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Billy Purtell

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Full Name: William Patrick Purtell Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/170 First Game: April 16, 1908
Birthdate: January 6, 1886 Final Game: September 22, 1914
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: March 17, 1962
Deathplace: Bradenton, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Billy Purtell (William Patrick Purtell) was born on January 6, 1886 in Columbus, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1908 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1909, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 0 home runs and 40 RBI. Purtell played for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Billy Purtell's best season was 1910, when he knocked in 51 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1908 CHI A 26 69 3 9 0 3 .130 .155 .159 2 0 2 0 0 6 2 0 0
1909 CHI A 103 361 34 93 0 40 .258 .302 .299 9 3 19 0 4 28 14 0 0
1910 CHI A 102 368 21 82 1 36 .223 .272 .261 5 3 21 0 4 18 5 0 0
1910 BOS A 49 168 15 35 1 15 .208 .289 .256 1 2 18 0 1 14 2 0 0
1910 TOT A 151 536 36 117 2 51 .218 .278 .259 6 5 39 0 5 32 7 0 0
1911 BOS A 27 82 5 23 0 7 .280 .298 .415 5 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
1914 DET A 28 76 4 13 0 3 .171 .203 .224 4 0 2 7 1 3 0 0 0
Total 335 1124 82 255 2 104 .227 .275 .275 26 11 63 7 11 70 24 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1908 CHI A 3B 25 0 0 18 60 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1909 CHI A 2B 32 0 0 72 90 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1909 CHI A 3B 71 0 0 90 158 19 11 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1910 CHI A 3B 102 0 0 117 233 36 16 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1910 BOS A SS 8 0 0 8 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .906
1910 BOS A 3B 41 0 0 41 87 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .908
1910 TOT A 3B 143 0 0 158 320 49 18 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1911 BOS A 2B 3 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1911 BOS A 3B 15 0 0 22 30 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .867
1911 BOS A OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1911 BOS A SS 3 0 0 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .846
1914 DET A SS 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1914 DET A 2B 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1914 DET A 3B 16 0 0 19 34 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .946
Total 3B 270 0 0 307 602 84 37 0 0 0 0 0 .915
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 36 0 0 77 97 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 .972
Total SS 13 0 0 12 29 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .872

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Frank Smith to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Harry Lord and Amby McConnell (August 9, 1910).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Hal Janvrin, Marty McHale, Walter Lonergan, Jack Thoney and Hap Myers to Jersey City (International) in exchange for Hick Cady (January 5, 1912).

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