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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1879 25 TOT NL 4 17 .190 3.78 24 19 3 17 0 0 197.2 272 180 83 1 21 31 0 34 905 63 1.482 12.4 0.0 1.0 1.4 1.48
1879 25 SYR NL 4 15 .211 3.76 22 17 3 15 0 0 179.2 245 165 75 1 19 28 0 31 827 63 1.469 12.3 0.1 1.0 1.4 1.47
1879 25 CIN NL 0 2 .000 4.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 27 15 8 0 2 3 0 3 78 59 1.611 13.5 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.50
1880 26 CIN NL 3 17 .150 3.21 25 21 4 21 0 0 196.0 235 149 70 1 32 47 0 10 899 77 1.362 10.8 0.0 1.5 2.2 1.47
1881 27 BUF NL 4 1 .800 2.77 9 5 4 5 0 0 61.2 62 37 19 2 9 15 0 2 259 100 1.151 9.0 0.3 1.3 2.2 1.67
1882 28 BUF NL 2 1 .667 4.94 6 3 2 2 0 0 31.0 44 30 17 2 4 9 0 2 134 59 1.548 12.8 0.6 1.2 2.6 2.25
1883 29 PHI NL 2 6 .250 4.39 11 9 0 7 0 0 80.0 110 71 39 0 12 30 0 7 371 70 1.525 12.4 0.0 1.4 3.4 2.50
1884 30 PHI NL 0 0 2.25 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 16 131 0.750 6.8 2.3 0.0 2.3
1885 31 PHA AA 0 1 .000 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 11 9 4 0 2 3 0 0 2 28 57 2.167 16.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
1886 32 BAL AA 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 38 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1887 33 BAL AA 0 0 15.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 8 7 0 4 2 1 0 0 26 26 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
9 Seasons 15 43 .259 3.73 79 57 16 52 0 0 581.1 746 486 241 7 84 138 1 0 59 2643 70 1.428 11.5 0.1 1.3 2.1 1.64
162 Game Avg. 8 22 .259 3.73 40 29 8 26 0 0 291 373 243 121 4 42 69 0 30 1322 70 1.428 11.5 0.1 1.3 2.1 1.64
CIN (2 yrs) 3 19 .136 3.28 27 23 4 23 0 0 214.0 262 164 78 1 34 50 0 13 977 75 1.383 11.0 0.0 1.4 2.1 1.47
BUF (2 yrs) 6 2 .750 3.50 15 8 6 7 0 0 92.2 106 67 36 4 13 24 0 4 393 81 1.284 10.3 0.4 1.3 2.3 1.85
PHI (2 yrs) 2 6 .250 4.29 12 9 1 7 0 0 84.0 113 72 40 1 12 31 0 0 9 387 72 1.488 12.1 0.1 1.3 3.3 2.58
BAL (2 yrs) 0 0 14.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 9 9 8 0 4 2 1 0 0 31 27 2.600 16.2 0.0 7.2 3.6 0.50
PHA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 11 9 4 0 2 3 0 0 2 28 57 2.167 16.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
SYR (1 yr) 4 15 .211 3.76 22 17 3 15 0 0 179.2 245 165 75 1 19 28 0 31 827 63 1.469 12.3 0.1 1.0 1.4 1.47
NL (6 yrs) 15 42 .263 3.61 76 57 14 52 0 0 570.1 726 468 229 7 78 133 0 0 57 2584 71 1.410 11.5 0.1 1.2 2.1 1.71
AA (3 yrs) 0 1 .000 9.82 3 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 20 18 12 0 6 5 1 0 2 59 37 2.364 16.4 0.0 4.9 4.1 0.83

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1879 25 4 17 .190 3.78 24 19 3 17 0 0 197.2 272 180 83 1 21 31 0 34 905 63 1.482 12.4 0.0 1.0 1.4 1.48 63
1880 26 7 34 .171 3.50 49 40 7 38 0 0 393.2 507 329 153 2 53 78 0 44 1804 69 1.423 11.6 0.0 1.2 1.8 1.47 69
1881 27 11 35 .239 3.40 58 45 11 43 0 0 455.1 569 366 172 4 62 93 0 46 2063 73 1.386 11.2 0.1 1.2 1.8 1.50 73
1882 28 13 36 .265 3.50 64 48 13 45 0 0 486.1 613 396 189 6 66 102 0 48 2197 71 1.396 11.3 0.1 1.2 1.9 1.55 71
1883 29 15 42 .263 3.62 75 57 13 52 0 0 566.1 723 467 228 6 78 132 0 55 2568 71 1.414 11.5 0.1 1.2 2.1 1.69 71
1884 30 15 42 .263 3.61 76 57 14 52 0 0 570.1 726 468 229 7 78 133 0 0 57 2584 71 1.410 11.5 0.1 1.2 2.1 1.71 71
1885 31 15 43 .259 3.64 77 57 15 52 0 0 576.1 737 477 233 7 80 136 0 0 59 2612 71 1.418 11.5 0.1 1.2 2.1 1.70 71
1886 32 15 43 .259 3.65 78 57 15 52 0 0 577.1 738 478 234 7 80 136 0 0 59 2617 71 1.417 11.5 0.1 1.2 2.1 1.70 71
1887 33 15 43 .259 3.73 79 57 16 52 0 0 581.1 746 486 241 7 84 138 1 0 59 2643 70 1.428 11.5 0.1 1.3 2.1 1.64 70

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1879 25 29 18 .617 3.14 424.0 522 164 148 2 40 66 0 1.325 11.1 0.8 1.4 1.65 0.0 24
1880 26 31 14 .689 2.69 405.0 437 134 121 2 60 97 0 1.227 9.7 1.3 2.2 1.62 0.0 25
1881 27 10 3 .769 2.34 123.0 113 36 32 4 16 30 0 1.049 8.3 1.2 2.2 1.88 0.3 9
1882 28 3 3 .500 4.03 58.0 74 29 26 3 7 17 0 1.397 11.5 1.1 2.6 2.43 0.5 6
1883 29 9 6 .600 3.08 143.0 160 54 49 0 17 54 0 1.238 10.1 1.1 3.4 3.18 0.0 11
1884 30 0 0 1.12 8.0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 1
1885 31 0 0 5.00 9.0 13 6 5 0 2 4 0 1.667 13.0 2.0 4.0 2.00 0.0 1
1886 32 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1887 33 0 0 7.50 6.0 8 6 5 0 4 3 1 2.000 12.0 6.0 4.5 0.75 0.0 1
9 Seasons 82 44 .651 2.96 1178.0 1327 430 387 11 146 273 1 1.250 10.1 2.1 1.87 0.1 79

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1879 NL--.956--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1879 NL--197.7--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1880 NL--21--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1879 NL--1--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1880 NL--32--9th

Hits s c a p y
1879 NL--272--9th
1880 NL--235--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1879 NL--.046--4th
1880 NL--.046--5th

Losses s c a p y
1879 NL--17--9th
1880 NL--17--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1879 NL--83--9th
1880 NL--70--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1879 NL--34--3rd
1880 NL--10--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1879 NL--905--10th
1880 NL--899--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1879 NL--3--4th
1880 NL--4--6th
1881 NL--4--2nd
1882 NL--2--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--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1584), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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