4.5 83 .364 .250 .249 .250 .308 .250 .364 .500 .673 50 .562 -1.1 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 44 33 5 4.5 83 .364 .250 .249 .250 .308 .250 .364 .500 .673 50 .562 -1.1 -0.1 .333 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 21 LAD NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 5.0 80%
1965 22 LAD NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 67%
1968 25 LAD NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 0.00 67%
1969 26 LAD NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
4 Yrs 16 0.0% 31.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.2 16.0 2.50 69%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.6% 8.1% 6.0% 27% 1.93 5.7 43.5 9.4 1.12 72%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 21 LAD NL -0.6 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .42 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.01 -0.6 0
1965 22 LAD NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .42 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.82 -1.0 0
1968 25 LAD NL 0.7 0.1 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .85 0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.65 0.2 0
1969 26 LAD NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .16 -0.1 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.56 -0.5 0
4 Yrs -1.1 -0.1 16 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .55 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.78 -1.8 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 21 LAD NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 25 LAD NL 0 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1969 26 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

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
1964 21 LAD NL 5 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 LAD NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1968 25 LAD NL 6 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 LAD NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 16 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 53% 78% 10% 30% 13% 46% 51%

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
1964 21 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 17 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 14 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 23 14 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 14 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0
1968 25 50 14 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .286 .571 72 4 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 59 16 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 50 4 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 21 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1965 22 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1968 25 36 7 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .571 .571 .571 1.143 2 36
1969 26 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
4 Yrs 59 17 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .235 .235 .235 .471 2 59
162 Game Avg. 162 47 47 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .235 .235 .235 .471 5 59

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