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George
Blaeholder		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 26, 1904 in Usa, CA, ORANGE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1936    1937    1938    1939   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 DET AL $ 5,500,000 92 70 71 71 83 86 85 47 47 47
1931 27 DET AL $ 5,500,000 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1932 28 DET AL $ 10,000,000 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1933 29 DET AL $ 10,000,000 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4
1934 30 DET AL $ 10,000,000 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1935 31 DET AL $ 10,000,000 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1936 32 DET AL $ 10,000,000 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1937 33 DET AL $ 10,000,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4
1938 34 NYA AL $ 11,000,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 3 3 3
1939 35 SDP NL $ 11,000,000 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 3 3 3
1940 36 SDP NL $ 11,000,000 9 5 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1941 37 SDP NL $ 930,000 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3
1942 38 SDP NL   9 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000 92 70 71 71 83 86 85 47 47 47
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
1930 26 DET AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
1931 27 DET AL $ 5,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1932 28 DET AL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1933 29 DET AL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1934 30 DET AL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 31 DET AL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1936 32 DET AL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1937 33 DET AL $ 10,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 34 NYA AL $ 11,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 35 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 36 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 37 SDP NL $ 930,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 38 SDP NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   9 9 9 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 26 DET AL 20 9 .690 33 33 25 2 0 281.0 304 113 20 55 94 3.62 .278 .314 .409 .723 21.8
1931 27 DET AL 21 16 .568 45 45 23 3 0 387.7 431 165 29 58 136 3.83 .281 .306 .401 .708 27.3
1932 28 DET AL 16 19 .457 41 41 16 2 0 334.7 358 139 19 67 138 3.74 .274 .308 .373 .681 23.3
1933 29 DET AL 9 15 .375 36 24 8 0 1 182.3 230 86 9 43 72 4.25 .308 .340 .399 .739 9.2
1934 30 DET AL 19 17 .528 42 42 20 1 0 335.0 401 152 21 67 112 4.08 .295 .327 .416 .743 20.2
1935 31 DET AL 12 18 .400 42 42 18 0 0 325.7 376 170 26 75 156 4.70 .284 .322 .425 .747 12.8
1936 32 DET AL 23 14 .622 44 44 21 3 0 351.7 383 143 15 64 135 3.66 .275 .308 .379 .686 25.2
1937 33 DET AL 27 15 .643 43 43 29 1 0 353.7 352 150 34 59 122 3.82 .256 .286 .388 .674 27.3
1938 34 NYA AL 18 12 .600 39 39 14 2 0 316.3 345 147 24 55 118 4.18 .276 .308 .397 .705 19.3
1939 35 SDP NL 26 4 .867 40 40 18 8 0 328.7 334 113 20 40 141 3.09 .261 .282 .363 .645 26.1
1940 36 SDP NL 15 19 .441 40 40 23 1 0 312.0 336 168 33 72 100 4.85 .276 .316 .403 .719 7.2
1941 37 SDP NL 15 6 .714 30 30 12 1 0 241.3 253 88 10 68 103 3.28 .270 .317 .354 .671 17.2
1942 38 SDP NL 4 8 .333 15 13 2 0 0 98.3 125 71 14 28 32 6.50 .312 .353 .474 .827 0.0
    AAA   2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 26.3 25 6 2 9 12 2.05 .240 .301 .375 .676  
13 Years Sim 225 172 .567 490 476 229 24 1 3848.3 4228 1705 274 751 1459 3.99 .278 .311 .395 .706 236.9
1 Years AAA 2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 26.3 25 6 2 9 12 2.05 .240 .301 .375 .676  
Season Average 17 13 .567 37 36 17 1 0 296.0 325 131 21 57 112 3.99 .278 .311 .395 .706  
Career Highs 27 19 .867 45 45 29 8 1 387.7 431 170 34 75 156 6.50 .312 .353 .474 .827  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1981 825 131 341 849   .261 .292 .369 .661
vs LH   2247 880 143 410 610   .295 .331 .421 .752
Home 115 82 .584 243 239 115 9 1 1965.0 2076 815 122 394 747 3.73 .271 .307 .379 .685
Away 110 90 .550 247 237 114 15 0 1883.3 2152 890 152 357 712 4.25 .285 .317 .412 .729
Mar/Apr 44 22 .667 83 83 32 4 0 661.6 725 304 43 130 251 4.14 .277 .311 .392 .703
May 34 33 .507 81 81 38 3 0 649.3 711 308 57 135 228 4.27 .278 .314 .410 .724
June 31 32 .492 79 72 35 3 1 574.3 633 266 53 128 238 4.17 .277 .316 .412 .727
July 39 30 .565 86 81 43 4 0 679.6 763 295 38 110 261 3.91 .284 .312 .388 .700
August 41 30 .577 86 86 46 5 0 689.6 760 306 43 132 275 3.99 .278 .312 .393 .705
Sep/Oct 36 25 .590 75 73 44 6 0 593.6 636 226 40 116 206 3.43 .272 .307 .376 .683
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
1930 26 DET AL 33 108 11 13 3 0 1 13 0 0 2 27 .120 .134 .176 .310 1.1 0.0
1931 27 DET AL 45 143 15 24 3 0 1 9 0 1 1 42 .168 .178 .210 .388 3.3 0.0
1932 28 DET AL 41 114 7 18 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 33 .158 .158 .184 .342 1.1 0.0
1933 29 DET AL 36 53 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .113 .145 .113 .259 -0.7 0.0
1934 30 DET AL 42 112 10 16 3 0 0 9 0 0 5 29 .143 .178 .170 .348 1.5 0.0
1935 31 DET AL 42 118 7 15 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 36 .127 .134 .153 .287 -0.4 0.0
1936 32 DET AL 44 117 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 46 .077 .092 .077 .169 -4.1 0.0
1937 33 DET AL 43 125 8 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 43 .120 .141 .136 .277 -1.2 0.0
1938 34 NYA AL 39 108 10 21 4 1 0 10 0 0 1 32 .194 .200 .250 .450 5.3 0.0
1939 35 SDP NL 40 116 5 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 39 .086 .094 .086 .180 -4.0 0.0
1940 36 SDP NL 40 108 6 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 50 .083 .108 .093 .201 -3.8 0.0
1941 37 SDP NL 30 91 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 33 .110 .120 .121 .240 -2.4 0.0
1942 38 SDP NL 15 29 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .034 .065 .034 .099 -1.1 0.0
13 Years Sim 490 1342 94 167 18 2 3 70 0 1 22 436 .124 .139 .148 .287 -5.3 0.0
162 Game Average 443 31 55 5 0 0 23 0 0 7 144 .124 .139 .148 .287 -1.8  
Career Highs 45 143 15 24 4 1 1 13 0 1 5 50 .194 .200 .250 .450 5.3  
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   927 70 116 13 2 2 42 0 0 18 292 .125 .142 .150 .292 -7.9
vs LH   415 24 51 5 0 1 28 0 1 4 144 .123 .133 .142 .275 -6.4
Home 243 635 38 76 8 0 3 29 0 0 8 204 .120 .130 .146 .277 -8.4
Away 247 707 56 91 10 2 0 41 0 1 14 232 .129 .147 .149 .296 -5.9
RISP   350 0 41 7 0 1 64 0 0 4 107 .117 .125 .146 .271 -5.3
Close/Late   144 10 16 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 39 .111 .123 .125 .248 -3.2
Mar/Apr 83 230 15 24 4 0 1 17 0 0 3 87 .104 .123 .135 .258 -4.9
May 81 226 17 25 0 0 1 8 0 0 3 69 .111 .122 .124 .246 -4.8
June 79 198 11 22 1 1 1 13 0 0 2 65 .111 .119 .141 .261 -3.5
July 86 237 20 29 3 1 0 9 0 1 7 71 .122 .146 .143 .290 -2.2
August 86 244 19 32 5 0 0 14 0 0 4 75 .131 .144 .152 .296 -1.9
Sep/Oct 73 207 12 35 5 0 0 9 0 0 3 69 .169 .181 .193 .374 3.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 26 DET AL P 33 33 281.0 18 51 2 4 .972 2.21    
1931 27 DET AL P 45 45 387.7 27 81 7 6 .939 2.51    
1932 28 DET AL P 41 41 334.7 27 85 4 6 .966 3.01    
1933 29 DET AL P 36 24 182.3 18 42 1 4 .984 2.96    
1934 30 DET AL P 42 42 335.0 23 64 4 5 .956 2.34    
1935 31 DET AL P 42 42 325.7 20 63 3 6 .965 2.29    
1936 32 DET AL P 44 44 351.7 27 77 3 7 .972 2.66    
1937 33 DET AL P 43 43 353.7 31 58 5 2 .947 2.26    
1938 34 NYA AL P 39 39 316.3 22 64 6 4 .935 2.45    
1939 35 SDP NL P 40 40 328.7 24 58 3 2 .965 2.25    
1940 36 SDP NL P 40 40 312.0 20 56 3 5 .962 2.19    
1941 37 SDP NL P 30 30 241.3 12 44 5 7 .918 2.09    
1942 38 SDP NL P 15 13 98.3 3 19 2 2 .917 2.01    
Career Totals   490 476 3848.3 272 762 48 60 .956 2.42    
Career Highs   45 45 387.7 31 85 7 7 .984 3.01    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1932 28 DET AL 2 2 .500 4 4 1 0 0 27.0 43 25 3 8 15 8.33 .344 .383 .488 .871
1933 29 DET AL 0 1 .000 2 2 1 0 0 17.0 12 3 0 1 5 1.59 .197 .210 .246 .456
1934 30 DET AL 3 3 .500 7 7 5 0 0 59.3 51 20 6 12 24 3.03 .225 .264 .370 .634
1939 35 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.3 20 11 5 5 6 6.46 .308 .357 .662 1.019
1940 36 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 3 2 0 0 0 15.0 16 8 2 5 2 4.80 .267 .323 .467 .790
1941 37 SDP NL 3 0 1.000 3 3 2 1 0 25.0 16 4 1 9 13 1.44 .180 .255 .247 .502
Career Post-Season Pitching 10 6 .625 21 20 9 1 0 158.7 158 71 17 40 65 4.03 .252 .297 .404 .700
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
1932 28 DET AL 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .100 .111 .211
1933 29 DET AL 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
1934 30 DET AL 7 21 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .048 .048 .048 .095
1939 35 SDP NL 2 8 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750
1940 36 SDP NL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1941 37 SDP NL 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222
Career Post-Season Batting 21 59 3 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 .119 .117 .119 .235
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1930-10-3.62
1932-4-3.74
1934-10-4.08
1936-2-3.66
1939-4-3.09
1941-3-3.28
 Wins
1930-4-20
1931-5-21
1932-10-16
1934-7-19
1936-4-23
1937-1-27
1938-9-18
1939-2-26
CAR-47-225
 Losses
1932-1-19
1933-8-15
1935-9-18
1940-4-19
 Winning Pct
1930-4-.690
1936-7-.622
1937-5-.643
1939-1-.867
1941-1-.714
 Games Started
1931-1-45
1932-8-41
1934-1-42
1935-9-42
1936-1-44
1937-5-43
1939-8-40
1940-10-40
 Complete Games
1930-2-25
1931-1-23
1932-6-16
1934-3-20
1935-6-18
1936-4-21
1937-1-29
1939-8-18
1940-2-23
CAR-14-229
Shutouts
1930-4-2
1931-4-3
1932-5-2
1936-1-3
1938-5-2
1939-1-8
CAR-32-24
 Innings Pitched
1931-1-387.7
1932-3-334.7
1934-2-335.0
1935-6-325.7
1936-2-351.7
1937-2-353.7
1939-4-328.7
1940-9-312.0
CAR-45-3848.3
 Hits Allowed
1931-3-431
1932-4-358
1934-1-401
1935-5-376
1936-3-383
1937-8-352
1938-7-345
1939-10-334
1940-6-336
CAR-25-4228
 Homeruns Allowed
1930-5-20
1931-1-29
1932-6-19
1934-7-21
1935-6-26
1937-1-34
1938-6-24
1939-8-20
1940-1-33
 Strikeouts
1931-9-136
1932-5-138
1935-3-156
1936-4-135
1939-10-141
 Walks per 9IP
1930-6-1.8
1931-4-1.3
1932-5-1.8
1933-8-2.1
1934-3-1.8
1935-2-2.1
1936-2-1.6
1937-2-1.5
1938-2-1.6
1939-1-1.1
1940-7-2.1
1941-10-2.5
CAR-39-1.8
Hits per 9IP
1937-8-9.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1932-8-3.7
1935-6-4.3
1936-10-3.5
 WHiP
1931-5-1.26
1932-4-1.27
1936-3-1.27
1937-2-1.16
1938-6-1.26
1939-2-1.14
 OAVG
1937-8-.256
1939-10-.261
 OOBP
1931-5-.306
1932-3-.308
1934-10-.327
1935-7-.322
1936-3-.308
1937-1-.286
1938-7-.308
1939-2-.282
 OSLG
1939-10-.363
1941-5-.354
OOPS
1932-4-.681
1936-5-.686
1937-5-.674
1939-4-.645
1941-6-.671
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 179    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 66    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  8. Dick Drago (894)
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History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/14/1930, off Hi Bell (CIN)
Earned first career win on 4/14/1930
Hit first career homerun on 5/16/1930, off Tony Kaufmann (NYG)
Injured on 8/23/1930 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,500,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1931: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $10,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Injured on 4/8/1933 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/28/1933 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/27/1935 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1936, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1936, winning 2 games with a 1.76 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1936, going 5-0, 2.32
7/1/1937: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $11,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 3/3/1938 (Going to DET: 1B Andy Cohen, P Herm Holshouser, LF Joe Mowry. Going to NYA: P George Blaeholder)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1938, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 2/1/1939 (Going to NYA: 1B Don Hurst. Going to DET: P George Blaeholder)
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/1/1939 (Going to DET: P Oral Hildebrand, P Walter Beall. Going to SDP: P George Blaeholder, 3B Freddie Lindstrom, 2B Greg Mulleavy)
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1939, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA
9/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $930,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1940, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
Injured on 5/2/1941 with a Spasms Back, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 6/11/1941 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
Injured on 6/8/1942 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Released by San Diego on 10/22/1942
 
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