Batting average .231 Role Baseball Player Home runs 3 Died September 21, 2009 | Runs batted in 12 Name Purnal Goldy | |
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Purnal William Goldy (November 28, 1937 – September 21, 2009) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1962 through 1963 for the Detroit Tigers. Listed at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 200 lb., Goldy batted and threw right-handed. A native of Camden, New Jersey, he was signed by Detroit out of Temple University.
In a two-season career, Goldy was a .231 hitter (18-for-80) with three home runs and 12 RBI in 29 games, including nine runs, one double and one triple. Goldy hit home runs his first two major league at bats for the Tigers.
A veteran of seven Minor league seasons, Goldy hit a combined .299 batting average with 70 home runs and 409 RBI in 790 games for six different teams (1959-'65). In 1960, he led the Class A Sally League in batting (.342) and hits, and was named to the league's all-star team.
Goldy died in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 71.