Blondie Purcell vs. Roy Thomas — Career Comparison

Blondie Purcell
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationLeft Fielder
Roy Thomas
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueCenter Fielder

On the career numbers, Roy Thomas posted the stronger offensive profile against Blondie Purcell. Roy Thomas posted stronger numbers in OPS (.747 vs .654) and on-base percentage (.413 vs .314). Blondie Purcell had the advantage in home run production (13 career HR at a higher rate). By the career numbers, Roy Thomas had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Blondie Purcell and Roy Thomas

Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1097
135.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1470
134.14
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
4875
600
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6575
600
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4563
561.6
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5296
483.29
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.695
0.695
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.808
0.808
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1217
149.78
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1537
140.26
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
967
119.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1377
125.66
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
21.78
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
100
9.13
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
7.38
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
53
4.84
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
1.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
0.64
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
30.77
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
160
14.6
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
538.43
66.27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
937.66
85.57
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1553
191.14
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1764
160.97
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
1529
188.18
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2650
241.83
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.654
0.654
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.747
0.747
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.616
0.616
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
767
94.4
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1011
92.26
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
495
60.92
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
299
27.29
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1249
153.72
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1303
118.9
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
599.59
73.8
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1029.39
93.94
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
28
3.45
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
6.48
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
284
34.95
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1042
95.09
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
30.52
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
521
47.54
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.66
19.66
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
12.62
12.62
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
1.15
1.15
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
15.15
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
197
24.25
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
22.27
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
197
24.25
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
244
22.27
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100

Fielding Stats for Blondie Purcell and Roy Thomas

Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1127
1.06
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1449
1.04
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
0.54
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28647
27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37617
27
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9549
9
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12539
9
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1559
1.47
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3432
2.46
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
0.36
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
0.14
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
0.29
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.08
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2250
2.12
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3726
2.67
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1941
1.83
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3621
2.6
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.27
86.27
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.18
97.18
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.722
1.722
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.499
2.499
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.48
51.48
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.04
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Pitching Stats for Blondie Purcell and Roy Thomas

Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
1.22
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.38
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.88
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.23
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.67
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.86
25.86
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.15
72.15
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.81
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
3.73
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.38
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1744
27
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
27
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
581.1
9
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
9
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
11.55
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
13.5
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.55
11.55
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.382
0.382
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.91
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3.38
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2643
40.92
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
40.5
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.25
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.38
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
7.52
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.38
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2558
39.6
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
40.5
Blondie Purcell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Roy Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Blondie Purcell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.92
40.92
Roy Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5