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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1879 25 TOT NL 75 330 327 42 83 6 3 0 29 3 16 .254 .261 .291 .551 89 95 *O1/2
1879 25 SYR NL 63 280 277 32 72 6 3 0 25 3 13 .260 .268 .303 .571 97 84 O1/2
1879 25 CIN NL 12 50 50 10 11 0 0 0 4 0 3 .220 .220 .220 .440 48 11 O/1
1880 26 CIN NL 77 330 325 48 95 13 6 1 24 5 13 .292 .303 .378 .681 131 123 O1/6
1881 27 TOT NL 50 206 193 18 47 9 3 0 21 13 16 .244 .291 .321 .613 93 62 O/1
1881 27 CLV NL 20 85 80 3 14 2 1 0 4 5 8 .175 .224 .225 .449 44 18 O
1881 27 BUF NL 30 121 113 15 33 7 2 0 17 8 8 .292 .339 .389 .728 128 44 O/1
1882 28 BUF NL 84 394 380 79 105 18 6 2 40 14 27 .276 .302 .371 .673 113 141 *O/1
1883 29 PHI NL 97 438 425 70 114 20 5 1 32 13 26 .268 .290 .346 .636 100 147 5O1
1884 30 PHI NL 103 457 428 67 108 11 7 1 31 29 30 .252 .300 .318 .618 100 136 *O/1
1885 31 TOT MLB 87 413 391 80 109 16 6 0 25 0 19 .279 .317 .350 .668 108 137 3 *O/1
1885 31 PHA AA 66 323 304 71 90 15 5 0 22 0 16 .296 .337 .378 .716 120 115 3 O/1
1885 31 BSN NL 21 90 87 9 19 1 1 0 3 3 15 .218 .244 .253 .497 64 22 O
1886 32 BAL AA 26 104 85 17 19 0 1 0 8 13 17 .224 .365 .247 .612 95 21 2 O/16
1887 33 BAL AA 140 623 567 101 142 25 8 4 96 88 46 .250 .318 .344 .662 88 195 10 *O/1
1888 34 TOT AA 119 508 472 63 107 12 5 2 45 26 32 .227 .281 .286 .568 83 135 4 *O/635
1888 34 BAL AA 101 436 406 53 96 9 4 2 39 16 27 .236 .289 .293 .582 88 119 3 *O/63
1888 34 PHA AA 18 72 66 10 11 3 1 0 6 10 5 .167 .236 .242 .479 53 16 1 O/5
1889 35 PHA AA 129 562 507 72 160 19 7 0 85 22 50 27 .316 .383 .381 .763 119 193 5 *O
1890 36 PHA AA 110 510 463 110 128 28 3 2 59 48 43 .276 .343 .363 .706 109 168 4 *O
12 Seasons 1097 4875 4563 767 1217 177 60 13 495 197 284 155 .267 .314 .340 .654 103 1553 28
162 Game Avg. 162 720 674 113 180 26 9 2 73 42 .267 .314 .340 .654 103 229
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHA (4 yrs) 323 1467 1340 263 389 65 16 2 172 80 114 27 .290 .352 .367 .719 113 492 13
BAL (3 yrs) 267 1163 1058 171 257 34 13 6 143 117 90 .243 .311 .317 .628 89 335 15
CIN (2 yrs) 89 380 375 58 106 13 6 1 28 5 16 .283 .292 .357 .649 120 134
BUF (2 yrs) 114 515 493 94 138 25 8 2 57 22 35 .280 .311 .375 .686 116 185
PHI (2 yrs) 200 895 853 137 222 31 12 2 63 42 56 .260 .295 .332 .627 100 283
BSN (1 yr) 21 90 87 9 19 1 1 0 3 3 15 .218 .244 .253 .497 64 22
CLV (1 yr) 20 85 80 3 14 2 1 0 4 5 8 .175 .224 .225 .449 44 18
SYR (1 yr) 63 280 277 32 72 6 3 0 25 3 13 .260 .268 .303 .571 97 84
NL (7 yrs) 507 2245 2165 333 571 78 31 5 180 80 143 .264 .290 .335 .625 103 726
AA (6 yrs) 590 2630 2398 434 646 99 29 8 315 197 204 27 .269 .334 .345 .679 102 827 28

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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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1880 NL--.292--8th
1889 AA--.316--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1882 NL--84--4th
1887 AA--140--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1882 NL--380--3rd
1883 NL--425--7th
1887 AA--567--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1882 NL--394--3rd
1887 AA--623--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1882 NL--79--5th
1890 AA--110--9th

Hits s c a p y
1882 NL--105--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1890 AA--28--4th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1887 AA--88--8th

Singles s c a p y
1882 NL--79--9th
1889 AA--134--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1887 AA--10--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
1880 NL--25.000--9th
1889 AA--18.778--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1882 NL--275--3rd
1883 NL--311--5th
1887 AA--425--4th

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 18 (931), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 5 (1584), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1199), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (2126), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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.

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