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Billy Purtell
William Patrick Purtell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 6, 1886 in Columbus, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1908
Final Game: September 22, 1914
Died: March 17, 1962 in Bradenton, FL
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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
1908 22 CHW AL 26 77 69 3 9 2 0 0 3 2 2 .130 .155 .159 .314 3 11 0 6 5
1909 23 CHW AL 103 412 361 34 93 9 3 0 40 14 19 .258 .302 .299 .601 93 108 4 28 54
1910 24 TOT AL 151 612 536 36 117 6 5 2 51 7 39 .218 .278 .259 .537 70 139 5 32 *5/6
1910 24 CHW AL 102 411 368 21 82 5 3 1 36 5 21 .223 .272 .261 .533 71 96 4 18 5
1910 24 BOS AL 49 201 168 15 35 1 2 1 15 2 18 .208 .289 .256 .545 69 43 1 14 5/6
1911 25 BOS AL 27 85 82 5 23 5 3 0 7 1 1 .280 .298 .415 .712 99 34 1 1 5/46O
1914 28 DET AL 28 82 76 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 2 2 7 .171 .203 .224 .426 26 17 1 3 5/64
5 Seasons 335 1268 1124 82 255 26 11 2 104 24 2 63 7 .227 .275 .275 .550 73 309 11 70
162 Game Avg. 162 613 544 40 123 13 5 1 50 12 30 .227 .275 .275 .550 73 149 5 34
CHW (3 yrs) 231 900 798 58 184 16 6 1 79 21 42 .231 .276 .269 .545 75 215 8 52
BOS (2 yrs) 76 286 250 20 58 6 5 1 22 3 19 .232 .292 .308 .600 80 77 2 15
DET (1 yr) 28 82 76 4 13 4 0 0 3 0 2 2 7 .171 .203 .224 .426 26 17 1 3

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1908 CHW AL 22 3B 25 83 18 60 5 5 .940 3.12 .931 3.20
1909 CHW AL 23 3B 71 267 90 158 19 11 .929 3.49 .931 3.33
1909 CHW AL 23 2B 32 167 72 90 5 13 .970 5.06 .952 4.83
1910 TOT AL 24 3B 143 527 158 320 49 18 .907 3.34 .933 3.38
1910 CHW AL 24 3B 102 386 117 233 36 16 .907 3.43 .933 3.38
1910 BOS AL 24 3B 41 141 41 87 13 2 .908 3.12 .933 3.38
1910 BOS AL 24 SS 8 32 8 21 3 2 .906 3.63 .931 5.20
1911 BOS AL 25 3B 15 60 22 30 8 1 .867 3.47 .933 3.26
1911 BOS AL 25 2B 3 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.00 .944 4.93
1911 BOS AL 25 SS 3 13 3 8 2 0 .846 3.67 .931 5.43
1911 BOS AL 25 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-1-0
1914 DET AL 28 3B 16 56 19 34 3 2 .946 3.31 .936 3.14
1914 DET AL 28 SS 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 .950 5.15
1914 DET AL 28 2B 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 4.80
5 Seasons 3B 270 993 307 602 84 37 .915 3.37 .932 3.33
3 Seasons 2B 36 179 77 97 5 13 .972 4.83 .952 4.84
3 Seasons SS 13 47 12 29 6 2 .872 3.15 .932 5.25
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-1-0
5 Seasons TOT 320 1219 396 728 95 52 .922 3.51 .857 3.57 0-1-0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1910 AL--151--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1909 AL--28--10th
1910 AL--32--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1910 AL--451--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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  1. Gus Getz (976)
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  5. Fred Warner (971)
  6. George Rohe (968)
  7. Harry Raymond (967)
  8. Zinn Beck (964)
  9. Mike Simon (963)
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  1. Will Foley (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Gus Getz (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August, 1907: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from Decatur (Three-I).

August 9, 1910: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Frank Smith to the Boston Red Sox for Harry Lord and Amby McConnell.

January 5, 1912: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Hal Janvrin, Walter Lonergan, Marty McHale, Hap Myers and Jack Thoney to Jersey City (International) for Hick Cady.

September 15, 1913: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from Jersey City (International) in the 1913 rule 5 draft.

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