Hank Blalock
Hank Joe Blalock
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: November 21, 1980 in San Diego, CA
High School: Rancho Bernardo (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2002
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Standard Batting

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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
2002 21 TEX AL 49 172 147 16 31 8 0 3 17 0 0 20 43 .211 .306 .327 .632 65 48 2 1 2 2 1 5
2003 22 TEX AL 143 615 567 89 170 33 3 29 90 2 3 44 97 .300 .350 .522 .872 117 296 16 1 0 3 1 *5/4 AS
2004 23 TEX AL 159 713 624 107 172 38 3 32 110 2 2 75 149 .276 .355 .500 .855 113 312 13 6 0 8 7 *5 AS,MVP-18
2005 24 TEX AL 161 705 647 80 170 34 0 25 92 1 0 51 132 .263 .318 .431 .749 93 279 16 3 0 4 1 *5/D
2006 25 TEX AL 152 646 591 76 157 26 3 16 89 1 0 51 98 .266 .325 .401 .726 86 237 15 2 0 2 6 *5D
2007 26 TEX AL 58 232 208 32 61 16 3 10 33 4 1 21 38 .293 .358 .543 .901 133 113 8 1 0 2 1 5D
2008 27 TEX AL 65 281 258 37 74 19 1 12 38 1 0 19 40 .287 .338 .508 .846 119 131 10 2 0 2 3 35
2009 28 TEX AL 123 495 462 62 108 21 4 25 66 2 0 26 108 .234 .277 .459 .736 86 212 6 3 0 4 2 3D/5
8 Seasons 910 3859 3504 499 943 195 17 152 535 13 6 307 705 .269 .329 .465 .794 102 1628 86 19 2 27 22
162 Game Avg. 162 687 624 89 168 35 3 27 95 2 1 55 126 .269 .329 .465 .794 102 290 15 3 0 5 4

Advanced Batting

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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
2002 21 TEX AL 172 122 16 3.5 110 .272 .211 .271 .306 .339 .327 .436 .632 .776 65 .347 -7.4 -0.7 .585 .252 .116 .0
2003 22 TEX AL 615 419 99 6.3 116 .318 .300 .280 .350 .348 .522 .449 .872 .797 117 .603 12.4 1.2 .817 .298 .222 3.7
2004 23 TEX AL 713 475 112 6.3 116 .310 .276 .280 .355 .349 .500 .449 .855 .798 113 .589 12.2 1.1 .842 .345 .224 3.8
2005 24 TEX AL 705 497 87 4.7 110 .294 .263 .275 .318 .339 .431 .436 .749 .775 93 .478 -8.3 -0.8 .677 .249 .168 1.9
2006 25 TEX AL 646 451 76 4.5 112 .294 .266 .277 .325 .341 .401 .440 .726 .781 86 .432 -13.2 -1.2 .648 .223 .135 1.9
2007 26 TEX AL 232 158 39 6.6 108 .315 .293 .272 .358 .340 .543 .426 .901 .765 133 .619 9.6 0.9 .885 .365 .250 5.7
2008 27 TEX AL 281 196 42 5.7 107 .298 .287 .270 .338 .339 .508 .425 .846 .763 119 .566 6.6 0.6 .789 .298 .221 1.8
2009 28 TEX AL 495 364 59 4.3 111 .249 .234 .272 .277 .342 .459 .436 .736 .778 86 .428 -12.5 -1.2 .675 .286 .225 3.7
8 Seasons 3859 2682 530 5.3 112 .296 .269 .276 .329 .343 .465 .440 .794 .783 102 .519 -0.5 -0.1 .739 .285 .195 24.0
162 Game Avg. 687 477 94 5.3 112 .296 .269 .276 .329 .343 .465 .440 .794 .783 102 .519 -0.5 -0.1 .739 .285 .195 4

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 TEX AL 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
2004 TEX AL 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2002 21 TEX AL 172 1.7% 25.0% 11.6% 6.4% 36% 2.15 3.4 49.0 8.6 0.61 0.88 60% 29% 5.5% 14%
2003 22 TEX AL 615 4.7% 15.8% 7.2% 10.6% 38% 2.20 5.8 19.6 6.3 0.52 0.73 72% 22% 10.2% 9%
2004 23 TEX AL 713 4.5% 20.9% 10.5% 10.2% 42% 1.99 4.2 19.5 5.7 0.50 0.71 63% 22% 11.0% 10%
2005 24 TEX AL 705 3.6% 18.7% 7.2% 8.4% 35% 2.59 4.9 25.9 7.0 0.62 0.88 70% 24% 8.4% 7%
2006 25 TEX AL 646 2.5% 15.2% 7.9% 7.0% 29% 1.92 6.0 36.9 6.6 0.72 0.94 74% 21% 6.1% 8%
2007 26 TEX AL 232 4.3% 16.4% 9.1% 12.5% 48% 1.81 5.5 20.8 6.3 0.50 0.79 70% 25% 10.3% 16%
2008 27 TEX AL 281 4.3% 14.2% 6.8% 11.4% 43% 2.11 6.5 21.5 6.8 0.56 0.83 74% 24% 9.1% 6%
2009 28 TEX AL 495 5.1% 21.8% 5.3% 10.1% 46% 4.15 4.3 18.5 7.0 0.63 0.84 67% 19% 13.0% 12%
8 Seasons 3859 3.9% 18.3% 8.0% 9.4% 39% 2.30 5.0 23.1 6.5 0.58 0.82 69% 22% 9.4% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2002 21 TEX AL 1 0 27% 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 33% 6 4 2 0 0 0 6 4 2
2003 22 TEX AL 8 0 32% 264 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 16 27% 27 26 1 5 1 3 20 7 10
2004 23 TEX AL 9 0 34% 279 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 19 32% 39 31 7 11 9 2 25 9 15
2005 24 TEX AL 8 0 28% 270 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 14 17% 27 25 0 9 7 2 12 6 6
2006 25 TEX AL 4 0 31% 234 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 28% 39 33 6 10 4 5 19 11 8
2007 26 TEX AL 1 0 30% 86 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 37% 8 7 1 1 1 0 10 4 6
2008 27 TEX AL 0 0 30% 109 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 15% 12 12 0 6 4 1 9 4 3
2009 28 TEX AL 6 0 33% 143 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 24% 16 15 1 8 7 1 17 9 8
8 Seasons 37 0 31% 1445 13 6 68% 13 5 0 1 0 0 5 0 39 90 26% 174 153 18 50 33 14 118 54 58
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2002 21 TEX AL 172 80% 31 2 0 3 0 0 0 2.24 3 0 7 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 100% 34 2 6% 18 6 33% 115 14 12% 7 4 57% 7 4 57% 0
2003 22 TEX AL 615 76% 170 8 0 7 2 0 2 2.27 29 1 13 26 3 18 11 0 0 0 124 16 13% 60 13 22% 373 61 16% 25 14 56% 36 15 42% 0
2004 23 TEX AL 713 69% 172 10 0 3 1 1 1 0.80 32 3 13 27 5 16 16 0 0 0 132 13 10% 75 21 28% 430 81 19% 41 18 44% 46 23 50% 0
2005 24 TEX AL 705 71% 170 12 0 3 2 0 2 3.53 25 0 16 17 8 20 5 0 0 0 147 16 11% 66 18 27% 473 72 15% 38 19 50% 46 17 37% 0
2006 25 TEX AL 646 72% 157 16 0 2 0 0 0 3.45 16 0 23 13 3 8 8 0 0 0 127 15 12% 58 11 19% 460 74 16% 34 18 53% 42 18 43% 0
2007 26 TEX AL 232 77% 61 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.95 10 1 4 10 0 7 3 0 0 0 44 8 18% 19 5 26% 136 23 17% 13 7 54% 16 9 56% 0
2008 27 TEX AL 281 67% 74 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 9 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 64 10 16% 27 5 19% 200 27 14% 12 6 50% 14 7 50% 0
2009 28 TEX AL 495 73% 108 4 0 5 0 0 0 3.17 25 0 16 19 6 13 12 0 0 0 83 6 7% 41 10 24% 316 44 14% 23 8 35% 35 15 43% 0
8 Seasons 3859 73% 943 59 0 24 5 1 5 2.47 152 5 101 121 31 90 62 0 2 2 100% 755 86 11% 364 89 24% 2503 396 16% 193 94 49% 242 108 45% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2002 21 TEX AL 172 654 3.80 404 62% 23% 19% 32% 27% 77% 0% 48% 76% 33% 5% 8 0 18% 31 18 6% 11 8 26% 0 0 0
2003 22 TEX AL 615 2234 3.63 1405 63% 23% 17% 27% 34% 77% 0% 49% 78% 34% 5% 32 0 17% 102 51 10% 63 42 25% 0 0 0
2004 23 TEX AL 713 2808 3.94 1700 61% 21% 20% 31% 28% 79% 2% 48% 75% 36% 7% 48 9 19% 137 60 11% 75 49 23% 0 0 0
2005 24 TEX AL 705 2639 3.74 1601 61% 21% 18% 28% 32% 79% 0% 48% 77% 33% 4% 31 10 16% 115 67 9% 63 37 19% 0 0 0
2006 25 TEX AL 646 2328 3.60 1455 63% 22% 17% 27% 34% 78% 2% 49% 78% 35% 4% 28 5 15% 95 53 7% 46 29 27% 0 0 0
2007 26 TEX AL 232 823 3.55 516 63% 20% 20% 26% 33% 80% 1% 50% 75% 35% 4% 10 0 13% 30 12 8% 18 10 21% 0 0 0
2008 27 TEX AL 281 992 3.53 615 62% 23% 15% 26% 36% 77% 2% 48% 81% 31% 4% 12 1 17% 48 29 7% 20 11 13% 0 0 0
2009 28 TEX AL 495 1830 3.70 1156 63% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 1% 48% 76% 27% 4% 22 2 15% 75 39 9% 43 30 19% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3859 14308 3.71 8852 62% 22% 18% 28% 32% 78% 1% 48% 77% 33% 5% 191 27 16% 633 329 9% 339 216 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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
2002 21 49 172 147 16 31 8 0 3 17 0 0 20 43 .211 .306 .327 .632 65 48 2 1 2 2 1
2003 22 192 787 714 105 201 41 3 32 107 2 3 64 140 .282 .340 .482 .822 106 344 18 2 2 5 2
2004 23 351 1500 1338 212 373 79 6 64 217 4 5 139 289 .279 .347 .490 .837 109 656 31 8 2 13 9
2005 24 512 2205 1985 292 543 113 6 89 309 5 5 190 421 .274 .338 .471 .809 104 935 47 11 2 17 10
2006 25 664 2851 2576 368 700 139 9 105 398 6 5 241 519 .272 .335 .455 .790 100 1172 62 13 2 19 16
2007 26 722 3083 2784 400 761 155 12 115 431 10 6 262 557 .273 .337 .462 .798 102 1285 70 14 2 21 17
2008 27 787 3364 3042 437 835 174 13 127 469 11 6 281 597 .274 .337 .465 .802 104 1416 80 16 2 23 20
2009 28 910 3859 3504 499 943 195 17 152 535 13 6 307 705 .269 .329 .465 .794 102 1628 86 19 2 27 22

Neutralized Batting

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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
2002 21 49 170 147 15 31 8 0 3 16 0 20 43 .211 .306 .327 .632 15 49
2003 22 143 592 549 77 152 30 3 26 78 2 39 97 .277 .324 .485 .809 86 143
2004 23 159 696 612 93 160 35 3 30 96 2 70 149 .261 .339 .475 .815 98 159
2005 24 161 693 638 74 161 32 0 24 86 1 48 132 .252 .306 .415 .721 81 161
2006 25 152 637 584 71 150 25 3 15 83 1 49 98 .257 .316 .387 .703 71 152
2007 26 58 228 205 31 58 15 3 10 31 4 20 38 .283 .346 .532 .878 37 58
2008 27 65 276 254 36 70 18 1 11 37 1 18 40 .276 .326 .484 .810 40 65
2009 28 123 494 461 60 107 21 4 25 64 2 26 108 .232 .275 .458 .733 57 123
8 Seasons 910 3786 3450 457 889 184 17 144 491 13 290 705 .258 .316 .446 .763 485 910
162 Game Avg. 162 674 614 81 158 33 3 26 87 2 52 126 .258 .316 .446 .763 86 910

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *
2004 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-AL-18-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Games Played s c a p y
2004 AL--159--5th
2005 AL--161--7th

At Bats s c a p y
2004 AL--624--8th
2005 AL--647--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2004 AL--713--6th
2005 AL--705--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
2004 AL--312--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
2004 AL--32--9th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2004 AL--110--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 AL--149--2nd
2005 AL--132--4th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2004 AL--73--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2004 AL--8--4th

AB per HR s c a p y
Career--23.1--213th

Outs Made s c a p y
2004 AL--475--6th
2005 AL--497--1st

Youngest s c a p y
2002 AL--born 1980-11-21--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1499), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Jim Ray Hart (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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