Kevin Blankenship
Kevin De Wayne Blankenship
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 26, 1963 in Anaheim, CA
High School: El Dorado (Placentia, CA)
School: University of Arizona
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1988
Final Game: June 12, 1990
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1988 25 TOT NL 1 1 .500 4.60 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 14 8 8 2 8 0 9 1 0 0 67 79 1.404 8.0 1.1 4.6 5.2 1.13
1988 25 ATL NL 0 1 .000 3.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 7 4 4 0 7 0 5 1 0 0 44 108 1.313 5.9 0.0 5.9 4.2 0.71
1988 25 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 23 50 1.600 12.6 3.6 1.8 7.2 4.00
1989 26 CHC NL 0 0 1.69 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 22 224 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1990 27 CHC NL 0 2 .000 5.84 3 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 13 10 8 1 6 0 5 0 0 1 57 70 1.541 9.5 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.83
3 Seasons 1 3 .250 4.59 8 5 1 0 0 0 33.1 31 19 17 3 16 0 16 1 0 1 146 84 1.410 8.4 0.8 4.3 4.3 1.00
162 Game Avg. 5 16 .250 4.59 42 26 5 0 0 0 174 162 99 89 16 84 0 84 5 0 5 764 84 1.410 8.4 0.8 4.3 4.3 1.00
CHC (3 yrs) 1 2 .333 5.16 6 3 1 0 0 0 22.2 24 15 13 3 9 0 11 0 0 1 102 76 1.456 9.5 1.2 3.6 4.4 1.22
ATL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 7 4 4 0 7 0 5 1 0 0 44 108 1.313 5.9 0.0 5.9 4.2 0.71

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 25 ATL NL 2 44 36 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 7 5 .194 .341 .222 .563 .226 8 2 1 0 0 0
1988 25 CHC NL 1 23 22 4 7 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 .318 .348 .591 .939 .313 13 0 0 0 0 0
1988 25 TOT NL 3 67 58 8 14 1 0 2 3 0 8 9 .241 .343 .362 .705 .255 21 2 1 0 0 0
1989 26 CHC NL 2 22 20 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 .200 .273 .250 .523 .222 5 0 0 0 0 0
1990 27 CHC NL 3 57 49 10 13 2 1 1 6 0 6 5 .265 .333 .408 .741 .267 20 0 0 0 2 0
3 Seasons 8 146 127 19 31 4 1 3 12 0 16 16 .244 .329 .362 .691 .255 46 2 1 0 2 0
162 Game Avg. 42 764 664 99 162 21 5 16 63 0 84 84 .244 .329 .362 .691 .255 241 10 5 0 10 0
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1988 25 TOT NL 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 49 65 40 4 3 0 2 4.8 7.1 5.2 83 1 2 0 0 93
1988 25 ATL NL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 53 65 41 3 2 0 1 2.5 3.0 5.3 84 1 1 0 0 93
1988 25 CHC NL 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 40 40 1 1 0 1 10.1 14.4 5.0 81 0 1 0 0 81
1990 27 CHC NL 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 44 57 31 1 1 0 1 3.0 2.0 4.8 75 1 1 0 0 88
2 Seasons 6 5 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 2 40% 47 65 31 5 4 0 3 4.1 5.1 5.1 80 2 3 0 0 93
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1989 26 CHC NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0.379 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.0 38
1990 27 CHC NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0.888 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0 49
2 Seasons 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0.746 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 8.0 41

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1988 25 TOT NL 67 70% 3.0% 13.4% 11.9% 4.5% 21% 0.66 1.31 70% 29% 11.8% 41% 9 2 22%
1988 25 ATL NL 44 73% 0.0% 11.4% 15.9% 2.3% 14% 0.58 1.17 70% 32% 0.0% 42% 8 2 25%
1988 25 CHC NL 23 65% 8.7% 17.4% 4.4% 8.7% 29% 0.80 1.75 70% 22% 33.3% 40% 1 0 0%
1989 26 CHC NL 22 36% 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 4.6% 25% 0.38 0.56 82% 28% 0.0% 8% 3 0 0%
1990 27 CHC NL 57 63% 1.8% 8.8% 10.5% 7.0% 31% 0.84 0.78 79% 11% 4.8% 16% 9 0 0%
3 Seasons 146 62% 2.1% 11.0% 11.0% 5.5% 26% 0.67 0.93 75% 21% 6.0% 25% 21 2 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 25 TOT NL 67 249 3.72 147 59% 25% 12% 29% 33% 75% 0% 44% 84% 55% 9% 6 2 18% 12 7 0 22% 5 4 0 0 0
1988 25 ATL NL 44 168 3.82 95 57% 21% 12% 35% 33% 79% 0% 45% 85% 50% 11% 5 2 20% 9 5 0 0% 4 3 0 0 0
1988 25 CHC NL 23 81 3.52 52 64% 33% 13% 19% 35% 67% 0% 43% 80% 65% 4% 1 0 13% 3 2 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0
1989 26 CHC NL 22 75 3.41 45 60% 31% 7% 22% 40% 69% 0% 41% 90% 55% 14% 3 2 18% 4 4 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0
1990 27 CHC NL 57 198 3.47 117 59% 20% 11% 30% 39% 80% 0% 47% 86% 51% 4% 2 2 11% 6 1 0 60% 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 146 522 3.58 309 59% 24% 11% 28% 37% 76% 0% 45% 86% 53% 8% 11 6 15% 22 12 0 31% 7 5 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1988 25 TOT NL 67 14 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 1 24 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 25 ATL NL 44 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 17 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 25 CHC NL 23 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 26 CHC NL 22 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 8 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 27 CHC NL 57 13 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 4 1 67% 1 1 0 18 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Seasons 146 31 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 10 5 1 50% 1 1 1 50 12 0 100% 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1988 25 1 1 .500 4.60 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 14 8 8 2 8 0 9 1 0 0 67 79 1.404 8.0 1.1 4.6 5.2 1.13 79
1989 26 1 1 .500 3.86 5 3 1 0 0 0 21.0 18 9 9 2 10 0 11 1 0 0 89 96 1.333 7.7 0.9 4.3 4.7 1.10 96
1990 27 1 3 .250 4.59 8 5 1 0 0 0 33.1 31 19 17 3 16 0 16 1 0 1 146 84 1.410 8.4 0.8 4.3 4.3 1.00 84

Neutralized Pitching

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1988 25 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 15 10 9 2 9 8 1 1.714 9.6 5.8 5.1 0.89 1.3 3
1989 26 0 0 1.80 5.0 4 1 1 0 2 2 0 1.200 7.2 3.6 3.6 1.00 0.0 2
1990 27 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 13 9 8 1 6 5 0 1.462 9.0 4.2 3.5 0.83 0.7 3
3 Seasons 0 2 .000 5.06 32.0 32 20 18 3 17 15 1 1.531 9.0 4.2 0.88 0.8 8

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