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Austin
Purkey		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: November 16, 1950 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 22 SEA FL   5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 4 4 4
1974 23 SEA FL   6 4 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 4 5 5
1975 24 SEA FL   7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 6 5
1976 25 SEA FL $ 300,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 6 6
1977 26 SEA FL $ 300,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 6 6
1978 27 SEA FL $ 300,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 6 6
1979 28 SEA FL $ 792,857 7 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 6 6
1980 29 SEA FL $ 792,857 7 6 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 792,857 7 6 7 5 4 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 30 SEA FL $ 792,857   14 14 15 3 3 3 11 10 11 6 5 5 13 14 14
1982 31 BRK FL $ 3,222,262   13 13 14 4 4 4 11 10 10 6 5 6 14 15 15
1983 32 MON FL $ 3,222,262   13 13 14 2 2 2 7 6 7 6 6 6 12 13 13
1984 33 MON FL     11 11 12 2 2 2 7 6 7 6 6 6 11 12 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings     11 11 12 2 2 2 7 6 7 6 5 5 11 12 11
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,222,262   14 14 15 4 4 4 11 10 11 6 6 6 14 15 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 22 AAA   161 595 60 149 21 3 10 51 3 1 24 107 .250 .279 .346 .626 55.7  
1974 23 AAA   138 539 69 173 26 1 3 47 10 2 29 79 .321 .356 .390 .745 71.5  
1975 24 AAA   109 434 60 143 23 5 3 42 10 1 22 64 .329 .362 .426 .788 63.1  
1976 25 SEA FL 153 609 70 180 25 6 5 42 23 3 24 69 .296 .325 .381 .706 73.0 16.7
1977 26 SEA FL 155 629 71 179 28 7 3 49 21 7 32 88 .285 .321 .366 .686 72.0 12.4
1978 27 SEA FL 156 624 81 193 29 7 4 61 26 8 30 79 .309 .346 .397 .743 85.0 16.7
1979 28 SEA FL 160 546 52 152 22 6 2 62 22 8 20 73 .278 .307 .352 .658 56.7 6.2
1980 29 SEA FL 157 538 54 160 16 5 5 71 18 5 21 93 .297 .331 .374 .705 65.4 11.7
1981 30 SEA FL 157 517 62 162 30 5 0 62 15 6 27 67 .313 .351 .391 .742 65.9 12.7
1982 31 BRK FL 146 483 38 144 21 4 4 59 7 6 21 73 .298 .331 .383 .714 56.7 9.9
1983 32 GRE JL 50 123 13 38 2 1 3 19 2 2 4 25 .309 .333 .415 .748 16.3 2.8
  MON FL 85 297 37 97 10 1 1 33 4 6 15 41 .327 .362 .377 .739 37.2 6.9
  TOT   135 420 50 135 12 2 4 52 6 8 19 66 .321 .354 .388 .742 53.5 9.7
1984 33 MON FL 74 145 10 34 3 0 0 11 2 0 3 37 .234 .268 .255 .523 10.5 0.4
9 Years Sim 1293 4511 488 1339 186 42 27 469 140 51 197 645 .297 .330 .375 .705 538.8 96.3
3 Years AAA 408 1568 189 465 70 9 16 140 23 4 75 250 .297 .330 .383 .713 190.3  
162 Game Average 565 61 167 23 5 3 58 17 6 24 80 .297 .330 .375 .705 67.5  
Career Highs 160 629 81 193 30 7 5 71 26 8 32 93 .321 .354 .397 .743 85.0  
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   2863 297 832 117 26 16 294 95 27 130 410 .291 .326 .366 .693 328.5
vs LH   1648 191 507 69 16 11 175 45 24 67 235 .308 .337 .389 .726 201.3
Home 647 2207 239 624 82 17 12 216 74 26 101 332 .283 .320 .352 .671 237.9
Away 646 2304 249 715 104 25 15 253 66 25 96 313 .310 .340 .397 .737 292.0
RISP   1104 0 343 57 4 8 422 0 0 43 171 .311 .338 .391 .730 135.3
Pinch Hitting   72 2 22 2 1 0 11 1 1 2 17 .306 .325 .361 .686 7.7
Close/Late   440 41 128 12 3 5 36 0 0 19 65 .291 .321 .366 .687 49.5
Mar/Apr 223 733 74 235 29 6 3 81 21 11 29 111 .321 .350 .389 .739 92.3
May 224 723 61 223 26 7 0 75 23 7 31 103 .308 .342 .364 .705 85.4
June 207 716 89 209 32 9 9 77 14 9 36 105 .292 .329 .399 .728 88.1
July 227 809 95 239 30 4 5 78 29 5 33 106 .295 .325 .361 .686 93.1
August 214 807 93 232 34 8 5 88 28 11 36 109 .287 .324 .368 .692 91.1
Sep/Oct 198 723 76 201 35 8 5 70 25 8 32 111 .278 .314 .369 .683 79.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 25 SEA FL SS 138 134 1151.0 130 310 25 65 .946 3.44   3.5
    3B 16 15 122.0 9 19 2 1 .933 2.07   0.4
1977 26 SEA FL SS 151 150 1305.7 179 366 18 65 .968 3.76   7.0
    3B 3 1 10.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87   0.0
1978 27 SEA FL SS 156 154 1358.7 147 373 24 61 .956 3.44   5.2
1979 28 SEA FL SS 160 157 1328.3 157 355 19 58 .964 3.47   4.8
1980 29 SEA FL SS 155 155 1301.0 150 374 24 72 .956 3.62   5.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1981 30 SEA FL SS 157 157 1259.0 194 399 26 77 .958 4.24   4.3
1982 31 BRK FL SS 112 103 893.7 146 327 11 61 .977 4.76   5.4
    3B 18 7 80.3 5 21 1 3 .963 2.91   0.3
    2B 9 6 55.0 14 19 2 8 .943 5.40   0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 32 GRE JL SS 43 40 274.8 41 101 8 21 .947 4.65   1.2
    2B 3 0 5.5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MON FL SS 72 68 670.9 101 247 19 52 .948 4.67   2.9
    2B 4 1 13.5 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
    3B 1 1 6.4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.41   0.0
  TOT   SS 115 108 945.7 142 348 27 73 .948 4.66   4.1
      2B 7 1 19.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.0
      3B 2 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1984 33 MON FL SS 21 9 114.7 15 38 3 3 .946 4.16   0.1
    2B 24 9 100.0 14 43 0 6 1.000 5.13   0.6
    3B 14 10 88.0 3 26 1 2 .967 2.97   0.3
  SS 1165 1127 9657.7 1260 2890 177 535 .959 3.87   39.5
  3B 54 34 310.7 17 69 4 6 .956 2.49   1.1
  2B 40 16 174.0 29 67 2 14 .980 4.97   0.9
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1260 1177 10143.3 1306 3026 183 555 .959 3.84   41.6
Career Highs   160 157 1358.7 194 399 27 77 .974 4.65    
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
1978 27 SEA FL 5 21 2 7 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 4 .333 .391 .619 1.010
1979 28 SEA FL 5 16 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 .250 .294 .313 .607
1980 29 SEA FL 11 37 5 9 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 7 .243 .300 .270 .570
1981 30 SEA FL 5 15 3 4 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 .267 .313 .533 .846
Career Post-Season Batting 26 89 10 24 3 0 3 14 4 1 5 20 .270 .323 .404 .727
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.
Batting Average
1976-10-.296
1981-10-.313
 Games
1977-9-155
1979-2-160
1980-1-157
1981-6-157
 At-Bats
1976-5-609
1977-2-629
1978-4-624
 Hits
1976-6-180
1977-4-179
1978-3-193
 Singles
1976-1-144
1977-2-141
1978-2-153
1980-10-134
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Fok-Han Leung (924)
  2. Woody Stairs (916)
  3. Lewis Brundage (910)
  4. Gary Whitehouse (903)
  5. Jonathan Noon (898)
  6. Lance Thelen (892)
  7. Keith Minuso (891)
  8. Pepe Munoz (885)
  9. Samuel Sanchez (883)
  10. Michael Welk (882)
History
Injured on 5/23/1973 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/28/1974 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/1/1975 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/1/1976, off Vernon Simpson (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 7/4/1976, off Scott Finister (LV)
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
 
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