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Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Pitching Comparison

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	18	30	.375	3.39	188	61	47	5	5	5	520.0	453	225	196	39	215	26	369	14	1	17	2191	706	101	3.37	1.285	7.8	0.7	3.7	6.4
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	129	115	.529	3.79	386	276	53	92	13	8	2114.2	2170	998	891	195	510	46	793	71	6	36	8899	2867	103	3.80	1.267	9.2	0.8	2.2	3.4

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	0	1	.000	1.64	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	6	5	2	2	3	1	5	0	0	0	43	10			0.818	4.9	1.6	2.5	4.1

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Value

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	188	61	520.0	4.3	-0.3
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	24.9	4.8

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals Against

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	188	61	520.0	706	1910	314	72	28	30	11	73.17	4	50	41	11	.237	.317	.365	.683	101	.128	.274	218	686	139	682	706
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	2867	8158	1561	368	46	73	35	67.59	7	168	106	52	.266	.313	.394	.707	94	.128	.274	1012	3215	609	2751	2867

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	10	38	3	1	0	1	0	100.00	0	0	1	1	.158	.214	.342	.556		.184	.125	3	13	3	9	10

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Starting & Relieving

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	29	48	52.3	104	44	42	7	41.7	47	127
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	148	54	50.8	68	10	15	5	61.5	53	110

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	1	100	67.0	0	0				0	1

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Ratios

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	188	61	520.0	16.8	9.8	7.0
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2	8.9	5.7	3.2

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0	11.6	7.0	4.7

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Pitch Summary

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	188	61	520.0		80
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	386	276	2114.2		91

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	1	11.0

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Dick Kelley	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	13.5
2	Bob Purkey	2	0	1.000	1.10	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.1	15	4	2	2	5	0	7	0	0	1	69	1.224	8.3	1.1	2.8	3.9

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Game Logs

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Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Dick Kelley	MLN	1965-06-20	5-5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.09	0	0	0.10
2	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-06-20	GS-8, W	7.1	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	8	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	55			0.1	1.10			0.58
3	Dick Kelley	MLN	1965-06-13 (2)	5-5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.49	0	0	0.02
4	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-06-13 (2)	CG, W	9.0	8	2	0	2	0	4	0	7	0	0	1	39	13	35	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	70			0.2	2.39			0.57

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Dick Kelley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Dick Kelley (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1965	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Dick Kelley (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Purkey (Pitcher) vs. Dick Kelley (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1965	1965-06-13 (2)	STL	MLN	ahead 0-8	b5	---	1		Foul Popfly: 1B

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Comparison

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	189	134	125	3	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	70	.096	.124	.112	.236	-32	14	1	0	5	0	0
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	645	53	71	9	3	6	42	0	0	38	325	.110	.163	.161	.325	-12	104	5	4	56	5	0

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Value

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	189	134	-0.7	-0.7	-0.8	0.2	-21	0	0	0
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-2.1	-2.1	-2.1	0.0	-105	1	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Sabermetric

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	189	134	2	16	16	119	3	.218	6	-22	-2.3	.016	1.8		0
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	18	113	124	640	24	.204	89	-105	-10.7	.051	2.0		0

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bob Purkey	31	1961	1961	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		0			.000	1.0		0

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Win Probability

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dick Kelley	24-31	1964	1971	189	134	-2.8	-2.4	-0.4	-22.48	-2.4	-22.72	1.01
2	Bob Purkey	24-36	1954	1966	387	748	-7.9	-8.8	0.3	-94.42	-9.3	-96.94	0.92

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Head-to-Head Batting

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Dick Kelley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Bob Purkey	2	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0

Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Game Logs

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Bob Purkey vs. Dick Kelley: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Dick Kelley	MLN	1965-06-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-06-20	*	8	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	-0.003	0.21	0.00%	-0.29			P
3	Dick Kelley	MLN	1965-06-13 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Bob Purkey	STL	1965-06-13 (2)	*	9	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.58	0.053	0.49	0.03%	-0.39			P

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