Blondie Purcell
William Aloysius Purcell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 159 lb.

Born: March 16, 1854 in Paterson, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1879
Final Game: September 16, 1890
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1879 TOT NL 25 OF 57 116 82 7 27 0 .767 1.56 .852 1.85 0-17-40
1879 TOT NL 25 P 24 50 11 33 6 0 .880 1.83 .902 2.19
1879 SYR NL 25 OF 47 88 64 4 20 0 .773 1.45 .851 1.85 0-10-37
1879 SYR NL 25 P 22 43 9 28 6 0 .860 1.68 .905 2.19
1879 SYR NL 25 C 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 .883 6.20 5
1879 CIN NL 25 OF 10 28 18 3 7 0 .750 2.10 .854 1.85 0-7-3
1879 CIN NL 25 P 2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.50 .886 2.20
1880 CIN NL 26 OF 55 113 78 14 21 1 .814 1.67 .862 1.76 0-54-2
1880 CIN NL 26 P 25 50 10 37 3 0 .940 1.88 .910 2.01
1880 CIN NL 26 SS 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 .900 4.30
1881 TOT NL 27 OF 45 107 72 8 27 0 .748 1.78 .890 2.00 32-13-0
1881 CLV NL 27 OF 20 56 40 4 12 0 .786 2.20 .884 2.00 7-13-0
1881 BUF NL 27 OF 25 51 32 4 15 0 .706 1.44 .896 2.00 25-0-0
1881 BUF NL 27 P 9 20 2 16 2 0 .900 2.00 .895 2.09
1882 BUF NL 28 OF 82 189 144 11 34 0 .820 1.89 .861 1.88 78-5-0
1882 BUF NL 28 P 6 11 0 10 1 0 .909 1.67 .909 2.07
1883 PHI NL 29 3B 46 220 60 111 49 7 .777 3.72 .841 3.23
1883 PHI NL 29 OF 44 88 60 14 14 2 .841 1.68 .850 1.86 44-0-0
1883 PHI NL 29 P 11 28 4 21 3 0 .893 2.27 .893 1.96
1884 PHI NL 30 OF 103 222 182 12 28 1 .874 1.88 .866 1.76 103-0-0
1884 PHI NL 30 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1885 TOT MLB 31 OF 87 131 97 15 19 1 .855 1.29 .883 1.83 87-1-0
1885 PHA AA 31 OF 66 106 78 13 15 1 .858 1.38 .882 1.83 66-1-0
1885 PHA AA 31 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.80
1885 BSN NL 31 OF 21 25 19 2 4 0 .840 1.00 .888 1.82 21-0-0
1886 BAL AA 32 OF 26 45 35 4 6 0 .867 1.50 .878 1.75 25-1-0
1886 BAL AA 32 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1886 BAL AA 32 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50
1887 BAL AA 33 OF 140 239 203 18 18 5 .925 1.58 .895 2.01 0-0-140
1887 BAL AA 33 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1888 TOT AA 34 OF 117 201 170 12 19 4 .905 1.56 .907 1.79 7-1-112
1888 BAL AA 34 OF 100 170 145 9 16 3 .906 1.54 .907 1.79 7-1-95
1888 BAL AA 34 SS 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .850 4.55
1888 BAL AA 34 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50
1888 PHA AA 34 OF 17 31 25 3 3 1 .903 1.65 .906 1.79 0-0-17
1888 PHA AA 34 3B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .900 3.40
1889 PHA AA 35 OF 129 207 172 15 20 3 .903 1.45 .903 1.96 0-0-129
1890 PHA AA 36 OF 110 197 170 17 10 3 .949 1.70 .913 1.79 104-0-7
12 Seasons OF 995 1855 1465 147 243 20 .869 1.62 .884 1.86 480-92-430
9 Seasons P 79 160 27 118 15 0 .906 1.84 .903 2.07
2 Seasons 3B 47 223 61 112 50 7 .776 3.68 .842 3.23
3 Seasons SS 4 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.25 .883 4.47
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.50
1 Season C 1 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 .883 6.20 5
12 Seasons TOT 1127 2250 1559 382 309 27 .863 1.72 .744 1.96 480-92-430 5
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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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 63 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 37 47
1879 CIN NL 25 12 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 10
1880 CIN NL 26 77 77 77 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 54 2 55
1881 BUF NL 27 30 30 30 9 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 25
1881 CLV NL 27 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 0 20
1882 BUF NL 28 84 84 84 6 0 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 82
1883 PHI NL 29 97 97 97 11 0 0 0 46 0 44 0 0 44
1884 PHI NL 30 103 103 103 1 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 0 103
1885 PHA AA 31 66 66 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 66 1 0 66
1885 BSN NL 31 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 21
1886 BAL AA 32 26 26 26 1 0 0 0 0 1 25 1 0 26
1887 BAL AA 33 140 140 140 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 140
1888 BAL AA 34 101 101 101 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 1 95 100
1888 PHA AA 34 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 17
1889 PHA AA 35 129 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 129
1890 PHA AA 36 110 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 7 110
12 Seasons 1097 1097 1097 79 1 1 0 47 4 480 92 430 995
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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