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Bob Purkey
Robert Thomas Purkey

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 14, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: South Hills (Pittsburgh, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1954
Final Game: July 26, 1966
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Standard Batting

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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
1954	24	PIT	NL	36	33	26	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	.077	.200	.115	.315	-14	3	0	0	3	0		1
1955	25	PIT	NL	14	22	19	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	.316	.316	.474	.789	108	9	0	0	3	0	0	1
1956	26	PIT	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	27	PIT	NL	48	52	45	3	5	0	2	0	6	0	0	3	22	.111	.180	.200	.380	4	9	0	1	2	1	0	1
1958	28	CIN	NL	37	94	81	9	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	6	42	.111	.170	.173	.343	-11	14	0	0	6	1	0	1	AS,MVP-19
1959	29	CIN	NL	38	77	66	8	11	2	1	1	6	0	0	6	34	.167	.247	.273	.519	36	18	1	1	4	0	0	1
1960	30	CIN	NL	41	96	83	6	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	44	.133	.200	.133	.333	-7	11	1	0	6	0	0	1
1961	31	CIN	NL	36	90	80	6	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	32	.100	.133	.163	.295	-23	13	2	1	7	0	0	1	AS
1962	32	CIN	NL	37	119	107	9	11	2	0	2	3	0	0	4	56	.103	.134	.178	.311	-18	19	0	0	7	1	0	1	AS,CYA-3,MVP-8
1963	33	CIN	NL	21	49	41	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	.098	.174	.098	.271	-20	4	1	0	3	1	0	1
1964	34	CIN	NL	34	69	58	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	33	.052	.082	.052	.134	-62	3	0	1	8	1	0	1
1965	35	STL	NL	32	43	35	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	21	.029	.056	.029	.084	-76	1	0	0	7	0	0	1
1966	36	PIT	NL	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13 Seasons				387	748	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	325	.110	.163	.161	.325	-12	104	5	4	56	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	313	270	22	30	4	1	3	18	0	0	16	136	.110	.163	.161	.325	-12	44	2	2	23	2
CIN (7 yrs)				244	594	516	44	57	8	1	5	25	0	0	30	263	.110	.163	.159	.322	-13	82	5	3	41	4	0
PIT (5 yrs)				111	111	94	6	13	1	2	1	14	0	0	7	41	.138	.204	.223	.427	15	21	0	1	8	1	0
STL (1 yr)				32	43	35	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	21	.029	.056	.029	.084	-76	1	0	0	7	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1954	24	PIT	NL	33	27	1	1.0	107	.143	.077	.272	.200	.343	.115	.420	.315	.763	-14	.053	-4.4	-0.4	.292	.192	.038
1955	25	PIT	NL	22	16	3	5.0	104	.357	.316	.263	.316	.334	.474	.417	.789	.750	108	.531	0.1	0.0	.692	.158	.158	.0
1957	27	PIT	NL	52	43	2	1.3	100	.208	.111	.265	.180	.328	.200	.410	.380	.738	4	.084	-6.3	-0.6	.325	.156	.089
1958	28	CIN	NL	94	79	3	1.0	111	.205	.111	.277	.170	.346	.173	.432	.343	.778	-11	.058	-13.6	-1.4	.278	.136	.062	.0
1959	29	CIN	NL	77	60	5	2.2	108	.323	.167	.275	.247	.341	.273	.425	.519	.766	36	.209	-6.4	-0.6	.446	.197	.106	.0
1960	30	CIN	NL	96	79	3	1.0	101	.282	.133	.265	.200	.332	.133	.407	.333	.739	-7	.065	-12.6	-1.3	.247	.084	.000
1961	31	CIN	NL	90	81	2	0.7	107	.149	.100	.272	.133	.339	.163	.424	.295	.763	-23	.027	-14.5	-1.5	.216	.088	.063	.0
1962	32	CIN	NL	119	104	3	0.8	106	.180	.103	.275	.134	.342	.178	.417	.311	.759	-18	.037	-18.7	-1.9	.240	.112	.075	.0
1963	33	CIN	NL	49	42	1	0.6	92	.200	.098	.258	.174	.320	.098	.385	.271	.705	-20	.035	-6.4	-0.7	.211	.098	.000
1964	34	CIN	NL	69	64	1	0.4	96	.115	.052	.267	.082	.325	.052	.396	.134	.721	-62	.015	-12.7	-1.4	.091	.017	.000
1965	35	STL	NL	43	41	0	0.0	101	.071	.029	.269	.056	.334	.029	.407	.084	.741	-76	.000	-8.6	-0.9	.059	.029	.000
1966	36	PIT	NL	4	4	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.264	.000	.323	.000	.398	.000	.722	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
13 Seasons				748	640	24	1.0	104	.204	.110	.270	.163	.336	.161	.414	.325	.750	-12	.062	-105.4	-10.8	.252	.110	.051	.0
162 Game Avg.				313	268	10	1.0	104	.204	.110	.270	.163	.336	.161	.414	.325	.750	-12	.062	-105.4	-10.8	.252	.110	.051
CIN (7 yrs)				594	509	18	0.9	104	.206	.110	.271	.163	.337	.159	.415	.322	.752	-13	.056	-84.9	-8.8	.248	.107	.048	.0
PIT (5 yrs)				111	90	6	1.8	103	.226	.138	.266	.204	.333	.223	.414	.427	.747	15	.148	-11.8	-1.1	.358	.160	.085	.0
STL (1 yr)				43	41	0	0.0	101	.071	.029	.269	.056	.334	.029	.407	.084	.741	-76	.000	-8.6	-0.9	.059	.029	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	31	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1958	CIN	NL	28		DNP
1961	CIN	NL	31		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1961	CIN	NL	31	as P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1962	CIN	NL	32		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1962	CIN	NL	32		DNP
3 Seasons (3 Appearances)					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1954	24	PIT	NL	33	0.0%	36.4%	12.1%	3.0%	50%	3.00	2.2		6.5		0.20	42%
1955	25	PIT	NL	22	4.6%	18.2%	0.0%	4.6%	17%		4.8	19.0	4.8		1.33	64%
1957	27	PIT	NL	52	0.0%	42.3%	5.8%	3.9%	40%	7.33	2.0		7.5		1.29	46%
1958	28	CIN	NL	94	1.1%	44.7%	6.4%	3.2%	33%	7.00	1.9	81.0	20.3		1.40	41%
1959	29	CIN	NL	77	1.3%	44.2%	7.8%	5.2%	36%	5.67	1.9	66.0	11.0		2.25	40%
1960	30	CIN	NL	96	0.0%	45.8%	7.3%	0.0%	0%	6.29	1.9		16.6		1.06	41%
1961	31	CIN	NL	90	1.1%	35.6%	2.2%	3.3%	38%	16.00	2.5	80.0	20.0		1.33	52%
1962	32	CIN	NL	119	1.7%	47.1%	3.4%	3.4%	36%	14.00	1.9	53.5	35.7		0.68	42%
1963	33	CIN	NL	49	0.0%	44.9%	8.2%	0.0%	0%	5.50	1.9		20.5		0.82	41%
1964	34	CIN	NL	69	0.0%	47.8%	1.5%	0.0%	0%	33.00	1.8		58.0		1.46	38%
1965	35	STL	NL	43	0.0%	48.8%	2.3%	0.0%	0%	21.00	1.7		11.7		0.90	33%
1966	36	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3				0.00	25%
13 Seasons				748	0.8%	43.5%	5.1%	2.4%	25%	8.55	2.0	107.5	15.4		1.12	43%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954	24	PIT	NL	0	0	33%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	25	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	27	PIT	NL	2	0	33%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	75%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	28	CIN	NL	1	0	57%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	38%	4	3	1	1	1	0	3	1	2
1959	29	CIN	NL	0	0	41%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	5	3	2	0	0	0	3	3	0
1960	30	CIN	NL	1	0	33%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1961	31	CIN	NL	1	0	50%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0%	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
1962	32	CIN	NL	3	0	54%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	33%	6	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
1963	33	CIN	NL	2	0	38%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1964	34	CIN	NL	1	0	60%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1965	35	STL	NL	1	0	150%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1966	36	PIT	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
13 Seasons				12	0	44%	145	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	8	33%	27	20	7	5	5	0	13	5	8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1954	24	PIT	NL	13	8%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	5	0	0%	4	1	25%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		20
1955	25	PIT	NL	12	50%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	150%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		10
1957	27	PIT	NL	46	26%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	0	0%	7	3	43%	36	6	17%	6	4	67%	3	2	67%	6
1958	28	CIN	NL	94	33%	9			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	11	6	55%	16	0	0%	20	5	25%	54	3	6%	4	1	25%	6	1	17%	0
1959	29	CIN	NL	77	36%	11			0	0	0	0		1	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	80%	14	1	7%	14	4	29%	52	5	10%	4	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1960	30	CIN	NL	96	35%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	67%	19	1	5%	17	4	24%	63	6	10%	2	1	50%	4	1	25%	0
1961	31	CIN	NL	90	28%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	8	7	88%	14	2	14%	15	5	33%	53	3	6%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1962	32	CIN	NL	119	24%	11			0	0	0	0		2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	9	7	78%	22	0	0%	24	4	17%	72	3	4%	7	1	14%	5	3	60%	0
1963	33	CIN	NL	49	47%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	6	1	17%	9	2	22%	35	4	11%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
1964	34	CIN	NL	69	25%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	80%	15	0	0%	22	4	18%	47	1	2%	4	1	25%	7	1	14%	0
1965	35	STL	NL	43	37%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	100%	11	0	0%	11	2	18%	32	3	9%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1966	36	PIT	NL	4	50%	0			1	0	0	0	5.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
13 Seasons				712	31%	71			1	0	0	0	5.50	6	1	22	4	2	3	3	0	69	56	81%	133	5	4%	146	35	24%	463	34	7%	37	12	32%	32	8	25%	36
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1954	24	36	33	26	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	.077	.200	.115	.315	-14	3	0	0	3	0
1955	25	50	55	45	3	8	1	0	1	8	0	0	4	16	.178	.245	.267	.512	36	12	0	0	6	0	0
1956	26	52	55	45	3	8	1	0	1	8	0	0	4	16	.178	.245	.267	.512	36	12	0	0	6	0	0
1957	27	100	107	90	6	13	1	2	1	14	0	0	7	38	.144	.212	.233	.445	20	21	0	1	8	1	0
1958	28	137	201	171	15	22	3	2	2	18	0	0	13	80	.129	.193	.205	.397	5	35	0	1	14	2	0
1959	29	175	278	237	23	33	5	3	3	24	0	0	19	114	.139	.208	.224	.431	14	53	1	2	18	2	0
1960	30	216	374	320	29	44	5	3	3	29	0	0	26	158	.138	.206	.200	.406	9	64	2	2	24	2	0
1961	31	252	464	400	35	52	7	3	4	33	0	0	28	190	.130	.192	.193	.384	3	77	4	3	31	2	0
1962	32	289	583	507	44	63	9	3	6	36	0	0	32	246	.124	.180	.189	.369	-2	96	4	3	38	3	0
1963	33	310	632	548	47	67	9	3	6	38	0	0	36	268	.122	.179	.182	.362	-3	100	5	3	41	4	0
1964	34	344	701	606	50	70	9	3	6	39	0	0	37	301	.116	.170	.170	.340	-8	103	5	4	49	5	0
1965	35	376	744	641	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	322	.111	.164	.162	.326	-12	104	5	4	56	5	0
1966	36	387	748	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	325	.110	.163	.161	.325	-12	104	5	4	56	5	0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

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
1954	24	38	34	28	4	3	2	0	0	7	0	6	13	.107	.265	.179	.443	1	36
1955	25	15	20	20	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	14
1957	27	50	54	48	3	6	0	2	0	6	0	4	23	.125	.204	.208	.412	2	48
1958	28	39	95	87	9	11	2	0	1	4	0	7	44	.126	.189	.184	.373	3	37
1959	29	40	78	70	9	13	2	1	1	6	0	7	36	.186	.269	.286	.555	5	38
1960	30	43	98	89	7	14	0	0	0	6	0	9	46	.157	.235	.157	.392	3	41
1961	31	38	87	84	7	9	2	0	1	5	0	2	33	.107	.138	.167	.305	2	36
1962	32	37	113	108	9	12	2	0	2	3	0	4	56	.111	.142	.185	.327	3	37
1963	33	21	48	42	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	5	22	.119	.208	.119	.327	1	21
1964	34	34	67	62	5	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	33	.113	.164	.113	.277	1	34
1965	35	32	36	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.000	.028	.000	.028	0	32
1966	36	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
12 Seasons		398	734	677	57	80	10	3	5	45	0	47	334	.118	.180	.164	.344	24	385
162 Game Avg.		162	299	276	23	33	4	1	2	18	0	19	136	.118	.180	.164	.344	10	385

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1958 1961-1 * 1961-2 (P) 1962-1 * 1962-2

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1958-NL-19-1% 1962-NL-8-12% 0.13 Career Shares (829th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1962-ML--3--5% 0.05 Career Shares (204th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters   View Player Links in Pop-up  Compare Stats to Similars Steve Barber (984) Mike Cuellar (981) Dave Koslo (980) Jason Schmidt (980) Stan Williams (978) Terry Mulholland (975) Nolan Ryan (974) * Ken Johnson (974) Burt Hooton (974) Al Downing (973) * - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages   View Player Links in Pop-up  Hold mouse over #'s to see names Joaquin Andujar (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Joaquin Andujar (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Mike Cuellar (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Steve Barber (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Steve Barber (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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