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Blondie Purcell

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Full Name: William Aloysius Purcell Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 9.5"/159 First Game: May 1, 1879
Birthdate: March 16, 1854 Final Game: September 16, 1890
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Blondie Purcell (William Aloysius Purcell) was born on March 16, 1854 in Paterson, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1879 for the Syracuse Stars. In 1879, his rookie year, he hit .254 with 0 home runs and 29 RBI. Purcell played for the Syracuse Stars, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Spiders, Buffalo Bisons, Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Beaneaters and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Blondie Purcell's best season was 1887, when he stole 88 bases and knocked in 96 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1879 SYR N 63 277 32 72 0 25 .260 .268 .303 6 3 3 13 0 0 0 0 0
1879 CIN N 12 50 10 11 0 4 .220 .220 .220 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1879 TOT N 75 327 42 83 0 29 .254 .261 .291 6 3 3 16 0 0 0 0 0
1880 CIN N 77 325 48 95 1 24 .292 .303 .378 13 6 5 13 0 0 0 0 0
1881 CLE N 20 80 3 14 0 4 .175 .224 .225 2 1 5 8 0 0 0 0 0
1881 BUF N 30 113 15 33 0 17 .292 .339 .389 7 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0
1881 TOT N 50 193 18 47 0 21 .244 .291 .321 9 3 13 16 0 0 0 0 0
1882 BUF N 84 380 79 105 2 40 .276 .302 .371 18 6 14 27 0 0 0 0 0
1883 PHI N 97 425 70 114 1 32 .268 .290 .346 20 5 13 26 0 0 0 0 0
1884 PHI N 103 428 67 108 1 31 .252 .300 .318 11 7 29 30 0 0 0 0 0
1885 PHI a 66 304 71 90 0 22 .296 .337 .378 15 5 16 0 3 0 0 0 0
1885 BOS N 21 87 9 19 0 3 .218 .244 .253 1 1 3 15 0 0 0 0 0
1885 Total 87 391 80 109 0 25 .279 .317 .350 16 6 19 15 3 0 0 0 0
1886 BAL a 26 85 17 19 0 8 .224 .365 .247 0 1 17 0 2 0 13 0 0
1887 BAL a 140 567 101 142 4 96 .250 .318 .344 25 8 46 0 10 0 88 0 0
1888 PHI a 18 66 10 11 0 6 .167 .236 .242 3 1 5 0 1 0 10 0 0
1888 BAL a 101 406 53 96 2 39 .236 .289 .293 9 4 27 0 3 0 16 0 0
1888 TOT a 119 472 63 107 2 45 .227 .281 .286 12 5 32 0 4 0 26 0 0
1889 PHI a 129 507 72 160 0 85 .316 .383 .381 19 7 50 27 5 0 22 0 0
1890 PHI a 110 463 110 128 2 59 .276 .343 .363 28 3 43 0 4 0 48 0 0
Total NL 507 2165 333 571 5 180 .264 .290 .335 78 31 80 143 0 0 0 0 0
Total AA 590 2398 434 646 8 315 .269 .334 .345 99 29 204 27 28 0 197 0 0
Total 1097 4563 767 1217 13 495 .267 .314 .340 177 60 284 170 28 0 197 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1879 SYR N P 22 0 0 9 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .860
1879 SYR N C 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1.000
1879 SYR N OF 47 0 0 64 4 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 .773
1879 CIN N P 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1879 CIN N OF 10 0 0 18 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1879 TOT N OF 57 0 0 82 7 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .767
1879 TOT N P 24 0 0 11 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .880
1879 TOT N CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1879 TOT N RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1880 CIN N SS 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1880 CIN N OF 55 0 0 78 14 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 .814
1880 CIN N P 25 0 0 10 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1881 CLE N OF 20 0 0 40 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 .786
1881 BUF N P 9 0 0 2 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1881 BUF N OF 25 0 0 32 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 .706
1881 TOT N LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1881 TOT N OF 45 0 0 72 8 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .748
1882 BUF N OF 82 0 0 144 11 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .820
1882 BUF N P 6 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1883 PHI N 3B 46 0 0 60 111 49 7 0 0 0 0 0 .777
1883 PHI N OF 44 0 0 60 14 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 .841
1883 PHI N P 11 0 0 4 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .893
1884 PHI N OF 103 0 0 182 12 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 .874
1884 PHI N P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1885 PHI a OF 66 0 0 78 13 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 .858
1885 PHI a P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1885 BOS N OF 21 0 0 19 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .840
1885 Total OF 87 0 0 97 15 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 .855
1885 Total LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1886 BAL a OF 26 0 0 35 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .867
1886 BAL a P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1886 BAL a SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1887 BAL a OF 140 0 0 203 18 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 .925
1887 BAL a P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1888 PHI a 3B 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1888 PHI a OF 17 0 0 25 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .903
1888 BAL a SS 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1888 BAL a 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1888 BAL a OF 100 0 0 145 9 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 .906
1888 TOT a OF 117 0 0 170 12 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 .905
1888 TOT a RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1889 PHI a OF 129 0 0 172 15 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 .903
1890 PHI a OF 110 0 0 170 17 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 .949
Total 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 995 0 0 1465 147 243 20 0 0 0 0 0 .869
Total 3B 47 0 0 61 112 50 7 0 0 0 0 0 .776
Total P 79 0 0 27 118 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 .906
Total C 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1879 SYR N 22 17 4 15 3.76 28 165 75 15 0 0 179.2 245 1 19 0 31 0
1879 CIN N 2 2 0 2 4.00 3 15 8 2 0 0 18 27 0 2 0 3 0
1879 TOT N 24 19 4 17 3.78 31 180 83 17 0 0 197.2 272 1 21 0 34 0
1880 CIN N 25 21 3 17 3.21 47 149 70 21 0 0 196 235 1 32 0 10 0
1881 BUF N 9 5 4 1 2.77 15 37 19 5 0 0 61.2 62 2 9 0 2 0
1882 BUF N 6 3 2 1 4.94 9 30 17 2 0 0 31 44 2 4 0 2 0
1883 PHI N 11 9 2 6 4.39 30 71 39 7 0 0 80 110 0 12 0 7 0
1884 PHI N 1 0 0 0 2.25 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0
1885 PHI a 1 0 0 1 6.00 3 9 4 0 0 0 6 11 0 2 0 2 0
1886 BAL a 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1887 BAL a 1 0 0 0 15.75 2 8 7 0 0 0 4 8 0 4 0 0 1
Total NL 76 57 15 42 3.61 133 468 229 52 0 0 570.1 726 7 78 0 57 0
Total AA 3 0 0 1 9.82 5 18 12 0 0 0 11 20 0 6 0 2 1
Total 79 57 15 43 3.73 138 486 241 52 0 0 581.1 746 7 84 0 59 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Boston Beaneaters to Baltimore Orioles (1886).
  • Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Philadelphia Athletics (September 24, 1888).

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