Dennis Blair
Dennis Herman Blair
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: June 5, 1954 in Middletown, OH
High School: Eisenhower (Rialto, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1974
Final Game: July 4, 1980
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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
1974 20 MON NL 11 7 .611 3.27 22 22 0 4 1 0 146.0 113 61 53 7 72 4 76 5 2 4 623 118 1.267 7.0 0.4 4.4 4.7 1.06
1975 21 MON NL 8 15 .348 3.80 30 27 2 1 0 0 163.1 150 77 69 14 106 3 82 3 1 12 718 101 1.567 8.3 0.8 5.8 4.5 0.77
1976 22 MON NL 0 2 .000 4.02 5 4 0 1 0 0 15.2 21 11 7 1 11 0 9 2 0 1 84 93 2.043 12.1 0.6 6.3 5.2 0.82
1980 26 SDP NL 0 1 .000 6.43 5 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 18 10 10 3 3 0 11 0 0 1 61 53 1.500 11.6 1.9 1.9 7.1 3.67
4 Seasons 19 25 .432 3.69 62 54 2 6 1 0 339.0 302 159 139 25 192 7 178 10 3 18 1486 104 1.457 8.0 0.7 5.1 4.7 0.93
162 Game Avg. 11 15 .432 3.69 36 32 1 4 1 0 199 177 93 81 15 113 4 104 6 2 11 871 104 1.457 8.0 0.7 5.1 4.7 0.93
MON (3 yrs) 19 24 .442 3.57 57 53 2 6 1 0 325.0 284 149 129 22 189 7 167 10 3 17 1425 108 1.455 7.9 0.6 5.2 4.6 0.88
SDP (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.43 5 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 18 10 10 3 3 0 11 0 0 1 61 53 1.500 11.6 1.9 1.9 7.1 3.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1974 20 MON NL 22 623 539 61 113 24 1 7 11 1 72 76 .210 .307 .297 .604 .231 160 12 5 4 3 4
1975 21 MON NL 30 718 598 77 150 16 10 14 11 8 106 82 .251 .362 .381 .744 .267 228 27 3 3 8 3
1976 22 MON NL 5 84 70 11 21 3 0 1 8 1 11 9 .300 .405 .386 .790 .328 27 0 2 0 1 0
1980 26 SDP NL 5 61 58 10 18 3 0 3 0 0 3 11 .310 .344 .517 .862 .341 30 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 62 1486 1265 159 302 46 11 25 30 10 192 178 .239 .341 .352 .693 .258 445 40 10 7 12 7
162 Game Avg. 36 871 742 93 177 27 6 15 18 6 113 104 .239 .341 .352 .693 .258 261 23 6 4 7 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1974 20 MON NL 22 22 11 7 4 0 3 14 8 .636 1 3 4 1 14 64% 55 87 29 25 8 3 9 5.8 5.4 6.6
1975 21 MON NL 30 27 8 15 4 0 4 9 18 .333 3 1 1 0 15 56% 50 66 18 23 8 7 13 2.8 2.7 5.9
1976 22 MON NL 5 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 .250 1 1 1 0 1 25% 44 64 30 6 1 1 2 3.4 3.2 3.6
1980 26 SDP NL 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 1 100% 61 61 61 5 3 0 1 3.2 2.6 7.3
4 Seasons 62 54 19 24 11 0 8 25 29 .463 6 5 6 1 31 57% 52 87 18 59 20 11 25 4.1 3.9 6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1975 21 MON NL 30 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.164 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 4.3
1976 22 MON NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.246 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1980 26 SDP NL 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 50% 2 0.985 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 5.0
3 Seasons 40 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 50% 1.159 2 0 6 2 0 6 3 5 5 3 5 1 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1974 20 MON NL 623 46% 1.1% 12.2% 11.6% 5.1% 28% 1.45 74% 107 12 11%
1975 21 MON NL 718 44% 2.0% 11.4% 14.8% 5.6% 27% 1.29 71% 168 27 16%
1976 22 MON NL 84 46% 1.2% 10.7% 13.1% 4.8% 19% 1.64 73% 17 0 0%
1980 26 SDP NL 61 28% 4.9% 18.0% 4.9% 9.8% 33% 1.50 72% 13 1 8%
4 Seasons 1486 44% 1.7% 12.0% 12.9% 5.5% 27% 1.38 72% 305 40 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1974 20 MON NL 623 113 7 0 13 4 3 3 4 24 14 3 58% 11 4 0 225 11 1 92% 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1975 21 MON NL 718 150 14 1 24 8 6 7 7 53 21 4 40% 9 12 4 273 11 8 58% 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 34 0
1976 22 MON NL 84 21 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 7 5 0 71% 4 1 0 40 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1980 26 SDP NL 61 18 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 1486 302 25 1 40 16 9 10 15 86 42 7 49% 24 18 4 563 30 10 75% 28 8 2 2 0 0 2 0 50 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1974 20 11 7 .611 3.27 22 22 0 4 1 0 146.0 113 61 53 7 72 4 76 5 2 4 623 118 1.267 7.0 0.4 4.4 4.7 1.06 118
1975 21 19 22 .463 3.55 52 49 2 5 1 0 309.1 263 138 122 21 178 7 158 8 3 16 1341 108 1.426 7.7 0.6 5.2 4.6 0.89 108
1976 22 19 24 .442 3.57 57 53 2 6 1 0 325.0 284 149 129 22 189 7 167 10 3 17 1425 108 1.455 7.9 0.6 5.2 4.6 0.88 108
1977 23 19 24 .442 3.57 57 53 2 6 1 0 325.0 284 149 129 22 189 7 167 10 3 17 1425 108 1.455 7.9 0.6 5.2 4.6 0.88 108
1978 24 19 24 .442 3.57 57 53 2 6 1 0 325.0 284 149 129 22 189 7 167 10 3 17 1425 108 1.455 7.9 0.6 5.2 4.6 0.88 108
1979 25 19 24 .442 3.57 57 53 2 6 1 0 325.0 284 149 129 22 189 7 167 10 3 17 1425 108 1.455 7.9 0.6 5.2 4.6 0.88 108
1980 26 19 25 .432 3.69 62 54 2 6 1 0 339.0 302 159 139 25 192 7 178 10 3 18 1486 104 1.457 8.0 0.7 5.1 4.7 0.93 104

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1974 20 9 7 .563 3.31 144.0 113 59 53 7 72 75 5 1.285 7.1 4.5 4.7 1.04 0.4 22
1975 21 8 9 .471 4.12 153.0 150 78 70 14 106 77 3 1.673 8.8 6.2 4.5 0.73 0.8 30
1976 22 0 1 .000 3.94 16.0 22 8 7 1 12 9 2 2.125 12.4 6.8 5.1 0.75 0.6 5
1980 26 0 1 .000 7.62 13.0 19 12 11 3 3 10 0 1.692 13.2 2.1 6.9 3.33 2.1 5
4 Seasons 17 18 .486 3.89 326.0 304 157 141 25 193 171 10 1.525 8.4 4.7 0.89 0.7 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1974 NL--.611--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL--106--4th

Losses s c a p y
1975 NL--15--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 NL--12--5th

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

                                         

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