<a href=p452.html>Robert Purpura</a> out for 5 weeks
NEW YORK (A) - New York (A)'s catcher <a href=p452.html>Robert 
Purpura</a> will miss at least 5 weeks after he got 
hurt seriously in a collision at home plate. He laid 
on the ground without movement for several minutes 
and had to be carried off the field. Purpura was rushed 
to an hospital near the ballpark, where doctors took 
x-rays. Those revealed the serious injury, Fractured 
Wrist. His season numbers are: .322 AVG, 75 hits, 20 
doubles, no triples and 13 bombs, along with 46 RBI 
and 37 runs scored. 
