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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Blondie PurcellWWikipedia↗

Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1854-03-16 · Played 1879–1890 · Career WAR 2.0 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=purcebl01, LAHMAN=purcebl01, MLBAM=120804, RETROSHEET=purcb101

Photo: Goodwin & Company, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1879	SR1	NL	63		277	32	72	6	3	0	25			3	13	.260	.268	.303	.571	-0.5
1879	CN1	NL	12		50	10	11	0	0	0	4			0	3	.220	.220	.220	.440
1880	CN1	NL	77		325	48	95	13	6	1	24			5	13	.292	.303	.378	.681	1.1
1881	CL2	NL	20		80	3	14	2	1	0	4			5	8	.175	.224	.225	.449	-0.2
1881	BFN	NL	30		113	15	33	7	2	0	17			8	8	.292	.339	.389	.728
1882	BFN	NL	84		380	79	105	18	6	2	40			14	27	.276	.302	.371	.673	0.8
1883	PHI	NL	97		425	70	114	20	5	1	32			13	26	.268	.290	.346	.636	0.3
1884	PHI	NL	103		428	67	108	11	7	1	31			29	30	.252	.300	.318	.618	1.2
1885	PH4	AA	66		304	71	90	15	5	0	22			16		.296	.337	.378	.715	0.1
1885	BSN	NL	21		87	9	19	1	1	0	3			3	15	.218	.244	.253	.497
1886	BL2	AA	26		85	17	19	0	1	0	8	13		17		.224	.365	.247	.612	0.2
1887	BL2	AA	140		567	101	142	25	8	4	96	88		46	38	.250	.318	.344	.662	0.3
1888	BL2	AA	101		406	53	96	9	4	2	39	16		27	34	.236	.289	.293	.582	-0.5
1888	PH4	AA	18		66	10	11	3	1	0	6	10		5	6	.167	.236	.242	.478
1889	PH4	AA	129		507	72	160	19	7	0	85	22		50	27	.316	.383	.381	.764	1.8
1890	PH4	AA	110		463	110	128	28	3	2	59	48		43		.276	.343	.363	.706	0.6
Total			1097		4563	767	1217	177	60	13	495	197		284	248	.267	.310	.340	.650	5.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1879	SR1	NL	4	15	22	17	15	0	0	179.2	245	75	1	19	28	3.76	1.469	-2.4
1879	CN1	NL	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	18.0	27	8	0	2	3	4.00	1.611
1880	CN1	NL	3	17	25	21	21	0	0	196.0	235	70	1	32	47	3.21	1.362	-0.4
1881	BFN	NL	4	1	9	5	5	0	0	61.2	62	19	2	9	15	2.77	1.151	0.6
1882	BFN	NL	2	1	6	3	2	0	0	31.0	44	17	1	4	9	4.94	1.548	-0.7
1883	PHI	NL	2	6	11	9	7	0	0	80.0	110	39	0	12	30	4.39	1.525	0.1
1884	PHI	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	0	0	1	2.25	.750	0.2
1885	PH4	AA	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	11	4	0	2	3	6.00	2.167	-0.3
1886	BL2	AA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	9.00	1.000	0.0
1887	BL2	AA	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	7	0	4	2	15.75	3.000	-0.3
Total			15	43	79	57	52	0	0	581.1	746	241	5	84	138	3.73	1.428	-3.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1879	SR1	NL	C	1		9.0	5	1	0	0
1879	SR1	NL	OF	47		362.0	64	4	20	0
1879	SR1	NL	P	22		180.0	9	28	6	0
1879	CN1	NL	OF	10		94.0	18	3	7	0
1879	CN1	NL	P	2		18.0	2	5	0	0
1880	CN1	NL	OF	55		449.0	78	14	21	1
1880	CN1	NL	P	25		196.0	10	37	3	0
1880	CN1	NL	SS	1		8.0	0	3	1	0
1881	CL2	NL	OF	20		184.0	40	4	12	0
1881	BFN	NL	OF	25		204.0	32	4	15	0
1881	BFN	NL	P	9		62.0	2	16	2	0
1882	BFN	NL	OF	82		729.0	144	11	34	0
1882	BFN	NL	P	6		31.0	0	10	1	0
1883	PHI	NL	3B	46		430.0	60	111	49	7
1883	PHI	NL	OF	44		356.0	60	14	14	2
1883	PHI	NL	P	11		80.0	4	21	3	0
1884	PHI	NL	OF	103		888.0	182	12	28	1
1884	PHI	NL	P	1		4.0	0	0	0	0
1885	PH4	AA	OF	66		554.0	78	13	15	1
1885	PH4	AA	P	1		6.0	0	1	0	0
1885	BSN	NL	OF	21		152.0	19	2	4	0
1886	BL2	AA	OF	26		219.0	35	4	6	0
1886	BL2	AA	P	1		1.0	0	0	0	0
1886	BL2	AA	SS	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1887	BL2	AA	OF	140		1206.0	203	17	16	5
1887	BL2	AA	P	1		4.0	0	1	2	0
1888	BL2	AA	1B	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1888	BL2	AA	OF	100		892.0	145	9	16	3
1888	BL2	AA	SS	2		4.0	1	1	0	0
1888	PH4	AA	3B	1		7.0	1	1	1	0
1888	PH4	AA	OF	17		168.0	25	3	3	1
1889	PH4	AA	OF	129		1129.0	172	15	20	3
1890	PH4	AA	OF	110		919.0	170	17	10	2
Total				1127		9549.0	1559	382	309	26