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Blondie Purcell
William Aloysius Purcell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 159 lb.

Debut May 1, 1879
Final Game September 16, 1890
Born March 16, 1854 in Paterson, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1879 25 TOT NL  75  327   42   83   6  3   0   29          3  16  .254  .261  .291   89   95                    
         SYR NL  63  277   32   72   6  3   0   25          3  13  .260  .268  .303   97   84                    
         CIN NL  12   50   10   11   0  0   0    4          0   3  .220  .220  .220   48   11                    
 1880 26 CIN NL  77  325   48   95  13  6   1   24          5  13  .292  .303  .378  131  123                    
 1881 27 TOT NL  50  193   18   47   9  3   0   21         13  16  .244  .291  .321   93   62                    
         CLV NL  20   80    3   14   2  1   0    4          5   8  .175  .224  .225   44   18                    
         BUF NL  30  113   15   33   7  2   0   17          8   8  .292  .339  .389  128   44                    
 1882 28 BUF NL  84  380   79  105  18  6   2   40         14  27  .276  .302  .371  113  141                    
 1883 29 PHI NL  97  425   70  114  20  5   1   32         13  26  .268  .290  .346  100  147                    
 1884 30 PHI NL 103  428   67  108  11  7   1   31         29  30  .252  .300  .318  100  136                    
 1885 31 TOT     87  391   80  109  16  6   0   25   0     19      .279  .317  .350  108  137               3    
         PHA AA  66  304   71   90  15  5   0   22   0     16      .296  .337  .378  120  115               3    
         BSN NL  21   87    9   19   1  1   0    3          3  15  .218  .244  .253   64   22                    
 1886 32 BAL AA  26   85   17   19   0  1   0    8  13     17      .224  .365  .247   95   21               2    
 1887 33 BAL AA 140  567  101  142  25  8   4   96  88     46      .250  .318  .344   88  195              10    
 1888 34 TOT AA 119  472   63  107  12  5   2   45  26     32      .227  .281  .286   83  135               4    
         BAL AA 101  406   53   96   9  4   2   39  16     27      .236  .289  .293   88  119               3    
         PHA AA  18   66   10   11   3  1   0    6  10      5      .167  .236  .242   53   16               1    
 1889 35 PHA AA 129  507   72  160  19  7   0   85  22     50  27  .316  .383  .381  119  193               5    
 1890 36 PHA AA 110  463  110  128  28  3   2   59  48     43      .276  .343  .363  109  168               4    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1097 4563  767 1217 177 60  13  495 197  0 284 155  .267  .314  .340  103 1553   0   0   0  28   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        674  113  180  26  9   2   73  29  0  42  23  .267  .314  .340  103  229   0   0   0   4   0
 Career High    140  567  110  160  28  8   4   96  88  0  50  30  .316  .383  .381  131  195   0   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1879 25 TOT NL  330  244   25   2.8    59| .254  .248| .261  .263| .291  .321| .552  .585|  89  .396  -3.8  -0.4     
         SYR NL  280  205   23   3.0    58| .260  .247| .268  .262| .303  .320| .571  .582|  97  .436  -1.0  -0.1     
         CIN NL   50   39    2   1.4    63| .220  .254| .220  .270| .220  .329| .440  .598|  48  .156  -2.8  -0.3     
 1880 26 CIN NL  330  230   37   4.3    60| .292  .244| .303  .267| .378  .322| .681  .589| 131  .635   9.5   1.1     
 1881 27 TOT NL  206  146   19   3.5    73| .244  .262| .291  .292| .321  .343| .612  .635|  93  .474  -1.0  -0.2     
         CLV NL   85   66    4   1.6    71| .175  .259| .224  .289| .225  .339| .449  .628|  44  .182  -5.0  -0.6     
         BUF NL  121   80   15   5.0    74| .292  .264| .339  .294| .389  .345| .728  .639| 128  .638   3.9   0.4     
 1882 28 BUF NL  394  275   43   4.2    72| .276  .256| .302  .284| .371  .349| .673  .632| 113  .563   5.4   0.6     
 1883 29 PHI NL  438  311   43   3.6    73| .268  .257| .290  .284| .346  .354| .636  .639| 100  .462   0.1   0.0     
 1884 30 PHI NL  457  320   41   3.4    69| .252  .244| .300  .283| .318  .337| .618  .621| 100  .464   0.4   0.0     
 1885 31 TOT     413  282   43   4.1    75| .279  .254| .317  .300| .350  .341| .667  .641| 108  .579   3.9   0.4     
         PHA AA  323  214   38   4.7    77| .296  .258| .337  .304| .378  .346| .715  .650| 120  .644   7.5   0.8     
         BSN NL   90   68    5   1.9    66| .218  .242| .244  .285| .253  .324| .497  .610|  64  .266  -3.6  -0.4     
 1886 32 BAL AA  104   66    7   2.8    73| .224  .243| .365  .306| .247  .324| .612  .631|  95  .399   0.9   0.1     
 1887 33 BAL AA  623  425   60   3.7    92| .250  .272| .318  .336| .344  .367| .662  .703|  88  .416  -8.2  -0.8     
 1888 34 TOT AA  508  365   38   2.8    70| .227  .243| .281  .300| .286  .320| .567  .620|  83  .429  -9.0  -1.1     
         BAL AA  436  310   34   2.9    69| .236  .242| .289  .300| .293  .320| .582  .620|  88  .451  -5.6  -0.7     
         PHA AA   72   55    4   1.9    71| .167  .244| .236  .302| .242  .323| .478  .625|  53  .279  -3.4  -0.4     
 1889 35 PHA AA  562  347   73   5.5    91| .316  .265| .383  .337| .381  .360| .764  .697| 119  .627  14.1   1.4     
 1890 36 PHA AA  510  335   57   4.4    85| .276  .257| .343  .336| .363  .339| .706  .675| 109  .569   5.7   0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4875 3346  486   3.8    76| .267  .255| .314  .303| .340  .343| .654  .646| 103  .511  18.1   1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1879 25 TOT NL   4  17  24  19  17   0   3  0  197.7  272  180   83   1   21   31      34   905       0  3.78  2.37   63 1.482
         SYR NL   4  15  22  17  15   0   3  0  179.7  245  165   75   1   19   28      31   827       0  3.76  2.37   63 1.469
         CIN NL   0   2   2   2   2   0   0  0   18.0   27   15    8   0    2    3       3    78       0  4.00  2.35   59 1.611
 1880 26 CIN NL   3  17  25  21  21   0   4  0  196.0  235  149   70   1   32   47      10   899       0  3.21  2.47   77 1.362
 1881 27 BUF NL   4   1   9   5   5   0   4  0   61.7   62   37   19   2    9   15       2   259       0  2.77  2.77  100 1.151
 1882 28 BUF NL   2   1   6   3   2   0   2  0   31.0   44   30   17   2    4    9       2   134       0  4.94  2.91   59 1.548
 1883 29 PHI NL   2   6  11   9   7   0   0  0   80.0  110   71   39   0   12   30       7   371       0  4.39  3.07   70 1.525
 1884 30 PHI NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    3    1    1   1    0    1   0   2    16       0  2.25  2.95  131 0.750
 1885 31 PHA AA   0   1   1   0   0   0   1  0    6.0   11    9    4   0    2    3   0   2    28       0  6.00  3.44   57 2.167
 1886 32 BAL AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    1    1    1   0    0    0   0   0     5       0  9.00  3.41   38 1.000
 1887 33 BAL AA   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    8    8    7   0    4    2   1   0    26       0 15.75  4.08   26 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .259  15  43  79  57  52   0  16  0  581.3  746  486  241   7   84  138   1  59  2643       0  3.73  2.60   70 1.428
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  21  39  28  26   0   8  0  290.3  373  243  120   3   42   69   0  29  1321   0   0  3.73  2.60   70 1.428
 Career High      4  17  25  21  21   0   4  0  197.7  272  180   83   2   32   47   1  34   905   0   0  2.77  3.07  100 1.151

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1879 25 TOT NL  OF   57     82    7   27    0  .767  .838  1.56  1.85                                             0   17   40
         TOT NL   P   24     11   33    6    0  .880  .900  1.83  2.19  2.00  2.30   19  197.7                 
         SYR NL  OF   47     64    4   20    0  .773  .838  1.45  1.85                                             0   10   37
                  P   22      9   28    6    0  .860  .900  1.68  2.19  1.85  2.30   17  179.7                 
                  C    1      5    1    0    0 1.000  .896  6.00  6.20                           5             
         CIN NL  OF   10     18    3    7    0  .750  .837  2.10  1.85                                             0    7    3
                  P    2      2    5    0    0 1.000  .897  3.50  2.20  3.50  2.30    2   18.0                 
 1880 26 CIN NL  OF   55     78   14   21    1  .814  .855  1.67  1.76                                             0   54    2
                  P   25     10   37    3    0  .940  .913  1.88  2.01  2.16  2.27   21  196.0                 
                 SS    1      0    3    1    0  .750  .882  3.00  4.30                                         
 1881 27 TOT NL  OF   45     72    8   27    0  .748  .871  1.78  2.00                                            32   13    0
         CLV NL  OF   20     40    4   12    0  .786  .871  2.20  2.00                                             7   13    0
         BUF NL  OF   25     32    4   15    0  .706  .872  1.44  2.00                                            25    0    0
                  P    9      2   16    2    0  .900  .896  2.00  2.09  2.63  2.25    5   61.7                 
 1882 28 BUF NL  OF   82    144   11   34    0  .820  .855  1.89  1.88                                            78    5    0
                  P    6      0   10    1    0  .909  .909  1.67  2.07  2.90  2.21    3   31.0                 
 1883 29 PHI NL  3B   46     60  111   49    7  .777  .830  3.72  3.23                                         
                 OF   44     60   14   14    2  .841  .849  1.68  1.86                                            44    0    0
                  P   11      4   21    3    0  .893  .893  2.27  1.96  2.81  2.21    9   80.0                 
 1884 30 PHI NL  OF  103    182   12   28    1  .874  .867  1.88  1.76                                           103    0    0
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10  0.00  2.25    0    4.0                 
 1885 31 TOT     OF   87     97   15   19    1  .855  .880  1.29  1.83                                            87    1    0
         PHA AA  OF   66     78   13   15    1  .858  .879  1.38  1.83                                            66    1    0
                  P    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.80  1.50  1.95    0    6.0                 
         BSN NL  OF   21     19    2    4    0  .840  .882  1.00  1.82                                            21    0    0
 1886 32 BAL AA  OF   26     35    4    6    0  .867  .876  1.50  1.75                                            25    1    0
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90  0.00  1.80    0    1.0                 
                 SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.50                                         
 1887 33 BAL AA  OF  140    203   18   18    5  .925  .898  1.58  2.01                                             0    0  140
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10  0.00  2.25    0    4.0                 
 1888 34 TOT AA  OF  117    170   12   19    4  .905  .907  1.56  1.79                                             7    1  112
         BAL AA  OF  100    145    9   16    3  .906  .907  1.54  1.79                                             7    1   95
                 SS    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .870  1.00  4.55                                         
                 1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00 10.50                                         
         PHA AA  OF   17     25    3    3    1  .903  .906  1.65  1.79                                             0    0   17
                 3B    1      1    1    1    0  .667  .870  2.00  3.40                                         
 1889 35 PHA AA  OF  129    172   15   20    3  .903  .903  1.45  1.96                                             0    0  129
 1890 36 PHA AA  OF  110    170   17   10    3  .949  .916  1.70  1.79                                           104    0    7

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1888 34 BAL AA  1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00 10.50                                         

 1883 29 PHI NL  3B   46     60  111   49    7  .777  .830  3.72  3.23                                         
 1888 34 PHA AA  3B    1      1    1    1    0  .667  .870  2.00  3.40                                         

 1879 25 SYR NL   C    1      5    1    0    0 1.000  .896  6.00  6.20                           5             

 1879 25 TOT NL  OF   57     82    7   27    0  .767  .838  1.56  1.85                                             0   17   40
         SYR NL  OF   47     64    4   20    0  .773  .838  1.45  1.85                                             0   10   37
         CIN NL  OF   10     18    3    7    0  .750  .837  2.10  1.85                                             0    7    3
 1880 26 CIN NL  OF   55     78   14   21    1  .814  .855  1.67  1.76                                             0   54    2
 1881 27 TOT NL  OF   45     72    8   27    0  .748  .871  1.78  2.00                                            32   13    0
         CLV NL  OF   20     40    4   12    0  .786  .871  2.20  2.00                                             7   13    0
         BUF NL  OF   25     32    4   15    0  .706  .872  1.44  2.00                                            25    0    0
 1882 28 BUF NL  OF   82    144   11   34    0  .820  .855  1.89  1.88                                            78    5    0
 1883 29 PHI NL  OF   44     60   14   14    2  .841  .849  1.68  1.86                                            44    0    0
 1884 30 PHI NL  OF  103    182   12   28    1  .874  .867  1.88  1.76                                           103    0    0
 1885 31 TOT     OF   87     97   15   19    1  .855  .880  1.29  1.83                                            87    1    0
         PHA AA  OF   66     78   13   15    1  .858  .879  1.38  1.83                                            66    1    0
         BSN NL  OF   21     19    2    4    0  .840  .882  1.00  1.82                                            21    0    0
 1886 32 BAL AA  OF   26     35    4    6    0  .867  .876  1.50  1.75                                            25    1    0
 1887 33 BAL AA  OF  140    203   18   18    5  .925  .898  1.58  2.01                                             0    0  140
 1888 34 TOT AA  OF  117    170   12   19    4  .905  .907  1.56  1.79                                             7    1  112
         BAL AA  OF  100    145    9   16    3  .906  .907  1.54  1.79                                             7    1   95
         PHA AA  OF   17     25    3    3    1  .903  .906  1.65  1.79                                             0    0   17
 1889 35 PHA AA  OF  129    172   15   20    3  .903  .903  1.45  1.96                                             0    0  129
 1890 36 PHA AA  OF  110    170   17   10    3  .949  .916  1.70  1.79                                           104    0    7

 1879 25 TOT NL   P   24     11   33    6    0  .880  .900  1.83  2.19  2.00  2.30   19  197.7                 
         SYR NL   P   22      9   28    6    0  .860  .900  1.68  2.19  1.85  2.30   17  179.7                 
         CIN NL   P    2      2    5    0    0 1.000  .897  3.50  2.20  3.50  2.30    2   18.0                 
 1880 26 CIN NL   P   25     10   37    3    0  .940  .913  1.88  2.01  2.16  2.27   21  196.0                 
 1881 27 BUF NL   P    9      2   16    2    0  .900  .896  2.00  2.09  2.63  2.25    5   61.7                 
 1882 28 BUF NL   P    6      0   10    1    0  .909  .909  1.67  2.07  2.90  2.21    3   31.0                 
 1883 29 PHI NL   P   11      4   21    3    0  .893  .893  2.27  1.96  2.81  2.21    9   80.0                 
 1884 30 PHI NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10  0.00  2.25    0    4.0                 
 1885 31 PHA AA   P    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.80  1.50  1.95    0    6.0                 
 1886 32 BAL AA   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90  0.00  1.80    0    1.0                 
 1887 33 BAL AA   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10  0.00  2.25    0    4.0                 

 1880 26 CIN NL  SS    1      0    3    1    0  .750  .882  3.00  4.30                                         
 1886 32 BAL AA  SS    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.50                                         
 1888 34 BAL AA  SS    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .870  1.00  4.55                                         

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  995   1465  147  243   20  .869  .882  1.62  1.86                                           480   92  430
                  P*  79     27  118   15    0  .906  .903  1.84  2.07               57  581.3                 
                 3B   47     61  112   50    7  .776  .831  3.68  3.23                                         
                 SS    4      1    4    1    0  .833  .877  1.25  4.47                                         
                  C    1      5    1    0    0 1.000  .896  6.00  6.20                           5             
                 1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00 10.50                                         
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1127   1559  382  309   27  .863  .879  1.72  1.96
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1880 NL-.292-8
1889 AA-.316-7

Games
1882 NL-84-4
1887 AA-140-1

At Bats
1882 NL-380-3
1883 NL-425-7
1887 AA-567-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1882 NL-394-3
1887 AA-623-6

Runs
1882 NL-79-5
1890 AA-110-9

Hits
1882 NL-105-10

Doubles
1890 AA-28-4

Stolen Bases
1887 AA-88-8

Singles
1882 NL-79-9
1889 AA-134-6

Hit By Pitch
1887 AA-10-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1880 NL-25.0-9
1889 AA-18.8-8

Outs
1882 NL-275-3
1883 NL-311-5
1887 AA-425-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1879 NL-.96-9

Innings
1879 NL-197.7-10

Comp. Games
1880 NL-21-10

Home Runs Allow.
1879 NL-1-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1880 NL-32-9

Hits Allowed
1879 NL-272-9
1880 NL-235-10

Losses
1879 NL-17-9
1880 NL-17-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1879 NL-83-9
1880 NL-70-10

Wild Pitches
1879 NL-34-3
1880 NL-10-10

Batters Faced
1879 NL-905-10
1880 NL-899-10

Games Finished
1879 NL-3-4
1880 NL-4-6
1881 NL-4-2
1882 NL-2-3

Oldest Player
1887 AA-33-8
1888 AA-34-4
1889 AA-35-1
1890 AA-36-7

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 26 (854) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 7 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.9 (2059) Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (1173) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1886 Season: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Boston Beaneaters.

September 24, 1888: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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