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Don Blasingame	Nickname: Blazer   Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 5' 10'' Weight: 170   Born: March 16, 1932 in Usa, MS, CORINTH

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1960

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
1955	23	NYA	AL					5	5	5	1	1	1	4	5	5	5	6	5	8	9	9
1956	24	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	8	9	9
1957	25	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				8	8	7	2	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	9	9	9
1958	26	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				9	9	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	9	9	9
1959	27	NYA	AL	$ 300,000				9	9	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	9	9	9
1960	28	NYA	AL	$ 1,607,143				9	9	9	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	9	9	9
1961	29	NYA	AL	$ 1,607,143				8	8	7	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	8	8	8
1962	30	NYA	AL	$ 1,614,286				8	8	7	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	8	8	8
1963	31	WAS	NL	$ 3,511,111				9	9	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	8	8	8
1964	32	CLE	AL	$ 3,511,111				8	8	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	8	8	8
1965	33	CLE	AL	$ 3,511,111				8	8	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	8	8	8
1966	34	BSN	NL	$ 3,511,111				8	8	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	4	8	8	8
1967	35	BSN	NL	$ 1,710,000				9	9	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	3	5	4	8	8	8
1968	36	BSN	NL	$ 1,710,000				9	9	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	3	4	4	8	8	8
1969	37	OAK	AL	$ 3,800,000				9	9	8	2	2	2	4	5	4	3	5	4	8	8	8
1970	38	OAK	AL	$ 3,800,000				9	9	8	2	2	2	4	5	5	3	5	4	8	9	8
OOTP6 Min Ratings								5	5	5	1	1	1	4	5	4	3	4	4	8	8	8
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 3,800,000				9	9	9	2	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	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
1955	23	AAA		31	127	17	27	3	1	0	6	5	4	12	6	.213	.281	.252	.533	8.8
		AA		106	380	47	102	14	3	6	49	13	5	69	24	.268	.381	.368	.749	58.9
1956	24	NYA	AL	82	225	22	51	4	2	3	22	2	1	14	17	.227	.271	.302	.573	16.0	0.0
		AAA		53	210	33	69	3	4	5	18	3	5	26	16	.329	.403	.452	.855	36.3
1957	25	NYA	AL	131	382	45	109	10	0	1	42	3	4	29	21	.285	.334	.319	.654	38.9	4.3
1958	26	NYA	AL	151	598	89	184	30	2	2	38	14	2	54	45	.308	.364	.375	.738	81.3	13.9
1959	27	NYA	AL	154	545	69	134	12	2	4	39	6	1	59	47	.246	.319	.297	.616	54.4	5.9
1960	28	NYA	AL	154	611	87	184	22	5	7	61	12	4	51	46	.301	.354	.388	.742	81.5	16.0
1961	29	NYA	AL	151	517	61	134	24	5	3	44	4	6	41	62	.259	.313	.342	.655	53.1	7.1
1962	30	NYA	AL	154	580	72	171	31	2	9	73	8	6	47	59	.295	.345	.402	.747	79.2	14.2
1963	31	WAS	NL	147	391	41	116	12	5	1	42	8	3	40	35	.297	.361	.361	.722	50.6	11.6
1964	32	NYG	NL	93	328	50	93	15	4	1	21	10	3	22	32	.284	.329	.363	.691	37.6	6.0
		CLE	AL	53	173	30	65	7	1	1	24	6	2	8	12	.376	.403	.445	.848	27.8	7.8
		TOT		146	501	80	158	22	5	2	45	16	5	30	44	.315	.354	.391	.745	65.4	13.8
1965	33	CLE	AL	133	421	68	126	15	2	2	47	29	10	32	37	.299	.349	.359	.707	55.7	12.8
1966	34	CLE	AL	47	148	17	35	8	1	0	11	6	3	11	16	.236	.289	.304	.593	12.3	0.8
		BSN	NL	85	220	29	63	12	3	2	16	8	5	10	22	.286	.319	.395	.714	25.9	4.9
		TOT		132	368	46	98	20	4	2	27	14	8	21	38	.266	.307	.359	.666	38.2	5.7
1967	35	BSN	NL	111	283	34	74	8	1	2	31	19	9	27	38	.261	.324	.318	.642	30.8	4.3
1968	36	BSN	NL	122	410	56	119	15	2	5	39	22	9	38	42	.290	.352	.373	.725	54.3	10.4
1969	37	OAK	AL	123	421	65	138	14	3	3	38	26	17	28	30	.328	.366	.397	.763	55.5	11.2
1970	38	OAK	AL	149	581	79	161	18	3	4	56	39	17	39	54	.277	.324	.339	.663	63.6	10.1
15 Years Sim				2040	6834	914	1957	257	43	50	644	222	102	550	615	.286	.339	.359	.697	818.4	141.2
2 Years AAA				84	337	50	96	6	5	5	24	8	9	38	22	.285	.357	.377	.734	45.1
1 Years AA				106	380	47	102	14	3	6	49	13	5	69	24	.268	.380	.368	.748	58.9
3 Years Minors				190	717	97	198	20	8	11	73	21	14	107	46	.276	.369	.372	.742	103.9
162 Game Average					542	72	155	20	3	3	51	17	8	43	48	.286	.339	.359	.697	65.0
Career Highs				154	611	89	184	31	5	9	73	39	17	59	62	.328	.366	.402	.763	81.5

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		5325	737	1586	207	33	39	505	185	87	453	427	.298	.352	.371	.723	693.6
vs LH		1509	177	371	50	10	11	139	37	15	97	188	.246	.290	.314	.604	137.8
Home	1019	3344	431	937	136	17	26	321	95	44	263	326	.280	.332	.354	.686	393.4
Away	1021	3490	483	1020	121	26	24	323	127	58	287	289	.292	.345	.362	.708	438.0
RISP		1436	0	431	54	9	10	567	0	0	138	127	.300	.356	.371	.727	192.1
Pinch Hitting		156	18	39	3	1	1	21	1	2	12	10	.250	.302	.301	.603	14.0
Close/Late		891	107	244	24	7	4	90	0	0	65	72	.274	.322	.330	.652	94.8
Mar/Apr	318	1130	148	301	40	13	8	102	26	16	80	109	.266	.314	.346	.660	121.0
May	346	1163	165	339	39	5	10	112	54	20	88	100	.291	.341	.359	.700	144.3
June	348	1131	137	320	49	7	7	109	24	18	94	97	.283	.338	.357	.695	133.8
July	326	1061	150	320	46	5	8	90	32	15	94	97	.302	.358	.377	.735	142.1
August	356	1233	160	350	50	9	6	112	45	19	111	115	.284	.341	.354	.695	151.5
Sep/Oct	346	1116	154	327	33	4	11	119	41	14	83	97	.293	.341	.359	.700	138.6

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
1956	24	NYA	AL	SS	68	63	543.7	78	226	2	39	.993	5.03					2.9
				3B	6	1	17.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.12					0.1
				2B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1957	25	NYA	AL	SS	100	93	823.7	122	318	4	56	.991	4.81					4.9
				2B	16	9	95.0	17	37	3	7	.947	5.12					0.3
				3B	3	1	17.0	0	9	0	0	1.000	4.76					0.2
				CF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1958	26	NYA	AL	2B	125	125	1058.3	239	449	19	93	.973	5.85					4.8
				SS	30	25	229.0	25	74	4	10	.961	3.89					0.6
1959	27	NYA	AL	SS	137	133	1167.3	170	415	10	75	.983	4.51					6.5
				2B	17	15	128.0	28	74	0	20	1.000	7.17					0.8
1960	28	NYA	AL	2B	88	86	751.3	114	312	10	47	.977	5.10					2.8
				SS	65	61	527.7	73	210	9	36	.969	4.83					2.4
				3B	1	0	4.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	6.75					0.0
1961	29	NYA	AL	2B	93	88	754.3	146	305	14	52	.970	5.38					2.6
				SS	53	46	401.0	54	152	4	27	.981	4.62					1.9
				3B	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1962	30	NYA	AL	SS	113	113	1006.7	143	415	5	79	.991	4.99					6.4
				2B	39	37	325.7	51	116	6	21	.965	4.62					0.8
				3B	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25					0.0
1963	31	WAS	NL	2B	97	81	780.3	170	297	9	66	.981	5.39					3.2
				SS	21	5	88.3	10	38	1	8	.980	4.89					0.5
				3B	14	1	32.0	0	10	2	0	.833	2.81					0.1
1964	32	NYG	NL	2B	52	46	414.6	91	170	5	34	.981	5.67					0.3
				SS	36	34	306.4	44	129	5	28	.972	5.08					1.9
				3B	3	2	18.2	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.98					0.0
		CLE	AL	2B	29	26	213.8	47	87	3	18	.978	5.64					1.3
				SS	21	20	158.0	22	67	3	14	.967	5.07					0.5
				3B	1	1	9.4	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.96					0.0
		TOT		2B	81	72	628.4	138	257	8	52	.980	5.66					1.6
				SS	57	54	464.4	66	196	8	42	.970	5.08					2.4
				3B	4	3	27.6	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.63					0.0
1965	33	CLE	AL	SS	107	89	840.7	136	329	13	69	.973	4.98					2.8
				2B	13	3	50.0	13	17	0	1	1.000	5.40					0.2
				3B	9	2	30.0	0	12	2	1	.857	3.60					0.1
1966	34	CLE	AL	SS	31	24	250.1	37	98	2	19	.985	4.86					0.7
				2B	9	7	74.3	17	29	0	4	1.000	5.57					0.4
				3B	2	0	10.1	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.78					0.0
		BSN	NL	SS	55	42	365.7	55	144	2	27	.990	4.90					2.2
				2B	16	12	108.6	24	42	1	7	.985	5.47					0.5
				3B	5	1	14.8	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.22					0.0
		TOT		SS	86	66	615.8	92	242	4	46	.988	4.88					2.9
				2B	25	19	182.9	41	71	1	11	.991	5.51					0.9
				3B	7	1	24.9	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.45					0.1
1967	35	BSN	NL	3B	44	35	335.0	17	89	4	4	.964	2.85					1.5
				SS	36	17	195.0	33	76	1	15	.991	5.03					1.1
				2B	10	9	80.3	18	24	1	8	.977	4.71					0.3
1968	36	BSN	NL	SS	79	65	594.0	85	246	5	48	.985	5.02					2.8
				2B	35	32	277.0	55	100	2	18	.987	5.04					2.1
				3B	2	2	16.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.56					0.0
1969	37	OAK	AL	2B	109	98	867.3	200	356	11	74	.981	5.77					4.1
				SS	4	3	27.0	3	15	0	4	1.000	6.00					0.2
				3B	6	0	14.7	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.84					0.0
1970	38	OAK	AL	2B	146	141	1245.0	254	527	15	112	.981	5.65					6.8
				3B	2	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.00					0.0
				SS	956	833	7524.2	1090	2952	70	554	.983	4.83					38.4
				2B	895	815	7224.9	1484	2942	99	582	.978	5.51					31.4
				3B	102	46	527.2	23	138	8	5	.953	2.75					2.1
				CF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
Career Totals					1954	1694	15277.3	2597	6032	177	1141	.980	5.08					71.9
Career Highs					155	150	1336.3	264	531	23	112	.994	5.71

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
1964	32	CLE	AL	15	45	5	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	8	.222	.280	.222	.502
1965	33	CLE	AL	4	10	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
1970	38	OAK	AL	15	54	6	10	2	0	0	4	3	1	2	10	.185	.224	.222	.446
Career Post-Season Batting				34	109	11	25	2	0	0	11	3	1	6	19	.229	.271	.248	.519

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 1958-7-.308 1960-4-.301 1969-8-.294* At-Bats 1958-8-598 1960-5-611 1970-10-581 Runs 1960-10-87 Hits 1958-5-184 1960-2-184 1962-10-171 Singles 1958-1-150 1959-8-116 1960-1-150 1962-5-129 1969-9-118 1970-3-136 Triples 1963-9-5 Stolen Bases 1958-6-14 1960-7-12 1965-7-29 1967-9-19 1968-4-22 1970-5-39 Caught Stealing 1957-7-4 1960-8-4 1961-5-6 1962-9-6 1967-5-9 1968-9-9 1969-4-17 1970-4-17

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955

Injured on 5/3/1956 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week

Had first career hit (double) on 6/12/1956, off Bob Buhl (BOS)

Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1956, off Roger Craig (BOS)

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 4/4/1957

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Oakland on 8/10/1958

2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration

Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game

2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration

2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,614,286 through salary arbitration

Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/4/1963 to a 4-year deal worth $3,511,111 per year

Traded from Washington to New York (N) on 2/3/1964 (Going to WAS: P Ray Rippelmeyer. Going to NYG: SS Don Blasingame, P Jim Owens)

Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle on 7/8/1964

Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 7/31/1964 (Going to CLE: 2B Don Blasingame. Going to NYG: P Ralph Terry)

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Worcester on 9/6/1964

Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1964, hitting .684 with 0 HR, 3 RBI

Traded from Cleveland (A) to Boston (N) on 6/1/1966 (Going to CLE: CF Carroll Hardy. Going to BSN: SS Don Blasingame)

9/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $1,710,000 per year, for 2 years

Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/5/1969 to a 4-year deal worth $3,800,000 per year

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 7/10/1969

Injured on 7/27/1969 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week

Injured on 8/13/1969 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks

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