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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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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

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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 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

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Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2002Texas Rangers$200,000
2003Texas Rangers$302,500
2004Texas Rangers$550,000
2005Texas Rangers$850,000
2006Texas Rangers$3,050,000
2007Texas Rangers$4,800,000
2008Texas Rangers$6,000,000
2009Texas Rangers$6,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,952,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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