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What's exceptional about Bob Purkey Pittsburgh Pirates 1955 ?


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Bob Purkey of the Pittsburgh Pirates had the 7th-highest earned run average (5.32) of the 132 pitchers in 1955 who played in the National League.

bested Brooks Lawrence of the St. Louis Cardinals (6.56), Gordon Jones of the St. Louis Cardinals (5.84), Dave Jolly of the Milwaukee Braves (5.71), and Howie Pollet of the Chicago Cubs (5.61), and 2 others, ending with Russ Meyer of the Brooklyn Dodgers (5.42).



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References

  1. A pitcher's ERA (earned run average) is only counted if he pitched at least 50 innings during the season for the specified team. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
  2. Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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Bob Purkey of the 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates threw right-handed, played on a losing team, played in Forbes Field, and was born in Pennsylvania.

  • achievement score (-0.8 see References)
  • assists (16)
  • complete games (2)
  • double plays (0)
  • games finished (3)
  • games played (14)
  • games started (10)
  • innings pitched (67.7)
  • putouts (2)
  • saves (1)
  • shutouts (0)
  • strikeouts (24)
  • strikeouts per nine innings (3.2)
  • wins (2)
  • balks (0)
  • earned run average (5.32)
  • earned runs (40)
  • errors (1)
  • hit by pitch (2)
  • hits (77)
  • hits per nine innings (10.2)
  • homers given up (5)
  • homers per nine innings (.7)
  • intentional walks (1)
  • losses (7)
  • runs allowed (47)
  • walks (25)
  • walks per nine innings (3.3)
  • wild pitches (1)
  • age (26 yrs)
  • batters faced (298)
  • height (6'2")
  • innings pitched per game (4.8)
  • weight (175 lbs)

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