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Ron Blackburn

Ronald Hamilton Blackburn

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 23, 1935 in Mount Airy, NC
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Team: Pirates 1958-1959

Final Game: July 28, 1959
Died: April 29, 1998 in Morganton, NC
Buried: Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, NC
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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
1958 23 PIT NL 2 1 .667 3.39 38 2 15 0 0 3 63.2 61 33 24 7 27 5 31 3 0 1 278 115 1.382 8.6 1.0 3.8 4.4 1.15
1959 24 PIT NL 1 1 .500 3.65 26 0 9 0 0 1 44.1 50 21 18 5 15 4 19 2 0 0 199 106 1.466 10.2 1.0 3.0 3.9 1.27
2 Yrs 3 2 .600 3.50 64 2 24 0 0 4 108.0 111 54 42 12 42 9 50 5 0 1 477 111 1.417 9.3 1.0 3.5 4.2 1.19
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .600 3.50 66 2 25 0 0 4 111 114 56 43 12 43 9 52 5 0 1 491 111 1.417 9.3 1.0 3.5 4.2 1.19

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
1958 23 PIT NL 63.2 38 2 33 4.66 4.50 0.39 0.00 98.9 4.07 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.1 0.1 3 .488 .497 $
1959 24 PIT NL 44.1 26 0 21 4.26 4.47 0.03 0.00 99.0 4.40 0 0.0 .6 -0.1 0.4 5 .502 .500 $
2 Seasons 108.0 64 2 54 4.50 4.49 0.24 0.00 98.9 4.20 -4 -0.4 .7 -0.2 0.5 8 .494 .499 $

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
1958 23 PIT NL 38 270 233 33 61 3 0 7 7 3 27 31 .262 .340 .365 .704 .270 85 8 3 9 5 5 9
1959 24 PIT NL 26 199 176 21 50 12 1 5 3 1 15 19 .284 .344 .449 .792 .292 79 2 2 4 2 4 4
2 Yrs 64 469 409 54 111 15 1 12 10 4 42 50 .271 .341 .401 .742 .280 164 10 5 13 7 9 13
162 Game Avg. 66 483 421 56 114 15 1 12 10 4 43 52 .271 .341 .401 .742 .280 169 10 5 13 7 9 13
MLB Averages .257 .324 .393 .717 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1958 23 PIT NL 0.8 0.1 289 0.1 3.3 -3.2 .74 -0.3 0.4 -1.7 -0.2 0.73 -5.6 7 6 22
1959 24 PIT NL 0.9 0.1 205 -0.5 1.6 -2.1 .54 -0.4 -0.5 0.0 0.0 0.54 -2.9 3 4 19
2 Yrs 1.8 0.2 494 -0.4 4.9 -5.3 .66 -0.8 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.65 -8.5 10 10 41

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
1958 23 PIT NL 38 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42.0 43 41 18 3 0 2 2.6 2.3 4.5
1 Yr 38 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42 43 41 18 3 0 2 2.6 2.3 4.5
MLB Averages .500 51% 52 111 4 4.4 4.3 6.4

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
1958 23 PIT NL 38 36 15 2 0 2 3 0 150% 7 2 16 2 13% 5 .741 7 6 22 7 4 24 10 25 16 12 16 8 4.6
1959 24 PIT NL 26 26 9 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 20 11 55% 8 .544 3 4 19 3 1 22 13 13 14 6 15 8 5.1
2 Yrs 64 62 24 3 1 3 4 0 133% 8 2 36 13 36% .657 10 10 41 10 5 46 23 38 30 18 31 16 4.8

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%
1958 23 PIT NL 277 68% 2.6% 11.5% 10.0% 3.7% 16% 1.58 74% 62 8 13%
1959 24 PIT NL 199 65% 2.5% 9.6% 7.5% 9.1% 36% 1.11 77% 38 2 5%
2 Yrs 476 67% 2.6% 10.7% 9.0% 6.0% 25% 1.35 75% 100 10 10%
MLB Averages 52% 2.4% 13.2% 8.7% 6.7% 29% 1.01 75% 11%

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
1958 23 PIT NL 270 61 7 0 12 4 3 0 7 22 11 0 50% 9 1 1 112 7 3 70% 4 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 7
1959 24 PIT NL 199 50 5 0 8 5 0 2 3 14 6 1 43% 4 0 0 92 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2 Yrs 469 111 12 0 20 9 3 2 10 36 17 1 47% 13 1 1 204 10 4 71% 6 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 8 7
MLB Averages 51% 59%

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+
1958 23 2 1 .667 3.39 38 2 15 0 0 3 63.2 61 33 24 7 27 5 31 3 0 1 278 115 1.382 8.6 1.0 3.8 4.4 1.15 115
1959 24 3 2 .600 3.50 64 2 24 0 0 4 108.0 111 54 42 12 42 9 50 5 0 1 477 111 1.417 9.3 1.0 3.5 4.2 1.19 111

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
1958 23 4 3 .571 3.60 65.0 65 29 26 7 29 32 3 1.446 9.0 4.0 4.4 1.10 1.0 38
1959 24 3 2 .600 4.00 45.0 54 22 20 5 16 19 2 1.556 10.8 3.2 3.8 1.19 1.0 26
2 Yrs 7 5 .583 3.76 110.0 119 51 46 12 45 51 5 1.491 9.7 4.2 1.13 1.0 64

* 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.

Similarity Scores

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