Blaine
Salem
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: April 20, 1985 in USA
 
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
2004 19 SPR VL   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
2005 20 SPR VL   1 1 1 3 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4
2006 21 HOL GL   2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
2007 22 NRW GL   2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
2008 23 NRW GL   2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
2009 24 NRW GL   2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
2010 25 NRW GL   2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6
2011 26 NRW GL $ 100,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
2012 27 NRW GL $ 100,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
2013 28 SEM GL $ 100,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
2014 29 GRE VL $ 100,000 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2015 30 GRE VL $ 100,000 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2016 31 UTA GL $ 110,000 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2017 32 UTA GL $ 110,000 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2018 33 UTA GL $ 110,000 0 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
2019 34 UTA GL $ 100,000 0 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7
2020 35 UTA GL $ 120,000 0 0 0 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
2021 36 UTA GL $ 120,000 0 0 0 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7
2022 37 UTA GL $ 120,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 120,000 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8
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
2004 19 A   160 651 74 137 22 3 9 41 12 5 49 109 .210 .266 .295 .561 51.3  
2005 20 A   76 156 14 35 4 0 5 22 1 2 13 37 .224 .284 .346 .630 15.4  
2006 21 A   153 494 58 150 27 1 12 46 6 3 62 76 .304 .381 .435 .817 80.9  
2007 22 AA   132 553 59 138 22 2 14 49 16 2 34 93 .250 .293 .373 .666 62.0  
    A   30 120 22 35 7 2 1 8 1 2 18 17 .292 .384 .408 .792 18.6  
2008 23 AA   162 623 68 150 35 2 7 63 10 5 50 113 .241 .297 .337 .634 62.2  
2009 24 AAA   12 46 6 9 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .196 .260 .283 .543 3.2  
    AA   146 498 64 132 40 1 10 56 11 3 57 82 .265 .341 .410 .750 70.0  
2010 25 AAA   61 211 29 49 14 0 9 34 4 1 31 28 .232 .331 .427 .757 31.4  
    AA   84 322 43 81 23 0 14 41 6 1 37 39 .252 .329 .453 .782 48.9  
2011 26 NRW GL 59 148 27 28 8 0 8 32 1 2 17 9 .189 .280 .405 .685 15.4 0.0
    AAA   63 238 33 53 21 0 9 36 4 1 24 22 .223 .294 .424 .718 30.4  
2012 27 NRW GL 99 206 25 34 8 0 9 30 10 0 26 18 .165 .261 .335 .595 22.5 0.0
2013 28 NRW GL 77 197 32 41 8 0 9 26 7 2 24 12 .208 .298 .386 .684 24.8 4.5
  SEM GL 38 127 18 29 9 0 7 24 5 1 13 8 .228 .301 .465 .765 19.1 4.7
  TOT   115 324 50 70 17 0 16 50 12 3 37 20 .216 .299 .417 .716 44.0 9.1
    AAA   17 17 5 4 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 0 .235 .350 .529 .879 3.2  
2014 29 GRE VL 124 405 52 85 21 2 20 57 7 5 36 48 .210 .290 .420 .710 52.5 6.9
2015 30 GRE VL 36 99 9 14 5 0 3 12 3 1 17 8 .141 .271 .283 .554 8.8 0.3
2016 31 UTA GL 58 119 13 23 8 2 5 12 4 0 13 12 .193 .284 .420 .704 15.5 2.7
2017 32 AAA   134 486 63 94 34 0 30 93 6 2 73 58 .193 .299 .449 .747 70.3  
2019 34 UTA GL 28 37 3 6 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 4 .162 .175 .162 .337 0.3 0.0
2020 35 UTA GL 130 386 44 55 21 2 20 54 11 3 54 53 .142 .250 .363 .613 39.4 1.8
2021 36 UTA GL 135 410 54 61 25 3 12 39 11 4 55 51 .149 .252 .312 .564 34.0 0.0
2022 37 UTA GL 130 398 41 72 23 3 11 34 9 4 40 73 .181 .264 .337 .601 37.6 0.0
10 Years Sim 914 2532 318 448 136 12 104 324 69 22 296 296 .177 .269 .363 .632 270.0 20.9
5 Years AAA 287 998 136 209 75 0 49 172 14 4 135 114 .209 .304 .432 .736 138.5  
4 Years AA 524 1996 234 501 120 5 45 209 43 11 178 327 .251 .320 .384 .704 243.1  
4 Years A 419 1421 168 357 60 6 27 117 20 12 142 239 .251 .325 .359 .684 166.2  
13 Years Minors 1230 4415 538 1067 255 11 121 498 77 27 455 680 .242 .318 .387 .705 547.8  
162 Game Average 448 56 79 24 2 18 57 12 3 52 52 .177 .269 .363 .632 47.9  
Career Highs 135 410 54 85 25 3 20 57 12 5 55 73 .216 .299 .420 .716 52.5  
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   2057 253 365 112 11 85 256 52 18 254 256 .177 .273 .367 .640 220.5
vs LH   475 65 83 24 1 19 68 17 4 42 40 .175 .250 .349 .600 43.6
Home 470 1313 150 236 71 7 52 174 32 10 132 175 .180 .261 .363 .624 130.3
Away 444 1219 168 212 65 5 52 150 37 12 164 121 .174 .278 .363 .641 133.8
RISP   677 0 118 32 2 27 208 0 0 91 74 .174 .271 .347 .618 69.8
Pinch Hitting   147 18 30 5 1 7 35 3 0 18 16 .204 .297 .395 .691 18.6
Close/Late   375 36 58 14 4 10 53 0 0 46 44 .155 .251 .293 .544 28.8
Mar/Apr 127 379 49 70 23 1 17 52 9 5 47 48 .185 .275 .385 .660 42.9
May 130 330 38 55 13 4 13 39 12 5 41 31 .167 .267 .348 .616 32.8
June 160 416 62 82 30 2 19 66 13 3 56 52 .197 .298 .416 .714 54.9
July 131 357 33 59 17 1 11 37 12 4 31 45 .165 .237 .311 .548 26.9
August 132 379 53 60 12 2 17 44 9 2 48 44 .158 .265 .335 .600 36.4
Sep/Oct 234 671 83 122 41 2 27 86 14 3 73 76 .182 .267 .370 .636 70.2
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
2011 26 NRW GL C 52 30 305.3 221 16 3 1 .988 6.99 34 11 .324 5 1.5
    LF 4 3 31.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.77 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2012 27 NRW GL 1B 2 2 21.0 22 3 0 0 1.000 10.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 78 37 430.3 276 18 2 2 .993 6.15 39 6 .154 8 1.3
2013 28 NRW GL C 72 51 444.3 272 16 2 2 .993 5.83 45 9 .200 1 1.8
  SEM GL C 35 25 282.4 173 10 1 2 .995 5.83 28 6 .214 0 0.5
  TOT   C 107 76 726.7 445 26 3 4 .994 5.83 73 15 .205 1 2.3
  NRW GL RF 1 1 9.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SEM GL RF 1 1 6.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 2 2 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
2014 29 GRE VL C 123 117 1045.0 602 33 5 0 .992 5.47 78 17 .218 3 4.1
2015 30 GRE VL C 34 29 258.7 148 7 3 0 .981 5.39 27 6 .222 1 1.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 31 UTA GL 1B 4 4 36.0 42 2 1 8 .978 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 36 18 189.7 168 5 2 0 .989 8.21 22 3 .136 1 0.0
2018 33 UTA GL C 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2019 34 UTA GL 1B 3 3 27.0 26 1 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 4 1 21.7 19 1 0 0 1.000 8.31 4 1 .250 0 0.1
2020 35 UTA GL C 127 126 1118.7 724 62 8 4 .990 6.32 113 32 .283 1 6.1
2021 36 UTA GL C 133 129 1133.3 753 56 12 3 .985 6.42 123 29 .236 6 5.1
2022 37 UTA GL C 123 121 1054.7 695 41 12 1 .984 6.28 131 24 .183 7 2.5
  C 819 684 6285.0 4051 265 50 15 .989 6.18 644 144 .224 33 23.9
  1B 9 9 84.0 90 6 1 10 .990 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 4 3 31.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.77 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  RF 3 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   835 698 6417.0 4156 272 51 25 .989 6.21 644 144 .224 33 24.3
Career Highs   133 129 1133.3 753 62 12 8 1.000 8.69 131 32 .324 8  
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 164th overall pick, by Springfield in 2004
Traded from Boston to Hollywood on 4/9/2006
Traded from Hollywood to Norwich on 1/31/2007
Injured on 7/8/2010 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Injured on 9/24/2010 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/18/2011, off Donald Mayville (DES)
Hit first career homerun on 6/22/2011, off Bill Ward (DAV)