Jim Blackburn

James Ray Blackburn (Bones)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 19, 1924 in Warsaw, KY
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 1948
Team: Reds 1948-1951

Final Game: May 5, 1951
Died: October 26, 1969 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1941	17	CIN-min	D	1	3	.250	7.16	11						49.0	66	47	39		15							1.653	12.1		2.8			CDL · GAFL
1942	18	CIN-min	D	8	11	.421	3.76	23						153.0	160	86	64		63							1.458	9.4		3.7			CDL · GAFL
1943	19	CIN-min	AA	0	3	.000	5.31	13	2		0	0		39.0	40	26	23		20	11	3	1	0			1.538	9.2		4.6	2.5	0.55	SYR · IL
1946	22	CIN-min	A	10	8	.556	3.10	21						145.0	129	63	50		50							1.234	8.0		3.1			CLM · SALL
1947	23	CIN-min	A	7	11	.389	3.43	26						168.0	169	94	64		75							1.452	9.1		4.0			CLM · SALL
1948	24	CIN-min	A	10	8	.556	2.51	24						165.0	129	57	46		70							1.206	7.0		3.8			CLM · SALL
1948	24	CIN	NL	0	2	.000	4.18	16	0	5	0	0	0	32.1	38	18	15	1	14	10	0	0	0	144	95	1.608	10.6	0.3	3.9	2.8	0.71

1949	25	CIN-min	AA	3	3	.500		9						43.0	41				34							1.744	8.6		7.1			TUL · TL
1950	26	CIN-min	AA	21	7	.750	2.73	38	30					234.0	194	84	71		101							1.261	7.5		3.9			TUL · TL
1951	27	CIN-min	AA	10	12	.455	3.60	26	24					180.0	176	85	72		79							1.417	8.8		4.0			TUL · TL
1951	27	CIN	NL	0	0		17.18	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	7	7	3	2	1	2	0	0	22	26	2.727	19.6	7.4	4.9	2.5	0.50
1952	28	NYY-min	AA,AAA	1	2	.333		6						26.0	28				11							1.500	9.7		3.8			BMT,KCY · TL,AA
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	5.50	18	0	5	0	0	0	36.0	46	25	22	4	16	11	2	0	0	166	73	1.722	11.5	1.0	4.0	2.8	0.69
162 Game Avg.				0	8	.000	5.50	68	0	19	0	0	0	136	174	94	83	15	60	42	8	0	0	627	73	1.722	11.5	1.0	4.0	2.8	0.69

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1948	24	CIN	NL	31.1	16	0	18	5.17	4.50	-0.24	0.00	99.8	4.74	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.490	.499	$

1951	27	CIN	NL	3.2	2	0	7	17.18	5.35	-0.01	0.00	98.0	5.25	-5	-0.4	.2	0.2	-0.2	-4	.295	.497	$
2 Seasons				35.0	18	0	25	6.43	4.59	-0.22	0.00	99.7	4.79	-6	-0.6	.8	0.1	-0.1	-2	.468	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	24	CIN	NL	16	43	126	18	38	2	0	1	1	0	14	10	.302	.371	.341	.713	.322	43	0	0	4	0	1

1951	27	CIN	NL	2	22	18	7	8	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.444	.545	.944	1.490	.357	17	1	2	0	0	0
2 Yrs				18	65	144	25	46	2	0	4	1	0	16	11	.319	.395	.417	.812	.326	60	1	2	4	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	246	544	94	174	8	0	15	4	0	60	42	.319	.395	.417	.812	.326	227	4	8	15	0	4
MLB Averages																.263	.342	.374	.716	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	24	CIN	NL	-1.2	-0.1	44	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.46	-0.2	-0.1	1.3	0.1	0.46	1.5	0	2	2

1951	27	CIN	NL	-4.6	-0.4	22	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.26	-0.5	0.1	-5.1	-0.4	0.26	-6.6	0	0	2
2 Yrs				-5.8	-0.5	66	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.39	-0.7	0.1	-3.8	-0.3	0.39	-5.1	0	2	4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1948	24	CIN	NL	16	16	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	43%		.462	0	2	2	0	0	5	4	1	11	2	3	2	5.9

1951	27	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	.257	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	5.5
2 Yrs				18	18	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	43%		.393	0	2	4	0	0	7	4	3	13	2	5	2	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1948	24	CIN	NL	144	70%	2.3%	23.3%	32.6%	7.0%	8%	0.92	267%	11	0	0%

1951	27	CIN	NL	22	68%	13.6%	4.6%	9.1%	13.6%	38%	4.00	64%	5	1	20%
2 Yrs				166	69%	6.2%	16.9%	24.6%	9.2%	13%	1.36	198%	16	1	6%
MLB Averages					49%	2.5%	12.9%	13.6%	7.3%	23%	0.94	103%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1948	24	CIN	NL	43	38			1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0%	1	0	0	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	101

1951	27	CIN	NL	22	8			3	0	0	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				65	46			4	0	3	2	1	0	3	6	0	2	0%	1	0	0	33	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	101
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1948	24	2	.000	4.18	16	5	32.1	38	18	15	1	14	10	0	144	95	1.608	10.6	0.3	3.9	2.8	0.71	95
1949	25	2	.000	4.18	16	5	32.1	38	18	15	1	14	10	0	144	95	1.608	10.6	0.3	3.9	2.8	0.71	95
1950	26	2	.000	4.18	16	5	32.1	38	18	15	1	14	10	0	144	95	1.608	10.6	0.3	3.9	2.8	0.71	95
1951	27	2	.000	5.50	18	5	36.0	46	25	22	4	16	11	2	166	73	1.722	11.5	1.0	4.0	2.8	0.69	73

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1948	24	1	2	.333	4.50	32.0	40	18	16	1	15	10	0	1.719	11.3	4.2	2.8	0.67	0.3	16

1951	27	0	0		15.75	4.0	8	8	7	3	2	1	2	2.500	18.0	4.5	2.3	0.50	6.8	2
2 Yrs		1	2	.333	5.75	36.0	48	26	23	4	17	11	2	1.806	12.0		2.8	0.65	1.0	18

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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