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What's exceptional about Bob Purkey Pittsburgh Pirates 1956 ?


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taller; lighter; losing team; not debut; season

Bob Purkey of the Pittsburgh Pirates was the tallest (6'2") of the 39 pitchers in 1956 who weighed at most 175 lbs and who played on a losing team and weren't debuting in the majors.

after himself of the Pittsburgh Pirates (6'2", 175 lbs), closest were Larry Jackson of the St. Louis Cardinals (6'1", 175 lbs), Billy Loes of the Baltimore Orioles (6'1", 165 lbs), Jack Meyer of the Philadelphia Phillies (6'1", 175 lbs), and Russ Meyer of the Chicago Cubs (6'1", 175 lbs), ending with Bobby Shantz of the Kansas City Athletics (5'6", 139 lbs).



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  1. 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/
  2. Player heights and weights have a single value for their entire career. The 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 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates threw right-handed, played on a losing team, played in Forbes Field, and was born in Pennsylvania.

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  • assists (1)
  • complete games (0)
  • double plays (0)
  • games finished (1)
  • games played (2)
  • games started (0)
  • innings pitched (4.0)
  • putouts (0)
  • saves (0)
  • shutouts (0)
  • strikeouts (1)
  • wins (0)
  • balks (0)
  • earned runs (1)
  • errors (0)
  • hit by pitch (0)
  • hits (2)
  • homers given up (1)
  • intentional walks (0)
  • losses (0)
  • runs allowed (1)
  • walks (0)
  • wild pitches (0)
  • age (27 yrs)
  • batters faced (14)
  • height (6'2")
  • weight (175 lbs)

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