Rick Bladt

Richard Alan Bladt

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 9, 1946 in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1969
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Cubs 1969-1975

Final Game: September 28, 1975
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Standard Batting

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
1966	19	CHC-min	Rk	46	177	177		52	7	4	2						.294	.294	.412	.706		73							CDW · PION
1967	20	CHC-min	A,AA	104	354	353	1	93	5	3	3	0	0	0	1	6	.263	.266	.320	.586		113							QUI,DFW · MIDW,TL
1968	21	CHC-min	A	132	485	485		142	18	4	5						.293	.293	.377	.670		183							LOD · CALL
1969	22	CHC-min	AAA	122	485	426	69	133	19	8	7	48	18	5	51	52	.312	.387	.444	.830		189		2	4	2			TAC · PCL
1969	22	CHC	NL	10	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18	2	0	0	0	0	0	/879

1970	23	NYY-min	AAA	117	379	328	51	85	15	4	8	34	10	2	43	51	.259	.352	.402	.754		132		4	4	0			SYR · IL
1971	24	NYY-min	AAA	125	442	392	55	103	14	7	9	61	6	8	44	53	.263	.341	.403	.744		158		3	2	1			SYR · IL
1972	25	NYY-min	AAA	132	563	485	79	134	25	3	12	50	7	7	64	77	.276	.363	.414	.777		201		3	9	2			SYR · IL
1973	26	NYY-min	AAA	131	570	487	97	125	15	10	8	57	19	3	67	58	.257	.352	.378	.730		184		6	7	3			SYR · IL
1974	27	NYY-min	AAA	133	507	434	65	98	12	6	7	34	16	4	63	56	.226	.327	.329	.656		143		4	2	4			SYR · IL
1975	28	NYY-min	AAA	79	307	259	43	69	10	6	7	49	1	6	42	14	.266	.373	.432	.805		112		2	4	0			SYR · IL
1975	28	NYY	AL	52	133	117	13	26	3	1	1	11	6	2	11	8	.222	.292	.291	.583	67	34	1	1	3	1	0	8
1976	29	NYY-min	AAA	130	541	453	81	129	21	4	9	60	10	8	70	59	.285	.385	.408	.794		185		8	4	6			SYR · IL
1977	30	BAL-min	AAA	120	454	394	62	89	21	0	6	32	9	7	52	52	.226	.317	.325	.642		128		2	3	3			ROC · IL
2 Yrs				62	146	130	14	28	3	1	1	12	6	2	11	13	.215	.280	.277	.557	58	36	1	1	3	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	381	340	37	73	8	3	3	31	16	5	29	34	.215	.280	.277	.557	58	94	3	3	8	3	0

CHC (1 yr)				10	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18	2	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				52	133	117	13	26	3	1	1	11	6	2	11	8	.222	.292	.291	.583	67	34	1	1	3	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1969	22	CHC	NL	10	13	-2	-0	0	2	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.3	0.2	-2	$	/879

1975	28	NYY	AL	52	133	-5	-0	1	0	-0	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.492	.497	0.0	0.1	0	$	8
2 Seasons				62	146	-7	-1	1	2	-0	-5	-0.5	5	-0	-0.1	.492	.498	-0.3	0.3	-2	$

CHC (1 yr)				10	13	-2	-0	0	2	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.3	0.2	-2	$
NYY (1 yr)				52	133	-5	-0	1	0	-0	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.492	.497	0.0	0.1	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1969	22	CHC	NL	13	11	0	0.0	105	.250	.154	.274	.154	.346	.154	.406	.308	.752	-18	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.182	.000	.000

1975	28	NYY	AL	133	98	11	3.0	92	.229	.222	.257	.292	.326	.291	.377	.583	.704	67	.343	-5.2	-0.5	.532	.197	.068	1.7
2 Yrs				146	109	11	2.7	93	.231	.215	.259	.280	.328	.277	.380	.557	.709	58	.300	-7.4	-0.8	.495	.177	.062	1.7
162 Game Avg.				381	285	29	2.7	93	.231	.215	.259	.280	.328	.277	.380	.557	.709	58	.300	-7.4	-0.8	.495	.177	.062	4

CHC (1 yr)				13	11	0	0.0	105	.250	.154	.274	.154	.346	.154	.406	.308	.752	-18	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.182	.000	.000
NYY (1 yr)				133	98	11	3.0	92	.229	.222	.257	.292	.326	.291	.377	.583	.704	67	.343	-5.2	-0.5	.532	.197	.068	1.7

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	22	CHC	NL	13	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6		13.0	0.75	62%

1975	28	NYY	AL	133	0.8%	6.0%	8.3%	3.8%	19%	0.73	14.6	117.0	10.6	1.15	82%
2 Yrs				146	0.7%	8.9%	7.5%	3.4%	18%	1.18	10.0	130.0	10.8	1.11	80%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.1%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.60	6.3	44.9	8.9	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	22	CHC	NL	-2.2	-0.2	13	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.38	-0.2	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.97	-2.7	6.84	1

1975	28	NYY	AL	-5.2	-0.5	143	-0.5	1.5	-2.0	.83	-0.5	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	1.01	-5.0	0.73	1
2 Yrs				-7.4	-0.8	156	-0.9	1.6	-2.5	.87	-0.8	-0.2	-6.4	-0.6	1.00	-7.7	3.79	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	22	CHC	NL	0	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1975	28	NYY	AL	2	0	32%	49	6	2	75%	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	53%	14	8	6	0	0	0	3	0	3
2 Yrs				2	0	33%	55	6	2	75%	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	45%	17	10	6	0	0	0	3	0	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	22	CHC	NL	13	38%	2			1	0	0	0	6.84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	0	0		0	0		0

1975	28	NYY	AL	133	56%	26			1	1	0	0	0.73	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	100%	36	1	3%	15	5	33%	99	11	11%	9	4	44%	3	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				146	54%	28			2	1	0	0	3.79	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	100%	37	1	3%	16	5	31%	110	12	11%	9	4	44%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			11%			31%			14%			47%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1969	22	10	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18	2	0	0	0	0
1970	23	10	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18	2	0	0	0	0
1971	24	10	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18	2	0	0	0	0
1972	25	10	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18	2	0	0	0	0
1973	26	10	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18	2	0	0	0	0
1974	27	10	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18	2	0	0	0	0
1975	28	62	146	130	14	28	3	1	1	12	6	2	11	13	.215	.280	.277	.557	58	36	1	1	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	22	10	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10

1975	28	52	137	120	15	28	3	1	1	12	6	12	8	.233	.306	.300	.606	11	52
2 Yrs		62	150	133	15	28	3	1	1	12	6	12	13	.211	.279	.271	.550	11	62
162 Game Avg.		162	392	348	39	73	8	3	3	31	16	31	34	.211	.279	.271	.550	29	62

* 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.

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