Jeff Ballard vs. Bob Purkey — Career Comparison

Jeff Ballard
Baby BoomersMontanaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Purkey
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jeff Ballard and Bob Purkey are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 90 for Jeff Ballard and 94 for Bob Purkey, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 87 and 90 respectively. If forced to pick, Bob Purkey gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Jeff Ballard and Bob Purkey

Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.29
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386
1.64
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.37
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
1.17
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.55
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.62
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.49
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.62
43.62
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.87
52.87
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.9
59.9
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.39
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
405
4.71
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
891
3.79
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2320
27
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6344
27
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
773.1
9
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2114.2
9
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
914
10.64
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2170
9.24
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.64
10.64
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
1.07
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
0.83
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
2.67
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
2.17
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
2.84
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
793
3.38
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.612
0.612
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.616
0.616
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.15
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.3
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3357
39.07
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8899
37.87
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.26
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.23
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
5.33
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
4.25
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.29
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.13
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.478
1.478
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3069
35.72
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8318
35.4
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.07
39.07
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Jeff Ballard and Bob Purkey

Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.29
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386
1.64
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.37
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
1.17
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2320
27
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6344
27
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
773.1
9
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2114.2
9
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.55
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.78
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.49
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.97
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
2.09
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
2.86
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
2.04
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
2.76
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.57
96.57
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.679
1.679
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.9
59.9
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.14
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeff Ballard and Bob Purkey

Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
197
8442.86
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
387
310.43
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
748
600
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
645
517.38
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
56.95
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
42.51
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
7.22
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.41
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.81
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
14.44
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
91.31
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.83
16.71
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
83.42
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
90.64
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
42.51
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
33.69
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
71.39
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
103.62
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
1.1
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.21
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
30.48
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
325
260.7
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
44.92
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.01
Jeff Ballard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.01
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Ballard
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA