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Don Blasingame
Don Lee Blasingame (Blazer)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 20, 1955
Final Game August 27, 1966
Born March 16, 1932 in Corinth, MS
Died April 13, 2005 in Fountain Hills, AZ

Son-In-Law of Walker Cooper

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 23 STL NL   5   16    4    6   1  0   0    0   1  1   6   0  .375  .545  .438  166    7   1   0   1   0   0
 1956 24 STL NL 150  587   94  153  22  7   0   27   8  8  72  52  .261  .344  .322   81  189   2   1   0   3   3
 1957 25 STL NL 154  650  108  176  25  7   8   58  21  9  71  49  .271  .343  .368   90  239   5   1   4   1   4 MVP-12
 1958 26 STL NL 143  547   71  150  19 10   2   36  20  5  57  47  .274  .343  .356   83  195   2   1   2   1  14 AS
 1959 27 STL NL 150  615   90  178  26  7   1   24  15 15  67  42  .289  .361  .359   89  221   7   0   2   2   3
 1960 28 SFG NL 136  523   72  123  12  8   2   31  14  2  49  53  .235  .302  .300   70  157   7   2   1   2   4
 1961 29 TOT NL 126  451   60  100  18  4   1   21   4  3  41  39  .222  .288  .286   52  129   9   2   0   2   7
         SFG NL   3    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .000  .667  .000  100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL 123  450   59  100  18  4   1   21   4  3  39  38  .222  .286  .287   52  129   9   2   0   2   7
 1962 30 CIN NL 141  494   77  139   9  7   2   35   4  3  63  44  .281  .364  .340   88  168   9   2   2   2   4
 1963 31 TOT     87  285   33   70  12  2   2   12   3  3  31  23  .246  .320  .323   82   92   0   0   1   0   1
         CIN NL  18   31    4    5   2  0   0    0   0  1   7   5  .161  .316  .226   57    7   0   0   0   0   0
         WSA AL  69  254   29   65  10  2   2   12   3  2  24  18  .256  .320  .335   84   85   0   0   1   0   1
 1964 32 WSA AL 143  506   56  135  17  2   1   34   8  5  40  44  .267  .320  .314   78  159   9   1   1   0   1
 1965 33 WSA AL 129  403   47   90   8  8   1   18   5  4  35  45  .223  .287  .290   66  117   7   3   1   2   2
 1966 34 TOT AL  80  219   19   46   9  0   1   12   2  2  20  24  .210  .276  .265   58   58   4   0   0   0   0
         WSA AL  68  200   18   43   9  0   1   11   2  1  18  21  .215  .280  .275   61   55   4   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL  12   19    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  1   2   3  .158  .238  .158   18    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1444 5296  731 1366 178 62  21  308 105 60 552 462  .258  .329  .327   79 1731  62  13  15  15  43
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        594   82  153  20  7   2   35  12  7  62  52  .258  .329  .327   79  194   7   1   2   2   5
 Career High    154  650  108  178  26 10   8   58  21 15  72  53  .289  .364  .368   90  239   9   3   4   3  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 23 STL NL   23   12    4   8.9   105| .375  .265| .545  .336| .438  .420| .983  .757| 166  .765   2.3   0.2  50%
 1956 24 STL NL  665  448   70   4.2   103| .261  .264| .344  .331| .322  .417| .666  .748|  81  .468 -13.7  -1.4  50%
 1957 25 STL NL  728  493   87   4.8   105| .271  .271| .343  .335| .368  .419| .711  .754|  90  .516  -8.5  -0.8  70%
 1958 26 STL NL  608  419   69   4.4   109| .274  .274| .343  .343| .356  .429| .699  .771|  83  .476 -13.5  -1.3  80%
 1959 27 STL NL  691  462   83   4.8   110| .289  .277| .361  .344| .359  .429| .720  .773|  89  .517  -9.1  -0.9  50%
 1960 28 SFG NL  583  415   52   3.4    95| .235  .257| .302  .322| .300  .395| .602  .717|  70  .385 -21.3  -2.2  87%
 1961 29 TOT NL  505  372   38   2.7   107| .222  .272| .288  .339| .286  .424| .574  .763|  52  .273 -31.2  -3.1  57%
         SFG NL    3    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .266| .667  .333| .000  .415| .667  .748| 100  .000   0.4   0.0   0%
         CIN NL  502  371   38   2.7   107| .222  .272| .286  .339| .287  .424| .573  .763|  52  .275 -31.6  -3.1  57%
 1962 30 CIN NL  570  373   66   4.7   106| .281  .275| .364  .342| .340  .417| .704  .759|  88  .517  -7.4  -0.7  57%
 1963 31 TOT     316  219   32   3.9    94| .246  .256| .320  .321| .323  .393| .643  .714|  82  .475  -6.6  -0.6  50%
         CIN NL   38   27    3   3.0    92| .161  .257| .316  .320| .226  .385| .542  .705|  57  .380  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         WSA AL  278  192   29   4.1    95| .256  .255| .320  .322| .335  .394| .655  .716|  84  .487  -5.2  -0.5  60%
 1964 32 WSA AL  556  387   54   3.8    96| .267  .255| .320  .324| .314  .397| .634  .721|  78  .445 -15.0  -1.5  61%
 1965 33 WSA AL  450  329   36   3.0    90| .223  .249| .287  .318| .290  .381| .577  .699|  66  .361 -18.3  -1.9  55%
 1966 34 TOT AL  243  179   18   2.7    89| .210  .247| .276  .313| .265  .381| .541  .694|  58  .338 -11.7  -1.3  50%
         WSA AL  222  162   17   2.8    89| .215  .247| .280  .314| .275  .381| .555  .695|  61  .356  -9.7  -1.1  66%
         KCA AL   21   17    1   1.6    87| .158  .245| .238  .311| .158  .378| .396  .689|  18  .162  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5938 4108  609   4.0   102| .258  .265| .329  .332| .327  .411| .656  .743|  79  .449 -154.1 -15.5  63%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 23 STL NL 2B 3 8 13 1 1 .955 .972 7.00 5.00 SS 2 2 6 1 1 .889 .964 4.00 4.55 1956 24 STL NL 2B 98 280 303 8 89 .986 .980 5.95 4.66 6.10 5.33 96 859.7 SS 49 93 135 13 31 .946 .962 4.65 4.53 4.92 4.94 49 417.0 3B 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.65 6.00 3.00 0 6.0 1957 25 STL NL 2B 154 372 512 14 128 .984 .977 5.74 4.97 5.64 5.37 154 1410.3 1958 26 STL NL 2B 137 312 380 26 97 .964 .975 5.05 4.76 5.27 5.33 133 1180.7 AS 1959 27 STL NL 2B 150 362 439 17 104 .979 .976 5.34 4.78 5.59 5.27 148 1290.0 1960 28 SFG NL 2B 133 318 329 14 66 .979 .974 4.86 4.48 5.10 5.20 126 1141.7 1961 29 CIN NL 2B 116 277 304 17 53 .972 .976 5.01 4.89 5.34 5.51 110 978.7 1962 30 CIN NL 2B 137 334 352 17 66 .976 .974 5.01 4.68 5.37 5.30 130 1150.7 1963 31 TOT 2B 75 184 193 4 58 .990 .979 5.03 4.67 5.64 5.10 69 602.0 CIN NL 2B 11 22 16 1 6 .974 .974 3.45 4.59 4.68 5.22 9 73.0 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.55 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 WSA AL 2B 64 162 177 3 52 .991 .980 5.30 4.68 5.77 5.08 60 529.0 1964 32 WSA AL 2B 135 259 336 14 70 .977 .980 4.41 4.54 5.08 5.17 118 1054.0 1965 33 WSA AL 2B 110 235 248 8 68 .984 .978 4.39 4.38 5.19 5.07 95 837.3 1966 34 TOT AL 2B 62 124 141 4 34 .985 .975 4.27 4.38 5.09 5.09 53 469.0 WSA AL 2B 58 119 132 4 32 .984 .975 4.33 4.38 5.07 5.09 50 446.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 KCA AL 2B 4 5 9 0 2 1.000 .972 3.50 4.38 5.48 5.09 3 23.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 23 STL NL 2B 3 8 13 1 1 .955 .972 7.00 5.00 1956 24 STL NL 2B 98 280 303 8 89 .986 .980 5.95 4.66 6.10 5.33 96 859.7 1957 25 STL NL 2B 154 372 512 14 128 .984 .977 5.74 4.97 5.64 5.37 154 1410.3 1958 26 STL NL 2B 137 312 380 26 97 .964 .975 5.05 4.76 5.27 5.33 133 1180.7 1959 27 STL NL 2B 150 362 439 17 104 .979 .976 5.34 4.78 5.59 5.27 148 1290.0 1960 28 SFG NL 2B 133 318 329 14 66 .979 .974 4.86 4.48 5.10 5.20 126 1141.7 1961 29 CIN NL 2B 116 277 304 17 53 .972 .976 5.01 4.89 5.34 5.51 110 978.7 1962 30 CIN NL 2B 137 334 352 17 66 .976 .974 5.01 4.68 5.37 5.30 130 1150.7 1963 31 TOT 2B 75 184 193 4 58 .990 .979 5.03 4.67 5.64 5.10 69 602.0 CIN NL 2B 11 22 16 1 6 .974 .974 3.45 4.59 4.68 5.22 9 73.0 WSA AL 2B 64 162 177 3 52 .991 .980 5.30 4.68 5.77 5.08 60 529.0 1964 32 WSA AL 2B 135 259 336 14 70 .977 .980 4.41 4.54 5.08 5.17 118 1054.0 1965 33 WSA AL 2B 110 235 248 8 68 .984 .978 4.39 4.38 5.19 5.07 95 837.3 1966 34 TOT AL 2B 62 124 141 4 34 .985 .975 4.27 4.38 5.09 5.09 53 469.0 WSA AL 2B 58 119 132 4 32 .984 .975 4.33 4.38 5.07 5.09 50 446.0 KCA AL 2B 4 5 9 0 2 1.000 .972 3.50 4.38 5.48 5.09 3 23.0 1956 24 STL NL 3B 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.65 6.00 3.00 0 6.0 1963 31 CIN NL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.55 2.25 2.93 0 4.0 1955 23 STL NL SS 2 2 6 1 1 .889 .964 4.00 4.55 1956 24 STL NL SS 49 93 135 13 31 .946 .962 4.65 4.53 4.92 4.94 49 417.0 1966 34 WSA AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 4.95 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1310 3065 3550 144 834 .979 .977 5.05 4.68 1232 10974.0 SS* 52 95 141 14 32 .944 .962 4.54 4.53 49 419.0 3B* 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.25 2.60 0 10.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1366 3160 3696 158 866 .977 .976 5.02 4.67
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   3   7   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .143  .143  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1958   STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1958 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1957-NL-12-0.08
Car-949-0.08 shares

Games
1957 NL-154-3

At Bats
1957 NL-650-1
1959 NL-615-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1956 NL-665-8
1957 NL-728-2
1959 NL-691-4

Runs
1956 NL-94-8
1957 NL-108-5

Hits
1957 NL-176-6
1959 NL-178-8

Triples
1957 NL-7-10
1958 NL-10-5
1959 NL-7-8
1965 AL-8-5

Bases on Balls
1957 NL-71-9
1959 NL-67-10

Stolen Bases
1957 NL-21-3
1958 NL-20-4
1959 NL-15-8
1960 NL-14-10

Singles
1956 NL-124-8
1957 NL-136-3
1958 NL-119-9
1959 NL-144-1

Times on Base
1957 NL-248-8
1959 NL-247-9

Sac. Hits
1961 NL-9-10
1962 NL-9-10
1964 AL-9-6

Caught Stealing
1956 NL-8-5
1957 NL-9-5
1959 NL-15-1

Power/Speed Number
1957 NL-11.6-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1957 NL-13.3-8
1958 NL-11.6-9
1959 NL-14.6-4
1961 NL-11.6-7
1962 NL-11.2-7
1964 AL-11.5-5

Outs
1956 NL-448-8
1957 NL-493-1
1959 NL-462-4

 

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 31 (746) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.9 (936) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.0 (1160) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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  7. Dave Bancroft (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Buck Herzog (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1959: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the San Francisco Giants for Daryl Spencer and Leon Wagner.

April 27, 1961: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later and Bob Schmidt to the Cincinnati Reds for Ed Bailey. The San Francisco Giants sent Sherman Jones (May 13, 1961) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

July 1, 1963: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Cincinnati Reds.

August 2, 1966: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Washington Senators.

September 7, 1966: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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