Nick Blackburn
Robert Nicholas Blackburn
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 250 lb.

Born: February 24, 1982 in Ada, OK
High School: Del City (Oklahoma City, OK)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 29th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed May 21, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2007
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2007 25 MIN AL 0 2 .000 7.71 6 0 3 0 0 0 11.2 19 12 10 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 54 56 1.800 14.7 1.5 1.5 6.2 4.00
2008 26 MIN AL 11 11 .500 4.05 33 33 0 0 0 0 193.1 224 102 87 23 39 4 96 7 0 2 823 103 1.360 10.4 1.1 1.8 4.5 2.46 RoY-8
2009 27 MIN AL 11 11 .500 4.03 33 33 0 3 0 0 205.2 240 103 92 25 41 1 98 3 0 2 882 109 1.366 10.5 1.1 1.8 4.3 2.39
3 Seasons 22 24 .478 4.14 72 66 3 3 0 0 410.2 483 217 189 50 82 5 202 10 0 4 1759 103 1.376 10.6 1.1 1.8 4.4 2.46
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .478 4.14 35 33 1 1 0 0 202 238 107 93 25 40 2 100 5 0 2 867 103 1.376 10.6 1.1 1.8 4.4 2.46

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp 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
2009 27 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 0 1.59 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.882 4.8 0.0 3.2 4.8 1.50
1 ALDS 0 0 1.59 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.882 4.8 0.0 3.2 4.8 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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 IBB
2007 25 MIN AL 6 54 52 12 19 0 1 2 0 1 2 8 .365 .389 .519 .908 .405 27 2 0 0 0 0
2008 26 MIN AL 33 823 768 102 224 38 4 23 2 2 39 96 .292 .330 .441 .771 .308 339 31 7 5 4 4
2009 27 MIN AL 33 882 828 103 240 47 3 25 12 2 41 98 .290 .324 .444 .768 .303 368 14 3 5 5 1
3 Seasons 72 1759 1648 217 483 85 8 50 14 5 82 202 .293 .329 .445 .774 .308 734 47 10 10 9 5
162 Game Avg. 35 867 812 107 238 42 4 25 7 2 40 100 .293 .329 .445 .774 .308 362 23 5 5 4 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2008 26 MIN AL 33 33 11 11 11 2 6 15 18 .455 5 4 0 0 19 58% 48 74 15 23 6 0 15 4.3 4.5 5.9 87 6 22 5 0 108
2009 27 MIN AL 33 33 11 11 11 1 5 16 17 .485 4 1 3 0 21 64% 49 72 12 14 6 1 13 5.0 5.5 6.2 94 5 16 12 0 111
2 Seasons 66 66 22 22 22 3 11 31 35 .470 9 5 3 0 40 61% 49 74 12 37 12 1 28 4.7 5.0 6.0 91 11 38 17 0 111
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2007 25 MIN AL 6 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 0 0 6 1.165 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 6 4 0 4 0 5.8 31
1 Season 6 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 0 0 1.165 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 6 4 0 4 0 5.8 31

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2007 25 MIN AL 54 46% 3.7% 14.8% 3.7% 5.6% 16% 0.59 0.63 78% 18% 8.0% 7% 15 2 13%
2008 26 MIN AL 823 45% 2.8% 11.7% 4.7% 7.9% 29% 0.83 1.10 79% 19% 7.1% 11% 178 31 17%
2009 27 MIN AL 882 56% 2.8% 11.1% 4.7% 8.5% 31% 0.88 1.20 81% 18% 7.3% 12% 137 14 10%
3 Seasons 1759 51% 2.8% 11.5% 4.7% 8.1% 30% 0.85 1.14 80% 18% 7.2% 11% 330 47 14%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2007 25 MIN AL 54 185 3.43 123 66% 34% 12% 18% 36% 66% 0% 44% 81% 63% 4% 2 1 19% 10 7 1 25% 2 1 0 0 0
2008 26 MIN AL 823 2884 3.50 1942 67% 26% 11% 28% 35% 74% 2% 50% 86% 64% 3% 27 18 23% 192 112 14 20% 15 5 0 0 0
2009 27 MIN AL 882 3102 3.52 2022 65% 30% 9% 25% 37% 70% 0% 46% 87% 60% 4% 34 21 23% 199 102 17 34% 22 12 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1759 6171 3.51 4087 66% 28% 10% 26% 36% 72% 1% 48% 86% 62% 4% 63 40 23% 401 221 32 27% 39 18 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2007 25 MIN AL 54 19 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 50% 1 0 1 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 26 MIN AL 823 224 26 2 23 0 15 16 7 12 11 41 29 2 71% 11 2 0 323 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2009 27 MIN AL 882 240 23 3 25 0 6 8 17 11 14 36 18 1 50% 7 2 1 312 12 2 86% 12 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 11 0
3 Seasons 1759 483 52 6 50 0 21 25 25 23 27 79 48 4 61% 19 4 2 656 14 5 74% 14 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 19 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2007 25 0 2 .000 7.71 6 0 3 0 0 0 11.2 19 12 10 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 54 56 1.800 14.7 1.5 1.5 6.2 4.00 56
2008 26 11 13 .458 4.26 39 33 3 0 0 0 205.0 243 114 97 25 41 4 104 7 0 2 877 98 1.385 10.7 1.1 1.8 4.6 2.54 98
2009 27 22 24 .478 4.14 72 66 3 3 0 0 410.2 483 217 189 50 82 5 202 10 0 4 1759 103 1.376 10.6 1.1 1.8 4.4 2.46 103

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
2007 25 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 19 11 10 2 2 8 0 1.909 15.5 1.6 6.5 4.00 1.6 6
2008 26 9 11 .450 4.38 183.0 227 99 89 23 40 91 7 1.459 11.2 2.0 4.5 2.28 1.1 33
2009 27 10 11 .476 4.29 197.0 245 104 94 26 42 94 3 1.457 11.2 1.9 4.3 2.24 1.2 33
3 Seasons 19 23 .452 4.44 391.0 491 214 193 51 84 193 10 1.471 11.3 4.4 2.30 1.2 72

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--1.816--8th
2009 AL--1.794--3rd

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL--33--5th
2009 AL--33--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL--3--5th

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL--224--4th
2009 AL--240--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL--92--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL--882--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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