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Ossie Blanco	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 195   Born: September 8, 1945 in Venezuela, , CARACAS

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
1970	24	DET	AL	$ 300,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	10	10	10	6	5	5	6	6	6
1971	25	BOS	AL	$ 300,000				3	3	3	2	2	2	9	8	8	6	5	5	7	6	6
1972	26	BOS	AL					3	3	3	2	2	2	6	5	5	6	5	5	7	6	6
1973	27	BOS	AL					4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	6	6	6	7	6	6
1974	28	PIT	NL					4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	6	6	6	7	6	6
1975	29	PIT	NL					4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	6	6	6	7	6	6
1976	30	PIT	NL					4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	6	6	6	6	6	6
1977	31	PIT	NL					4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	6	6	6	6	5	5
1978	32	IND	AL	$ 300,000				4	4	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	6	6	6	6	5	6
1979	33	IND	AL	$ 300,000				4	4	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	6	6	6	6	5	6
1980	34	NYA	AL	$ 350,000				3	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	6	5	5	5	4	4
OOTP6 Min Ratings								3	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	6	5	5	5	4	4
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 350,000				4	4	4	3	3	3	10	10	10	6	6	6	7	6	6

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
1970	24	DET	AL	37	107	5	10	3	0	1	7	0	0	10	26	.093	.176	.150	.326	1.4	0.0
1971	25	AAA		27	105	6	21	9	1	0	6	0	0	14	15	.200	.294	.305	.599	9.7
		A		52	175	19	41	15	1	6	23	1	1	30	27	.234	.346	.434	.781	27.2
1972	26	AAA		135	464	38	100	35	1	2	37	2	2	54	63	.216	.297	.308	.605	43.3
1973	27	AAA		34	56	6	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	5	8	.143	.213	.250	.463	3.0
1974	28	AA		103	111	13	32	0	0	3	14	0	0	21	16	.288	.402	.369	.771	18.4
1975	29	AAA		137	468	42	111	6	0	11	47	1	0	56	70	.237	.319	.321	.639	52.1
1976	30	AAA		137	506	41	123	6	1	7	36	1	1	72	83	.243	.337	.300	.638	57.5
1977	31	AAA		137	448	39	100	2	2	6	22	0	1	44	90	.223	.293	.277	.569	38.4
1978	32	IND	AL	33	94	8	25	0	1	0	7	0	0	9	17	.266	.327	.287	.614	9.8	1.0
1979	33	IND	AL	49	62	3	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	14	.129	.182	.177	.359	0.3	0.0
1980	34	A		137	503	53	130	2	2	6	40	1	0	90	59	.258	.371	.306	.677	67.1
3 Years Sim				119	263	16	43	3	1	2	17	0	0	23	57	.163	.232	.205	.437	11.5	1.0
6 Years AAA				607	2047	172	463	58	5	28	153	4	4	245	329	.226	.308	.300	.609	204.0
1 Years AA				103	111	13	32	0	0	3	14	0	0	21	16	.288	.398	.369	.768	18.4
2 Years A				189	678	72	171	17	3	12	63	2	1	120	86	.252	.365	.339	.704	94.3
9 Years Minors				899	2836	257	666	75	8	43	230	6	5	386	431	.235	.326	.312	.638	316.6
162 Game Average					358	21	58	4	1	2	23	0	0	31	77	.163	.232	.205	.437	15.6
Career Highs				49	107	8	25	3	1	1	7	0	0	10	26	.266	.327	.287	.614	9.8

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		166	10	24	1	0	1	8	0	0	15	38	.145	.219	.169	.387	4.6
vs LH		97	6	19	2	1	1	9	0	0	8	19	.196	.255	.268	.523	6.7
Home	72	168	10	29	3	0	2	10	0	0	13	35	.173	.235	.226	.461	8.1
Away	47	95	6	14	0	1	0	7	0	0	10	22	.147	.226	.168	.395	3.2
RISP		63	0	10	1	0	1	16	0	0	8	21	.159	.257	.222	.479	3.8
Close/Late		33	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.121	.147	.121	.268	-0.4
Mar/Apr	19	35	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.114	.184	.143	.327	0.3
May	26	58	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	18	.052	.141	.069	.210	-1.9
June	19	47	1	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	11	.128	.192	.213	.405	1.6
July	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	-0.7
August	31	84	8	23	0	1	1	7	0	0	7	16	.274	.326	.333	.659	9.5
Sep/Oct	14	28	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.250	.323	.250	.573	2.5

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1970	24	DET	AL	1B	31	24	223.0	254	19	4	26	.986	11.02					0.2
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1978	32	IND	AL	1B	33	32	253.0	319	17	1	26	.997	11.95					0.6
				CF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1979	33	IND	AL	1B	49	13	185.3	219	13	1	20	.996	11.27					0.6
				1B	113	69	661.3	792	49	6	72	.993	11.45					1.4
				CF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
Career Totals					115	69	664.3	792	49	6	72	.993	11.39					1.4
Career Highs					49	32	255.0	319	19	4	26	.997	11.86

History

Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by Detroit in 1970

Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1970, off Dick Estelle (MIN)

Hit first career homerun on 6/2/1970, off Dan Schneider (TAM)

Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 7/1/1971 (Going to DET: LF Willie Stargell. Going to BOS: P Frank Baumann, CF Bobby Wine, 1B Ossie Blanco, P Juan Pizarro)

Injured on 7/29/1972 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks

Traded from Boston (A) to Pittsburgh on 2/1/1974 (Going to PIT: 1B Ossie Blanco. Going to BOS: P Nolan Ryan)

Traded from Pittsburgh to Indianapolis on 2/4/1978 (Going to PIT: LF Al Oliver. Going to IND: 1B Ossie Blanco)

2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration

Traded from Indianapolis to New York (A) on 2/4/1980 (Going to IND: RF John Milner, P Bill Slayback, SS Rudy Meoli, CF Cito Gaston. Going to NYA: 1B Ossie Blanco, P Rod Scurry)

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