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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 TEX AL 21 3B 46 42 383.2 106 28 72 6 7 .943 -2.4 -7.5 -2.4 -1.2 -1.2 0 2.35 2.17 .951 2.68 2.40
2003 TEX AL 22 3B 141 131 1167.0 363 110 238 15 32 .959 2.8 2.9 1.8 -0.1 1.9 1 2.68 2.47 .955 2.67 2.35 AS
2003 TEX AL 22 2B 4 1 12.0 10 2 7 1 1 .900 0.6 60.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 6.75 2.25 .980 4.95 4.38 AS
2004 TEX AL 23 3B 159 154 1377.2 399 103 279 17 33 .957 0.5 0.4 -1.5 -6.4 4.9 2 2.50 2.40 .951 2.64 2.34 AS,MVP-18
2005 TEX AL 24 3B 158 156 1374.0 411 96 304 11 23 .973 -4.0 -3.5 -3.0 -3.0 0.0 -1 2.62 2.53 .956 2.76 2.49
2005 TEX AL 24 DH 2
2006 TEX AL 25 3B 122 120 1062.2 321 72 237 12 20 .963 -9.6 -10.8 -9.6 -6.5 -3.1 0 2.62 2.53 .960 2.84 2.54
2006 TEX AL 25 DH 29
2007 TEX AL 26 3B 39 39 339.1 93 18 69 6 9 .935 -1.4 -5.0 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 0 2.31 2.23 .958 2.63 2.34
2007 TEX AL 26 DH 17
2008 TEX AL 27 1B 34 34 296.0 276 262 13 1 24 .996 -1.7 -6.9 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 0 8.36 8.09 .994 9.26 8.01
2008 TEX AL 27 3B 31 31 263.0 82 24 54 4 6 .951 -1.7 -7.8 -1.7 0.2 -1.9 0 2.67 2.52 .959 2.74 2.37
2009 TEX AL 28 1B 66 66 567.2 567 535 26 6 64 .989 8.89 8.50 .994 9.13 8.11
2009 TEX AL 28 DH 49
2009 TEX AL 28 3B 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 3.00 .967 2.70 2.40
8 Seasons 3B 697 674 5976.1 1778 451 1256 71 130 .960 -15.8 -3.2 -17.8 -18.4 0.6 2 2.57 2.45 .955 2.72 2.42
2 Seasons 1B 100 100 863.2 843 797 39 7 88 .992 -1.7 -2.4 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 0 8.71 8.36 .994 9.18 8.08
4 Seasons DH 97
1 Season 2B 4 1 12.0 10 2 7 1 1 .900 0.6 60.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 6.75 2.25 .980 4.95 4.38
8 Seasons TOT 801 775 6852.0 2631 1250 1302 79 219 .970 -16.9 -3.0 -18.9 -18.5 -0.4 2 3.35 3.19 .938 3.53 3.13

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2002 TEX AL 21 49 42 49 46 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
2003 TEX AL 22 143 132 143 142 0 0 0 4 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2004 TEX AL 23 159 154 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 TEX AL 24 161 158 161 158 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
2006 TEX AL 25 152 149 152 122 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 29 2 0
2007 TEX AL 26 58 56 58 39 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 0
2008 TEX AL 27 65 65 65 65 0 0 34 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 TEX AL 28 123 116 123 67 0 0 66 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 50 7 0
8 Seasons 910 872 910 798 0 0 100 4 697 0 0 0 0 0 98 28 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2002 TEX AL 21 1764 52% 72% 27% 99 91% 0 28 21 0 7 72 55 14 0 0 6 0 4 2 5 7 5 0 6 0 0 0 4 75%
2003 TEX AL 22 5403 50% 74% 31% 351 91% 1 111 90 11 10 238 166 59 1 7 15 1 5 9 11 33 27 1 28 5 3 1 12 83%
2004 TEX AL 23 6242 53% 75% 32% 418 88% 4 103 88 4 11 279 218 51 5 7 17 0 10 7 12 33 28 1 30 0 0 0 16 81%
2005 TEX AL 24 6232 53% 77% 34% 420 90% 3 96 79 7 10 304 236 59 4 1 11 0 7 4 9 23 18 2 21 1 1 0 14 64%
2006 TEX AL 25 4738 56% 76% 34% 331 89% 2 72 55 6 11 237 183 47 3 6 12 1 6 5 10 20 19 0 19 1 0 1 12 75%
2007 TEX AL 26 1583 53% 74% 31% 97 86% 0 18 13 2 3 69 50 18 0 2 6 0 4 2 5 9 8 0 9 0 0 0 5 80%
2008 TEX AL 27 1257 51% 74% 31% 82 90% 0 24 18 3 3 54 38 13 1 2 4 0 2 2 3 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 4 50%
2009 TEX AL 28 36 58% 75% 39% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 27255 53% 75% 32% 1801 89% 10 452 364 33 55 1256 947 263 14 25 71 2 38 31 55 131 111 4 119 7 4 2 67 75%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2008 TEX AL 27 1362 53% 75% 30% 66 92% 1 262 17 244 1 33 13 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 24 0 1 0 21 1 3 2 1 1 100%
2009 TEX AL 28 2493 51% 74% 29% 126 90% 1 535 30 493 12 63 26 16 4 0 6 6 0 5 1 6 62 2 1 0 57 3 5 3 2 6 67%
2 Seasons 3855 52% 74% 29% 192 91% 2 797 47 737 13 96 39 27 5 0 7 7 0 6 1 7 86 2 2 0 78 4 8 5 3 7 71%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2003 TEX AL 22 54 44% 78% 28% 9 89% 0 2 1 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 54 44% 78% 28% 9 89% 0 2 1 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 93%

* 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.

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