John Purdin
John Nolan Purdin
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
Final Game: August 1, 1969
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 LAD NL 21 P 3 2 16.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.67 .950 2.14 0.83
1965 LAD NL 22 P 11 2 22.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.40 0.09 1.000 2.06 0.81
1968 LAD NL 25 P 35 1 55.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.29 .960 2.00 0.85
1969 LAD NL 26 P 9 0 16.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.20 0.44 .950 1.93 0.78
4 Seasons P 58 5 110.2 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.29 .959 2.02 0.83
4 Seasons TOT 58 5 110.2 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.29 .959 2.02 0.83

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 LAD NL 21 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 LAD NL 22 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 LAD NL 25 36 1 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 LAD NL 26 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 59 5 59 59 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 LAD NL 21 60 77% 18% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 LAD NL 22 110 74% 15% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 LAD NL 25 235 76% 25% 8 88% 1 2 0 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1969 LAD NL 26 84 79% 11% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
4 Seasons 489 76% 20% 13 92% 1 4 1 3 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 83%
MLB Averages 76% 27% 90% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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