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 Pitching

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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
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 58 578 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 48 1.721 10.3 3.2 5.2 6.4 1.23
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 89 1.132 6.8 0.3 3.4 6.1 1.81
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 55 1.898 10.5 3.9 6.6 3.3 0.50
4 Seasons 6 4 .600 3.90 58 5 19 1 1 2 110.2 93 53 48 18 52 11 68 0 1 7 474 77 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 77 1.310 7.6 1.5 4.2 5.5 1.31

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
1968 25 LAD NL 35 231 204 22 42 14 0 2 0 1 21 38 .206 .276 .304 .580 .240 62 0 0 3 3 7
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
4 Seasons 58 474 413 53 93 24 0 18 3 3 52 68 .225 .309 .414 .723 .227 171 3 0 5 4 11
162 Game Avg. 63 512 446 57 100 26 0 19 3 3 56 73 .225 .309 .414 .723 .227 185 3 0 5 4 12
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1964 21 LAD NL 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 1 50% 70 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 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 36 36 7 3 0 0 9.0 3.0 4.0
3 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1964 21 LAD NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.611 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 0.765 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 1.166 16 5 10 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 0.168 0 0 9 0 0 9 1 8 5 0 5 1 5.4
4 Seasons 58 53 19 4 3 4 2 2 50% 9 4 38 9 24% 0.840 18 7 24 9 6 36 18 33 29 11 29 10 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1964 21 LAD NL 58 55% 1.7% 13.8% 10.3% 3.5% 33% 0.44 74% 6 1 17%
1965 22 LAD NL 106 34% 7.6% 15.1% 12.3% 13.2% 54% 0.44 65% 17 1 6%
1968 25 LAD NL 231 29% 0.9% 16.5% 9.1% 6.9% 38% 0.83 72% 36 0 0%
1969 26 LAD NL 79 29% 8.9% 7.6% 15.2% 12.7% 53% 0.34 66% 11 1 9%
4 Seasons 474 33% 3.8% 14.4% 11.0% 8.9% 45% 0.59 70% 70 3 4%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 Seasons 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 1 0 19 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 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 0 58 578 0.750 3.4 0.6 3.4 4.5 1.33 578
1965 22 4 1 .800 4.19 14 4 1 1 1 0 38.2 32 20 18 9 19 3 24 0 0 2 164 78 1.319 7.4 2.1 4.4 5.6 1.26 78
1966 23 4 1 .800 4.19 14 4 1 1 1 0 38.2 32 20 18 9 19 3 24 0 0 2 164 78 1.319 7.4 2.1 4.4 5.6 1.26 78
1967 24 4 1 .800 4.19 14 4 1 1 1 0 38.2 32 20 18 9 19 3 24 0 0 2 164 78 1.319 7.4 2.1 4.4 5.6 1.26 78
1968 25 6 4 .600 3.53 49 5 14 1 1 2 94.1 74 42 37 11 40 10 62 0 0 5 395 84 1.208 7.1 1.0 3.8 5.9 1.55 84
1969 26 6 4 .600 3.90 58 5 19 1 1 2 110.2 93 53 48 18 52 11 68 0 1 7 474 77 1.310 7.6 1.5 4.2 5.5 1.31 77

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 6 1 1 1 6 8 0 0.800 3.6 3.6 4.8 1.33 0.6 3
1965 22 0 2 .000 8.57 21.0 29 22 20 9 14 15 0 2.048 12.4 6.0 6.4 1.07 3.9 11
1968 25 2 3 .400 4.50 52.0 50 29 26 2 25 35 0 1.442 8.7 4.3 6.1 1.40 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 Seasons 3 6 .333 5.24 103.0 106 66 60 20 58 64 0 1.592 9.3 5.6 1.10 1.7 58

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