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Ron
Blomberg		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 23, 1948 in Usa, GA, ATLANTA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973   
Silver Slugger 1970   
All-Star Selections 1971    1972    1974    1975    1977    1978    1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 20 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 9 9
1970 21 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1971 22 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1972 23 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1973 24 MON NL $ 4,150,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1974 25 MON NL $ 5,100,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1975 26 MON NL $ 5,100,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1976 27 MON NL $ 5,100,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1977 28 MON NL $ 5,100,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1978 29 MON NL $ 5,200,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1979 30 MON NL $ 5,200,000   8 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 8
1980 31 MON NL $ 5,200,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1981 32 MON NL $ 5,200,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1982 33 WAS NL $ 6,555,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1983 34 WAS NL $ 6,555,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 4 7 8 7
1984 35 WAS NL     5 5 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,555,000   9 9 9 7 8 8 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 20 MON NL 66 159 18 39 4 0 4 20 0 1 15 15 .245 .316 .346 .662 16.9 2.2
    AAA   81 321 54 92 16 0 21 55 3 3 35 29 .287 .357 .533 .889 58.8  
1970 21 MON NL 144 522 82 175 35 0 25 121 0 2 50 33 .335 .388 .546 .934 103.1 26.8
1971 22 MON NL 140 455 71 145 33 0 21 108 0 0 51 30 .319 .385 .530 .914 83.9 19.5
1972 23 MON NL 136 459 80 149 36 2 16 105 0 2 47 30 .325 .388 .516 .905 82.5 19.9
1973 24 MON NL 137 505 69 149 28 3 17 86 0 0 45 30 .295 .351 .463 .814 75.2 16.7
1974 25 MON NL 122 415 68 132 29 1 14 75 0 0 36 20 .318 .373 .494 .867 68.2 14.6
1975 26 MON NL 146 546 80 173 38 1 16 97 2 1 57 25 .317 .384 .478 .862 90.0 18.4
1976 27 MON NL 143 521 93 151 31 3 11 91 5 4 69 35 .290 .369 .424 .793 79.3 15.6
1977 28 MON NL 152 574 103 169 32 6 21 108 1 0 59 28 .294 .358 .481 .839 88.3 19.0
1978 29 MON NL 152 582 87 153 23 3 20 94 0 0 57 40 .263 .325 .416 .741 79.5 13.2
1979 30 MON NL 154 576 70 152 27 4 19 97 0 1 54 38 .264 .322 .424 .745 79.4 16.6
1980 31 MON NL 154 571 96 165 28 3 18 103 1 0 51 48 .289 .351 .443 .794 86.0 20.2
1981 32 MON NL 155 589 72 178 39 1 31 107 0 0 48 55 .302 .354 .530 .883 99.8 22.6
1982 33 WAS NL 148 515 74 150 31 1 21 93 2 0 45 41 .291 .346 .478 .824 79.5 19.4
1983 34 WAS NL 141 485 55 133 38 1 12 57 3 1 40 46 .274 .328 .431 .759 64.2 14.8
1984 35 WAS NL 134 485 50 124 8 3 11 64 0 0 31 93 .256 .302 .353 .654 52.3 8.9
16 Years Sim 2224 7959 1168 2337 460 32 277 1426 14 12 755 607 .294 .354 .464 .817 1228.1 268.4
1 Years AAA 81 321 54 92 16 0 21 55 3 3 35 29 .287 .356 .533 .888 58.8  
162 Game Average 579 85 170 33 2 20 103 1 0 54 44 .294 .354 .464 .817 89.5  
Career Highs 155 589 103 178 39 6 31 121 5 4 69 93 .335 .388 .546 .934 103.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6083 932 1857 350 26 241 1130 12 7 616 442 .305 .368 .490 .858 1049.7
vs LH   1876 236 480 110 6 36 296 2 5 139 165 .256 .306 .378 .684 213.3
Home 1114 3893 572 1116 212 18 126 689 11 3 335 307 .287 .342 .447 .789 581.1
Away 1110 4066 596 1221 248 14 151 737 3 9 420 300 .300 .365 .480 .844 681.9
RISP   2260 0 680 143 7 76 1080 0 0 257 175 .301 .363 .471 .834 382.4
Pinch Hitting   198 32 59 12 1 7 48 0 0 23 15 .298 .367 .475 .842 33.7
Close/Late   922 113 275 41 6 29 151 0 0 113 69 .298 .372 .450 .822 153.3
Mar/Apr 352 1285 196 378 76 5 49 228 3 1 118 96 .294 .352 .475 .828 207.7
May 383 1407 217 435 94 6 49 258 2 4 140 112 .309 .370 .489 .859 240.8
June 372 1376 203 391 70 5 46 214 1 2 145 95 .284 .350 .443 .793 211.1
July 358 1311 177 374 64 5 50 271 3 4 125 104 .285 .346 .456 .802 202.6
August 388 1337 189 406 80 5 43 238 1 0 121 102 .304 .360 .467 .828 215.7
Sep/Oct 371 1243 186 353 76 6 40 217 4 1 106 98 .284 .340 .451 .792 185.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1969 20 MON NL RF 47 39 361.0 77 3 2 1 .976 1.99 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 7 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    C 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 0 7.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 10.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 21 MON NL C 120 120 1077.0 730 38 8 0 .990 6.42 74 18 .243 0 6.7
    1B 5 2 27.0 32 2 1 8 .971 11.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 10 0 23.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.47 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 5 1 16.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
1971 22 MON NL CF 99 93 828.7 257 4 4 0 .985 2.83 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 18 3 66.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0  
    C 7 6 56.0 42 3 0 0 1.000 7.23 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 9 0 27.7 27 5 1 2 .970 10.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1972 23 MON NL C 95 94 827.7 531 29 5 1 .991 6.09 70 19 .271 0 3.5
    CF 13 8 84.7 27 3 0 1 1.000 3.19 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 19 5 75.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 1 20.0 23 2 0 2 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1973 24 MON NL C 122 120 1071.3 677 34 3 1 .996 5.97 97 20 .206 1 1.6
    CF 8 0 15.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 4.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 25 MON NL C 94 92 818.0 517 23 3 0 .994 5.94 65 13 .200 1 2.0
    RF 6 2 23.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.63 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 9 0 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 7 0 15.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 8.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 26 MON NL C 136 134 1205.7 761 44 4 1 .995 6.01 119 30 .252 0 6.0
    CF 2 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 10.0 17 0 0 1 1.000 15.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1976 27 MON NL C 132 131 1171.3 684 42 8 1 .989 5.58 108 22 .204 0 2.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 20.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1977 28 MON NL RF 139 135 1212.3 274 7 1 2 .996 2.09 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    C 3 2 19.3 8 2 0 0 1.000 4.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 6 0 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 0 7.0 13 0 0 1 1.000 16.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 29 MON NL RF 146 145 1281.0 307 5 0 0 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    CF 3 0 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 30 MON NL RF 151 149 1316.0 283 5 0 1 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    C 3 0 8.7 9 0 1 0 .900 9.35 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1980 31 MON NL RF 150 147 1284.3 266 6 0 3 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    1B 2 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1981 32 MON NL RF 96 94 842.0 196 5 0 2 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 49 47 426.0 105 3 3 0 .973 2.28 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 5 5 41.7 7 11 1 3 .947 3.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 33 WAS NL CF 125 119 1047.7 280 8 5 4 .983 2.47 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    C 9 6 59.3 49 3 0 0 1.000 7.89 6 1 .167 1 0.4
    RF 5 3 30.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.30 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 3 27.0 33 0 0 1 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 34 WAS NL CF 118 114 1011.7 259 3 3 0 .989 2.33 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    C 4 4 35.0 28 1 0 0 1.000 7.46 2 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 9 2 31.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 2 25.0 23 2 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 35 WAS NL CF 103 101 862.0 267 6 3 2 .989 2.85 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    C 15 9 93.0 88 1 0 0 1.000 8.61 7 1 .143 0 0.6
    1B 8 6 58.0 65 3 0 6 1.000 10.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 4 35.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 806 728 6591.3 1481 33 3 9 .998 2.07 0 0 .000 0 20.5
  C 750 718 6460.3 4129 220 32 4 .993 6.06 551 124 .225 3 23.3
  CF 556 484 4369.3 1222 29 18 8 .986 2.58 0 0 .000 0 14.0
  1B 60 14 239.3 279 17 2 26 .993 11.13 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  SS 5 5 41.7 7 11 1 3 .947 3.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   2177 1949 17701.9 7118 310 56 50 .993 3.78 551 124 .225 3 58.4
Career Highs   157 149 1331.7 782 45 9 8 1.000 6.43 119 30 .271 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1970 21 MON NL 7 27 5 9 1 0 1 5 0 1 6 1 .333 .441 .481 .923
1971 22 MON NL 12 33 5 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 .364 .400 .455 .855
1972 23 MON NL 11 36 6 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 .222 .310 .306 .615
1973 24 MON NL 16 72 8 31 9 0 1 14 0 0 4 3 .431 .461 .597 1.058
1974 25 MON NL 13 59 5 16 0 0 1 7 0 0 2 4 .271 .295 .322 .617
1975 26 MON NL 17 64 5 17 1 0 2 11 0 0 8 5 .266 .342 .375 .717
1976 27 MON NL 6 24 3 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 4 2 .208 .321 .500 .821
1977 28 MON NL 13 54 5 11 2 0 2 6 0 0 1 7 .204 .218 .352 .570
1978 29 MON NL 11 41 7 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .195 .250 .220 .470
1979 30 MON NL 10 44 7 12 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 5 .273 .304 .432 .736
1982 33 WAS NL 4 11 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .364 .594
Career Post-Season Batting 120 465 57 130 22 0 12 69 0 1 39 39 .280 .333 .404 .738
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.
Batting Average
1970-1-.335
1971-4-.319
1972-1-.325
1975-9-.317
1981-8-.302
 On-Base Pct
1970-2-.388
1971-5-.385
1972-5-.388
1975-10-.384
 Slugging Pct
1970-2-.546
1971-3-.530
1972-5-.516
1975-9-.478
1977-5-.481
1981-2-.530
 OPS
1970-2-.934
1971-3-.914
1972-4-.905
1975-7-.862
1977-9-.839
1981-3-.883
 XR
1970-5-103.1
1981-4-99.8
 Games
1981-6-155
Runs
1977-3-103
1980-5-96
 Hits
1970-7-175
1975-7-173
1981-5-178
 Total Bases
1970-6-285
1977-8-276
1981-2-312
 Doubles
1970-7-35
1971-7-33
1972-4-36
1975-8-38
1977-8-32
1981-3-39
1983-10-38
 Triples
1977-7-6
 Homeruns
1981-3-31
RBIs
1970-3-121
1971-5-108
1972-5-105
1975-9-97
1977-5-108
1978-9-94
1979-10-97
1980-5-103
1981-4-107
CAR-34-1426
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 109    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Montreal in 1969
Had first career hit on 7/5/1969, off Jerry Koosman (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/17/1969, off Hal Kurtz (STL)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1970, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against Colorado on 6/29/1971
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1971, hitting .538 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1971, hitting .366 with 4 HR, 28 RBI
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1972, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1972, hitting .397 with 3 HR, 25 RBI
Injured on 9/6/1972 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $5,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1973, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 6/24/1973 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1973, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Injured on 7/25/1974 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 8/19/1975
Drove in 9 runs against New York (N) on 7/29/1976
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1976, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1977, hitting .476 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $5,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1977, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 3/11/1979 with a Concussion, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1979, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1980, hitting .414 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 8/5/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1981, hitting .412 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1981, hitting .430 with 8 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1981, hitting .379 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/5/1982 to a 4-year deal worth $6,555,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 6/16/1982, off Dave Smith (CLN)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1982, hitting .383 with 6 HR, 24 RBI
Released by Washington on 10/22/1984
 
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