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Buddy
Blattner		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 8, 1920 in Usa, MO, ST. LOUIS
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1944    1945    1951    1954   
All-Star Selections 1945    1947    1948    1949    1951    1952    1953    1954    1955   
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
1942 22 NYA AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7
1943 23 BOS AL     6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 7 7
1944 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 8 8
1945 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 9 9 8 8 8
1946 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
1947 27 BOS AL $ 3,828,571   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
1948 28 BOS AL $ 3,828,571   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
1949 29 BOS AL $ 4,521,429   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
1950 30 BOS AL $ 6,121,429   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
1951 31 BOS AL $ 9,180,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
1952 32 STL NL $ 9,180,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
1953 33 STL NL $ 9,180,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
1954 34 STL NL $ 9,180,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 7 8
1955 35 STL NL $ 7,950,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7
1956 36 STL NL $ 7,950,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 7 8 7 7 7
1957 37 STL NL $ 7,950,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5
1958 38 STL NL $ 7,950,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,180,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 8 8
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
1942 22 AAA   137 568 99 154 23 4 32 89 14 11 76 79 .271 .357 .495 .852 99.4  
1943 23 AAA   137 488 93 152 31 5 28 93 12 8 105 73 .311 .433 .568 1.001 114.9  
1944 24 BOS AL 154 523 56 149 24 5 10 88 4 2 73 57 .285 .372 .407 .779 74.6 10.0
1945 25 BOS AL 153 518 103 153 38 4 21 78 1 3 91 54 .295 .402 .506 .907 102.0 18.9
1946 26 BOS AL 154 536 86 154 32 2 14 70 3 1 104 52 .287 .401 .433 .833 94.8 16.6
1947 27 BOS AL 137 468 75 132 20 4 13 75 4 5 92 49 .282 .399 .425 .824 82.1 14.3
    AAA   2 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .333 .633 0.9  
1948 28 BOS AL 157 586 131 190 33 5 20 111 4 3 95 85 .324 .419 .500 .919 112.8 21.8
1949 29 BOS AL 150 552 104 187 34 8 27 136 5 0 91 54 .339 .431 .576 1.008 121.7 22.8
1950 30 BOS AL 133 493 85 148 38 5 10 107 3 5 84 49 .300 .398 .458 .857 87.0 15.8
1951 31 BOS AL 155 567 107 176 46 5 21 108 3 2 93 69 .310 .408 .520 .929 111.8 20.9
1952 32 STL NL 156 553 108 161 31 4 19 87 9 4 87 52 .291 .391 .465 .856 100.8 19.3
1953 33 STL NL 152 558 97 164 34 4 20 89 6 5 85 52 .294 .388 .477 .865 98.3 19.8
1954 34 STL NL 156 604 119 192 26 6 29 111 13 8 72 62 .318 .388 .525 .913 115.2 22.5
1955 35 STL NL 154 526 73 149 24 3 16 82 7 2 76 71 .283 .377 .432 .809 83.4 15.1
1956 36 STL NL 108 403 53 125 20 3 9 61 10 1 45 59 .310 .382 .442 .824 64.6 11.3
1957 37 STL NL 152 541 69 139 25 4 8 57 9 6 63 102 .257 .336 .362 .698 66.4 8.8
1958 38 STL NL 114 216 21 47 14 1 5 24 2 0 14 52 .218 .265 .361 .626 18.4 0.6
15 Years Sim 2185 7644 1287 2266 439 63 242 1284 83 47 1165 919 .296 .390 .465 .855 1334.0 238.4
3 Years AAA 276 1065 194 308 55 9 60 182 26 19 182 154 .289 .394 .527 .921 215.2  
162 Game Average 566 95 168 32 4 17 95 6 3 86 68 .296 .390 .465 .855 98.9  
Career Highs 157 604 131 192 46 8 29 136 13 8 104 102 .339 .431 .576 1.008 121.7  
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   4874 811 1389 260 40 148 799 46 29 686 571 .285 .373 .446 .819 810.1
vs LH   2770 476 877 179 23 94 485 37 18 479 348 .317 .418 .500 .918 560.7
Home 1090 3741 649 1107 228 31 115 617 38 24 572 439 .296 .389 .466 .855 669.3
Away 1095 3903 638 1159 211 32 127 667 45 23 593 480 .297 .390 .465 .855 701.5
RISP   2017 0 615 121 22 75 990 0 0 377 243 .305 .406 .498 .905 410.1
Pinch Hitting   147 25 40 5 2 3 21 2 0 18 21 .272 .349 .395 .744 21.2
Close/Late   893 144 255 42 4 25 144 0 0 161 108 .286 .398 .426 .823 155.9
Mar/Apr 362 1316 202 371 85 8 32 219 11 3 175 144 .282 .368 .432 .800 208.4
May 368 1288 210 396 82 7 50 213 14 5 197 150 .307 .398 .498 .897 249.1
June 353 1208 216 376 82 12 41 231 8 13 188 153 .311 .405 .501 .906 232.4
July 358 1267 219 373 58 20 33 206 13 9 187 165 .294 .383 .450 .833 218.3
August 389 1328 220 392 70 6 43 195 20 10 214 146 .295 .393 .454 .847 238.4
Sep/Oct 355 1237 220 358 62 10 43 220 17 7 204 161 .289 .391 .460 .851 224.3
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
1944 24 BOS AL 2B 147 145 1268.3 360 612 31 145 .969 6.90   3.7
    SS 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
    1B 3 0 5.0 5 3 0 1 1.000 14.40   0.0
1945 25 BOS AL 2B 143 140 1233.0 342 560 17 132 .982 6.58   5.1
    1B 4 0 8.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
    SS 4 0 6.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 7.50   0.0
1946 26 BOS AL SS 76 76 678.3 106 303 18 56 .958 5.43   3.9
    2B 73 69 608.0 144 307 15 81 .968 6.68   3.2
    1B 3 0 6.0 8 0 0 2 1.000 12.00   0.0
1947 27 BOS AL 2B 96 94 823.3 206 380 15 78 .975 6.41   3.9
    1B 19 18 158.3 187 16 1 19 .995 11.54   0.3
    SS 19 18 155.0 26 73 5 13 .952 5.75   0.6
1948 28 BOS AL 2B 106 106 932.3 216 437 21 100 .969 6.30   5.2
    1B 47 42 387.0 502 52 9 45 .984 12.88   0.3
    SS 1 0 5.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
1949 29 BOS AL SS 98 95 865.0 138 385 13 73 .976 5.44   3.9
    2B 47 43 384.0 100 169 6 31 .978 6.30   1.7
    1B 3 0 9.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 30 BOS AL 2B 128 125 1108.7 271 515 21 114 .974 6.38   5.7
    SS 3 0 5.3 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.07   0.0
1951 31 BOS AL SS 134 133 1178.3 226 548 15 116 .981 5.91   5.6
    2B 18 15 140.0 45 74 2 19 .983 7.65   0.6
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 32 STL NL 2B 148 138 1235.3 278 522 14 121 .983 5.83   8.2
    SS 6 0 20.0 4 10 1 3 .933 6.30   0.2
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1953 33 STL NL SS 121 117 1059.0 159 440 15 84 .976 5.09   4.6
    2B 30 27 255.3 54 127 4 30 .978 6.38   1.4
1954 34 STL NL SS 146 145 1269.3 193 530 13 102 .982 5.13   8.8
    2B 2 1 10.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 6.30   0.0
    1B 1 0 7.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1955 35 STL NL SS 149 145 1273.0 176 514 22 88 .969 4.88   7.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1956 36 STL NL 2B 75 72 669.7 132 259 11 46 .973 5.25   2.2
    SS 28 27 237.0 30 80 8 16 .932 4.18   0.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1957 37 STL NL 2B 136 132 1177.7 283 439 13 89 .982 5.52   3.3
    SS 10 9 83.0 9 37 1 4 .979 4.99   0.4
    1B 4 0 7.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1958 38 STL NL 2B 35 12 155.3 43 71 4 19 .966 6.61   0.7
    SS 30 12 137.7 14 44 4 6 .935 3.79   0.3
    1B 22 13 131.0 154 11 1 10 .994 11.34   0.1
  2B 1187 1119 10006.0 2479 4475 174 1006 .976 6.25   45.0
  SS 828 777 6977.0 1086 2974 115 564 .972 5.24   35.7
  1B 110 73 722.3 889 84 11 81 .989 12.12   0.8
Career Totals   2125 1969 17705.3 4454 7533 300 1651 .976 6.09   81.6
Career Highs   155 148 1324.3 718 622 33 147 .983 8.23    
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
1948 28 BOS AL 9 36 11 14 4 1 1 13 0 0 6 0 .389 .476 .639 1.115
1953 33 STL NL 6 25 5 6 2 0 1 3 2 0 7 1 .240 .406 .440 .846
1954 34 STL NL 13 55 4 18 4 0 0 10 0 0 3 7 .327 .362 .400 .762
1955 35 STL NL 11 41 5 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 6 .220 .256 .293 .548
Career Post-Season Batting 39 157 25 47 10 1 3 30 2 0 18 14 .299 .371 .433 .805
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
1948-5-.324
1949-2-.339
1954-5-.318
 On-Base Pct
1945-7-.402
1946-8-.401
1947-7-.399
1948-8-.419
1949-3-.431
1951-5-.408
1953-6-.388
1954-8-.388
CAR-41-.390
 Slugging Pct
1945-7-.506
1948-10-.500
1949-6-.576
1951-10-.520
1954-8-.525
 OPS
1945-5-.907
1948-8-.919
1949-4-1.008
1951-7-.929
1954-8-.913
 XR
1945-8-102.0
1948-4-112.8
1949-7-121.7
1951-6-111.8
1954-6-115.2
CAR-43-1334.0
 Games
1946-10-154
1948-3-157
1951-8-155
1952-4-156
1954-7-156
At-Bats
1948-6-586
1954-3-604
 Runs
1945-10-103
1948-2-131
1952-8-108
1954-3-119
 Hits
1948-3-190
1949-9-187
1954-2-192
 Total Bases
1948-7-293
1949-6-318
1954-5-317
 Singles
1948-6-132
1949-10-118
1954-2-131
 Doubles
1951-2-46
1953-7-34
Triples
1948-10-5
1949-8-8
1954-5-6
 Homeruns
1945-10-21
1949-8-27
 RBIs
1948-9-111
1949-6-136
1954-7-111
 Stolen Bases
1954-5-13
1955-10-7
1956-5-10
1957-2-9
 Caught Stealing
1950-8-5
1953-10-5
1954-3-8
1957-4-6
 Walks
1946-7-104
1948-9-95
1951-10-93
CAR-40-1165
Strikeouts
1948-7-85
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 96    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 64    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1942
Traded from New York (A) to Boston (A) on 2/3/1943 (Going to NYA: SS Arky Vaughan. Going to BOS: 2B Buddy Blattner, 1B Eddie Robinson)
Injured on 6/26/1943 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/2/1944, off Van Mungo (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/29/1944, off Van Mungo (SEM)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1944
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1945
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/20/1946
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1947, hitting .565 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 8/27/1947
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,521,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Brooklyn on 7/10/1949
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1949, hitting .379 with 3 HR, 27 RBI
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,121,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/14/1950 with a Broken Foot, out for 4-5 weeks
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $9,180,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 9/29/1950
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1951, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 5/1/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1951, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1951
Traded from Boston (A) to St. Louis on 2/21/1952 (Going to STL: SS Buddy Blattner, P Mel Parnell. Going to BOS: 2B Dutch Meyer)
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1954, hitting .473 with 7 HR, 36 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
10/3/1954: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $7,950,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1954
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Injured on 4/6/1956 with a Sprained Ankle, out for one week
Injured on 4/26/1956 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 7/14/1956, off Tex Clevenger (DET)
3/3/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with St. Louis
 
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