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Pid
Purdy		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6''
Weight: 160
 
Born: June 15, 1904 in Usa, NE, BEATRICE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1935    1936   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 CAL AL $ 2,685,714   73 73 67 13 13 13 59 67 65 30 37 35 90 92 91
1931 27 CAL AL $ 2,685,714   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1932 28 NYG NL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1933 29 SLC NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 10 9
1934 30 SLC NL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1935 31 SLC NL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 4 3 9 9 9
1936 32 SLC NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 4 3 9 9 9
1937 33 SLC NL $ 1,900,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 6 5 2 3 3 9 9 9
1938 34 SLC NL $ 1,900,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 6 5 2 3 3 9 9 9
1939 35 SLC NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,900,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,685,714   73 73 67 13 13 13 59 67 65 30 37 35 90 92 91
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 26 CAL AL 157 556 63 135 24 7 4 67 1 0 37 24 .243 .293 .333 .625 51.1 3.2
1931 27 CAL AL 151 536 58 177 33 7 3 80 0 0 32 11 .330 .368 .435 .803 78.6 16.6
1932 28 NYG NL 150 538 69 149 21 2 1 57 0 0 50 17 .277 .336 .329 .665 59.1 6.9
1933 29 SLC NL 150 579 81 181 28 5 2 56 0 0 43 23 .313 .368 .389 .757 77.2 10.4
1934 30 SLC NL 128 412 40 127 12 4 1 47 1 0 31 14 .308 .357 .364 .721 47.9 5.3
1935 31 SLC NL 154 614 73 180 23 6 3 75 0 0 24 20 .293 .325 .365 .689 63.6 7.4
1936 32 SLC NL 153 543 74 169 21 5 8 78 0 0 26 26 .311 .343 .413 .756 71.4 10.7
1937 33 SLC NL 97 225 21 49 8 1 2 19 0 0 16 13 .218 .278 .289 .566 17.1 0.2
1938 34 SLC NL 131 430 44 119 15 3 4 53 0 0 29 24 .277 .323 .353 .677 47.9 6.6
1939 35 SLC NL 109 299 26 82 8 1 5 27 0 0 15 28 .274 .309 .358 .667 33.3 4.2
1940 36 AA   55 207 12 45 4 0 1 23 0 4 22 28 .217 .293 .251 .544 15.0  
10 Years Sim 1380 4732 549 1368 193 41 33 559 2 0 303 200 .289 .334 .368 .702 547.2 71.5
1 Years AA 55 207 12 45 4 0 1 23 0 4 22 28 .217 .297 .251 .549 15.0  
162 Game Average 555 64 160 22 4 3 65 0 0 35 23 .289 .334 .368 .702 64.2  
Career Highs 157 614 81 181 33 7 8 80 1 0 50 28 .330 .368 .435 .803 78.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3552 442 1066 143 31 28 434 2 0 252 149 .300 .348 .381 .730 454.9
vs LH   1180 107 302 50 10 5 125 0 0 51 51 .256 .290 .328 .618 105.2
Home 690 2350 257 662 97 18 15 273 1 0 135 107 .282 .324 .357 .682 260.2
Away 690 2382 292 706 96 23 18 286 1 0 168 93 .296 .343 .379 .722 299.9
RISP   1195 0 356 45 10 6 474 0 0 77 42 .298 .336 .367 .703 144.6
Pinch Hitting   90 7 20 1 0 1 12 0 0 8 4 .222 .275 .267 .541 7.2
Close/Late   542 53 154 22 5 3 62 0 0 45 32 .284 .337 .360 .696 65.4
Mar/Apr 238 845 79 220 34 8 9 104 1 0 54 30 .260 .305 .351 .657 88.8
May 247 828 105 240 23 4 3 80 0 0 58 38 .290 .336 .338 .674 93.3
June 225 776 101 219 32 6 7 99 0 0 49 32 .282 .329 .366 .695 89.5
July 223 772 87 234 43 4 7 87 0 0 51 36 .303 .351 .396 .747 100.9
August 240 805 95 250 30 14 4 88 0 0 49 34 .311 .355 .398 .753 106.3
Sep/Oct 207 706 82 205 31 5 3 101 1 0 42 30 .290 .331 .361 .692 81.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 26 CAL AL LF 144 138 1205.0 306 8 4 1 .987 2.35   4.1
    CF 12 12 105.0 35 2 0 0 1.000 3.17    
1931 27 CAL AL LF 149 141 1220.0 283 14 9 2 .971 2.19   5.7
    RF 5 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    CF 5 0 11.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91    
1932 28 NYG NL CF 98 97 865.3 236 12 0 4 1.000 2.58   4.7
    RF 49 48 385.0 87 4 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1933 29 SLC NL CF 144 144 1202.0 312 9 0 4 1.000 2.40   4.9
    LF 4 0 13.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1934 30 SLC NL CF 106 102 886.7 242 11 0 4 1.000 2.57   3.8
    RF 2 1 11.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.32    
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1935 31 SLC NL CF 148 147 1274.0 341 12 0 1 1.000 2.49   4.9
    RF 3 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1936 32 SLC NL CF 151 149 1294.3 384 15 0 4 1.000 2.77   4.1
1937 33 SLC NL CF 32 24 218.7 50 1 0 1 1.000 2.10   1.8
    LF 31 21 197.0 41 2 0 1 1.000 1.96    
    RF 19 12 115.7 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 34 SLC NL LF 122 111 1006.3 201 9 3 1 .986 1.88   2.7
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 35 SLC NL CF 88 77 675.7 218 6 0 3 1.000 2.98   2.5
    RF 8 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
  CF 785 752 6535.6 1825 68 0 21 1.000 2.61   26.7
  LF 456 411 3655.3 840 33 16 5 .982 2.15   12.5
  RF 89 61 548.3 118 5 0 0 1.000 2.02    
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1332 1224 10741.3 2783 106 16 26 .994 2.42   39.3
Career Highs   159 150 1310.0 384 16 9 4 1.000 2.96    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 27 CAL AL 6 25 6 9 4 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 .360 .385 .640 1.025
Career Post-Season Batting 6 25 6 9 4 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 .360 .385 .640 1.025
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1930-1-157
1932-3-150
1933-8-150
 At-Bats
1933-7-579
1935-2-614
 Hits
1933-7-181
 Singles
1933-2-146
1935-2-148
1936-8-135
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Eddie Waitkus (951)
  2. Jose Ortiz (948)
  3. Lee Richard (945)
  4. Albie Pearson (941)
  5. Ernie Orsatti (941)
  6. Dan Briggs (940)
  7. Ken Berry (938)
  8. Manny Mota (936)
  9. Mike McCormick (936)
  10. Johnny Wyrostek (934)
History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1930, off Ted Lyons (NYM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1930, off Walter Beall (SEM)
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
7/1/1931: Signed a contract extension with California, $2,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from New York (G) to St. Louis (C) on 2/14/1933 (Going to NYG: CF Wally Berger. Going to SLC: P Walter Beall, P Willis Hudlin, P Chief Hogsett, CF Pid Purdy)
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/23/1933
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1935
10/2/1936: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (C), $1,900,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1936
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 7/31/1938
Injured on 8/23/1939 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/10/1940 to a 1-year deal worth $523,527 per year
Released by Cincinnati on 7/1/1940
 
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