Larvell Blanks

Larvell Blanks (Sugar Bear)

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 167 lb.

Born: January 28, 1950 in Del Rio, TX
High School: San Felipe HS (Del Rio, TX)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1972
Teams (by GP): Braves/Indians/Rangers 1972-1980

Final Game: August 3, 1980
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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
1969	19	ATL-min	Rk	72	260	260		75	15	4	9						.288	.288	.481	.769		125							MGV · PION
1970	20	ATL-min	A	116	437	437		121	16	3	15						.277	.277	.430	.707		188							GRW · WCRS
1971	21	CLE-min	AA	134	539	477	58	106	22	3	14	48	6	6	46	68	.222	.304	.369	.673		176		11	3	2			SAV · SOUL
1972	22	ATL-min	AA	83	301	271	38	77	17	3	6	34	3	0	24	46	.284	.344	.435	.780		118		2	2	2			SAV · SOUL
1972	22	ATL	NL	33	94	85	10	28	5	0	1	7	0	0	7	12	.329	.376	.424	.800	120	36	3	0	1	1	0	4/65
1973	23	ATL-min	AAA	100	401	366	45	91	21	1	6	35	10	4	25	55	.249	.302	.361	.662		132		4	3	3			RMD · IL
1973	23	ATL	NL	17	19	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.263	.222	.485	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	/546
1974	24	ATL-min	AAA	136	508	466	72	126	29	4	14	47	14	2	34	66	.270	.321	.440	.761		205		2	4	2			RMD · IL
1974	24	ATL	NL	3	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1975	25	ATL	NL	141	517	471	49	110	13	3	3	38	4	3	38	43	.234	.292	.293	.585	61	138	11	2	3	3	1	*64
1976	26	CLE	AL	104	371	328	45	92	8	7	5	41	1	2	30	31	.280	.337	.393	.730	116	129	15	0	9	4	0	64/D5
1977	27	CLE	AL	105	351	322	43	92	10	4	6	38	3	0	19	37	.286	.324	.398	.721	100	128	7	1	5	4	1	654/D
1978	28	CLE	AL	70	212	193	19	49	10	0	2	20	0	0	10	16	.254	.285	.337	.622	76	65	7	0	5	4	0	64/5D
1979	29	TEX	AL	68	138	120	13	24	5	0	1	15	0	0	11	9	.200	.259	.267	.526	44	32	1	0	3	4	0	64/D
1980	30	ATL	NL	88	243	221	23	45	6	0	2	12	1	2	16	27	.204	.255	.258	.513	42	57	6	0	4	2	1	65/4
1981	31	MCT,CZL	AAA																										MCT,CZL · MEX
1982	32	CZL	AAA																										CZL · MEX
1983	33	TAB,CZL	AAA																										TAB,CZL · MEX
1984	34	CMP	AAA																										CMP · MEX
1985	35	CMP,ASC	AAA																										CMP,ASC · MEX
9 Yrs				629	1953	1766	203	446	57	14	20	172	9	7	132	178	.253	.302	.335	.637	78	591	51	3	30	22	3
162 Game Avg.				162	503	455	52	115	15	4	5	44	2	2	34	46	.253	.302	.335	.637	78	152	13	1	8	6	1

ATL (5 yrs)				282	881	803	83	189	24	3	6	58	5	5	62	85	.235	.290	.295	.585	61	237	21	2	8	6	2
CLE (3 yrs)				279	934	843	107	233	28	11	13	99	4	2	59	84	.276	.320	.382	.702	100	322	29	1	19	12	1
TEX (1 yr)				68	138	120	13	24	5	0	1	15	0	0	11	9	.200	.259	.267	.526	44	32	1	0	3	4	0

NL (5 yrs)				282	881	803	83	189	24	3	6	58	5	5	62	85	.235	.290	.295	.585	61	237	21	2	8	6	2
AL (4 yrs)				347	1072	963	120	257	33	11	14	114	4	2	70	93	.267	.312	.368	.680	93	354	30	1	22	16	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
1972	22	ATL	NL	33	94	3	-1	-0	2	1	4	0.5	3	7	0.8	.515	.503	0.6	0.3	6	$	4/65
1973	23	ATL	NL	17	19	-2	-0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/546
1974	24	ATL	NL	3	8	-1	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.449	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	/6
1975	25	ATL	NL	141	517	-21	-0	1	-15	8	-28	-3.0	15	-13	-1.6	.478	.481	0.0	-0.7	2	$	*64
1976	26	CLE	AL	104	371	8	1	-1	-6	4	6	0.7	12	18	1.8	.506	.504	2.6	-0.2	24	$	64/D5
1977	27	CLE	AL	105	351	0	2	-1	-7	4	-1	0.0	11	10	1.0	.499	.499	1.8	-0.2	17	$	654/D
1978	28	CLE	AL	70	212	-7	0	0	-2	3	-5	-0.5	7	2	0.2	.492	.497	0.3	0.2	4	$	64/5D
1979	29	TEX	AL	68	138	-7	0	0	-2	2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.491	.496	0.1	0.1	0	$	64/D
1980	30	ATL	NL	88	243	-11	-1	-1	6	4	-2	-0.2	8	6	0.5	.497	.499	-0.2	1.2	-1	$	65/4
9 Seasons				629	1953	-37	1	-1	-26	27	-35	-3.4	61	25	2.2	.494	.497	5.0	0.6	51	$

ATL (5 yrs)				282	881	-31	-2	-0	-8	13	-29	-3.1	26	-3	-0.6	.489	.496	0.2	0.7	5	$
CLE (3 yrs)				279	934	1	4	-1	-15	11	-0	0.3	30	30	3.0	.500	.500	4.7	-0.2	45	$
TEX (1 yr)				68	138	-7	0	0	-2	2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.491	.496	0.1	0.1	0	$

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
1972	22	ATL	NL	94	62	13	5.7	99	.370	.329	.267	.376	.336	.424	.394	.800	.730	120	.648	2.5	0.3	.717	.176	.094	.0
1973	23	ATL	NL	19	15	1	1.8	103	.267	.222	.272	.263	.342	.222	.404	.485	.746	32	.170	-1.8	-0.2	.333	.056	.000
1974	24	ATL	NL	8	6	1	4.5	98	.250	.250	.267	.250	.340	.250	.386	.500	.726	38	.525	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1975	25	ATL	NL	517	381	40	2.8	99	.250	.234	.269	.292	.340	.293	.389	.585	.729	61	.316	-26.0	-2.7	.477	.142	.059	3.4
1976	26	CLE	AL	371	266	41	4.2	84	.294	.280	.254	.337	.318	.393	.358	.730	.675	116	.520	5.9	0.6	.625	.201	.113	1.7
1977	27	CLE	AL	351	246	42	4.6	96	.304	.286	.262	.324	.325	.398	.398	.721	.723	100	.494	-0.6	-0.1	.637	.180	.112	4.0
1978	28	CLE	AL	212	160	18	3.0	93	.263	.254	.260	.285	.325	.337	.383	.622	.708	76	.340	-6.2	-0.6	.497	.135	.083	.0
1979	29	TEX	AL	138	104	9	2.3	100	.202	.200	.267	.259	.332	.267	.405	.526	.736	44	.214	-9.0	-0.9	.443	.158	.067	.0
1980	30	ATL	NL	243	190	14	2.0	98	.222	.204	.270	.255	.333	.258	.392	.513	.725	42	.200	-17.6	-1.8	.391	.122	.054	1.3
9 Yrs				1953	1430	179	3.4	95	.268	.253	.264	.302	.330	.335	.386	.637	.716	78	.388	-53.5	-5.4	.528	.158	.082	12.4
162 Game Avg.				503	368	46	3.4	95	.268	.253	.264	.302	.330	.335	.386	.637	.716	78	.388	-53.5	-5.4	.528	.158	.082	3

ATL (5 yrs)				881	654	69	2.8	98	.255	.235	.269	.290	.338	.295	.390	.585	.728	61	.323	-43.6	-4.5	.470	.137	.060	5.5
CLE (3 yrs)				934	672	101	4.0	91	.290	.276	.258	.320	.322	.382	.379	.702	.701	100	.471	-0.9	-0.1	.599	.178	.106	6.1
TEX (1 yr)				138	104	9	2.3	100	.202	.200	.267	.259	.332	.267	.405	.526	.736	44	.213	-9.0	-0.9	.443	.158	.067	.0

NL (5 yrs)				881	654	69	2.8	98	.255	.235	.269	.290	.338	.295	.390	.585	.728	61	.323	-43.6	-4.5	.470	.137	.060	5.5
AL (4 yrs)				1072	776	110	3.8	92	.279	.267	.259	.312	.323	.368	.382	.680	.705	93	.438	-9.9	-0.9	.579	.175	.101	6.2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1972	22	ATL	NL	94	1.1%	12.8%	7.5%	6.4%	21%	1.71	7.1	85.0	12.1	1.09	78%
1973	23	ATL	NL	19	0.0%	15.8%	5.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	6.0			1.00	79%
1974	24	ATL	NL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				8.0	0.20	100%
1975	25	ATL	NL	517	0.6%	8.3%	7.4%	3.7%	17%	1.13	11.0	157.0	12.4	1.10	83%
1976	26	CLE	AL	371	1.4%	8.4%	8.1%	5.4%	22%	1.03	10.6	65.6	8.0	1.35	80%
1977	27	CLE	AL	351	1.7%	10.5%	5.4%	5.7%	22%	1.95	8.7	53.7	8.5	0.92	81%
1978	28	CLE	AL	212	0.9%	7.6%	4.7%	5.7%	25%	1.60	12.1	96.5	9.7	1.24	84%
1979	29	TEX	AL	138	0.7%	6.5%	8.0%	4.4%	25%	0.82	13.3	120.0	8.0	1.09	83%
1980	30	ATL	NL	243	0.8%	11.1%	6.6%	3.3%	18%	1.69	8.2	110.5	18.4	0.96	80%
9 Yrs				1953	1.0%	9.1%	6.8%	4.7%	20%	1.35	9.9	88.3	10.3	1.10	81%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.1%	8.6%	6.3%	27%	1.53	6.8	46.5	8.7	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1972	22	ATL	NL	2.5	0.3	90	0.7	1.9	-1.2	.95	0.5	0.2	3.0	0.3	0.95	3.1	1.41	8
1973	23	ATL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	19	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.00	-0.2	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.80	-2.0	0.85	10
1974	24	ATL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.42	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.00	-0.9	0.97	1
1975	25	ATL	NL	-26.0	-2.7	529	-1.5	8.6	-10.2	1.09	-1.2	-0.2	-12.0	-1.2	0.97	-14.3	1.46	2
1976	26	CLE	AL	5.9	0.6	378	1.4	8.1	-6.7	1.13	0.4	0.8	9.6	1.0	0.96	6.8	2.56	14
1977	27	CLE	AL	-0.6	-0.1	359	-0.1	7.1	-7.2	1.19	-0.0	-0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.98	-2.2	2.05	24
1978	28	CLE	AL	-6.2	-0.6	213	-1.3	3.4	-4.6	1.20	-0.8	-0.3	-9.9	-1.0	1.01	-9.0	2.11	12
1979	29	TEX	AL	-9.2	-0.9	138	-0.5	2.2	-2.7	1.15	-0.7	0.2	-6.0	-0.6	1.02	-6.9	2.13	12
1980	30	ATL	NL	-17.6	-1.8	247	0.2	3.9	-3.7	.95	-1.0	1.1	-9.6	-1.0	0.87	-11.9	0.92	10
9 Yrs				-53.7	-5.5	1981	-1.5	35.5	-37.0	1.11	-2.9	1.6	-30.4	-3.0	0.96	-37.4	1.82	93

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
1972	22	ATL	NL	2	27%	57	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	33%	6	6	0	0	0	0	9	4	5
1973	23	ATL	NL	0	20%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1974	24	ATL	NL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	25	ATL	NL	9	31%	184	4	3	57%	4	3	1	2	12	36%	25	22	3	9	4	5	21	9	12
1976	26	CLE	AL	6	34%	161	1	2	33%	1	2	1	3	8	53%	29	17	12	3	2	1	13	2	11
1977	27	CLE	AL	5	35%	136	3	0	100%	3	0	0	1	8	54%	24	14	9	3	2	1	12	1	11
1978	28	CLE	AL	2	30%	91	0	0		0	0	0	2	3	52%	11	8	3	1	0	1	9	2	7
1979	29	TEX	AL	5	35%	48	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	46%	5	3	2	2	1	1	4	1	2
1980	30	ATL	NL	11	36%	93	1	2	33%	1	2	1	2	1	46%	15	12	3	5	3	2	13	2	10
9 Yrs				40	33%	780	9	7	56%	9	7	3	11	34	46%	116	83	32	23	12	11	82	21	59

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
1972	22	ATL	NL	94	43%	28			8	4	0	0	1.41	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	21	3	14%	10	3	30%	52	6	12%	5	3	60%	4	2	50%	0
1973	23	ATL	NL	19	68%	4			10	3	0	0	0.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1974	24	ATL	NL	8	38%	2			1	1	0	0	0.97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0
1975	25	ATL	NL	517	39%	110			2	0	0	0	1.46	3	0	15	1	2	1	2	0	4	3	75%	98	11	11%	39	18	46%	326	40	12%	28	17	61%	19	11	58%	0
1976	26	CLE	AL	371	47%	92			14	4	0	2	2.56	5	0	6	0	5	4	1	0	11	9	82%	84	15	18%	44	21	48%	231	40	17%	19	12	63%	23	17	74%	0
1977	27	CLE	AL	351	36%	92			24	6	1	5	2.05	6	0	8	5	1	5	1	0	7	5	71%	78	7	9%	35	10	29%	245	34	14%	29	19	66%	16	6	38%	0
1978	28	CLE	AL	212	33%	49			12	2	0	1	2.11	2	0	7	1	1	1	1	0	7	5	71%	49	7	14%	30	16	53%	153	20	13%	10	6	60%	6	3	50%	0
1979	29	TEX	AL	138	25%	24			12	2	0	0	2.13	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	22	1	5%	16	8	50%	97	15	15%	5	5	100%	6	1	17%	0
1980	30	ATL	NL	243	26%	45			10	1	0	0	0.92	2	0	4	0	2	2	0	0	4	4	100%	36	6	17%	22	6	27%	111	11	10%	6	2	33%	4	1	25%	0
9 Yrs				1953	37%	446			93	23	1	8	1.82	20	0	50	9	11	14	6	0	37	30	81%	392	51	13%	199	82	41%	1228	167	14%	102	64	63%	79	41	52%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			34%			14%			49%			54%

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	SH	SF	IBB
1972	22	33	94	85	10	28	5	0	1	7	0	0	7	12	.329	.376	.424	.800	120	36	3	0	1	1	0
1973	23	50	113	103	11	32	5	0	1	7	0	0	8	15	.311	.357	.388	.745	104	40	4	0	1	1	0
1974	24	53	121	111	11	34	5	0	1	8	0	0	8	15	.306	.350	.378	.728	100	42	4	0	1	1	0
1975	25	194	638	582	60	144	18	3	4	46	4	3	46	58	.247	.303	.309	.612	69	180	15	2	4	4	1
1976	26	298	1009	910	105	236	26	10	9	87	5	5	76	89	.259	.315	.340	.655	85	309	30	2	13	8	1
1977	27	403	1360	1232	148	328	36	14	15	125	8	5	95	126	.266	.317	.355	.672	89	437	37	3	18	12	2
1978	28	473	1572	1425	167	377	46	14	17	145	8	5	105	142	.265	.313	.352	.665	87	502	44	3	23	16	2
1979	29	541	1710	1545	180	401	51	14	18	160	8	5	116	151	.260	.309	.346	.654	83	534	45	3	26	20	2
1980	30	629	1953	1766	203	446	57	14	20	172	9	7	132	178	.253	.302	.335	.637	78	591	51	3	30	22	3

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
1972	22	34	100	90	11	30	5	0	1	7	0	8	13	.333	.384	.422	.806	15	33
1973	23	17	19	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.263	.222	.485	1	17
1974	24	3	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	3
1975	25	141	521	474	51	113	13	3	3	40	4	39	43	.238	.297	.297	.595	42	141
1976	26	105	388	341	55	104	9	8	6	50	1	34	31	.305	.364	.431	.795	53	104
1977	27	105	356	326	46	96	10	4	6	41	3	20	37	.294	.333	.405	.738	45	105
1978	28	70	216	196	21	52	11	0	2	22	0	11	16	.265	.299	.352	.651	21	70
1979	29	68	140	122	14	25	5	0	1	16	0	11	9	.205	.263	.270	.533	9	68
1980	30	88	246	223	25	47	6	0	2	13	1	17	27	.211	.264	.265	.529	16	88
9 Yrs		631	1995	1799	224	474	59	15	21	191	9	141	179	.263	.315	.348	.662	203	629
162 Game Avg.		162	512	462	58	122	15	4	5	49	2	36	46	.263	.315	.348	.662	52	629

* 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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Hall of Fame Standards

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