Player
Blondie Purcell
Player Info
- Full Name
- William Aloysius
- Born
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March 16, 1854
Paterson, NJ, USA - Size
- 5'9" / 159 lbs
- B/T
- R / R
- Debut
- May 1, 1879
- Final Game
- September 16, 1890
- Career
- 12 years
Teams
- Cincinnati Reds 1879-1880
- Syracuse Stars 1879-1879
- Buffalo Bisons 1881-1882
- Cleveland Blues 1881-1881
- Philadelphia Phillies 1883-1884
- Boston Braves 1885-1885
- Philadelphia Athletics 1885-1890
- Baltimore Orioles 1886-1888
Career Batting
1,097
G
.267
AVG
1,217
H
13
HR
495
RBI
.650
OPS
Career Pitching
15-43
W-L
3.73
ERA
79
G
138
SO
0
SV
1.43
WHIP
Batting Season by Season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | Philadelphia Athletics | 110 | 463 | 128 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 110 | .276 |
| 1889 | Philadelphia Athletics | 129 | 507 | 160 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 72 | .316 |
| 1888 | Baltimore Orioles | 101 | 406 | 96 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 53 | .236 |
| 1888 | Philadelphia Athletics | 18 | 66 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .167 |
| 1887 | Baltimore Orioles | 140 | 567 | 142 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 101 | .250 |
| 1886 | Baltimore Orioles | 26 | 85 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .224 |
| 1885 | Philadelphia Athletics | 66 | 304 | 90 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 71 | .296 |
| 1885 | Boston Beaneaters | 21 | 87 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .218 |
| 1884 | Philadelphia Quakers | 103 | 428 | 108 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 67 | .252 |
| 1883 | Philadelphia Quakers | 97 | 425 | 114 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 70 | .268 |
| 1882 | Buffalo Bisons | 84 | 380 | 105 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 79 | .276 |
| 1881 | Cleveland Blues | 20 | 80 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .175 |
| 1881 | Buffalo Bisons | 30 | 113 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .292 |
| 1880 | Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 325 | 95 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 48 | .292 |
| 1879 | Syracuse Stars | 63 | 277 | 72 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 32 | .260 |
| 1879 | Cincinnati Reds | 12 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .220 |
Pitching Season by Season
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | SO | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1886 | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | Philadelphia Athletics | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1884 | Philadelphia Quakers | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1883 | Philadelphia Quakers | 2 | 6 | 4.39 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 80.0 | 30 | 12 |
| 1882 | Buffalo Bisons | 2 | 1 | 4.94 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 31.0 | 9 | 4 |
| 1881 | Buffalo Bisons | 4 | 1 | 2.77 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 61.1 | 15 | 9 |
| 1880 | Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 17 | 3.21 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 196.0 | 47 | 32 |
| 1879 | Syracuse Stars | 4 | 15 | 3.76 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 179.1 | 28 | 19 |
| 1879 | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 3 | 2 |