ROB PURVIS #36

RHP, BR/TR, 6-2, 190, Junior

Atlanta, Georgia

Westminster School

Hard throwing, sidearm righthander who gives Furman a proven closer...should again be a major contributor due to the return of virtually the entire starting rotation... already holds Furman¹s career saves record with nine...confident player who will be counted on heavily again this spring...best pitch is a fastball with movement. 2000 -- Registered a 3-2 record and 3.67 ERA in 32 appearances ‹ all in relief...matched Furman¹s single season record with seven saves and, in the process, ran his Furman career saves total to nine...struck out 33 batters in 41.2 innings of work...32 appearances marked the second highest single season total in Furman history...top performances included 2.2 innings of shutout ball in a 5-3 win over Georgia Southern and 1.1 innings of no-hit ball in a 7-6 win over Eastern Kentucky. 1999 -- Went 3-1 and paced Furman¹s pitching staff with a 3.47 ERA in 24 appearances ‹ all in relief...recorded two saves...struck out 23 in 23.1 innings of work while surrendering only 20 hits...opponents batted only .233 against him...saves came in 5-2 win over VMI and 9-7 triumph over East Tennessee State. High School/Personal ‹ Played at Westminster under Jim Jefferson...named one the Atlanta Journal-Constitution 's Top 15 pitchers in 1998...team advanced to state playoffs in 1997...AAU national champs in 1997...full name is Robert Franklin Purvis...son of Mitch and Dixie Purvis...born August 22, 1980, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

PURVIS' CAREER STATISTICS