Blondie
Purcell
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 165
 
Born: March 16, 1854 in Usa, NJ, PATERSON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1884 30 PHI NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter Of The Year or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1884 30 PHI NL 148 576 80 149 26 4 1 61 45 16 24 38 .259 .290 .323 .613 52.0 11.4
1 Years Sim 148 576 80 149 26 4 1 61 45 16 24 38 .259 .290 .323 .613 52.0 11.4
162 Game Average 630 87 163 28 4 1 66 49 17 26 41 .259 .290 .323 .613 56.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   503 70 126 22 4 1 49 38 14 18 34 .250 .278 .316 .594 43.2
vs LH   73 10 23 4 0 0 12 7 2 6 4 .315 .367 .370 .737 10.2
Home 74 267 36 77 13 2 1 20 19 8 11 19 .288 .315 .363 .679 29.7
Away 74 309 44 72 13 2 0 41 26 8 13 19 .233 .268 .288 .556 23.7
RISP   155 0 42 5 2 0 54 0 0 10 12 .271 .311 .329 .640 15.7
Pinch Hitting   5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Close/Late   68 14 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 .176 .230 .191 .421 2.5
Mar/Apr 28 106 17 29 5 1 1 18 10 2 3 3 .274 .288 .368 .656 11.9
May 25 94 17 28 4 1 0 11 8 5 5 10 .298 .333 .362 .695 10.6
June 24 88 10 25 5 1 0 10 7 2 4 6 .284 .323 .364 .686 10.1
July 24 108 13 28 7 1 0 5 8 4 4 9 .259 .286 .343 .628 9.9
August 24 91 13 17 2 0 0 8 6 1 4 3 .187 .221 .209 .430 4.0
Sep/Oct 23 89 10 22 3 0 0 9 6 2 4 7 .247 .287 .281 .568 7.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1884 30 PHI NL CF 143 139 1243.7 379 14 20 3 .952 2.84   3.9
Career Totals   143 139 1243.7 379 14 20 3 .952 2.84   3.9
Career Highs   143 139 1243.7 379 14 20 3 .952 2.84    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
CAR-43-576
Runs
CAR-29-80
Hits
CAR-50-149
Singles
CAR-42-118
Stolen Bases
CAR-22-45
Caught Stealing
CAR-19-16
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 0
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ed Miller (988)
  2. Chippy McGarr (987)
  3. Jim Fogarty (987)
  4. Jim O'Rourke (978)
  5. Dave Rowe (977)
  6. Jack O'Brien (976)
  7. Charley Jones (976)
  8. Jim Clinton (975)
  9. Tom Mansell (974)
  10. Cliff Carroll (974)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1884, off Al Maul (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/22/1884, off Pete Meegan (CHN)
Released by Philadelphia (N) on 10/19/1884