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Walter Johnson League
5-25-2369
Buster Purdy Shortstop
Retired (2025, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .273 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .762 Status Deceased (2059) Option Years 0  
H 2359 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 06-15-1986
HR 233 Drafted Round 1, Pick 8
(2004)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(17 games)
RBI 1050
SB 351
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control F    Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B A- (81.6%) CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 2
3B B- (53.0%) RF D- (4.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
2004 Minors 18 67.00 9 / 9 8 / 8 6 / 9 12 / 14 3 / 7 6 / 6 14 / 14 58 / 67
2004 Pos (SS) 18 36.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 36
2005 Minors 19 46.00 10 / 10 4 / 4 5 / 5 4 / 4 5 / 9 11 / 11 3 / 3 42 / 46
2005 Pos (SS) 19 158.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 14 / 158
2006 Minors 20 57.00 7 / 7 7 / 10 3 / 7 4 / 7 4 / 9 8 / 10 6 / 7 39 / 57
2006 Pos (SS) 20 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 6
2007 Minors 21 25.00 2 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 4 3 / 5 3 / 7 3 / 3 14 / 25
2008 Majors 22 43.63 2 / 6 2 / 5 1 / 4 4 / 9 3 / 8 1 / 3 1 / 8 14 / 43
2009 Minors 23 50.00 4 / 8 6 / 8 3 / 7 4 / 7 1 / 4 5 / 9 6 / 7 29 / 50
2009 Majors 23 0.82 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
2010 Majors 24 60.63 7 / 12 3 / 8 5 / 9 3 / 7 1 / 5 4 / 12 4 / 7 27 / 60
2011 Majors 25 56.16 1 / 5 5 / 9 3 / 6 4 / 8 1 / 5 3 / 10 3 / 13 20 / 56
2012 Majors 26 57.72 4 / 14 1 / 7 2 / 5 3 / 13 1 / 7 3 / 5 1 / 6 15 / 57
2013 Majors 27 59.98 3 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 7 2 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 12 1 / 5 7 / 59
2014 Majors 28 60.17 1 / 6 2 / 6 2 / 9 1 / 6 1 / 10 2 / 14 2 / 9 11 / 60
2015 Majors 29 51.59 1 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 9 2 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 6 4 / 51
2016 Majors 30 61.19 0 / 5 0 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 7 2 / 9 4 / 61
2017 Majors 31 56.29 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 14 0 / 8 1 / 56
2018 Majors 32 62.49 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 14 1 / 10 0 / 7 1 / 14 3 / 62
2019 Majors 33 53.60 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 3 1 / 11 1 / 53
2020 Majors 34 58.29 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 12 0 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 58
2021 Majors 35 59.46 3 2 0 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 59
2022 Majors 36 61.94 162 142 0 1 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 61
2023 Majors 37 49.62 143 123 19 1 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 12 1 / 49
2024 Majors 38 61.02 162 139 0 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 9 1 / 61
2025 Majors 39 65.81 162 124 0 0 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 65
Total 632 530 19 53 / 162 40 / 166 31 / 149 48 / 185 24 / 187 48 / 183 50 / 184 314 / 1416
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2025-11-01Buster Purdy has retired from the Los Angeles Predators
2023-04-01Buster Purdy of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
2020-05-01Buster Purdy of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
2019-07-03Buster Purdy of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
2017-04-19Buster Purdy of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
2015-09-04Buster Purdy of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
2009-09-27The Boston Red Sox have promoted Buster Purdy to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Dennis Augustine to the minors.
2009-04-01The Boston Red Sox have promoted Pat Arroyo to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Johnny Allen to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Doc Halicki to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Rogelio Westlake to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Charlie Davis to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Joe Ostendorf to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Buster Purdy to the minors. The Boston Red Sox have sent Bert Welaj to the minors.
2008-04-01The Boston Red Sox have promoted Buster Purdy to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Joe Ostendorf to the major league team.
2007-07-18A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Red Legs and the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox receive Arlie Roznovsky, Buster Purdy, Draft Pick - 2008 Round 2 (CIN) from the Cincinnati Red Legs in exchange for Boz Scaggs.