How Blondie Purcell's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Blondie Purcell posted a career WHIP of 1.43, near the league average of 1.42 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1884, posting .750. The highest point came in 1887 at 3.0, well above the league average of 1.36 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.17 in 1885 to 1.0 in 1886 and 3.0 in 1887. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the WHIP profile — ranging from .750 to 3.0 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Blondie Purcell Lifetime WHIP

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Blondie Purcell
WHIP
Career1.428
Season Avg.1.428
162 Game Avg.1.428
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Blondie Purcell WHIP Per Season

Blondie Purcell's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American Association, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Blondie Purcell WHIP per season line chart

Blondie Purcell WHIP by Team

Blondie Purcell's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Blondie Purcell career WHIP by team bar chart

Blondie Purcell WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Blondie Purcell's career WHIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Blondie Purcell WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Blondie Purcell WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Blondie Purcell's seasonal WHIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Blondie Purcell WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Blondie Purcell WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Blondie Purcell's MLB career with WHIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Blondie Purcell WHIP season-by-season breakdown table