Kevin Blankenship

Kevin DeWayne Blankenship

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 26, 1963 in Anaheim, CA
High School: El Dorado HS (Placentia, CA)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1988
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves 1988-1990

Final Game: June 12, 1990
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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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1984	21	ATL-min	Rk	3	1	.750	1.34	19	2	14	0	0	5	53.2	48	20	8	0	16	4	27	0	1	3			1.193	8.0	0.0	2.7	4.5	1.69	BVS · GULF
1985	22	ATL-min	A	8	8	.500	3.78	29	16	4	3	0	0	116.2	124	63	49	8	53	0	89	2	3	7			1.517	9.6	0.6	4.1	6.9	1.68	DHM · CARL
1986	23	ATL-min	AA	6	7	.462	4.90	38	13	8	0	0	2	123.0	132	78	67	13	84	2	83	3	1	5			1.756	9.7	1.0	6.1	6.1	0.99	GRV · SOUL
1987	24	ATL-min	AA	4	7	.364	4.13	40	6	9	0	0	1	102.1	96	51	47	5	53	2	78	5	2	6			1.456	8.4	0.4	4.7	6.9	1.47	GRV · SOUL
1988	25	ATL-min	AA	13	9	.591	2.34	28	25	1	4	2	0	177.0	132	58	46	7	83	0	127	3	4	8			1.215	6.7	0.4	4.2	6.5	1.53	GRV · SOUL
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	84	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	113	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	55	1.600	12.6	3.6	1.8	7.2	4.00
1989	26	CHC-min	AAA	13	7	.650	3.72	35	26	2	5	1	0	162.0	155	79	67	10	79	5	110	4	1	12			1.444	8.6	0.6	4.4	6.1	1.39	IWA · AA
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	241	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
1990	27	CHC-min	AAA	10	9	.526	3.42	27	27	0	1	0	0	163.0	175	79	62	9	78	3	101	8	0	2			1.552	9.7	0.5	4.3	5.6	1.29	IWA · AA
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	72	1.541	9.5	0.7	4.4	3.6	0.83
1991	28	PIT-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.30	27	21	1	2	1	0	125.2	127	63	60	3	61	0	77	2	1	10	553		1.496	9.1	0.2	4.4	5.5	1.26	BFL · AA
1992	29	TEX-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.57	32	15	4	2	0	1	106.1	112	59	54	7	52	2	53	9	0	5	478		1.542	9.5	0.6	4.4	4.5	1.02	OKC · AA
3 Yrs				1	3	.250	4.59	8	5	1	0	0	0	33.1	31	19	17	3	16	0	16	1	0	1	146	88	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	88	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	80	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	113	1.313	5.9	0.0	5.9	4.2	0.71

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	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1988	25	ATL	NL	10.2	2	2	4	3.38	3.99	-0.33	0.13	112.0	4.99	2	0.2		-0.0	0.3	3	.617	.501	$
1988	25	CHC	NL	5.0	1	1	4	7.20	4.17	-0.21	0.14	110.0	4.97	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.371	.499	$
1989	26	CHC	NL	5.1	2	0	1	1.69	4.11	-0.02	-0.32	112.4	4.28	2	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.2	2	.594	.501	$
1990	27	CHC	NL	12.1	3	2	10	7.30	4.51	-0.52	0.05	112.1	5.70	-2	-0.2	.4	0.0	-0.1	-1	.418	.498	$100,000
3 Seasons				33.1	8	5	19	5.13	4.23	-0.33	0.03	111.8	5.13	-0	0.0	.5	-0.1	0.3	3	.506	.500	$100,000

CHC (3 yrs)				22.2	6	3	15	5.96	4.34	-0.34	-0.02	111.7	5.20	-2	-0.2	.5	-0.1	0.0	0	.469	.500	$100,000
ATL (1 yr)				10.2	2	2	4	3.38	3.99	-0.33	0.13	112.0	4.99	2	0.2		-0.0	0.3	3	.617	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	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	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	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	1
3 Yrs				8	146	127	19	31	4	1	3	12	0	16	16	.244	.329	.362	.691	.255	46	2	1	0	2	0	1
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	5
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.379	.700	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1988	25	TOT	NL	-0.8	-0.1	71	0.4	1.3	-1.0	1.04	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.1	1.03	0.6	0	0
1988	25	ATL	NL	0.7	0.1	46	0.3	1.0	-0.7	1.16	0.2	0.0	2.2	0.2	1.16	2.0	0	0
1988	25	CHC	NL	-1.5	-0.2	25	0.1	0.3	-0.3	.81	-0.2	0.2	-1.1	-0.1	0.81	-1.4	0	0
1989	26	CHC	NL	1.4	0.2	24	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.32	0.1	-0.1	0.7	0.1	0.32	0.7	1	1
1990	27	CHC	NL	-2.5	-0.2	63	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	.89	-0.2	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.89	-2.1	0	1
3 Yrs				-2.0	-0.2	158	0.1	2.1	-2.0	.87	-0.0	0.2	-1.5	-0.1	0.87	-0.8	1	2

Starting Pitching*

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%	48.7	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%	53.0	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%	40.0	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%	44.0	57	31	1	1	0	1	3.0	2.0	4.8	75	1	1	0	0	88
2 Yrs				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													.500						54%	51	103	-2					4.2	4.2	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1989	26	CHC	NL	2	2	1	2	1	50%	3	.323	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	8.0	38
1990	27	CHC	NL	3	1	0	2	1	50%	2	.892	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	8.0	49
2 Yrs				5	3	1	4	2	50%		.734	1	2	1	2	2	1	3	3	8.0	41

Ratio Pitching*

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	30%	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	27%	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	35%	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	64%	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	37%	1.8%	8.8%	10.5%	7.0%	31%	0.84	0.78	79%	11%	4.8%	16%	9	0	0%
3 Yrs				146	38%	2.1%	11.0%	11.0%	5.5%	26%	0.67	0.93	75%	21%	6.0%	25%	21	2	10%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.8%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 Yrs				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						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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 Yrs				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																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	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	15.2	14	8	8	2	8	9	1	0	67	84	1.404	8.0	1.1	4.6	5.2	1.13	84
1989	26	1	1	.500	3.86	5	3	1	21.0	18	9	9	2	10	11	1	0	89	101	1.333	7.7	0.9	4.3	4.7	1.10	101
1990	27	1	3	.250	4.59	8	5	1	33.1	31	19	17	3	16	16	1	1	146	88	1.410	8.4	0.8	4.3	4.3	1.00	88

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	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	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		1.50	6.0	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0.833	4.5	3.0	3.0	1.00	0.0	2
1990	27	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 Yrs		2	.000	4.91	33.0	31	20	18	3	17	15	1	1.455	8.5		4.1	0.88	0.8	8

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