#43 Bob Purkey, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Cleveland Indians Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bob Purkey
7/14/1929 28 USA,PA, 6"2 195
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Loyal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Average Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1957 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 3 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 8 | 9 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 8 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 9 | 9 | |
Talent | 2 | 9 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 58 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 3 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .979 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 42 | 42 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 4.29 | 344.1 | 407 | 189 | 164 | 84 | 104 | 25 | 59.5 | 1 | 21 | 50.0 |
Projected | 44 | 44 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 4.29 | 362.0 | 428 | 199 | 173 | 88 | 109 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.30 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 668 | 195 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 87 | 95 | 44 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .292 | .338 | .407 | .746 |
vs. RHB | 716 | 212 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 90 | 94 | 40 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .296 | .331 | .392 | .723 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 21 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4.07 | 177.0 | 210 | 100 | 80 | 37 | 55 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4.52 | 167.1 | 197 | 89 | 84 | 47 | 49 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.58 | 55.0 | 69 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 19 |
May | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.42 | 59.0 | 63 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 17 |
June | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.10 | 69.2 | 75 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 24 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.37 | 55.1 | 69 | 35 | 33 | 7 | 16 |
August | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.08 | 57.1 | 66 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 15 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.50 | 48.0 | 65 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 13 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1955 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3.77 | 198.1 | 200 | 91 | 83 | 19 | 67 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 1.35 | .268 | CLE |
1956 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 4.33 | 347.0 | 402 | 188 | 167 | 19 | 103 | 98 | 26 | 2 | 1.46 | .306 | CLE |
1957 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 4.29 | 344.1 | 407 | 189 | 164 | 23 | 84 | 104 | 25 | 1 | 1.43 | .305 | CLE |
Total | 108 | 108 | 39 | 49 | 0 | 4.19 | 889.2 | 1009 | 468 | 414 | 61 | 254 | 259 | 70 | 3 | 1.42 | .298 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1954, AAA | 28 | 28 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4.49 | 204.2 | 232 | 106 | 102 | 11 | 57 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 1.41 | .317 |
1955, AAA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 16.1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | .321 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1955 | 24 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .151 | .288 | CLE |
1956 | 42 | 117 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .060 | .075 | .094 | .169 | CLE |
1957 | 42 | 120 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .058 | .073 | .058 | .131 | CLE |
Total | 108 | 310 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .088 | .094 | .182 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 42 | 42 | 25 | 51 | 7 | 79 | 3 | .962 | 344.1 | 2.06 | | | | |
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Injured on 4/25/1954 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week... Injured on 5/1/1955 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 7 weeks... Earned first career win on 7/2/1955... Had first career hit on 7/6/1955, off Eddie Erautt (CHA)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1955, going 5-1, 3.19... Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1956, off Bobby Shantz (KC)...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1955 - 3.77 - 7th
| WHIP 1955 - 1.35 - 8th
| Losses 1956 - 24 - 2nd
| IP 1956 - 347.0 - 2nd
| CG 1955 - 19 - 6th 1956 - 26 - 3rd
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