Tim
Blackwell
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 19, 1952 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1983   
Gold Glove 1990   
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
1974 21 LAD NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 7 8 7 8 7 6 6
1975 22 LAD NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1976 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 8 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1977 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 7 7
1978 25 PHN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8 9 8 8 7 7 7
1979 26 PHN NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 7
1980 27 PHN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 7
1981 28 PHN NL $ 350,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 10 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 6
1982 29 PHN NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 6 7
1983 30 PHN NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 7
1984 31 PHN NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10 10 9 9 7 7 7
1985 32 PHN NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10 10 9 9 7 6 7
1986 33 NYG NL $ 1,700,700   5 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10 9 8 9 7 7 7
1987 34 IND AL $ 1,700,700   5 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 7
1988 35 DET AL $ 1,700,700   5 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 6 7
1989 36 CLE AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 10 9 9 8 7 8 7 6 6
1990 37 CLE AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 6 7 8 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 10 10 10 10 9 9 7 7 7
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
1974 21 A   137 451 50 117 32 3 5 41 3 10 141 48 .259 .436 .377 .813 85.1  
1975 22 LAD NL 5 17 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .176 .222 .235 .458 0.8 0.0
    AA   111 447 67 113 30 3 5 42 6 7 80 46 .253 .366 .367 .733 63.4  
    A   26 87 16 30 8 0 0 7 1 1 30 7 .345 .513 .437 .950 21.3  
1976 23 LAD NL 50 143 14 37 9 0 2 11 0 1 15 21 .259 .329 .364 .693 16.4 2.5
1977 24 LAD NL 38 93 10 23 7 1 0 9 2 0 17 10 .247 .354 .344 .698 14.1 2.9
1978 25 PHN NL 86 255 26 61 16 1 1 20 2 2 40 28 .239 .341 .322 .663 29.6 4.9
1979 26 PHN NL 71 216 21 44 8 1 2 19 3 1 22 32 .204 .275 .278 .553 16.4 0.0
1980 27 PHN NL 79 216 22 49 16 2 2 22 1 0 25 24 .227 .309 .347 .656 24.3 4.4
1981 28 PHN NL 61 149 13 38 9 0 1 14 3 1 17 21 .255 .327 .336 .663 16.4 2.2
1982 29 PHN NL 54 131 20 31 7 2 1 8 0 0 10 22 .237 .291 .344 .634 11.9 1.0
1983 30 PHN NL 57 157 17 38 16 1 1 24 0 2 21 20 .242 .330 .376 .705 18.2 3.4
1984 31 PHN NL 40 113 10 20 4 0 0 13 0 0 15 18 .177 .273 .212 .486 4.9 0.0
1985 32 PHN NL 56 147 22 36 13 0 4 22 1 1 21 17 .245 .337 .415 .752 21.6 4.0
1986 33 NYG NL 38 89 7 22 10 0 0 12 0 0 17 16 .247 .364 .360 .724 12.8 2.8
    AAA   57 192 25 44 16 1 2 18 1 2 40 26 .229 .362 .354 .716 26.9  
1987 34 IND AL 96 269 33 67 30 3 2 33 0 1 32 42 .249 .329 .405 .734 33.0 5.6
1988 35 DET AL 82 244 38 57 24 1 2 26 0 0 33 42 .234 .332 .365 .697 30.7 4.7
1989 36 CLE AL 76 202 27 44 17 0 2 19 0 1 35 34 .218 .333 .332 .665 22.9 3.2
1990 37 CLE AL 130 423 49 96 29 2 0 40 4 3 50 80 .227 .309 .305 .614 38.7 2.1
16 Years Sim 1019 2864 330 666 216 14 20 293 16 13 371 428 .233 .320 .339 .659 312.5 43.6
1 Years AAA 57 192 25 44 16 1 2 18 1 2 40 26 .229 .361 .354 .715 26.9  
1 Years AA 111 447 67 113 30 3 5 42 6 7 80 46 .253 .364 .367 .731 63.4  
2 Years A 163 538 66 147 40 3 5 48 4 11 171 55 .273 .446 .387 .832 106.4  
4 Years Minors 331 1177 158 304 86 7 12 108 11 20 291 127 .258 .403 .374 .777 196.7  
162 Game Average 455 52 105 34 2 3 46 2 2 58 68 .233 .320 .339 .659 49.7  
Career Highs 130 423 49 96 30 3 4 40 4 3 50 80 .259 .364 .415 .752 38.7  
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   1588 190 363 119 4 9 155 5 5 194 238 .229 .312 .326 .638 166.0
vs LH   1276 140 303 97 10 11 138 11 8 177 190 .237 .330 .355 .685 154.8
Home 481 1367 164 332 115 6 10 130 8 5 174 214 .243 .328 .358 .686 163.6
Away 538 1497 166 334 101 8 10 163 8 8 197 214 .223 .313 .321 .634 157.2
RISP   788 0 174 52 4 6 244 0 0 102 126 .221 .309 .320 .629 82.0
Pinch Hitting   115 17 30 9 1 2 25 0 0 16 18 .261 .351 .409 .760 16.7
Close/Late   393 43 118 40 3 3 55 0 0 46 49 .300 .370 .440 .810 61.5
Mar/Apr 133 404 44 91 32 1 1 31 5 4 45 83 .225 .306 .317 .623 38.9
May 188 544 62 126 40 2 5 59 3 4 73 86 .232 .323 .340 .663 61.5
June 165 445 59 98 31 3 2 37 3 2 70 65 .220 .326 .317 .642 49.7
July 171 476 54 109 33 1 2 54 1 2 58 52 .229 .310 .315 .625 48.2
August 174 486 58 119 39 2 2 50 2 1 64 79 .245 .331 .346 .677 57.6
Sep/Oct 187 509 53 123 41 5 8 62 2 0 61 63 .242 .323 .389 .712 64.8
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
1975 22 LAD NL C 5 5 43.0 32 6 0 0 1.000 7.95 7 5 .714 0 0.3
1976 23 LAD NL C 42 40 341.0 219 25 1 2 .996 6.44 35 14 .400 0 2.6
    1B 3 2 19.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 15.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 24 LAD NL 1B 29 23 200.0 277 12 2 22 .993 13.01 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 5 4 35.0 16 2 0 0 1.000 4.63 5 2 .400 0 0.3
1978 25 PHN NL C 77 75 672.7 287 39 4 0 .988 4.36 62 27 .435 3 4.7
    1B 5 0 9.0 13 0 0 1 1.000 13.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 26 PHN NL 1B 42 41 348.0 428 30 3 31 .993 11.84 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 20 20 173.0 88 7 2 0 .979 4.94 15 5 .333 0 0.7
    RF 1 1 9.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 27 PHN NL C 68 64 534.0 319 36 1 1 .997 5.98 50 24 .480 1 4.1
    1B 5 0 7.0 8 1 0 2 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 28 PHN NL C 56 43 405.3 260 19 3 1 .989 6.19 41 9 .220 0 1.5
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 29 PHN NL C 42 32 291.3 183 14 2 0 .990 6.09 23 6 .261 0 0.9
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 30 PHN NL C 41 41 358.3 221 13 4 0 .983 5.88 21 7 .333 2 1.4
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 31 PHN NL C 32 30 269.3 157 11 2 0 .988 5.61 19 5 .263 1 0.9
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 32 PHN NL C 36 35 324.3 205 14 2 0 .991 6.08 37 13 .351 2 1.6
    1B 9 0 17.0 26 0 1 3 .963 13.76 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 33 NYG NL C 25 23 211.7 129 8 2 0 .986 5.83 20 7 .350 1 1.2
    1B 8 0 18.0 24 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 34 IND AL C 66 56 504.0 240 25 4 1 .985 4.73 48 17 .354 0 2.8
    1B 15 9 85.0 106 7 0 11 1.000 11.96 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 35 DET AL C 78 70 632.0 414 26 6 0 .987 6.27 55 15 .273 3 2.7
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 36 CLE AL C 54 50 446.7 336 21 3 0 .992 7.19 27 11 .407 0 2.2
    1B 4 3 22.3 24 1 0 1 1.000 10.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 37 CLE AL C 126 123 1093.7 862 51 7 0 .992 7.51 86 31 .360 1 6.7
  C 773 711 6335.3 3968 317 43 5 .990 6.09 551 198 .359 14 34.6
  1B 124 78 733.3 948 52 6 72 .994 12.27 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  RF 3 1 14.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 4 0 7.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   907 790 7094.3 4919 372 49 78 .991 6.71 551 198 .359 14 36.6
Career Highs   126 123 1093.7 862 51 7 31 1.000 11.76 86 31 .714 3  
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
1983 30 PHN NL 5 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .800 1.200
1985 32 PHN NL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1988 35 DET AL 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.500 2.167
1989 36 CLE AL 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .429 .333 .762
Career Post-Season Batting 10 15 3 6 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 3 .400 .471 .667 1.137
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 69th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1974
Had first career hit on 9/25/1975, off Don Sutton (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/13/1976, off Dave Johnson (STL)
Traded from Los Angeles to Philadelphia on 2/4/1978 (Going to LAD: 2B Tom Heintzelman, SS Chris Speier, C Bill Fahey. Going to PHN: C Tim Blackwell, SS U l Washington, SS Toby Harrah)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
10/29/1981: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Philadelphia in 1983
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/17/1986 to a 3-year deal worth $1,700,700 per year
Injured on 3/20/1986 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Indianapolis on 2/14/1987 (Going to NYG: RF John Morris, 3B Kelly Paris, 1B Wayne Cage, P Mark Thurmond. Going to IND: C Tim Blackwell)
Traded from Indianapolis to Detroit on 3/4/1988 (Going to IND: P John Fulgham, LF Ruppert Jones, 3B Joe Lefebvre, P Greg Minton. Going to DET: 1B Eddie Murray, C Tim Blackwell)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/5/1989 to a 4-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Injured on 3/24/1989 with a Broken Hand, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 9/24/1990 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1990