Kyle Blanks

Kyle Nathaniel Blanks

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 270 lb.

Born: September 11, 1986 in Souderton, PA
High School: Moriarty HS (Edgewood, NM)
School: Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 42nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed May 28, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 2009
Team: Padres 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$492k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.032, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2005	18	SDP-min	Rk	48	200	164	33	49	10	1	7	30	3	1	25	49	.299	.420	.500	.920		82	3	10	1	3		PDS · ARIZ
2006	19	SDP-min	A	86	359	308	41	90	20	0	10	52	2	0	36	79	.292	.382	.455	.836		140	6	11	4	2		FWA · MIDW
2007	20	SDP-min	A+	119	531	465	94	140	31	4	24	100	11	2	44	98	.301	.380	.540	.920		251	12	18	4	1		LEL · CALL
2008	21	SDP-min	AA	132	565	492	75	160	23	5	20	107	5	4	51	90	.325	.404	.514	.918		253	16	17	5	0		SAN · TL
2009	22	SDP-min	AAA	66	280	233	35	66	9	1	12	38	0	0	39	63	.283	.393	.485	.878		113	3	5	3	0		POR · PCL
2009	22	SDP	NL	54	172	148	24	37	9	0	10	22	1	1	18	55	.250	.355	.514	.868	137	76	4	6	0	1	97/3D
2010	23	SDP-min	A+,AAA	11	48	40	3	11	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	13	.275	.396	.350	.746		14	1	1	0	1		LEL,POR · CALL,PCL
2010	23	SDP	NL	33	120	102	14	16	6	1	3	15	1	0	15	46	.157	.283	.324	.607	70	33	1	3	0	0	7/3
2011	24	SDP-min	AA,AAA	79	353	311	69	97	28	5	15	62	3	1	33	78	.312	.382	.579	.961		180	3	5	4	4		SAN,TUC · TL,PCL
2011	24	SDP	NL	55	190	170	21	39	7	1	7	26	2	0	16	51	.229	.300	.406	.706	99	69	3	2	2	0	73
2012	25	SDP	NL	4	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	56	1	0	0	0	0	/37
4 Yrs				146	488	425	59	93	22	2	20	63	4	1	50	154	.219	.316	.421	.737	105	179	8	11	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	541	472	65	103	24	2	22	70	4	1	55	171	.219	.316	.421	.737	105	199	9	12	2	1

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
2009	22	SDP	NL	54	172	7	-2	-0	1	-3	4	0.4	5	8	0.8	.507	.502	0.7	-0.2	7	$	97/3D
2010	23	SDP	NL	33	120	-3	1	0	2	-2	-2	-0.2	3	2	0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$410,600	7/3
2011	24	SDP	NL	55	190	1	1	-0	8	-3	8	0.9	5	13	1.4	.516	.505	0.5	0.6	5	$424,700	73
2012	25	SDP	NL	4	6	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/37
4 Seasons				146	488	4	1	-0	11	-7	9	1.0	13	23	2.3	.507	.502	1.1	0.5	12	$835,300

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	PwrSpd
2009	22	SDP	NL	172	116	27	6.2	98	.325	.250	.254	.355	.325	.514	.403	.868	.728	137	.617	8.0	0.8	.862	.385	.264	1.8
2010	23	SDP	NL	120	87	11	3.4	94	.245	.157	.251	.283	.320	.324	.396	.607	.716	70	.364	-3.8	-0.4	.598	.324	.167	1.5
2011	24	SDP	NL	190	136	22	4.4	92	.281	.229	.251	.300	.317	.406	.390	.706	.708	99	.492	-0.4	-0.0	.664	.282	.176	3.1
2012	25	SDP	NL	6	4	0	0.0	93	.333	.200	.250	.333	.316	.200	.395	.533	.711	56	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.200	.000
4 Yrs				488	343	60	4.7	95	.289	.219	.252	.316	.320	.421	.396	.737	.717	105	.509	3.6	0.3	.713	.327	.202	6.7
162 Game Avg.				541	381	67	4.7	95	.289	.219	.252	.316	.320	.421	.396	.737	.717	105	.509	4	0	.713	.327	.202	7

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2009	22	SDP	NL	172	5.8%	32.0%	10.5%	11.1%	51%	3.06	2.7	14.8	6.7	0.55	0.79	48%	16%	22.2%	25%
2010	23	SDP	NL	120	2.5%	38.3%	12.5%	8.3%	63%	3.07	2.2	34.0	6.8	0.70	1.00	44%	14%	11.1%	18%
2011	24	SDP	NL	190	3.7%	26.8%	8.4%	7.9%	39%	3.19	3.3	24.3	6.5	0.61	0.71	60%	16%	11.3%	17%
2012	25	SDP	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.5			0.50	0.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%
4 Yrs				488	4.1%	31.6%	10.3%	9.0%	47%	3.08	2.8	21.3	6.7	0.61	0.78	52%	15%	14.7%	20%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	34.9	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	22	SDP	NL	8.0	0.8	178	0.7	3.6	-2.9	.93	0.4	0.4	2.8	0.3	0.99	4.6	0.88	7
2010	23	SDP	NL	-3.8	-0.4	122	-0.7	1.7	-2.4	1.11	-0.5	-0.2	-3.0	-0.3	1.01	-3.2	1.91	1
2011	24	SDP	NL	-0.4	-0.0	195	-0.7	3.2	-3.9	1.07	0.2	-0.9	0.3	0.0	1.09	2.0	1.06	7
2012	25	SDP	NL	-0.2	-0.0	6	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.31	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.93	-0.2	0.96	2
4 Yrs				3.6	0.3	501	-0.8	8.5	-9.3	1.03	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	-0.0	1.04	3.2	1.02	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	22	SDP	NL	0	28%	53	1	1	50%	1	1	1	2	4	26%	10	8	2	3	1	2	6	4	1
2010	23	SDP	NL	1	36%	25	1	0	100%	1	0	0	2	1	77%	7	3	4	0	0	0	6	0	6
2011	24	SDP	NL	3	28%	79	2	0	100%	2	0	1	0	4	57%	14	5	9	3	3	0	4	1	3
2012	25	SDP	NL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				4	29%	158	4	1	80%	4	1	2	5	9	51%	31	16	15	6	4	2	16	5	10

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
2009	22	SDP	NL	172	27%	37	2	0	7	1	0	0	0.88	10	0	3	9	1	6	4	1	0	0		32	4	13%	19	1	5%	115	12	10%	8	0	0%	9	2	22%	0
2010	23	SDP	NL	120	26%	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.91	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0		23	1	4%	12	2	17%	89	12	13%	4	4	100%	8	2	25%	0
2011	24	SDP	NL	190	32%	39	4	0	7	0	0	0	1.06	7	1	5	6	1	2	5	0	0	0		32	3	9%	25	3	12%	136	19	14%	17	5	29%	7	0	0%	0
2012	25	SDP	NL	6	67%	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				488	29%	93	9	0	17	1	0	0	1.02	20	1	11	16	4	10	10	1	0	0		89	8	9%	56	6	11%	344	43	13%	29	9	31%	24	4	17%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	22	SDP	NL	172	699	4.06	429	61%	27%	24%	27%	22%	73%	1%	45%	67%	27%	5%	9	0	17%	29	11	10%	17	9	25%	0	0	0
2010	23	SDP	NL	120	520	4.33	314	60%	29%	25%	28%	18%	71%	0%	43%	64%	25%	3%	3	0	12%	14	9	8%	9	4	33%	0	0	0
2011	24	SDP	NL	190	755	3.97	484	64%	21%	26%	28%	25%	79%	0%	50%	67%	31%	3%	6	0	15%	29	15	10%	19	10	10%	0	0	0
2012	25	SDP	NL	6	22	3.67	13	59%	15%	31%	31%	23%	85%	0%	50%	64%	33%	17%	1	0	33%	2	1	17%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				488	1996	4.09	1240	62%	25%	25%	28%	22%	75%	1%	46%	67%	28%	4%	19	0	15%	74	36	9%	46	23	22%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2009	22	54	172	148	24	37	9	0	10	22	1	1	18	55	.250	.355	.514	.868	137	76	4	6	0	1
2010	23	87	292	250	38	53	15	1	13	37	2	1	33	101	.212	.325	.436	.761	110	109	5	9	0	1
2011	24	142	482	420	59	92	22	2	20	63	4	1	49	152	.219	.315	.424	.739	105	178	8	11	2	1
2012	25	146	488	425	59	93	22	2	20	63	4	1	50	154	.219	.316	.421	.737	105	179	8	11	2	1

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
2009	22	54	175	150	27	39	9	0	11	24	1	19	55	.260	.366	.540	.906	28	54
2010	23	33	122	103	16	17	6	1	3	17	1	16	46	.165	.295	.330	.625	10	33
2011	24	55	194	173	24	42	8	1	8	29	2	17	51	.243	.314	.439	.754	23	55
2012	25	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	4
4 Yrs		146	497	431	67	98	23	2	22	70	4	53	154	.227	.326	.443	.769	61	146
162 Game Avg.		162	551	478	74	109	26	2	24	78	4	59	171	.227	.326	.443	.769	68	146

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