Jesse Purnell

{{short description|American baseball player (1881-1966)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jesse Purnell

|position=Third baseman

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1881|5|11}}

|birth_place=Glenside, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1966|7|4|1881|5|11}}

|death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=October 1

|debutyear=1904

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 8

|finalyear=1904

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=7

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=19

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=2

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{Baseball year|1904}})

}}

Jesse Rhoades Purnell (May 11, 1881 to July 4, 1966), was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played in {{Baseball year|1904}} with the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted left and threw right-handed. Purnell had two hits and scored 2 runs in 19 at-bats in seven career games. He was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.