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Lena Blackburne
Russell Aubrey Blackburne (Slats)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 14, 1910
Final Game June 5, 1929
Born October 23, 1886 in Clifton Heights, PA
Died February 29, 1968 in Riverside, NJ

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1910 23 CHW AL  75  242   16   42   3  1   0   10   4     19      .174  .245  .194   41   47  10           4    
 1912 25 CHW AL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1      1      .000  .500  .000   48    0   0           0    
 1914 27 CHW AL 144  474   52  105  10  5   1   35  25 15  66  58  .222  .324  .270   79  128  31           6    
 1915 28 CHW AL  96  283   33   61   5  1   0   25  13 11  35  34  .216  .304  .240   61   68  23           1    
 1918 31 CIN NL 125  435   34   99   8 10   1   45   6     25  30  .228  .271  .299   75  130  11           1    
 1919 32 TOT NL 103  371   37   79  13  6   2   23   5     16  29  .213  .249  .296   61  110  28           2    
         BSN NL  31   80    5   21   3  1   0    4   3      6   7  .263  .322  .325   98   26   5           1    
         PHI NL  72  291   32   58  10  5   2   19   2     10  22  .199  .228  .289   51   84  23           1    
 1927 40 CHW AL   1    1    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  424    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      550 1807  173  387  39 23   4  139  54 26 162 151  .214  .284  .268   67  484 103   0   0  14   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        532   51  114  11  7   1   41  16  8  48  44  .214  .284  .268   67  143  30   0   0   4   0
 Career High    144  474   52  105  13 10   2   45  25 15  66  58  .228  .324  .299   79  130  31   0   0   6   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1910 23 CHW AL  275  210   11   1.4    71| .174  .244| .245  .310| .194  .316| .439  .625|  41  .182 -15.9  -1.9     
 1912 25 CHW AL    2    1    0   0.0    89| .000  .269| .500  .337| .000  .354| .500  .691|  48  .000   0.1   0.0     
 1914 27 CHW AL  577  415   41   2.6    82| .222  .255| .324  .328| .270  .334| .594  .663|  79  .403  -9.5  -1.1  62%
 1915 28 CHW AL  342  256   20   2.1    86| .216  .259| .304  .337| .240  .339| .544  .677|  61  .289 -13.0  -1.5  54%
 1918 31 CIN NL  472  347   35   2.7    78| .228  .259| .271  .316| .299  .334| .570  .651|  75  .396 -14.4  -1.7     
 1919 32 TOT NL  417  320   27   2.3    85| .213  .269| .249  .324| .296  .354| .545  .678|  61  .307 -19.1  -2.2     
         BSN NL   92   64    8   3.4    79| .263  .260| .322  .313| .325  .341| .647  .654|  98  .476   0.0   0.0     
         PHI NL  325  256   19   2.0    87| .199  .272| .228  .327| .289  .357| .517  .685|  51  .260 -19.1  -2.2     
 1927 40 CHW AL    1    0    1         109|1.000  .290|1.000  .358|1.000  .408|2.000  .766| 424         0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2086 1549  135   2.4    81| .214  .258| .284  .324| .268  .337| .552  .660|  67  .340 -71.4  -8.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1929 42 CHW AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    0.3    1    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     1       0  0.00  4.29  inf 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    0.3    1    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     1       0  0.00  4.29  inf 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   20.3   68    0    0   0    0    0   0   0    68   0   0  0.00  4.29  inf 3.000

* 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 ------+
1910 23 CHW AL SS 74 173 265 43 29 .911 .928 5.92 5.20 1912 25 CHW AL SS 4 3 1 1 1 .800 .930 1.00 5.05 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.30 1914 27 CHW AL 2B 143 239 433 26 28 .963 .953 4.70 4.78 1915 28 CHW AL 3B 83 88 134 12 12 .949 .925 2.67 3.01 SS 9 11 19 3 3 .909 .938 3.33 5.00 1918 31 CIN NL SS 125 319 413 48 69 .938 .934 5.86 5.63 1919 32 TOT NL 3B 96 119 206 22 14 .937 .946 3.39 3.10 TOT NL 1B 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.80 BSN NL 3B 24 34 39 4 3 .948 .946 3.04 3.10 SS 1 5 2 0 0 1.000 .946 7.00 5.50 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.80 2B 1 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 6.00 5.10 PHI NL 3B 72 85 167 18 11 .933 .946 3.50 3.10 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.80 1929 42 CHW AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 3.00 0 0.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 32 TOT NL 1B 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.80 BSN NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.80 PHI NL 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.80 1914 27 CHW AL 2B 143 239 433 26 28 .963 .953 4.70 4.78 1919 32 BSN NL 2B 1 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 6.00 5.10 1912 25 CHW AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.30 1915 28 CHW AL 3B 83 88 134 12 12 .949 .925 2.67 3.01 1919 32 TOT NL 3B 96 119 206 22 14 .937 .946 3.39 3.10 BSN NL 3B 24 34 39 4 3 .948 .946 3.04 3.10 PHI NL 3B 72 85 167 18 11 .933 .946 3.50 3.10 1929 42 CHW AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1910 23 CHW AL SS 74 173 265 43 29 .911 .928 5.92 5.20 1912 25 CHW AL SS 4 3 1 1 1 .800 .930 1.00 5.05 1915 28 CHW AL SS 9 11 19 3 3 .909 .938 3.33 5.00 1918 31 CIN NL SS 125 319 413 48 69 .938 .934 5.86 5.63 1919 32 BSN NL SS 1 5 2 0 0 1.000 .946 7.00 5.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS 213 511 700 95 102 .927 .932 5.69 5.44 3B 180 207 341 34 26 .942 .937 3.04 3.06 2B 144 241 437 26 29 .963 .953 4.71 4.78 1B 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.80 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 540 962 1479 155 157 .940 .939 4.52 4.48
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1918 NL-125-10

Triples
1918 NL-10-7

Bases on Balls
1914 AL-66-10

Sac. Hits
1914 AL-31-4
1919 NL-28-3

Oldest Player
1927 AL-40-2
1929 AL-42-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 18, 1909: Traded by the Providence (Eastern) to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Mike Welday, and $6,500. The Chicago White Sox sent Jake Atz (February 18, 1910) to the Providence (Eastern) to complete the trade.

August 9, 1912: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with players to be named later, Bruno Block, and cash to the Milwaukee (American Association) for Ray Schalk. The Chicago White Sox sent Matty McIntyre (August 24, 1912) and Mutz Ens (January 30, 1913) to the Milwaukee (American Association) to complete the trade.

February, 1919: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Boston Braves for Wally Rehg.

July 9, 1919: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Boston Braves.


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