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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 Pitching

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
1964	21	LAD-min	A,AAA	14	4	.778	1.95	22	20		0	0		152.0	114	39	33	10	29	0	190	0	0	0			0.941	6.8	0.6	1.7	11.2	6.55	SBY,SPO · WCRS,PCL
1964	21	LAD	NL	2	0	1.000	0.56	3	2	0	1	1	0	16.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	8	0	0	0	58	589	0.750	3.4	0.6	3.4	4.5	1.33
1965	22	LAD	NL	2	1	.667	6.75	11	2	1	0	0	0	22.2	26	19	17	8	13	3	16	0	0	2	106	49	1.721	10.3	3.2	5.2	6.4	1.23

1966	23	LAD-min	AA,AAA	7	10	.412	5.90	30	22		0	0		125.0	149	91	82	12	79	1	110	1	0	2			1.824	10.7	0.9	5.7	7.9	1.39	ABQ,SPO · TL,PCL
1967	24	LAD-min	AAA	15	14	.517	3.04	31	31		14	6		207.0	154	75	70	13	74	6	158	1	0	11			1.101	6.7	0.6	3.2	6.9	2.14	SPO · PCL
1968	25	LAD	NL	2	3	.400	3.07	35	1	13	0	0	2	55.2	42	22	19	2	21	7	38	0	0	3	231	90	1.132	6.8	0.3	3.4	6.1	1.81
1969	26	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	6	0		0	0	1	7.0	5	2	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	0			1.286	6.4	0.0	5.1	6.4	1.25	SPO · PCL
1969	26	LAD	NL	0	0		6.06	9	0	5	0	0	0	16.1	19	11	11	7	12	1	6	0	1	2	79	56	1.898	10.5	3.9	6.6	3.3	0.50
1970	27	ANA-LAD-min	AAA	11	10	.524	3.05	36	25		9	2	5	177.0	172	71	60	6	51	10	119	3	1	10			1.260	8.7	0.3	2.6	6.1	2.33	HAW,SPO · PCL
1971	28	SDP-min	AAA	4	9	.308	3.70	55	5		0	0	12	112.0	106	54	46	9	51	12	109	1	0	6			1.402	8.5	0.7	4.1	8.8	2.14	HAW · PCL
1972	29	SDP-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.57	29	1		0	0	1	67.0	71	38	34	8	31	3	53	1	0	1			1.522	9.5	1.1	4.2	7.1	1.71	HAW · PCL
4 Yrs				6	4	.600	3.90	58	5	19	1	1	2	110.2	93	53	48	18	52	11	68	0	1	7	474	78	1.310	7.6	1.5	4.2	5.5	1.31
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.600	3.90	63	5	21	1	1	2	119	100	57	52	19	56	12	73	0	1	8	512	78	1.310	7.6	1.5	4.2	5.5	1.31

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1964	21	LAD	NL	16.0	3	2	1	0.56	3.73	0.03	0.03	82.0	3.06	4	0.5	.1	-0.0	0.6	6	.679	.503	$
1965	22	LAD	NL	22.2	11	2	19	7.54	4.03	0.37	-0.08	92.7	3.32	-11	-1.1	.9	0.0	-0.9	-8	.400	.493	$

1968	25	LAD	NL	55.2	35	1	22	3.56	3.52	-0.18	-0.14	94.2	3.35	-2	-0.3	1.3	-0.1	0.2	4	.493	.498	$
1969	26	LAD	NL	16.1	9	0	11	6.06	4.20	0.13	-0.18	93.4	3.63	-5	-0.5	.1	0.2	-0.1	-3	.446	.497	$
4 Seasons				110.2	58	5	53	4.31	3.75	0.01	-0.11	92.0	3.34	-13	-1.3	1.0	0.0	-0.2	-1	.477	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1964	21	LAD	NL	3	58	52	1	6	1	0	1	1	1	6	8	.115	.207	.192	.399	.116	10	1	0	0	0	0	0
1965	22	LAD	NL	11	106	92	19	26	6	0	8	1	1	13	16	.283	.368	.609	.977	.261	56	1	0	0	1	3	2

1968	25	LAD	NL	35	228	204	22	42	14	0	2	0	1	21	38	.206	.276	.304	.580	.240	62	0	0	3	3	7	2
1969	26	LAD	NL	9	79	65	11	19	3	0	7	1	0	12	6	.292	.403	.662	1.064	.231	43	1	0	2	0	1	1
4 Yrs				58	471	413	53	93	24	0	18	3	3	52	68	.225	.309	.414	.723	.227	171	3	0	5	4	11	5
162 Game Avg.				63	508	446	57	100	26	0	19	3	3	56	73	.225	.309	.414	.723	.227	185	3	0	5	4	12	5
MLB Averages																.245	.310	.365	.675	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1964	21	LAD	NL	5.4	0.6	60	0.6	0.7	-0.1	.55	0.6	0.5	5.7	0.7	0.55	6.0	0	0	1
1965	22	LAD	NL	-9.2	-0.9	110	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	.71	-0.9	0.8	-9.0	-0.9	0.71	-14.2	2	2	4

1968	25	LAD	NL	-2.1	-0.2	235	-0.6	3.4	-4.0	1.04	0.5	-1.0	-1.9	-0.2	1.04	1.7	13	7	11
1969	26	LAD	NL	-4.5	-0.5	84	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	.12	-0.8	-0.2	-3.6	-0.4	0.12	-9.4	0	0	9
4 Yrs				-10.4	-1.0	489	-0.2	5.5	-5.8	.75	-0.7	0.4	-8.8	-0.8	0.75	-16.0	15	9	25

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1964	21	LAD	NL	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	1	1	1	50%	70.0	84	56	0	0	1	1	7.3	9.8	7.0
1965	22	LAD	NL	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	44.0	52	36	6	1	0	2	4.5	7.0	4.3

1968	25	LAD	NL	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	7	3	0	0	9.0	3.0	4.0
3 Yrs				49	5	2	1	2	1	0	4	1	.800	0	1	1	1	1	20%	53	84	36	13	4	1	3	6.4	7.9	5.3
MLB Averages													.500						56%	54	116	0					3.9	3.8	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1964	21	LAD	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.547	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1965	22	LAD	NL	11	9	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	3	0	0%	6	.706	2	2	4	1	2	6	1	8	6	0	6	1	4.7

1968	25	LAD	NL	35	34	13	2	3	4	2	2	50%	8	3	33	9	27%	6	1.043	13	7	11	8	4	20	16	16	17	11	17	8	4.6
1969	26	LAD	NL	9	9	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	8	.121	0	0	9	0	0	9	1	8	5	0	5	1	5.4
4 Yrs				58	53	19	4	3	4	2	2	50%	9	4	38	9	24%		.751	15	9	25	9	6	36	18	33	29	11	29	10	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1964	21	LAD	NL	58	45%	1.7%	13.8%	10.3%	3.5%	33%	0.44	74%	6	1	17%
1965	22	LAD	NL	106	66%	7.6%	15.1%	12.3%	13.2%	54%	0.44	65%	17	1	6%

1968	25	LAD	NL	231	71%	0.9%	16.7%	9.2%	7.0%	38%	0.83	73%	36	0	0%
1969	26	LAD	NL	79	71%	8.9%	7.6%	15.2%	12.7%	53%	0.34	66%	11	1	9%
4 Yrs				474	67%	3.8%	14.4%	11.0%	8.9%	45%	0.59	70%	70	3	4%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.7%	8.2%	6.1%	27%	1.11	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1964	21	LAD	NL	58	6			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	15	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	22	LAD	NL	106	26			8	0	1	4	4	3	5	3	2	0	67%	2	2	0	44	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

1968	25	LAD	NL	228	42			2	1	12	1	1	1	1	21	12	3	57%	2	3	2	80	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	3
1969	26	LAD	NL	79	19			7	0	0	6	1	3	4	4	2	0	50%	1	2	0	32	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4 Yrs				471	93			18	1	13	12	6	8	10	28	16	3	57%	5	7	2	171	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	19	3
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1964	21	2	0	1.000	0.56	3	2	0	1	1	0	16.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	8	0	0	58	589	0.750	3.4	0.6	3.4	4.5	1.33	589
1965	22	4	1	.800	4.19	14	4	1	1	1	0	38.2	32	20	18	9	19	3	24	0	2	164	79	1.319	7.4	2.1	4.4	5.6	1.26	79
1966	23	4	1	.800	4.19	14	4	1	1	1	0	38.2	32	20	18	9	19	3	24	0	2	164	79	1.319	7.4	2.1	4.4	5.6	1.26	79
1967	24	4	1	.800	4.19	14	4	1	1	1	0	38.2	32	20	18	9	19	3	24	0	2	164	79	1.319	7.4	2.1	4.4	5.6	1.26	79
1968	25	6	4	.600	3.53	49	5	14	1	1	2	94.1	74	42	37	11	40	10	62	0	5	395	85	1.208	7.1	1.0	3.8	5.9	1.55	85
1969	26	6	4	.600	3.90	58	5	19	1	1	2	110.2	93	53	48	18	52	11	68	1	7	474	78	1.310	7.6	1.5	4.2	5.5	1.31	78

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1964	21	1	0	1.000	0.60	15.0	7	1	1	1	7	7	0	0.933	4.2	4.2	4.2	1.00	0.6	3
1965	22	0	2	.000	8.57	21.0	28	22	20	9	14	15	0	2.000	12.0	6.0	6.4	1.07	3.9	11

1968	25	2	3	.400	4.50	52.0	49	29	26	2	24	36	0	1.404	8.5	4.2	6.2	1.50	0.3	35
1969	26	0	1	.000	7.80	15.0	21	14	13	8	13	6	0	2.267	12.6	7.8	3.6	0.46	4.8	9
4 Yrs		3	6	.333	5.24	103.0	105	66	60	20	58	64	0	1.583	9.2		5.6	1.10	1.7	58

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