Bob Purkey
Robert Thomas Purkey
All-Star Player
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 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
1954 PIT NL 24 P 36 11 131.1 56 16 40 0 6 1.000 3.84 1.56 .959 2.07 0.87
1955 PIT NL 25 P 14 10 67.2 19 2 16 1 0 .947 2.39 1.29 .953 2.03 0.83
1956 PIT NL 26 P 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.02 0.85
1957 PIT NL 27 P 48 21 179.2 46 13 30 3 3 .935 2.15 0.90 .963 2.06 0.82
1958 CIN NL 28 P 37 34 250.0 67 10 56 1 2 .985 2.38 1.78 .954 1.97 0.77 AS,MVP-19
1959 CIN NL 29 P 38 33 218.0 56 19 35 2 1 .964 2.23 1.42 .954 1.99 0.82
1960 CIN NL 30 P 41 33 252.2 78 30 47 1 5 .987 2.74 1.88 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 CIN NL 31 P 36 34 246.1 100 29 69 2 2 .980 3.58 2.72 .958 2.18 0.88 AS
1962 CIN NL 32 P 37 37 288.1 88 25 59 4 7 .955 2.62 2.27 .948 2.07 0.82 AS,CYA-3,MVP-8
1963 CIN NL 33 P 21 21 137.0 47 15 29 3 0 .936 2.89 2.10 .951 2.06 0.84
1964 CIN NL 34 P 34 25 195.2 65 17 44 4 4 .938 2.81 1.79 .954 2.14 0.84
1965 STL NL 35 P 32 17 124.1 37 8 28 1 1 .973 2.61 1.13 .954 2.08 0.81
1966 PIT NL 36 P 10 0 19.2 11 0 10 1 1 .909 4.58 1.00 .945 1.97 0.74
13 Seasons P 386 276 2114.2 671 184 464 23 32 .966 2.76 1.68 .955 2.07 0.83
13 Seasons TOT 386 276 2114.2 671 184 464 23 32 .966 2.76 1.68 .921 2.07 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
1954 PIT NL 24 36 11 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PIT NL 25 14 10 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PIT NL 26 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 27 48 21 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CIN NL 28 37 34 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN NL 29 38 33 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 30 41 33 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CIN NL 31 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CIN NL 32 37 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 33 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CIN NL 34 34 25 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 35 32 17 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 36 11 0 11 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Seasons 387 276 387 387 386 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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%
1954 PIT NL 24 286 80% 29% 16 100% 0 3 1 1 14 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1955 PIT NL 25 182 86% 34% 13 92% 0 0 0 0 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1956 PIT NL 26 14 93% 36% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 27 689 87% 28% 37 89% 1 11 3 7 31 24 1 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 2 10 100%
1958 CIN NL 28 1049 88% 30% 60 97% 0 10 0 9 59 48 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 4 75%
1959 CIN NL 29 938 86% 27% 43 98% 0 17 3 13 41 36 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 10 100%
1960 CIN NL 30 1084 85% 30% 52 98% 2 30 4 17 48 33 9 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 4 1 8 100%
1961 CIN NL 31 1064 84% 31% 81 89% 2 26 2 22 68 63 4 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 8 75%
1962 CIN NL 32 1220 82% 28% 66 89% 2 25 4 16 59 47 4 4 0 3 1 0 7 2 4 3 7 100%
1963 CIN NL 33 591 85% 30% 34 97% 0 15 2 12 31 28 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1964 CIN NL 34 832 84% 34% 48 90% 0 16 0 15 44 32 8 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 7 86%
1965 STL NL 35 564 86% 30% 29 93% 0 9 1 7 27 19 6 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 1 0%
1966 PIT NL 36 77 88% 30% 13 85% 0 0 0 0 11 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 60%
13 Seasons 8590 85% 30% 493 93% 7 162 20 119 446 359 45 22 1 11 10 11 29 17 21 8 68 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%

* 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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