Player

Blondie Purcell

Player Info
Full Name
William Aloysius
Born
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
Career Batting
1,097
G
.267
AVG
1,217
H
13
HR
495
RBI
.650
OPS
104
OPS vs Lg
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Career Pitching
15-43
W-L
3.73
ERA
79
G
138
SO
0
SV
1.43
WHIP
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
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1887 AA 4.0 4.50 9.00 3.000
1886 AA 1.0 0.00 0.00 1.000
1885 AA 6.0 4.50 3.00 2.167
1884 NL 4.0 2.25 0.00 0.750
1883 NL 80.0 3.38 1.35 1.525
1882 NL 31.0 2.61 1.16 1.548
1881 NL 61.7 2.19 1.31 1.151
1880 NL 196.0 2.16 1.47 1.362 ✓
1879 NL 197.7 1.41 0.96 1.482 ✓
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
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1890 AA 510 .086 — 8.4 — 114 2.5 ✓
1889 AA 562 .065 .333 8.9 4.8 122 0.0 ✓
1888 AA 508 .059 .244 6.3 7.9 86 2.4 ✓
1887 AA 623 .094 .263 7.4 6.1 88 4.6 ✓
1886 AA 104 .024 — 16.3 — 97 0.0
1885 AA 413 .072 .290 4.6 3.6 117 0.0 ✓
1884 NL 457 .065 .270 6.3 6.6 95 1.4 ✓
1883 NL 438 .078 .284 3.0 5.9 95 1.6 ✓
1882 NL 394 .095 .293 3.6 6.9 116 3.9 ✓
1881 NL 206 .078 .266 6.3 7.8 95 0.0
1880 NL 330 .086 .302 1.5 3.9 132 2.0 ✓
1879 NL 330 .037 .267 0.9 4.8 85 0.0 ✓
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
OF 995 1,465 146 241 19 .870
P 79 27 119 17 0 .896
3B 47 61 112 50 7 .776
SS 4 1 4 1 0 .833
1B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
C 1 5 1 0 0 1.000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1890 Philadelphia Athletics OF 110 170 17 10 2 .949
1889 Philadelphia Athletics OF 129 172 15 20 3 .903
1888 Baltimore Orioles 1B 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1888 Philadelphia Athletics 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667
1888 Philadelphia Athletics OF 17 25 3 3 1 .903
1888 Baltimore Orioles OF 100 145 9 16 3 .906
1888 Baltimore Orioles SS 2 1 1 0 0 1.000
1887 Baltimore Orioles OF 140 203 17 16 5 .932
1887 Baltimore Orioles P 1 0 1 2 0 .333
1886 Baltimore Orioles OF 26 35 4 6 0 .867
1886 Baltimore Orioles P 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1886 Baltimore Orioles SS 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1885 Boston Beaneaters OF 21 19 2 4 0 .840
1885 Philadelphia Athletics OF 66 78 13 15 1 .858
1885 Philadelphia Athletics P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1884 Philadelphia Quakers OF 103 182 12 28 1 .874
1884 Philadelphia Quakers P 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1883 Philadelphia Quakers 3B 46 60 111 49 7 .777
1883 Philadelphia Quakers OF 44 60 14 14 2 .841
1883 Philadelphia Quakers P 11 4 21 3 0 .893
1882 Buffalo Bisons OF 82 144 11 34 0 .820
1882 Buffalo Bisons P 6 0 10 1 0 .909
1881 Cleveland Blues OF 20 40 4 12 0 .786
1881 Buffalo Bisons OF 25 32 4 15 0 .706
1881 Buffalo Bisons P 9 2 16 2 0 .900
1880 Cincinnati Reds OF 55 78 14 21 1 .814
1880 Cincinnati Reds P 25 10 37 3 0 .940
1880 Cincinnati Reds SS 1 0 3 1 0 .750
1879 Syracuse Stars C 1 5 1 0 0 1.000
1879 Cincinnati Reds OF 10 18 3 7 0 .750
1879 Syracuse Stars OF 47 64 4 20 0 .773
1879 Syracuse Stars P 22 9 28 6 0 .860
1879 Cincinnati Reds P 2 2 5 0 0 1.000
Managerial record: 13-68 (.160) Full Managerial Record
Year Team League G W L PCT Finish
1883 Philadelphia Quakers NL 82 13 68 .160 8 Player-Mgr