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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 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
1972	18	WSN-min	Rk,A,A-	2	3	.400	3.71	12	11		2	0	0	68.0	69	43	28	3	33	0	13	1	0	0			1.500	9.1	0.4	4.4	1.7	0.39	CCA,WPB,JAM · FECR,FLOR,NYPL
1973	19	WSN-min	AA,A	7	12	.368	2.82	25	25					150.0	123	65	47	3	63								1.240	7.4	0.2	3.8			QUE,WPB · EL,FLOR
1974	20	WSN-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	1.83	9	9		2	0	0	54.0	37	11	11	1	24	0	47	1	0	1			1.130	6.2	0.2	4.0	7.8	1.96	MEM · IL
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	102	1.567	8.3	0.8	5.8	4.5	0.77
1976	22	WSN-min	AAA	9	4	.692	4.50	25	25		0	0	0	122.0	131	73	61	14	84	3	91	8	0	15			1.762	9.7	1.0	6.2	6.7	1.08	DEN · AA
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	95	2.043	12.1	0.6	6.3	5.2	0.82

1977	23	WSN-BAL-min	AAA	9	7	.563	4.41	24	20		5	0	0	143.0	160	81	70	13	55	4	74	2	0	5			1.503	10.1	0.8	3.5	4.7	1.35	DEN,ROC · AA,IL
1978	24	BAL-min	AA,AAA	6	10	.375	3.98	23	23		6	2	0	138.0	145	77	61	10	56	5	79	5	1	8			1.457	9.5	0.7	3.7	5.2	1.41	CHR,ROC · SOUL,IL
1979	25	SDP-BAL-min	AAA	8	8	.500	5.26	23	22		3	0	0	137.0	146	83	80	14	63	2	85	2	1	9			1.526	9.6	0.9	4.1	5.6	1.35	HAW,ROC · PCL,IL
1980	26	SDP-min	AAA	6	12	.333	4.25	23	21		6	1	0	146.0	137	78	69	8	52	0	82	7	2	8			1.295	8.4	0.5	3.2	5.1	1.58	HAW · PCL
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	55	1.500	11.6	1.9	1.9	7.1	3.67
4 Yrs				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	55	1.500	11.6	1.9	1.9	7.1	3.67

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
1974	20	MON	NL	146.0	22	22	61	3.76	4.13	0.22	0.13	105.8	4.28	8	0.9		-0.1	1.9	22	.540	.505	$
1975	21	MON	NL	163.1	30	27	77	4.24	4.38	0.05	0.12	106.1	4.73	7	0.8	.3	-0.1	2.0	24	.528	.505	$
1976	22	MON	NL	15.2	5	4	11	6.32	4.43	-0.17	0.10	109.9	5.16	-2	-0.2	.3	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.453	.499	$

1980	26	SDP	NL	14.0	5	1	10	6.43	4.03	0.03	-0.08	95.2	3.74	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.412	.497	$
4 Seasons				339.0	62	54	159	4.22	4.26	0.11	0.12	105.7	4.52	9	1.0	.8	-0.2	3.4	42	.517	.502	$

MON (3 yrs)				325.0	57	53	149	4.13	4.27	0.11	0.13	106.2	4.55	13	1.5	.3	-0.2	3.8	45	.526	.503	$
SDP (1 yr)				14.0	5	1	10	6.43	4.03	0.03	-0.08	95.2	3.74	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.412	.497	$

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
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	11
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	9
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	4

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	0
4 Yrs				62	1486	1265	159	302	46	11	25	30	10	192	178	.239	.341	.352	.693	.258	445	40	10	7	12	7	24
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	14
MLB Averages																.260	.326	.382	.708	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	20	MON	NL	8.9	1.0	642	0.4	10.9	-10.5	1.07	1.1	-0.7	8.1	0.8	1.07	13.5	0	0	0
1975	21	MON	NL	1.6	0.2	753	-0.1	14.6	-14.7	1.17	-1.3	1.2	-2.0	-0.2	1.17	-14.0	0	0	3
1976	22	MON	NL	-1.5	-0.2	94	-0.4	1.6	-2.0	1.28	-0.5	0.2	-4.3	-0.4	1.28	-5.8	0	0	1

1980	26	SDP	NL	-4.2	-0.4	62	0.1	1.0	-0.9	1.01	-0.2	0.3	-3.2	-0.3	1.01	-3.8	2	0	2
4 Yrs				4.8	0.5	1551	-0.1	28.1	-28.2	1.13	-0.9	0.9	-1.5	-0.1	1.13	-10.0	2	0	6

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
1974	20	MON	NL	22	22	11	7	4	0	3	14	8	.636	1	3	4	1	14	64%	55.1	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%	49.7	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%	43.8	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%	61.0	61	61	5	3	0	1	3.2	2.6	7.3
4 Yrs				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													.500						53%	51	106	-13					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1975	21	MON	NL	30	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1.173	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	1.282	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	1.010	2	0	2	2	0	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	5.0
3 Yrs				40	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	50%		1.172	2	0	6	2	0	6	3	5	5	3	5	1	4.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	20	MON	NL	623	54%	1.1%	12.2%	11.6%	5.1%	28%	1.45	74%	107	12	11%
1975	21	MON	NL	718	56%	2.0%	11.4%	14.8%	5.6%	27%	1.29	71%	168	27	16%
1976	22	MON	NL	84	54%	1.2%	10.7%	13.1%	4.8%	19%	1.64	73%	17	0	0%

1980	26	SDP	NL	61	72%	4.9%	18.0%	4.9%	9.8%	33%	1.50	72%	13	1	8%
4 Yrs				1486	56%	1.7%	12.0%	12.9%	5.5%	27%	1.38	72%	305	40	13%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.4%	27%	1.09	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
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	0	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 Yrs				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	1	0	50	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	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	309.1	263	138	122	21	178	7	158	8	3	16	1341	109	1.426	7.7	0.6	5.2	4.6	0.89	109
1976	22	19	24	.442	3.57	57	53	2	6	1	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	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	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	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	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	4.06	153.0	150	77	69	14	106	77	3	1.673	8.8	6.2	4.5	0.73	0.8	30
1976	22	1	0	1.000	3.71	17.0	21	8	7	1	11	10	2	1.882	11.1	5.8	5.3	0.91	0.5	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 Yrs		18	17	.514	3.85	327.0	303	156	140	25	192	172	10	1.514	8.3		4.7	0.90	0.7	62

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1974 NL .611 (9th)	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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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