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Michael
Blanton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: ' ''
Weight:
 
Born: June 24, 1975 in Canada
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2004   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 26 TRN VL $ 1,730,000   5 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7
2002 27 TRN VL $ 1,730,000   5 5 6 5 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 7 6 7
2003 28 GRE VL $ 1,730,000   5 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 6 7
2004 29 GRE VL $ 1,730,000   5 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 6 7
2005 30 GRE VL $ 2,520,000   4 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7
2006 31 SEM GL $ 2,520,000   1 3 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7
2007 32 PAS VL $ 2,520,000   1 3 4 4 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 4 4 7 6 7
2008 33 PAS VL $ 2,520,000   2 3 4 4 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 7
2009 34 DAV GL $ 2,520,000   1 3 4 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 7
2010 35 UTA GL $ 100,000   1 3 4 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 7
2011 36 SEM GL $ 110,000   0 3 4 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
Min Ratings $ 100,000   0 3 4 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 4 4 7 6 7
Max Ratings $ 2,520,000   5 5 6 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 6 6 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 26 TRN VL $ 1,730,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2002 27 TRN VL $ 1,730,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2003 28 GRE VL $ 1,730,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2004 29 GRE VL $ 1,730,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2005 30 GRE VL $ 2,520,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2006 31 SEM GL $ 2,520,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2007 32 PAS VL $ 2,520,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 33 PAS VL $ 2,520,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2009 34 DAV GL $ 2,520,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 35 UTA GL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 36 SEM GL $ 110,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Min Ratings $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 2,520,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2001 26 TRN VL 10 10 .500 26 26 0 0 0 147.0 155 87 15 73 149 5.33 .275 .353 .404 .758 5.7
2002 27 TRN VL 9 16 .360 31 31 0 0 0 188.0 210 94 19 66 168 4.50 .282 .341 .399 .740 11.0
    AAA   2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 13.3 15 1 1 5 12 0.68 .273 .333 .345 .679  
2003 28 GRE VL 10 17 .370 34 34 1 0 0 196.3 211 101 23 80 147 4.63 .275 .341 .412 .753 8.6
    AAA   0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 13 5 1 6 14 3.46 .260 .339 .380 .719  
2004 29 GRE VL 16 8 .667 37 37 0 0 0 218.7 191 83 15 81 161 3.42 .232 .300 .322 .623 16.9
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 15 6 0 3 13 4.77 .326 .367 .391 .759  
2005 30 GRE VL 9 10 .474 25 25 0 0 0 131.0 116 41 8 38 93 2.82 .237 .291 .323 .614 9.7
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 5.7 4 0 0 3 4 0.00 .200 .304 .200 .504  
2006 31 SEM GL 4 3 .571 16 16 0 0 0 72.0 87 43 3 38 47 5.38 .287 .363 .363 .726 2.1
    AAA   0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 7 6 1 4 19 4.63 .171 .244 .268 .513  
2007 32 PAS VL 4 10 .286 25 20 0 0 0 106.0 131 74 12 55 79 6.28 .299 .375 .432 .807 0.9
2008 33 PAS VL 7 19 .269 35 35 0 0 0 174.7 229 114 22 87 99 5.87 .318 .388 .448 .836 2.5
2009 34 DAV GL 5 16 .238 32 32 0 0 0 132.7 193 106 8 64 109 7.19 .341 .408 .417 .824 0.0
2010 35 UTA GL 7 19 .269 35 35 0 0 0 133.7 228 118 13 63 94 7.95 .384 .441 .481 .923 0.0
2011 36 SEM GL 6 15 .286 35 35 0 0 0 164.0 229 126 26 82 133 6.91 .328 .396 .471 .868 0.0
11 Years Sim 87 143 .378 331 326 1 0 0 1664.0 1980 987 164 727 1279 5.34 .295 .362 .408 .770 57.4
5 Years AAA 3 4 .429 9 9 0 0 0 55.0 54 18 3 21 62 2.95 .255 .322 .335 .657  
Season Average 7 13 .350 30 29 0 0 0 151.3 180 89 14 66 116 5.34 .295 .362 .408 .770  
Career Highs 16 19 .667 37 37 1 0 0 218.7 229 126 26 87 168 7.95 .384 .441 .481 .923  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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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   985 462 71 381 612   .274 .343 .371 .714
vs LH   995 525 93 346 667   .320 .388 .451 .839
Home 41 70 .369 169 164 0 0 0 840.0 966 463 79 373 613 4.96 .287 .358 .391 .750
Away 46 73 .387 162 162 1 0 0 824.0 1014 524 85 354 666 5.72 .303 .370 .425 .795
Mar/Apr 13 22 .371 43 43 0 0 0 226.6 284 142 22 109 166 5.64 .310 .383 .424 .807
May 12 29 .293 59 55 0 0 0 278.0 339 182 31 121 213 5.89 .298 .366 .418 .784
June 14 22 .389 54 53 0 0 0 277.6 306 151 21 125 219 4.90 .278 .352 .374 .726
July 10 20 .333 43 43 1 0 0 221.0 261 122 21 86 183 4.97 .292 .354 .387 .740
August 15 24 .385 56 56 0 0 0 282.0 366 184 29 131 217 5.87 .311 .380 .419 .799
Sep/Oct 23 26 .469 76 76 0 0 0 378.6 424 206 40 155 281 4.90 .286 .353 .420 .774
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 26 TRN VL 26 42 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 .119 .178 .119 .297 0.2 0.0
1 Years Sim 26 42 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 .119 .178 .119 .297 0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 261 18 31 0 0 0 0 6 6 18 56 .119 .178 .119 .297 1.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   33 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 8 .121 .194 .121 .316 0.1
vs LH   9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
Home 14 24 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.6
Away 12 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .056 .105 .056 .161 -0.8
RISP   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Mar/Apr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3
May 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.6
June 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.9
July 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 5 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
Sep/Oct 8 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2001 26 TRN VL P 26 26 147.0 11 14 1 1 .962 1.53    
2002 27 TRN VL P 31 31 188.0 14 28 2 4 .955 2.01    
2003 28 GRE VL P 34 34 196.3 6 31 1 2 .974 1.70    
2004 29 GRE VL P 37 37 218.7 10 28 4 4 .905 1.56    
2005 30 GRE VL P 25 25 131.0 9 18 1 1 .964 1.85    
2006 31 SEM GL P 16 16 72.0 6 4 3 0 .769 1.25    
2007 32 PAS VL P 25 20 106.0 8 11 0 3 1.000 1.61    
2008 33 PAS VL P 35 35 174.7 13 17 5 3 .857 1.55    
2009 34 DAV GL P 32 32 132.7 5 20 3 0 .893 1.70    
2010 35 UTA GL P 35 35 133.7 4 16 3 2 .870 1.35    
2011 36 SEM GL P 35 35 164.0 8 17 0 4 1.000 1.37    
Career Totals   331 326 1664.0 94 204 23 24 .928 1.61    
Career Highs   37 37 218.7 14 31 5 4 1.000 2.01    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2004 29 GRE VL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 0 1 5 1.80 .238 .273 .286 .558
2005 30 GRE VL 2 0 1.000 3 1 0 0 0 11.7 10 4 3 2 5 3.08 .238 .273 .500 .773
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 0 1.000 4 2 0 0 0 16.7 15 5 3 3 10 2.69 .238 .273 .429 .701
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2004-1-3.42
 Losses
2002-8-16
2003-4-17
2008-1-19
2009-8-16
2010-9-19
 Winning Pct
2004-10-.667
 Games Started
2003-9-34
2004-9-37
2011-6-35
 Hits per 9IP
2004-1-7.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2002-9-8.0
WHiP
2004-2-1.24
 OAVG
2004-1-.232
 OOBP
2004-2-.300
 OSLG
2004-1-.322
 OOPS
2004-1-.623
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
 
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