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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 Pitching

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 57 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
2010 28 MIN AL 10 12 .455 5.42 28 26 2 1 0 0 161.0 194 101 97 25 40 1 68 4 1 3 692 75 1.453 10.8 1.4 2.2 3.8 1.70
2011 29 MIN AL 7 10 .412 4.49 26 26 0 1 0 0 148.1 183 91 74 19 54 5 76 4 0 5 670 90 1.598 11.1 1.2 3.3 4.6 1.41
2012 30 MIN AL 1 4 .200 8.37 7 7 0 0 0 0 33.1 46 31 31 7 13 0 19 0 0 0 156 48 1.770 12.4 1.9 3.5 5.1 1.46
6 Yrs 40 50 .444 4.67 133 125 5 5 0 0 753.1 906 440 391 101 189 11 365 18 1 12 3277 90 1.454 10.8 1.2 2.3 4.4 1.93
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .444 4.67 35 33 1 1 0 0 199 239 116 103 27 50 3 96 5 0 3 864 90 1.454 10.8 1.2 2.3 4.4 1.93

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 Awards
2007 25 MIN AL 11.2 6 0 12 9.26 4.84 0.10 -0.36 98.1 4.29 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .402 .496 $
2008 26 MIN AL 193.1 33 33 102 4.75 4.84 -0.20 0.19 98.1 5.12 5 0.5 -0.1 2.1 31 .514 .503 $390,000 RoY-8
2009 27 MIN AL 205.2 33 33 103 4.51 4.78 -0.31 0.19 97.3 5.13 13 1.3 -0.2 3.0 40 .540 .508 $440,000
2010 28 MIN AL 161.0 28 26 101 5.65 4.48 -0.11 0.15 97.8 4.64 -19 -1.9 1.2 -0.1 -0.5 0 .432 .488 $750,000
2011 29 MIN AL 148.1 26 26 91 5.52 4.45 -0.46 0.16 100.1 5.08 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.5 10 .470 .495 $3,000,000
2012 30 MIN AL 33.1 7 7 31 8.37 4.63 0.16 0.18 95.0 4.41 -15 -1.3 -0.0 -1.0 -11 .316 .492 $
6 Seasons 753.1 133 125 440 5.26 4.66 -0.24 0.17 98.1 4.97 -30 -2.8 1.0 -0.5 3.6 65 .479 .497 $4,580,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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*

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 ROE
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 1
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 11
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 6
2010 28 MIN AL 28 692 643 101 194 37 6 25 5 4 40 68 .302 .345 .495 .839 .306 318 21 4 2 3 1 2
2011 29 MIN AL 26 670 600 91 183 28 6 19 11 9 54 76 .305 .363 .467 .830 .322 280 14 4 7 5 5 15
2012 30 MIN AL 7 156 138 31 46 10 1 7 0 1 13 19 .333 .381 .572 .953 .336 79 2 0 1 4 0 2
6 Yrs 133 3277 3029 440 906 160 21 101 30 19 189 365 .299 .342 .466 .808 .312 1411 84 18 20 21 11 37
162 Game Avg. 35 864 798 116 239 42 6 27 8 5 50 96 .299 .342 .466 .808 .312 372 22 5 5 6 3 10
MLB Averages .261 .329 .411 .740 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 25 MIN AL -5.1 -0.5 56 -0.8 0.9 -1.7 1.15 -0.2 -0.5 -5.3 -0.5 1.15 -2.5 2 2 2
2008 26 MIN AL -0.6 -0.1 828 0.2 15.1 -14.9 1.04 -0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.04 -0.5 0 0 0
2009 27 MIN AL 6.5 0.6 901 0.6 15.5 -14.8 .95 -0.1 0.8 9.4 0.9 0.95 1.8 0 0 0
2010 28 MIN AL -23.0 -2.2 706 -1.2 11.6 -12.7 .93 -1.8 0.5 -20.1 -2.0 0.93 -22.8 1 0 1
2011 29 MIN AL -12.9 -1.3 701 -1.4 12.3 -13.7 1.06 -2.7 1.4 -22.6 -2.2 1.06 -26.4 0 0 0
2012 30 MIN AL -15.0 -1.4 157 -1.5 1.8 -3.3 .87 -1.2 -0.6 -14.7 -1.3 0.87 -12.6 0 0 0
6 Yrs -50.0 -4.7 3349 -4.1 57.2 -61.2 .99 -6.0 1.9 -53.2 -5.0 0.99 -62.9 3 2 3

Starting Pitching*

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% 47.9 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 5 1 3 0 21 64% 48.7 72 12 14 6 1 13 5.0 5.5 6.2 94 5 16 12 0 111
2010 28 MIN AL 28 26 10 11 5 1 3 14 12 .538 0 3 1 0 14 54% 44.4 84 10 18 6 1 15 4.6 4.9 6.1 90 6 14 6 0 110
2011 29 MIN AL 26 26 7 10 9 3 2 11 15 .423 2 3 1 0 12 46% 44.6 71 6 24 2 0 12 3.8 3.3 5.7 93 4 13 8 1 127
2012 30 MIN AL 7 7 1 4 2 1 1 2 5 .286 0 2 0 0 1 14% 36.6 48 20 2 1 0 4 4.1 3.9 4.8 80 3 4 0 0 99
5 Yrs 127 125 40 47 38 8 17 58 67 .464 12 13 5 0 67 54% 46 84 6 81 21 2 59 4.4 4.6 5.9 90 24 69 31 1 127
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.154 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 6 4 0 4 0 5.8 31
2010 28 MIN AL 28 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .925 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 26
2 Yrs 34 8 5 0 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 0 0 .942 3 2 3 4 1 3 0 8 5 0 5 0 5.5 30

Ratio Pitching*

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 54% 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 55% 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 44% 2.8% 11.1% 4.7% 8.5% 31% 0.88 1.20 81% 18% 7.3% 12% 137 14 10%
2010 28 MIN AL 692 50% 3.6% 9.8% 5.8% 9.8% 35% 1.05 1.55 80% 16% 10.2% 12% 126 21 17%
2011 29 MIN AL 670 47% 2.8% 11.3% 8.1% 7.9% 29% 1.18 1.59 76% 18% 8.6% 9% 127 14 11%
2012 30 MIN AL 156 56% 4.5% 12.2% 8.3% 11.5% 39% 0.98 1.42 74% 19% 12.1% 6% 35 2 6%
6 Yrs 3277 49% 3.1% 11.1% 5.8% 8.6% 31% 0.95 1.31 79% 18% 8.3% 11% 618 84 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 55 186 3.38 124 67% 35% 12% 18% 35% 65% 0% 44% 81% 64% 4% 2 1 18% 10 7 1 25% 2 1 -1 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
2010 28 MIN AL 692 2380 3.44 1549 65% 30% 7% 25% 37% 70% 0% 45% 90% 59% 3% 22 14 18% 128 75 8 50% 12 7 0 0 0
2011 29 MIN AL 670 2429 3.63 1530 63% 30% 9% 26% 35% 70% 2% 44% 88% 58% 6% 37 20 18% 123 58 7 34% 16 12 0 0 0
2012 30 MIN AL 156 563 3.61 343 61% 30% 12% 22% 36% 70% 0% 43% 83% 54% 4% 7 5 17% 26 16 1 21% 3 2 0 0 0
6 Yrs 3278 11544 3.52 7510 65% 29% 9% 26% 36% 71% 1% 46% 87% 60% 4% 129 79 21% 678 370 48 32% 70 39 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

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
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% 6 2 1 312 12 2 86% 12 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 11 0
2010 28 MIN AL 692 194 29 1 25 0 3 11 14 10 15 29 21 1 72% 2 3 0 249 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
2011 29 MIN AL 670 183 26 1 19 0 10 12 7 9 10 40 22 2 55% 15 5 4 248 11 9 55% 11 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 0
2012 30 MIN AL 156 46 1 0 7 0 3 3 4 5 2 13 10 0 77% 2 0 0 59 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Yrs 3277 906 108 8 101 0 37 51 50 47 54 161 101 7 63% 37 12 6 1212 30 19 61% 29 19 1 0 0 0 9 1 47 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

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 57 1.800 14.7 1.5 1.5 6.2 4.00 57
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 99 1.385 10.7 1.1 1.8 4.6 2.54 99
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 104 1.376 10.6 1.1 1.8 4.4 2.46 104
2010 28 32 36 .471 4.50 100 92 5 4 0 0 571.2 677 318 286 75 122 6 270 14 1 7 2451 94 1.398 10.7 1.2 1.9 4.3 2.21 94
2011 29 39 46 .459 4.50 126 118 5 5 0 0 720.0 860 409 360 94 176 11 346 18 1 12 3121 93 1.439 10.8 1.2 2.2 4.3 1.97 93
2012 30 40 50 .444 4.67 133 125 5 5 0 0 753.1 906 440 391 101 189 11 365 18 1 12 3277 90 1.454 10.8 1.2 2.3 4.4 1.93 90

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 9.00 11.0 20 12 11 2 2 7 0 2.000 16.4 1.6 5.7 3.50 1.6 6
2008 26 9 11 .450 4.43 183.0 227 100 90 23 40 91 7 1.459 11.2 2.0 4.5 2.28 1.1 33
2009 27 11 11 .500 4.16 199.0 240 102 92 25 41 95 3 1.412 10.9 1.9 4.3 2.32 1.1 33
2010 28 4 12 .250 6.39 148.0 202 117 105 26 42 63 4 1.649 12.3 2.6 3.8 1.50 1.6 28
2011 29 6 9 .400 5.08 140.0 189 88 79 20 56 72 4 1.750 12.2 3.6 4.6 1.29 1.3 26
2012 30 0 3 .000 9.58 31.0 48 37 33 7 14 18 0 2.000 13.9 4.1 5.2 1.29 2.0 7
6 Yrs 30 47 .390 5.18 712.0 926 456 410 103 195 346 18 1.574 11.7 4.4 1.77 1.3 133

* 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.

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)

Home Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  25 (7th)

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)
2010 AL  97 (10th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1624), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1386), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Jimmy Jones (968)
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  10. John Butcher (967)
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  7. Brian Moehler (966)
  8. Todd Ritchie (964)
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