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Dennis Blair

Dennis Herman Blair

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: June 5, 1954 in Middletown, OH
High School: Eisenhower HS (Rialto, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1974
Teams (by GP): Expos/Padres 1974-1980

Final Game: July 4, 1980
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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
1974 20 MON NL 22 61 51 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 25 .118 .164 .137 .301 -17 7 0 0 6 1 0 1
1975 21 MON NL 30 53 49 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22 .143 .176 .143 .319 -12 7 0 0 2 0 0 1
1976 22 MON NL 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1980 26 SDP NL 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Yrs 62 123 109 5 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 51 .128 .165 .138 .303 -16 15 1 0 8 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 321 285 13 37 3 0 0 8 0 0 13 133 .128 .165 .138 .303 -16 39 3 0 21 3 0
MON (3 yrs) 57 118 104 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 49 .125 .164 .135 .298 -17 14 1 0 8 1 0
SDP (1 yr) 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 15 1 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1974 20 MON NL 22 61 -9 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -0 $ 1
1975 21 MON NL 30 53 -7 -0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 22 MON NL 5 4 -1 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .482 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1980 26 SDP NL 5 5 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
4 Seasons 62 123 -18 0 0 0 13 -4 -0.5 4 -0 -0.5 .493 .499 -0.5 0.0 -1 $
MON (3 yrs) 57 118 -17 0 0 0 12 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.5 .492 .499 -0.5 0.0 -1 $
SDP (1 yr) 5 5 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 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
1974 20 MON NL 61 52 2 1.0 99 .222 .118 .268 .164 .341 .137 .387 .301 .728 -17 .070 -8.3 -0.9 .222 .078 .020
1975 21 MON NL 53 44 1 0.6 99 .259 .143 .270 .176 .342 .143 .390 .319 .732 -12 .027 -7.8 -0.8 .214 .041 .000
1976 22 MON NL 4 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .268 .000 .336 .000 .382 .000 .718 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1980 26 SDP NL 5 4 0 0.0 90 .333 .200 .260 .200 .321 .200 .377 .400 .698 15 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
4 Yrs 123 105 3 0.8 99 .237 .128 .269 .165 .340 .138 .388 .303 .728 -16 .042 -17.7 -1.8 .208 .055 .009
162 Game Avg. 321 274 8 0.8 99 .237 .128 .269 .165 .340 .138 .388 .303 .728 -16 .042 -17.7 -1.8 .208 .055 .009
MON (3 yrs) 118 101 3 0.8 99 .232 .125 .269 .164 .341 .135 .389 .298 .730 -17 .045 -17.1 -1.8 .207 .058 .010
SDP (1 yr) 5 4 0 0.0 90 .333 .200 .260 .200 .321 .200 .377 .400 .698 15 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 20 MON NL 61 0.0% 41.0% 4.9% 1.6% 17% 8.33 2.0 25.5 2.11 44%
1975 21 MON NL 53 0.0% 41.5% 3.8% 0.0% 0% 11.00 2.2 49.0 6.00 51%
1976 22 MON NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1980 26 SDP NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 0.50 60%
4 Yrs 123 0.0% 41.5% 4.1% 0.8% 7% 10.20 2.1 36.3 2.93 48%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.8% 8.5% 6.4% 27% 1.50 6.9 46.7 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 20 MON NL -8.3 -0.9 62 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 .83 -0.8 -0.0 -11.1 -1.1 1.07 -9.5 0
1975 21 MON NL -7.8 -0.8 53 -0.6 0.5 -1.0 .92 -0.6 0.0 -6.6 -0.7 0.88 -6.7 0
1976 22 MON NL -1.1 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.20 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 1.16 -1.2 0
1980 26 SDP NL -0.6 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .49 -0.1 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.72 -0.8 0
4 Yrs -17.7 -1.8 124 -1.4 0.8 -2.2 .86 -1.6 -0.0 -19.9 -2.0 0.98 -18.2 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 20 MON NL 0 0 56% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75% 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
1975 21 MON NL 1 0 0% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1976 22 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 26 SDP NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1 0 26% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 43% 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 1

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
1974 20 MON NL 61 13% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 16 0 0% 18 4 22% 51 2 4% 6 1 17% 0 0 0
1975 21 MON NL 53 19% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 0 0% 8 2 25% 29 2 7% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1976 22 MON NL 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1980 26 SDP NL 5 40% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 123 16% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 26 1 4% 29 6 21% 84 4 5% 8 1 13% 3 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 35% 14% 50% 54%

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 IBB
1974 20 22 61 51 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 25 .118 .164 .137 .301 -17 7 0 0 6 1 0
1975 21 52 114 100 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 47 .130 .170 .140 .310 -14 14 0 0 8 1 0
1976 22 57 118 104 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 49 .125 .164 .135 .298 -17 14 1 0 8 1 0
1977 23 57 118 104 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 49 .125 .164 .135 .298 -17 14 1 0 8 1 0
1978 24 57 118 104 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 49 .125 .164 .135 .298 -17 14 1 0 8 1 0
1979 25 57 118 104 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 49 .125 .164 .135 .298 -17 14 1 0 8 1 0
1980 26 62 123 109 5 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 51 .128 .165 .138 .303 -16 15 1 0 8 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 20 22 61 51 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 3 25 .118 .164 .137 .301 1 22
1975 21 30 52 48 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 22 .125 .160 .125 .285 1 30
1976 22 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1980 26 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
4 Yrs 62 122 108 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 5 51 .111 .149 .120 .269 2 62
162 Game Avg. 162 319 282 10 31 3 0 0 8 0 13 133 .111 .149 .120 .269 5 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1954-06-05 (2nd)
1975 NL  born 1954-06-05 (8th)

                                         

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