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Blondie Purcell

William Aloysius Purcell

Positions: Outfielder, Pitcher and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 159 lb.

Born: March 16, 1854 in Paterson, NJ(All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1879 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles/Quakers/Bisons/Reds/... 1879-1890

Final Game: September 16, 1890 (Age 36)
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1879 TOT NL 25 OF 57 116 82 7 27 0 .767 1.56 .838 1.89 0-17-40
1879 TOT NL 25 P 24 197.2 50 11 33 6 0 .880 2.00 1.83 .901 2.30 2.30
1879 SYR NL 25 OF 47 88 64 4 20 0 .773 1.45 .838 1.89 0-10-37
1879 SYR NL 25 P 22 179.2 43 9 28 6 0 .860 1.85 1.68 .901 2.30 2.30
1879 SYR NL 25 C 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 .888 6.40 5 0 0
1879 CIN NL 25 OF 10 28 18 3 7 0 .750 2.10 .838 1.89 0-7-3
1879 CIN NL 25 P 2 18.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.50 3.50 .901 2.30 2.30
1880 CIN NL 26 OF 55 113 78 14 21 1 .814 1.67 .855 1.85 0-54-2
1880 CIN NL 26 P 25 196.0 50 10 37 3 0 .940 2.16 1.88 .912 2.27 2.23
1880 CIN NL 26 SS 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 .883 4.40
1881 TOT NL 27 OF 45 107 72 8 27 0 .748 1.78 .871 2.06 32-13-0
1881 CLV NL 27 OF 20 56 40 4 12 0 .786 2.20 .871 2.06 7-13-0
1881 BUF NL 27 OF 25 51 32 4 15 0 .706 1.44 .871 2.06 25-0-0
1881 BUF NL 27 P 9 61.2 20 2 16 2 0 .900 2.63 2.00 .896 2.25 2.22
1882 BUF NL 28 OF 82 189 144 11 34 0 .820 1.89 .855 1.93 78-5-0
1882 BUF NL 28 P 6 31.0 11 0 10 1 0 .909 2.90 1.67 .906 2.18 2.17
1883 PHI NL 29 3B 46 220 60 111 49 7 .777 3.72 .830 3.29
1883 PHI NL 29 OF 44 88 60 14 14 2 .841 1.68 .849 1.96 44-0-0
1883 PHI NL 29 P 11 80.0 28 4 21 3 0 .893 2.81 2.27 .892 2.20 2.15
1884 PHI NL 30 OF 103 222 182 12 28 1 .874 1.88 .867 1.79 103-0-0
1884 PHI NL 30 P 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1885 TOT MLB 31 OF 87 131 97 15 19 1 .855 1.29 .879 1.86 87-1-0
1885 PHA AA 31 OF 66 106 78 13 15 1 .858 1.38 .879 1.87 66-1-0
1885 PHA AA 31 P 1 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 1.00 .880 1.95 1.90
1885 BSN NL 31 OF 21 25 19 2 4 0 .840 1.00 .881 1.85 21-0-0
1886 BAL AA 32 OF 26 45 35 4 6 0 .867 1.50 .877 1.79 25-1-0
1886 BAL AA 32 P 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1886 BAL AA 32 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60
1887 BAL AA 33 OF 140 236 203 17 16 5 .932 1.57 .898 2.04 0-0-140
1887 BAL AA 33 P 1 4.0 3 0 1 2 0 .333 2.25 1.00 .883 2.25 2.20
1888 TOT AA 34 OF 117 201 170 12 19 4 .905 1.56 .907 1.83 7-1-112
1888 BAL AA 34 OF 100 170 145 9 16 3 .906 1.54 .907 1.83 7-1-95
1888 BAL AA 34 SS 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .865 4.60
1888 BAL AA 34 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.60
1888 PHA AA 34 OF 17 31 25 3 3 1 .903 1.65 .907 1.83 0-0-17
1888 PHA AA 34 3B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .867 3.50
1889 PHA AA 35 OF 129 207 172 15 20 3 .903 1.45 .903 2.00 0-0-129
1890 PHA AA 36 OF 110 197 170 17 10 2 .949 1.70 .916 1.82 104-0-7
12 Seasons OF 995 1852 1465 146 241 19 .870 1.62 .881 1.91 480-92-430
9 Seasons P 79 581.1 163 27 119 17 0 .896 2.26 1.85 .902 2.26 2.23
2 Seasons 3B 47 223 61 112 50 7 .776 3.68 .830 3.29
3 Seasons SS 4 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.25 .877 4.55
1 Season C 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 .888 6.40 5 0 0
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.60
12 Seasons TOT 1127 581.1 2250 1559 382 309 26 .863 2.26 1.72 .878 2.26 2.01 480-92-430 5 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1879 SYR NL 25 63 63 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 37 47 0
1879 CIN NL 25 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 10 0
1880 CIN NL 26 77 77 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 54 2 55 0
1881 BUF NL 27 30 30 9 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 0
1881 CLV NL 27 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 0 20 0
1882 BUF NL 28 84 84 6 0 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 82 0
1883 PHI NL 29 97 97 11 0 0 0 46 0 44 0 0 44 0
1884 PHI NL 30 103 103 1 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 0 103 0
1885 PHA AA 31 66 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 66 1 0 66 0
1885 BSN NL 31 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 21 0
1886 BAL AA 32 26 26 1 0 0 0 0 1 25 1 0 26 0
1887 BAL AA 33 140 140 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 140 0
1888 BAL AA 34 101 101 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 1 95 100 0
1888 PHA AA 34 18 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 17 0
1889 PHA AA 35 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 129 0
1890 PHA AA 36 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 7 110 0
12 Seasons 1097 1097 79 1 1 0 47 4 480 92 430 995 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1887 AA  140 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1881 NL  27 (3rd)
1882 NL  34 (1st)
Career  241 (22nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1887 AA  .932 (4th)
1890 AA  .949 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1887 AA  born 1854-03-16 (8th)
1888 AA  born 1854-03-16 (4th)
1889 AA  born 1854-03-16 (1st)
1890 AA  born 1854-03-16 (6th)

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