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Player Report for #25 Don 'Blazer' Blasingame Monday, October 20th, 1969  AB   413  HR   2  RBI   37  AVG   .259  OPS   .612 Name: Don Blasingame Contract: Major League Contract Nickname: Blazer Salary: $1,250,000 Birthday: 03-16-1932 Signed Through: 1969 Season Age: 37 Years of Major League Service: 13 Years, 152 Days Born in: Booneville (Mississippi) Major League Service Days this Year: 184 Days Nationality: American     Height: 5' 10" Years on 40-Man Roster: 3 Years, 14 Days Weight: 177 lbs Years of Pro Service: 15 Years     Arbitration Eligibility: Not eligible, free agent after contract expires! Position: 2B Minor League Option Years: 3 option years left Bats: Left     Throws: Right Contract Extension - Status: Completely Rested Drafted - Morale: Very Unhappy Local Popularity (National) Insignificant (Unknown) Cleveland Barons UL Batting Ratings (OSA) Batting Contact Gap Power Discipline/Eye Avoid K's   Overall 6 4 2 4 7   Versus LHP 5 4 2 4 7   Versus RHP 6 4 2 4 7   Talent 6 4 2 7 8   Running & Bunting Ratings     Fielding Ratings Running Speed: 6   Second Base 4 Stealing Ability: 7   Baserunning Instincts: 7   Sacrifice Bunt: 6   Bunt for Hit: 6   Hitter Type: Pull Hitter                     Game Log, Last 10 Games Date Opponent Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB                   09-28-1969 MAN Loss, 2-5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0                 09-23-1969 WAS Win, 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0                 09-22-1969 WAS Win, 9-3 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0                 09-21-1969 WAS Loss, 1-4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0                 09-20-1969 MAN Loss, 1-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0                 09-18-1969 STL Win, 6-2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0                 09-17-1969 STL Loss, 1-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0                 09-14-1969 BOS Win, 4-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0                 09-13-1969 BRO Loss, 1-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0                 09-12-1969 BRO Loss, 2-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0                 United League 1969 Batting Stats Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS TAVG ISO VORP Overall 133 413 107 11 2 2 37 46 25 55 .259 .302 .310 .612 .516 .051 2.9 Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27     Overall 120 443 2 1 0 6 0 3 128 15 12 4 75.0 39.1 3.31     Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS Versus Left   109 29 1 2 0 10 10 2 11 2 0 0 .266 .274 .312 .586 Versus Right   304 78 10 0 2 27 34 23 44 1 0 2 .257 .312 .309 .621 Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS April   75 22 3 0 1 11 9 6 13 1 0 0 .293 .341 .373 .715 May   95 24 1 0 0 9 6 3 13 1 0 1 .253 .280 .263 .543 June   68 21 1 0 0 3 6 3 5 0 0 0 .309 .338 .324 .662 July   67 17 2 0 1 3 15 8 6 0 0 0 .254 .333 .328 .662 August   64 14 3 2 0 8 7 4 9 0 0 0 .219 .265 .328 .593 September   44 9 1 0 0 3 3 1 9 1 0 1 .205 .234 .227 .461 Last Year   276 77 13 0 4 26 52 25 35 3 6 1 .279 .338 .370 .707 2 Years Ago   464 134 24 3 4 37 80 43 46 3 2 0 .289 .347 .379 .726 Career   5458 1584 254 30 67 584 750 512 649 32 27 16 .290 .351 .385 .736 Home   201 53 5 2 0 17 20 9 25 1 0 2 .264 .300 .308 .609 Road   212 54 6 0 2 20 26 16 30 2 0 0 .255 .304 .311 .616 Grass   413 107 11 2 2 37 46 25 55 3 0 2 .259 .302 .310 .612 Day   134 35 3 0 2 16 15 10 15 1 0 1 .261 .315 .328 .643 Night   279 72 8 2 0 21 31 15 40 2 0 1 .258 .296 .301 .597 Pinch Hitting   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 Close/Late   73 17 1 1 1 5 9 3 11 0 0 0 .233 .263 .315 .578 Inning 1-3   129 37 3 0 1 13 16 10 15 2 0 1 .287 .338 .333 .671 Inning 4-6   160 41 5 0 0 17 14 11 20 1 0 1 .256 .306 .287 .594 Inning 7-9   114 26 3 2 1 7 14 4 19 0 0 0 .228 .254 .316 .570 Extra Innings   10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 0 Outs   134 37 8 1 0 9 30 11 13 2 0 1 .276 .331 .351 .682 1 Outs   143 32 3 1 2 16 8 8 24 1 0 0 .224 .263 .301 .564 2 Outs   136 38 0 0 0 12 6 6 18 0 0 1 .279 .315 .279 .594 Scoring Position   86 34 2 0 2 35 9 3 8 3 0 0 .395 .402 .488 .891 Bases Empty   253 57 7 1 0 0 27 20 36 0 0 0 .225 .282 .261 .543 Runner on 1st   74 16 2 1 0 2 8 2 11 0 0 2 .216 .256 .270 .527 Runner on 2nd   31 16 0 0 1 10 5 3 1 0 0 0 .516 .559 .613 1.172 Runner on 3rd   9 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 .222 .182 .222 .404 Runner on 1st & 2nd   23 8 1 0 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 .348 .348 .522 .870 Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 4 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000 Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 Bases Loaded   7 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 .429 .375 .429 .804 Two Strikes   188 46 4 0 1 16 15 12 55 2 0 0 .245 .287 .282 .569 First Pitch   61 19 1 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 .311 .323 .328 .650 Count 0-1   33 12 2 1 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 .364 .371 .485 .856 Count 0-2   31 5 2 0 1 3 1 0 12 0 0 0 .161 .161 .323 .484 Count 1-0   41 11 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .268 .293 .561 Count 1-1   46 9 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .196 .196 .283 .478 Count 1-2   59 22 1 0 0 5 3 0 13 1 0 0 .373 .367 .390 .756 Count 2-0   16 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .313 .563 Count 2-1   16 5 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .313 .313 .500 .813 Count 2-2   63 11 0 0 0 4 5 0 23 0 0 0 .175 .175 .175 .349 Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 Count 3-1   12 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 .083 .389 .083 .472 Full Count   35 8 1 0 0 4 6 12 7 1 0 0 .229 .417 .257 .674 Behind in Count   123 39 5 1 1 12 8 0 25 2 0 1 .317 .317 .398 .716 Ahead in Count   85 21 2 0 1 10 13 13 0 0 0 0 .247 .347 .306 .653 Career Batting Stats Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS VORP 1956 Boston - UL 24 30 9 3 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .333 .444 .778 0.0 1957 Boston - UL 25 87 185 53 11 1 2 29 26 14 0 0 13 19 3 .286 .337 .389 .726 0.0 1958 Boston - UL 26 90 235 59 8 3 0 20 34 13 0 0 19 11 8 .251 .290 .311 .601 0.0 1959 Cleveland - UL 27 96 256 74 12 2 0 28 30 29 0 3 22 14 13 .289 .358 .352 .709 0.0 1960 Cleveland - UL 28 130 488 148 20 3 5 59 61 46 3 2 70 18 13 .303 .365 .387 .753 0.0 1961 St. Louis - UL 29 145 593 177 31 6 8 75 71 39 4 1 86 27 10 .298 .345 .411 .757 0.0 1962 St. Louis - UL 30 137 503 144 23 2 9 59 79 76 1 6 69 23 6 .286 .377 .394 .771 0.0 1963 St. Louis - UL 31 140 499 163 29 3 5 46 57 46 0 4 47 16 6 .327 .381 .427 .808 38.8 1964 St. Louis - UL 32 142 473 130 15 4 5 56 61 47 1 2 62 20 7 .275 .340 .355 .696 13.9 1965 St. Louis - UL 33 153 540 165 26 1 12 64 76 54 3 2 63 23 9 .306 .371 .424 .795 31.5 1966 Brooklyn - UL 34 44 172 49 11 0 4 15 21 21 0 1 16 2 1 .285 .361 .419 .779 7.8 1966 St. Louis - UL 34 93 352 101 19 0 7 33 47 34 1 2 45 14 4 .287 .350 .401 .750 10.3 1966 Total - UL 34 137 524 150 30 0 11 48 68 55 1 3 61 16 5 .286 .353 .406 .760 18.1 1967 Brooklyn - UL 35 128 464 134 24 3 4 37 80 43 0 3 46 3 3 .289 .347 .379 .726 12.2 1968 Brooklyn - UL 36 78 276 77 13 0 4 26 52 25 1 3 35 0 0 .279 .338 .370 .707 1.3 1969 Cleveland - UL 37 133 413 107 11 2 2 37 46 25 2 3 55 12 4 .259 .302 .310 .612 2.9 Total UL 1626 5458 1584 254 30 67 584 750 512 16 32 649 203 87 .290 .351 .385 .736 118.7 Career Minor League Batting Stats Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS VORP Career Postseason Batting Stats Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS VORP 1966 Brooklyn - UL 34 6 24 10 2 0 0 3 6 4 0 0 2 1 1 .417 .500 .500 1.000 0.0 Total UL 6 24 10 2 0 0 3 6 4 0 0 2 1 1 .417 .500 .500 1.000 0.0 Career Fielding Stats Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RANGE PB RSTA RTO RTO% 1963 St. Louis - ML 2B 136 134 324 391 113 726 11 .985 1171.0 5.50 1964 St. Louis - ML 2B 129 123 255 349 92 610 6 .990 1078.2 5.04 1965 St. Louis - ML 2B 138 135 320 408 95 740 12 .984 1188.0 5.52 1966 St. Louis - ML 2B 83 82 189 225 55 421 7 .983 723.1 5.15 1966 Brooklyn - ML 2B 40 40 58 137 25 196 1 .995 330.0 5.32 1966 St. Louis - ML 3B 5 5 4 9 0 14 1 .929 44.1 2.64 1967 Brooklyn - ML C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0 0 0 0.0 1967 Brooklyn - ML 2B 105 100 208 281 57 500 11 .978 902.2 4.88 1967 Brooklyn - ML 3B 5 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 13.2 2.63 1968 Brooklyn - ML 2B 66 66 155 197 49 354 2 .994 560.1 5.65 1968 Brooklyn - ML 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 1968 Brooklyn - ML RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 1969 Cleveland - ML 2B 129 120 268 337 77 612 7 .989 1024.0 5.32 1969 Cleveland - ML 3B 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 Player History 03-01-1956 Drafted in 2nd round, 14th overall pick, by Boston in 1956. 04-30-1956 Injured on 4/30/1956 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week. 06-23-1956 Had first career hit on 6/23/1956, off Warren Spahn (SF). 07-07-1957 Hit first career homerun on 7/7/1957, off Lew Burdette (BRO). 09-10-1959 Injured on 9/10/1959 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks. 05-01-1960 Traded from Cleveland to St. Louis on 5/1/1960 (Going to STL: 1B Gil Hodges, RF Roger Maris, SS Solly Hemus, RF Wally Westlake, P Larry Jackson, P Harvey Haddix, 2B Don Blasingame, Cleveland's 1961 1st Rd rookie pick, Cleveland's 1961 2nd Rd rookie pick, Cleveland's 1961 3rd Rd rookie pick. Going to CLE: P Billy Pierce, RF Gene Woodling, P Jack Sanford, 2B Billy Goodman). 06-26-1962 Injured on 6/26/1962 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks. 04-03-1963 Injured (Strained Back Muscle), out for 2 weeks. 01-01-1964 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 3 (2); Eye: 6 (3). 04-21-1964 Injured (Damaged Meniscus (Knee)), out for one week. 01-01-1965 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 3 (2); Eye: 6 (3). 01-01-1966 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 3 (2); Eye: 6 (3). 05-10-1966 Goes 5-5 against the Dallas Texans, with 1 HR, 2 RBI and 2 R. 07-25-1966 Injured (bruised cheekbone), day-to-day for 2 weeks. 08-01-1966 Was traded by the St. Louis Maroons to the Brooklyn Superbas, along with SP W. Ford, MR D. Kelley, in exchange for MR T. Acker, LF S. Amoros, SP W. Fryman, 2B C. Neal, SP E. Palica, SP J. Presko, a 1st draft pick, a 2nd draft pick. 08-26-1966 Injured (concussion), day-to-day for one week. 10-10-1966 Won the 1966 United League World Series with the Brooklyn Superbas! 01-01-1967 SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 3 (2); Eye: 6 (4). 05-14-1967 Injured (swollen eye), day-to-day for one week. 09-20-1967 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $4,350,000 with the Brooklyn Superbas organization. 01-01-1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 3 (2); Eye: 6 (4). 05-14-1968 Injured (torn rib cage muscle), out for 7 weeks. 09-02-1968 Goes 5-6 against the Detroit Griffins, with 0 RBI and 1 R. 11-03-1968 Became a free agent. 01-01-1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 6 (7). 02-13-1969 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,250,000 with the Cleveland Barons organization. Leader Boards Appearances Year AVG Rank 1963 .327 6

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