Ossie Blanco

Oswaldo Carlos (Diaz) Blanco

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 8, 1945 in Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1970
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians 1970-1974

Final Game: June 9, 1974
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Standard Batting

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
1963	17	SFG-min	A	95	295	295		74	14	1	3						.251	.251	.336	.586		99							LXG,DEC · WCRS,MIDW
1964	18	SFG-min	A	125	491	444	66	108	19	5	7	57	11	0	47	75	.243	.316	.356	.672		158							LXG · WCRS
1965	19	SFG-min	A	115	434	434		141	30	5	11						.325	.325	.493	.818		214							LXG · WCRS
1966	20	OAK-min	A-,A,AAA	136	534	479	40	135	26	2	17	52	9	3	54	43	.282	.354	.451	.805		216		0	0	1			LEW,MOD,VAN · NORW,CALL,PCL
1967	21	OAK-min	A,AA	42	156	140	14	34	9	1	1	20	1	2	16	19	.243	.321	.343	.663		48							LEE,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1968	22	CHW-min	AA	132	518	467	72	135	20	14	8	56	12	5	51	78	.289	.359	.443	.802		207							EVN · SOUL
1969	23	NYY-CHW-min	AAA	133	526	458	84	148	19	8	11	69	8	3	55	69	.323	.400	.472	.871		216		6	3	4			SYR,TUC · IL,PCL
1970	24	CHW-min	AA,AAA	99	388	360	33	121	27	5	13	33	2	0	25	23	.336	.379	.547	.926		197		1	0	2			MOB,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1970	24	CHW	AL	34	71	66	4	13	0	0	0	8	0	1	3	14	.197	.225	.197	.422	17	13	1	0	0	2	0	3/7

1971	25	CHC-min	AAA	128	555	466	79	142	26	5	15	85	7	1	79	83	.305	.405	.479	.884		223		3	2	5			TAC · PCL
1972	26	CHC-min	AAA	107	411	350	61	89	19	1	10	46	1	2	55	72	.254	.360	.400	.760		140		4	0	2			WCH · AA
1973	27	CLE-min	AAA	130	477	477		125	28	3	17						.262	.262	.440	.702		210							OKC · AA
1974	28	CLE-min	AAA	82	330	282	43	80	21	1	6	50	1	3	37	72	.284	.367	.429	.796		121		3	3	5			OKC · AA
1974	28	CLE	AL	18	43	36	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	4	.194	.326	.194	.520	54	7	1	0	0	0	0	3/D
1975	29	PUE,CDB	AAA																										PUE,CDB · MEX
1976	30	CJZ	AAA																										CJZ · MEX
1977	31	MXD,CJZ	AAA																										MXD,CJZ · MEX
1978	32	WSN-min	AAA	28	123	103	17	23	4	3	1	15	0	2	17	28	.223	.341	.350	.691		36		2	0	1			DEN · AA
2 Yrs				52	114	102	5	20	0	0	0	10	0	4	10	18	.196	.263	.196	.459	31	20	2	0	0	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	355	318	16	62	0	0	0	31	0	12	31	56	.196	.263	.196	.459	31	62	6	0	0	6	0

CLE (1 yr)				18	43	36	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	4	.194	.326	.194	.520	54	7	1	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				34	71	66	4	13	0	0	0	8	0	1	3	14	.197	.225	.197	.422	17	13	1	0	0	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1970	24	CHW	AL	34	71	-7	-0	1	-1	-1	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.474	.494	-0.6	-0.2	-5	$	3/7

1974	28	CLE	AL	18	43	-2	-1	-0	-0	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.473	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	3/D
2 Seasons				52	114	-9	-1	0	-1	-2	-12	-1.4	4	-9	-1.0	.473	.496	-0.9	-0.3	-8	$

CLE (1 yr)				18	43	-2	-1	-0	-0	-1	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.473	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$
CHW (1 yr)				34	71	-7	-0	1	-1	-1	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.474	.494	-0.6	-0.2	-5	$

Advanced Batting

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
1970	24	CHW	AL	71	57	3	1.4	98	.241	.197	.259	.225	.333	.197	.395	.422	.729	17	.116	-7.5	-0.8	.273	.030	.000

1974	28	CLE	AL	43	33	2	1.6	88	.219	.194	.257	.326	.321	.194	.370	.520	.691	54	.154	-1.8	-0.2	.333	.111	.000
2 Yrs				114	90	5	1.5	95	.233	.196	.258	.263	.329	.196	.386	.459	.715	31	.129	-9.4	-1.0	.295	.059	.000
162 Game Avg.				355	280	16	1.5	95	.233	.196	.258	.263	.329	.196	.386	.459	.715	31	.129	-9.4	-1.0	.295	.059	.000

CLE (1 yr)				43	33	2	1.6	88	.219	.194	.257	.326	.321	.194	.370	.520	.691	54	.154	-1.8	-0.2	.333	.111	.000
CHW (1 yr)				71	57	3	1.4	98	.241	.197	.259	.225	.333	.197	.395	.422	.729	17	.116	-7.5	-0.8	.273	.030	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	24	CHW	AL	71	0.0%	19.7%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	4.67	4.7		8.3	0.86	76%

1974	28	CLE	AL	43	0.0%	9.3%	16.3%	0.0%	0%	0.57	9.0		18.0	0.63	74%
2 Yrs				114	0.0%	15.8%	8.8%	0.0%	0%	1.80	5.7		10.2	0.76	75%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.2%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.62	6.3	44.7	9.0	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	24	CHW	AL	-7.5	-0.8	72	-0.7	0.9	-1.5	1.10	-0.6	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	1.02	-6.4	1.67	16

1974	28	CLE	AL	-1.8	-0.2	46	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	1.08	-0.3	0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.87	-3.1		1
2 Yrs				-9.4	-1.0	118	-0.8	1.5	-2.4	1.09	-0.9	0.2	-6.0	-0.6	0.96	-9.6	1.57	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	24	CHW	AL	1	0	25%	19	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1

1974	28	CLE	AL	0	0	7%	14	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				1	0	17%	33	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	38%	7	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1970	24	CHW	AL	71	58%	13			16	3	0	2	1.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		19	1	5%	11	5	45%	58	8	14%	5	3	60%	6	4	67%	0

1974	28	CLE	AL	43	51%	7			1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	0	0		22	2	9%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				114	55%	20			17	3	0	2	1.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		26	2	8%	11	5	45%	80	10	13%	5	3	60%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF
1970	24	34	71	66	4	13	8	1	3	14	.197	.225	.197	.422	17	13	1	2
1971	25	34	71	66	4	13	8	1	3	14	.197	.225	.197	.422	17	13	1	2
1972	26	34	71	66	4	13	8	1	3	14	.197	.225	.197	.422	17	13	1	2
1973	27	34	71	66	4	13	8	1	3	14	.197	.225	.197	.422	17	13	1	2
1974	28	52	114	102	5	20	10	4	10	18	.196	.263	.196	.459	31	20	2	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1970	24	34	71	66	4	13	0	0	0	8	0	3	14	.197	.225	.197	.422	3	34

1974	28	18	45	37	1	8	0	0	0	3	0	8	4	.216	.356	.216	.572	3	18
2 Yrs		52	116	103	5	21	0	0	0	11	0	11	18	.204	.276	.204	.480	6	52
162 Game Avg.		162	361	321	16	65	0	0	0	34	0	34	56	.204	.276	.204	.480	19	52

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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