Fred Blanding

Frederick James Blanding (Fritz)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 8, 1888 in Redlands, CA
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1910
Team: Naps 1910-1914

Final Game: September 30, 1914
Died: July 16, 1950 in Salem, VA
Buried: Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, MI
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1910	22	SAN	C	20	9	.690		30						230.0	180	81			51							1.004	7.0		2.0			SAN · TL
1910	22	CLE	AL	2	2	.500	2.78	6	5	1	4	1	0	45.1	43	19	14	0	12	25	4	0	1	185	94	1.213	8.5	0.0	2.4	5.0	2.08
1911	23	CLE	AL	7	11	.389	3.68	29	16	12	11	0	2	176.0	190	95	72	5	60	80	6	0	5	738	93	1.420	9.7	0.3	3.1	4.1	1.33
1912	24	CLE	AL	18	14	.563	2.92	39	31	7	23	1	1	262.0	259	117	85	4	79	75	3	0	3	1052	118	1.290	8.9	0.1	2.7	2.6	0.95
1913	25	CLE	AL	15	10	.600	2.55	41	22	16	14	3	0	215.0	234	79	61	6	72	63	3	1	7	899	118	1.423	9.8	0.3	3.0	2.6	0.88
1914	26	CLE	AL	4	9	.308	3.96	29	12	12	5	0	0	116.0	133	82	51	0	54	35	1	0	7	497	73	1.612	10.3	0.0	4.2	2.7	0.65
5 Yrs				46	46	.500	3.13	144	86	48	57	5	3	814.1	859	392	283	15	277	278	17	1	23	3371	102	1.395	9.5	0.2	3.1	3.1	1.00
162 Game Avg.				14	14	.500	3.13	43	25	14	17	1	1	241	254	116	84	4	82	82	5	0	7	997	102	1.395	9.5	0.2	3.1	3.1	1.00

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1910	22	CLE	AL	45.1	6	5	19	3.77	3.68	0.04	103.0	3.75	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.505	.500	$
1911	23	CLE	AL	176.0	29	16	95	4.86	4.63	0.06	102.0	4.66	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.1	16	.486	.498	$
1912	24	CLE	AL	262.0	39	31	117	4.02	4.45	-0.02	103.0	4.60	19	2.0	1.0	-0.3	4.1	46	.552	.512	$
1913	25	CLE	AL	215.0	41	22	79	3.31	3.91	0.11	103.0	3.90	16	1.9	1.0	-0.2	3.7	35	.546	.512	$
1914	26	CLE	AL	116.0	29	12	82	6.36	3.68	-0.26	105.0	4.15	-27	-3.0	1.0	-0.1	-2.0	-18	.397	.482	$
5 Seasons				814.1	144	86	392	4.33	4.19	0.00	103.1	4.32	4	0.5	1.0	-0.8	7.3	83	.504	.501	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1910	22	2	2	.500	2.78	6	5	1	4	1	0	45.1	43	19	14	0	12	25	4	0	1	185	94	1.213	8.5	0.0	2.4	5.0	2.08	94
1911	23	9	13	.409	3.50	35	21	13	15	1	2	221.1	233	114	86	5	72	105	10	0	6	923	93	1.378	9.5	0.2	2.9	4.3	1.46	93
1912	24	27	27	.500	3.18	74	52	20	38	2	3	483.1	492	231	171	9	151	180	13	0	9	1975	105	1.330	9.2	0.2	2.8	3.4	1.19	105
1913	25	42	37	.532	2.99	115	74	36	52	5	3	698.1	726	310	232	15	223	243	16	1	16	2874	109	1.359	9.4	0.2	2.9	3.1	1.09	109
1914	26	46	46	.500	3.13	144	86	48	57	5	3	814.1	859	392	283	15	277	278	17	1	23	3371	102	1.395	9.5	0.2	3.1	3.1	1.00	102

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1910	22	2	2	.500	3.64	42.0	48	19	17	0	13	23	4	1.452	10.3	2.8	4.9	1.77	0.0	6
1911	23	10	9	.526	3.72	172.0	194	79	71	5	61	78	6	1.483	10.2	3.2	4.1	1.28	0.3	29
1912	24	17	10	.630	3.10	250.0	266	96	86	4	81	72	3	1.388	9.6	2.9	2.6	0.89	0.1	39
1913	25	14	8	.636	3.12	202.0	257	78	70	7	79	59	3	1.663	11.5	3.5	2.6	0.75	0.3	41
1914	26	4	7	.364	5.44	101.0	147	68	61	0	60	30	1	2.050	13.1	5.3	2.7	0.50	0.0	29
5 Yrs		47	36	.566	3.58	767.0	912	340	305	16	294	262	17	1.572	10.7		3.1	0.89	0.2	144

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1912 AL 4.1 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 1912 AL 18 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1912 AL 39 (10th) 1913 AL 41 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1911 AL 2 (6th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1912 AL 262.0 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1912 AL 31 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1912 AL 23 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1913 AL 3 (9th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1911 AL 5 (9th) 1912 AL 4 (8th) 1913 AL 6 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1912 AL 259 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1912 AL 85 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1913 AL 7 (10th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1912 AL 1,052 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1911 AL 12 (5th) 1913 AL 16 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1913 AL 12 (10th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1913 AL 1.3 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Rosy Ryan (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rosy Ryan (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Stan Bahnsen (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Daily (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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