William
Blaylock
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 4, 1977 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2003   
All-Star Selections 2014   
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 23 DUR GL $ 1,300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 11 11 11 4 3 3
2002 24 DUR GL $ 1,300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 11 11 11 4 3 3
2003 25 DUR GL $ 1,300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 11 11 11 4 3 3
2004 26 DUR GL $ 1,550,000 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 11 11 11 4 3 4
2005 27 DUR GL $ 1,550,000 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 11 11 11 4 3 3
2006 28 DUR GL $ 1,550,000 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 11 11 11 3 3 3
2007 29 PAS VL $ 3,400,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 11 11 11 3 3 3
2008 30 DUR GL $ 3,400,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 11 11 11 3 3 3
2009 31 DUR GL $ 3,400,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 4 4
2010 32 SEM GL $ 400,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4
2011 33 SEM GL $ 400,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4
2012 34 SEM GL $ 400,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4
2013 35 NRW GL $ 250,000 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 4 4
2014 36 NRW GL $ 250,000 2 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
Min Ratings $ 250,000 2 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
Max Ratings $ 3,400,000 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 11 11 11 4 4 4
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 23 DUR GL 150 582 109 168 34 5 16 56 45 21 106 140 .289 .402 .447 .849 108.9 13.5
2002 24 DUR GL 161 624 127 186 31 6 26 85 41 16 124 135 .298 .420 .492 .912 131.6 18.6
2003 25 DUR GL 161 564 108 114 23 2 18 67 31 11 129 126 .202 .357 .346 .703 85.6 10.6
2004 26 DUR GL 135 516 106 132 24 6 18 64 21 11 111 113 .256 .394 .430 .824 92.9 11.0
2005 27 DUR GL 162 654 131 163 37 5 25 89 29 6 120 143 .249 .369 .436 .805 113.8 18.2
2006 28 DUR GL 162 646 114 155 31 5 19 77 18 12 108 134 .240 .352 .392 .743 96.3 16.0
2007 29 PAS VL 90 220 33 49 4 4 2 23 5 2 39 57 .223 .341 .305 .645 26.8 2.4
    AAA   29 97 20 31 2 1 5 14 4 0 23 15 .320 .450 .515 .965 23.4  
2008 30 DUR GL 156 557 76 121 25 3 13 54 32 14 119 151 .217 .359 .343 .702 80.9 9.6
2009 31 DUR GL 145 479 83 104 26 6 15 65 24 9 77 96 .217 .332 .390 .722 68.4 9.1
2010 32 SEM GL 72 213 31 48 10 1 5 25 6 0 23 48 .225 .299 .352 .651 23.3 0.8
2011 33 SEM GL 75 194 26 49 11 4 7 31 6 3 20 44 .253 .327 .459 .786 30.2 8.4
2012 34 SEM GL 143 502 66 108 25 6 17 61 29 10 64 113 .215 .308 .390 .699 66.4 13.0
2013 35 NRW GL 160 570 72 126 27 3 14 68 43 5 71 147 .221 .313 .353 .665 71.4 12.8
2014 36 NRW GL 151 544 69 130 36 3 14 67 42 4 63 135 .239 .325 .393 .719 77.0 13.6
14 Years Sim 1923 6865 1151 1653 344 59 209 832 372 124 1174 1582 .241 .356 .399 .756 1073.4 157.7
1 Years AAA 29 97 20 31 2 1 5 14 4 0 23 15 .320 .455 .515 .971 23.4  
162 Game Average 578 96 139 28 4 17 70 31 10 98 133 .241 .356 .399 .756 90.4  
Career Highs 162 654 131 186 37 6 26 89 45 21 129 151 .298 .420 .492 .912 131.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4830 809 1134 251 44 144 587 242 87 818 1083 .235 .351 .394 .745 720.4
vs LH   2035 342 519 93 15 65 245 102 37 356 499 .255 .370 .411 .781 331.2
Home 951 3316 570 789 160 31 105 428 169 60 576 791 .238 .355 .400 .755 509.6
Away 972 3549 581 864 184 28 104 404 175 64 598 791 .243 .357 .399 .756 541.9
RISP   1532 0 376 81 10 45 593 0 0 297 381 .245 .368 .399 .768 243.5
Pinch Hitting   48 8 13 1 2 2 4 1 0 13 11 .271 .435 .500 .935 10.9
Close/Late   626 94 157 37 8 20 74 0 0 99 150 .251 .357 .431 .788 98.4
Mar/Apr 308 1109 192 234 53 7 35 133 48 18 197 268 .211 .331 .366 .697 151.2
May 317 1167 207 313 66 13 40 174 66 30 202 231 .268 .379 .450 .829 204.6
June 307 1101 189 251 58 5 34 127 50 17 187 267 .228 .348 .382 .730 158.5
July 242 837 136 192 37 7 23 86 35 13 137 226 .229 .345 .373 .718 116.3
August 285 1033 152 241 35 11 25 119 60 22 174 247 .233 .350 .361 .712 144.5
Sep/Oct 464 1618 275 422 95 16 52 193 85 24 277 343 .261 .372 .436 .808 276.4
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 23 DUR GL C 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 150 148 1267.0 245 12 1 2 .996 1.83 0 0 .000 0 3.7
2002 24 DUR GL LF 161 161 1417.0 276 12 1 1 .997 1.83 0 0 .000 0 2.2
2003 25 DUR GL LF 159 157 1397.7 288 5 0 1 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0 5.3
2004 26 DUR GL LF 122 122 1081.0 242 11 2 4 .992 2.11 0 0 .000 0 4.4
2005 27 DUR GL CF 1 1 9.0 6 0 1 0 .857 6.00 0 0 .000 0 5.7
    LF 161 161 1452.3 330 5 6 1 .982 2.08 0 0 .000 0 10.9
2006 28 DUR GL LF 162 162 1445.0 361 8 10 1 .974 2.30 0 0 .000 0 4.6
2007 29 PAS VL LF 60 58 469.0 99 2 2 0 .981 1.94 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 5 0 10.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.36 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 5 4 39.7 8 11 2 6 .905 4.31 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2008 30 DUR GL LF 149 148 1320.3 279 11 5 3 .983 1.98 0 0 .000 0 2.0
2009 31 DUR GL 2B 1 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 140 132 1169.3 209 11 10 0 .957 1.69 0 0 .000 0 2.4
2010 32 SEM GL 2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 69 59 529.7 131 1 2 0 .985 2.24 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2011 33 SEM GL 3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 65 52 455.7 115 5 4 1 .968 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.5
2012 34 SEM GL LF 76 73 631.7 132 5 5 0 .965 1.95 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2013 35 NRW GL CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 156 156 1359.3 298 16 11 4 .966 2.08 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
2014 36 NRW GL LF 151 149 1314.3 337 14 10 2 .972 2.40 0 0 .000 0 3.0
  LF 1781 1738 15309.3 3342 118 69 20 .980 2.03 0 0 .000 0 44.2
  SS 5 4 39.7 8 11 2 6 .905 4.31 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  RF 8 0 18.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 3 1 12.3 6 0 1 0 .857 4.38 0 0 .000 0 5.7
  2B 2 0 5.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1802 1743 15390.0 3364 133 73 26 .980 2.05 0 0 .000 0 50.2
Career Highs   162 162 1461.3 361 16 11 6 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003 25 DUR GL 5 21 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 6 .190 .261 .238 .499
2005 27 DUR GL 16 61 7 8 4 0 1 4 1 0 7 12 .131 .221 .246 .466
2006 28 DUR GL 17 63 11 10 2 0 2 4 5 1 13 12 .159 .329 .286 .615
2010 32 SEM GL 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .100 .000 .100
Career Post-Season Batting 41 154 20 22 7 0 3 9 7 2 23 34 .143 .267 .247 .513
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.
Games
2005-8-162
2006-9-162
Runs
2005-5-131
Stolen Bases
2001-10-45
2002-10-41
2013-6-43
2014-3-42
CAR-45-372
Caught Stealing
2001-9-21
Walks
2001-8-106
2002-2-124
2003-4-129
2004-7-111
2005-1-120
2006-3-108
2008-1-119
CAR-13-1174
Strikeouts
2005-2-143
2006-8-134
2008-3-151
2013-5-147
CAR-45-1582
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Freddy Lyons (893)
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  3. Matthew Hammond (889)
  4. Shawn Clore (877)
  5. Micheal Bryant (869)
  6. Manuel Pearson (867)
  7. Carlos Cerda (862)
  8. Travis Smith (853)
  9. Barry Larkin (853)
  10. Tommy Piggott (852)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 81st overall pick, by Durham in 2001
Was selected to the 2001 All-Futures 2nd Team
Had 6 hits on 4/9/2002
Won GL Gold Glove in 2003
Injured on 7/28/2004 with a Broken Jaw, out for 4-5 weeks
Hit 3 homeruns against Virginia, driving in 3 runs on 7/20/2005
Drove in 6 runs against Orlando on 4/20/2006
Won Solecismic Series with Durham in 2006
Traded from Durham to Pasadena on 1/31/2007
Traded from Pasadena to Durham on 3/2/2008