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Nick Blackburn

Robert Nicholas Blackburn

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

Born: February 24, 1982 in Ada, OK
High School: Del City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
School: Seminole Community College (Sanford, FL)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 29th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed May 21, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2007
Team: Twins 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 4 yrs/$14M (10-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.017, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 25 MIN AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 26 MIN AL 33 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-8
2009 27 MIN AL 33 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 28 MIN AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 29 MIN AL 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2012 30 MIN AL 7 0 /1
6 Yrs 133 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 1 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 25 MIN AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2008 26 MIN AL 33 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $390,000 1 RoY-8
2009 27 MIN AL 33 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $440,000 1
2010 28 MIN AL 28 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $750,000 1
2011 29 MIN AL 26 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $3,000,000 1
5 Seasons 126 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $4,580,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2008 26 MIN AL 3 2 0 0.0 102 .333 .333 .263 .333 .331 .333 .413 .667 .744 81 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
2009 27 MIN AL 4 4 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .334 .000 .425 .000 .759 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2010 28 MIN AL 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .258 .000 .325 .000 .404 .000 .729 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2011 29 MIN AL 2 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .256 .000 .320 .000 .405 .000 .726 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 10 9 0 0.0 102 .125 .100 .262 .100 .329 .100 .416 .200 .745 -46 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 12 11 0 0.0 102 .125 .100 .262 .100 .329 .100 .416 .200 .745 -46 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 27 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2008 26 MIN AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0%
2009 27 MIN AL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 2.00 50% 0%
2010 28 MIN AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2011 29 MIN AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
5 Yrs 10 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 7.00 80% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 25 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
2008 26 MIN AL -0.1 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .74 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.68 -0.4 0
2009 27 MIN AL -1.2 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.19 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.18 -1.2 0
2010 28 MIN AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .46 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0
2011 29 MIN AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .79 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.65 -0.4 0
5 Yrs -2.1 -0.2 10 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .90 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.85 -2.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 26 MIN AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 28 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 26 MIN AL 3 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 MIN AL 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 28 MIN AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 MIN AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 10 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 26 MIN AL 3 6 2.00 6 100% 17% 17% 17% 50% 83% 83% 80% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 MIN AL 4 13 3.25 11 85% 18% 36% 27% 18% 82% 0% 69% 56% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 28 MIN AL 1 2 2.00 2 100% 0% 50% 0% 50% 100% 100% 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 MIN AL 2 7 3.50 6 86% 33% 17% 17% 33% 67% 0% 57% 75% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 10 28 2.80 25 89% 20% 28% 20% 32% 80% 0% 71% 65% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 26 39 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 27 72 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -23 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 28 100 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -32 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 29 126 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 1 0 0 0 0 0
2012 30 133 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 1 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 26 33 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2009 27 33 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2010 28 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
2011 29 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 26
4 Yrs 120 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 120
162 Game Avg. 162 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 120

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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