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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 (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
Team: Twins 2007-2011
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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
2002	20	MIN-min	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	ELZ · APPY
2003	21	MIN-min	A	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	QDS · MIDW
2004	22	MIN-min	A,A+	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	QDS,FTM · MIDW,FLOR
2005	23	MIN-min	A+,AA,AAA	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	FTM,NBR,ROC · FLOR,EL,IL
2006	24	MIN-min	AA	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	NBR · EL
2007	25	MIN-min	AAA,AA	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	ROC,NBR · IL,EL
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-min	AAA	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	ROC · IL
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	89	1.598	11.1	1.2	3.3	4.6	1.41
5 Seasons				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
162 Game Avg.				11	13	.459	4.50	35	33	1	1	0	0	201	240	114	100	26	49	3	96	5	0	3	870	93	1.439	10.8	1.2	2.2	4.3	1.97

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2007	25	MIN	AL	11.2	0	12	7	0	1.1	-5	-0.6	$
2008	26	MIN	AL	193.1	33	102	123	-6	1.0	21	2.2	$390,000	RoY-8
2009	27	MIN	AL	205.2	33	103	131	-6	1.0	28	2.8	$440,000
2010	28	MIN	AL	161.0	26	101	94	3	.9	-7	-0.7	$750,000
2011	29	MIN	AL	148.1	26	91	96	-4	1.1	5	0.5	$3,000,000
5 Seasons				720.0	118	409	451	-13	1.0	42	4.2	$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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	Pos	Awards
2002	20	MIN-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0						0	ELZ · APPY
2003	21	MIN-min	A	16	0	0	0	0						0	QDS · MIDW
2004	22	MIN-min	A,A+	29	0	0	0	0						0	QDS,FTM · MIDW,FLOR
2005	23	MIN-min	AAA,A+,AA	25	0	0	0	0						0	ROC,FTM,NBR · IL,FLOR,EL
2006	24	MIN-min	AA	30	0	0	0	0						0	NBR · EL
2007	25	MIN-min	AAA,AA	25	0	0	0	0						0	ROC,NBR · IL,EL
2007	25	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0						0	/1
2008	26	MIN	AL	33	3	3	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	82	1	1	RoY-8
2009	27	MIN	AL	33	4	4	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
2010	28	MIN-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0						0	ROC · IL
2010	28	MIN	AL	28	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
2011	29	MIN	AL	1	2	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
5 Seasons				101	10	10	1	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1
162 Game Avg.				162	16	16	2	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2008	26	MIN	AL	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$390,000	1	RoY-8
2009	27	MIN	AL	4	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$440,000	1
2010	28	MIN	AL	1	-0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	$750,000	1
2011	29	MIN	AL	2	-1	-0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	$3,000,000	1
4 Seasons				10	-2	-0	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.1	$4,580,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2007	MIN	AL	25	P	6			11.2	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-17	0.00	0.00		1.62	1.58
2008	MIN	AL	26	P	33			193.1	36	14	22	0	4	1.000	0	0	1.68	1.09	.952	1.60	1.59					RoY-8
2009	MIN	AL	27	P	33			205.2	49	25	23	1	2	.980	-2	-2	2.10	1.45	.953	1.53	1.51
2010	MIN	AL	28	P	28			161.0	38	11	25	2	4	.947	3	4	2.01	1.29	.953	1.63	1.61
2011	MIN	AL	29	P	26	26	1	148.1	42	10	30	2	2	.952	4	5	2.43	1.54	.949	1.60	1.59	11	9	45%	3
	5 Seasons			P	126	26	1	720.0	165	60	100	5	12	.970	4	1	2.00	1.27	.952	1.59	1.57	11	9	45%	3
	5 Seasons			TOT	126	26	1	720.0	165	60	100	5	12	.970	4	6	2.00	1.27	.952	1.59	1.57	11	9	45%	3

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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)	Putouts as P s c a p y 2009 AL 25 (3rd)
Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 2009 AL 1.45 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1600), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 34th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 29th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 2002.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2008	26	Minnesota Twins	$390,000
2009	27	Minnesota Twins	$440,000
2010	28	Minnesota Twins	$750,000
2011	29	Minnesota Twins	$3,000,000

2012	30	Minnesota Twins	$4,750,000
2013	31	Minnesota Twins	$5,500,000
2014	32	Minnesota Twins	*$8,000,000	$8M Team Option

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,580,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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