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

Born: February 24, 1982 in Ada, 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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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 2 823 100 1.360 10.4 1.1 1.8 4.5 2.46 RoY-8
2009 27 MIN AL 6 4 .600 3.10 16 16 0 2 0 0 107.1 113 44 37 9 27 1 45 1 0 1 452 131 1.304 9.5 0.8 2.3 3.8 1.67
3 Seasons 17 17 .500 3.86 55 49 3 2 0 0 312.1 356 158 134 34 68 5 149 8 0 3 1329 105 1.358 10.3 1.0 2.0 4.3 2.19
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 3.86 36 32 2 1 0 0 204 233 103 88 22 44 3 97 5 0 2 869 105 1.358 10.3 1.0 2.0 4.3 2.19

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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
2008 26 MIN AL 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 84 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-8
2009 27 MIN AL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 1 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 567 567 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 81 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 MIN AL 25 P 6 0 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.62 0.42
2008 MIN AL 26 P 33 33 193.1 36 14 22 0 4 1.000 1.68 1.09 .950 1.60 0.42 RoY-8
2009 MIN AL 27 P 16 16 107.1 28 12 15 1 2 .964 2.26 1.69 .957 1.63 0.43
3 Seasons P 55 49 312.1 64 26 37 1 6 .984 1.82 1.15 .953 1.61 0.42
3 Seasons TOT 55 49 312.1 64 26 37 1 6 .984 1.82 1.15 .938 1.61 0.42

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2009 AL--3.102--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--1.815--8th
2009 AL--2.264--10th

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

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL--2--4th

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL--224--4th
2009 AL--113--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL--.755--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL--452--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2009 AL--131--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1974), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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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.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

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2008Minnesota Twins$390,000
Career (may be incomplete)$390,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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