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Nick Blackburn

Robert Nicholas Blackburn

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: February 24, 1982 in Ada, Oklahoma, US
High Schools: Del City HS (Del City, OK), Del City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Schools: Seminole Community College (Sanford, FL), Seminole State College (Seminole, OK)

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 34th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from Del City HS (Del City, OK) and the Minnesota Twins in the 29th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Seminole State College (Seminole, OK).

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:
Pre-2008: Rated #56 Prospect

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Batting: 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2002	20	Elizabethton	APPY	Rk	MIN	3	3	.500	5.00	13	13	0	0	0	0	66.2	70	41	37	6	21	0	62	2	0	1	293	1.365	9.4	0.8	2.8	8.4	2.95
2003	21	Quad Cities	MIDW	A	MIN	2	9	.182	4.86	16	10	4	2	1	1	76.0	78	44	41	13	18	0	40	4	0	5	320	1.263	9.2	1.5	2.1	4.7	2.22
2004	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	MIN	9	7	.563	3.85	29	20	5	1	1	1	121.2	120	67	52	10	30	2	87	4	1	3	513	1.233	8.9	0.7	2.2	6.4	2.90
2004	22	Quad Cities	MIDW	A	MIN	6	4	.600	2.77	20	13	5	1	1	1	84.1	69	37	26	3	23	1	66	2	1	2	342	1.091	7.4	0.3	2.5	7.0	2.87
2004	22	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	3	3	.500	6.27	9	7	0	0	0	0	37.1	51	30	26	7	7	1	21	2	0	1	171	1.554	12.3	1.7	1.7	5.1	3.00
2005	23	3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	MIN	9	9	.500	3.04	25	25	0	3	1	0	156.2	150	70	53	8	29	1	89	7	0	2	632	1.143	8.6	0.5	1.7	5.1	3.07
2005	23	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	7	5	.583	3.36	15	15	0	1	0	0	93.2	95	43	35	5	16	0	55	5	0	1	381	1.185	9.1	0.5	1.5	5.3	3.44
2005	23	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	2	4	.333	1.84	7	7	0	2	1	0	49.0	35	16	10	1	10	1	27	2	0	1	186	0.918	6.4	0.2	1.8	5.0	2.70
2005	23	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	0	0		5.14	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	20	11	8	2	3	0	7	0	0	0	65	1.643	12.9	1.3	1.9	4.5	2.33
2006	24	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	7	8	.467	4.42	30	19	3	2	1	0	132.1	141	72	65	11	37	2	81	8	0	6	565	1.345	9.6	0.7	2.5	5.5	2.19
2007	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MIN	10	4	.714	2.36	25	24	0	3	2	0	148.2	132	53	39	8	19	0	75	3	0	4	593	1.016	8.0	0.5	1.2	4.5	3.95
2007	25	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	3	1	.750	3.08	8	7	0	0	0	0	38.0	36	21	13	1	7	0	18	1	0	1	160	1.132	8.5	0.2	1.7	4.3	2.57
2007	25	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	7	3	.700	2.11	17	17	0	3	2	0	110.2	96	32	26	7	12	0	57	2	0	3	433	0.976	7.8	0.6	1.0	4.6	4.75

2010	28	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	1	0	1.000	2.49	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.2	19	7	6	2	6	0	13	0	0	2	89	1.154	7.9	0.8	2.5	5.4	2.17

2012	30	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	3	1	.750	2.70	7	7	0	1	1	0	36.2	42	16	11	2	9	0	11	0	0	1	151	1.391	10.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.22
8 Seasons						44	41	.518	3.60	149	122	12	12	7	2	760.1	752	370	304	60	169	5	458	28	1	24	3156	1.211	8.9	0.7	2.0	5.4	2.71
AAA (4 seasons)				AAA		11	4	.733	2.51	31	31	0	4	3	0	183.0	177	66	51	13	30	0	88	2	0	6	738	1.131	8.7	0.6	1.5	4.3	2.93
AA (3 seasons)				AA		12	13	.480	3.61	45	33	3	4	2	0	219.1	212	109	88	13	54	3	126	11	0	8	911	1.213	8.7	0.5	2.2	5.2	2.33
A (2 seasons)				A		8	13	.381	3.76	36	23	9	3	2	2	160.1	147	81	67	16	41	1	106	6	1	7	662	1.173	8.3	0.9	2.3	6.0	2.59
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		10	8	.556	4.19	24	22	0	1	0	0	131.0	146	73	61	12	23	1	76	7	0	2	552	1.290	10.0	0.8	1.6	5.2	3.30
Rk (1 season)				Rk		3	3	.500	5.00	13	13	0	0	0	0	66.2	70	41	37	6	21	0	62	2	0	1	293	1.365	9.4	0.8	2.8	8.4	2.95

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	20	Elizabethton	APPY	Rk	MIN	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	21	Quad Cities	MIDW	A	MIN	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A	MIN	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	22	Quad Cities	MIDW	A	MIN	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	22	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	23	3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	MIN	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	23	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	23	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	23	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	24	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MIN	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	25	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	25	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	28	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2012	30	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Seasons						149	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AAA (4 seasons)				AAA		31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AA (3 seasons)				AA		45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A (2 seasons)				A		36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk (1 season)				Rk		13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
2002	20	Elizabethton	APPY	Rk	MIN	P	13	14	2	11	1	0	.929	1.00	15	2	12%
2003	21	Quad Cities	MIDW	A	MIN	P	16	21	9	12	0	1	1.000	1.31	13	2	13%
2004	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	MIN	P	29	27	13	14	0	2	1.000	0.93
2004	22	Quad Cities	MIDW	A	MIN	P	20	19	9	10	0	1	1.000	0.95
2004	22	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	P	9	8	4	4	0	1	1.000	0.89
2005	23	3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-AA-AAA	MIN	P	25	31	12	16	3	2	.903	1.12	6	8	57%
2005	23	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	P	15	20	8	10	2	2	.900	1.20	3	4	57%
2005	23	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	P	7	9	4	4	1	0	.889	1.14	3	4	57%
2005	23	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	P	3	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67	0	0
2006	24	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	P	30	39	16	23	0	0	1.000	1.30	6	6	50%
2007	25	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MIN	P	25	55	23	31	1	1	.982	2.16	2	6	75%
2007	25	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	P	8	15	6	8	1	0	.933	1.75	0	2	100%
2007	25	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	P	17	40	17	23	0	1	1.000	2.35	2	4	67%

2010	28	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	P	4	8	4	3	1	0	.875	1.75	1	0	0%

2012	30	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	P	7	14	7	7	0	1	1.000	2.00	3	5	63%
8 Seasons							149	209	86	117	6	7	.971	1.36	46	29	39%

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2002	20	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Rk	MIN
2003	21	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	A	MIN
2004	22	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	A	MIN		2004-04-08	2004-07-18
2004	22	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	A+	MIN		2004-07-23	2004-09-02
2005	23	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	A+	MIN		2005-04-11	2005-07-11
2005	23	New Britain Rock Cats	Eastern League	AA	MIN		2005-07-16	2005-09-03
2005	23	Rochester Red Wings	International League	AAA	MIN		2005-08-09	2005-08-19
2006	24	New Britain Rock Cats	Eastern League	AA	MIN		2006-04-07	2006-09-04
2007	25	New Britain Rock Cats	Eastern League	AA	MIN		2007-04-07	2007-05-11
2007	25	Rochester Red Wings	International League	AAA	MIN		2007-05-18	2007-08-30
2007	25	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2007-09-03	2007-09-29
2008	26	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2008-04-02	2008-09-30
2009	27	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2009-04-07	2009-10-03
2010	28	Rochester Red Wings	International League	AAA	MIN		2010-08-02	2010-08-18
2010	28	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2010-04-06	2010-10-03
2011	29	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2011-04-03	2011-08-21
2012	30	Rochester Red Wings	International League	AAA	MIN		2012-05-29	2012-09-02
2012	30	Minnesota Twins	American League	MLB	MIN	1	2012-04-09	2012-08-17

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