Claude Hendrix vs. Bob Purkey — Career Comparison

Claude Hendrix
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Purkey
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Claude Hendrix posted a stronger line than Bob Purkey. Claude Hendrix posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.65 vs 3.79) and WHIP (1.189 vs 1.287). By the career numbers, Claude Hendrix had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Claude Hendrix and Bob Purkey

Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.37
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
1.64
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
0.98
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.17
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
0.55
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.55
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.44
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.49
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.87
52.87
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.39
71.39
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.7
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.39
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.1
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.65
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
891
3.79
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7114
27
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6344
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371.1
9
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2114.2
9
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2123
8.06
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2170
9.24
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.16
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.83
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
2.65
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
2.17
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.17
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
4.14
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
793
3.38
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.754
0.754
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.616
0.616
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.27
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.15
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.19
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.3
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9651
36.63
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8899
37.87
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.31
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.23
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.45
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
998
4.25
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.267
1.267
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8905
33.8
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8318
35.4
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Claude Hendrix and Bob Purkey

Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
1.64
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.17
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6344
27
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2114.2
9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.78
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.97
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
2.86
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
2.76
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.57
96.57
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.213
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.679
1.679
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.5
71.5
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.14
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Hendrix and Bob Purkey

Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
421
255.15
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
387
310.43
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
990
600
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
748
600
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
922
558.79
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
645
517.38
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
134.55
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
71
56.95
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
92.12
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
53
42.51
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.22
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
10.3
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.41
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.48
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
4.81
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
42.42
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
18
14.44
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.04
58.21
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
20.83
16.71
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
204.24
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
104
83.42
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
160.61
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
113
90.64
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
71.52
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
53
42.51
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
58.79
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
42
33.69
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
121.82
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
89
71.39
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102.55
62.15
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
1.37
1.1
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.42
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.21
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
23.64
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
30.48
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
101.82
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
325
260.7
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.89
5.89
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
25
15.15
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
44.92
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.01
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
4.01
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bob Purkey
Career
Per 600 PA