Larvell Blanks
Larvell Blanks (Sugar Bear)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 167 lb.

Born: January 28, 1950 in Del Rio, TX
High School: San Felipe (Del Rio, TX)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1972
Final Game: August 3, 1980
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 ATL NL 22 2B 18 15 140.0 93 38 55 0 12 1.000 0.1 0.9 -0.9 -1.4 0.4 1 5.98 5.17 .977 5.36 4.88
1972 ATL NL 22 SS 4 3 29.2 21 8 13 0 0 1.000 0.3 12.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 6.37 5.25 .967 5.04 4.47
1972 ATL NL 22 3B 2 2 18.0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.1 73.3 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 4.50 4.50 .944 2.85 2.55
1973 ATL NL 23 3B 3 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 -80.0 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.85 2.50
1973 ATL NL 23 2B 2 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 5.40 1.50 .967 5.58 4.90
1973 ATL NL 23 SS 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 4.95 4.30
1974 ATL NL 24 SS 2 2 18.0 9 1 7 1 0 .889 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 4.00 4.00 .967 4.95 4.25
1975 ATL NL 25 SS 129 121 1083.0 622 183 414 25 68 .960 -10.2 -11.3 -9.2 -7.1 -2.1 -1 4.96 4.63 .963 4.99 4.21
1975 ATL NL 25 2B 12 10 96.0 55 29 24 2 7 .964 -4.7 -58.7 -4.7 -1.6 -3.1 0 4.97 4.42 .975 5.54 4.92
1976 CLE AL 26 SS 56 39 355.1 172 59 109 4 28 .977 -3.2 -10.8 -3.2 -4.7 1.5 0 4.26 3.00 .967 4.99 4.40
1976 CLE AL 26 2B 46 40 348.1 204 93 104 7 25 .966 -2.8 -9.6 -2.8 -2.3 -0.5 0 5.09 4.28 .975 5.40 4.64
1976 CLE AL 26 DH 3
1976 CLE AL 26 3B 2 1 10.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -60.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.90 0.50 1.000 2.97 2.65
1977 CLE AL 27 SS 66 45 418.0 198 74 116 8 21 .960 -7.5 -21.5 -7.5 -1.2 -6.3 0 4.09 2.88 .963 4.82 4.07
1977 CLE AL 27 3B 18 16 149.2 56 11 42 3 3 .946 0.8 6.4 0.8 -0.9 1.7 0 3.19 2.94 .957 2.97 2.72
1977 CLE AL 27 2B 12 7 70.1 38 15 23 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -8.5 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0 4.86 3.17 .976 5.41 4.76
1977 CLE AL 27 DH 6
1978 CLE AL 28 SS 43 36 308.0 176 56 107 13 22 .926 -0.5 -1.9 -1.5 -3.8 2.4 1 4.76 3.79 .965 4.92 4.19
1978 CLE AL 28 2B 17 10 102.0 56 25 31 0 3 1.000 -0.3 -3.5 0.7 0.0 0.7 -1 4.94 3.29 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 CLE AL 28 3B 3 2 22.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -37.1 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 3.18 2.67 .950 3.02 2.60
1978 CLE AL 28 DH 1
1979 TEX AL 29 SS 49 27 202.0 107 39 65 3 16 .972 -1.6 -9.5 -2.6 -0.9 -1.7 1 4.63 2.12 .964 5.01 4.10
1979 TEX AL 29 2B 16 12 106.0 51 26 25 0 6 1.000 -0.5 -5.7 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 4.33 3.19 .978 5.50 4.80
1979 TEX AL 29 DH 1
1980 ATL NL 30 SS 56 18 233.0 151 43 100 8 21 .947 1.0 5.2 0.0 -1.7 1.7 1 5.52 2.55 .967 5.02 4.30
1980 ATL NL 30 3B 43 32 284.1 119 21 89 9 10 .924 5.9 24.9 5.9 1.1 4.8 0 3.48 2.56 .950 2.87 2.39
1980 ATL NL 30 2B 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 5.50 4.70
9 Seasons SS 407 291 2649.0 1457 463 932 62 176 .957 -22.5 -10.2 -24.5 -19.1 -5.3 2 4.74 3.43 .964 4.96 4.21
8 Seasons 2B 124 95 876.2 501 228 264 9 56 .982 -8.9 -12.2 -8.9 -6.6 -2.4 0 5.05 3.97 .976 5.43 4.75
6 Seasons 3B 71 54 496.2 193 37 144 12 13 .938 5.8 14.0 5.8 -0.6 6.4 0 3.28 2.55 .952 2.91 2.50
4 Seasons DH 11
9 Seasons TOT 602 440 4022.1 2151 728 1340 83 245 .961 -25.6 -7.6 -27.6 -26.3 -1.3 2 4.63 3.44 .928 4.81 4.12
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 ATL NL 22 33 20 33 33 0 0 0 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 8 3
1973 ATL NL 23 17 1 17 17 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 11 2
1974 ATL NL 24 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 ATL NL 25 141 131 141 140 0 0 0 12 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1976 CLE AL 26 104 81 104 96 0 0 0 46 2 56 0 0 0 0 1 15 2
1977 CLE AL 27 105 72 105 94 0 0 0 12 18 66 0 0 0 0 4 29 0
1978 CLE AL 28 70 49 70 62 0 0 0 17 3 43 0 0 0 0 1 14 0
1979 TEX AL 29 68 39 68 63 0 0 0 16 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 13 5
1980 ATL NL 30 88 51 88 85 0 0 0 1 43 56 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
9 Seasons 629 446 629 592 0 0 0 124 71 407 0 0 0 0 6 105 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1972 ATL NL 22 137 58% 83% 23% 15 93% 1 5 4 0 1 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 ATL NL 23 9 44% 78% 11% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 ATL NL 24 82 63% 89% 33% 8 88% 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 ATL NL 25 4952 58% 81% 28% 493 90% 2 189 80 86 23 406 323 69 2 7 25 0 23 2 21 68 22 5 24 5 2 64 28 31 3 1 2
1976 CLE AL 26 1580 55% 75% 23% 124 97% 1 63 25 24 14 107 74 29 1 4 4 0 3 1 1 28 12 1 4 3 2 23 13 9 3 2 1
1977 CLE AL 27 1907 51% 78% 23% 153 89% 3 73 33 28 12 118 90 20 3 3 8 0 8 0 6 21 8 1 8 1 3 21 9 12 0 0 0
1978 CLE AL 28 1377 58% 79% 27% 133 87% 2 53 21 27 5 107 87 15 2 0 13 0 11 2 11 22 8 0 5 1 3 18 8 9 2 2 0
1979 TEX AL 29 885 66% 78% 26% 77 84% 0 33 11 18 4 65 50 11 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 15 4 1 9 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 0
1980 ATL NL 30 1071 57% 81% 27% 134 86% 1 45 19 16 11 99 79 19 1 0 7 1 6 0 6 21 12 2 4 0 0 19 14 4 0 0 0
9 Seasons 12000 57% 79% 26% 1138 90% 10 462 194 199 70 919 717 164 9 16 61 1 55 5 49 175 66 10 54 10 10 159 77 74 9 5 3
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1972 ATL NL 22 632 57% 79% 24% 53 92% 0 33 9 22 2 52 47 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 3 3 0 12 3 9 0 0 0
1973 ATL NL 23 22 86% 100% 41% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 ATL NL 25 442 54% 80% 24% 32 91% 0 28 9 13 6 25 24 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 3 1 0 2 6 2 4 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 26 1530 55% 76% 25% 133 94% 2 93 36 45 12 103 85 15 1 3 7 0 7 0 4 26 10 3 5 2 21 7 13 3 1 2
1977 CLE AL 27 339 60% 80% 23% 27 96% 1 15 4 8 3 24 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
1978 CLE AL 28 456 63% 80% 27% 42 95% 0 26 11 10 5 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 29 475 57% 74% 24% 33 97% 0 30 11 15 4 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 6 1 5 0 0 0
1980 ATL NL 30 41 71% 76% 17% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3937 57% 78% 25% 322 94% 3 227 80 115 32 264 236 21 1 4 9 0 9 0 5 57 24 9 9 6 50 15 34 4 1 3
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 ATL NL 22 71 41% 82% 32% 10 90% 0 3 3 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 ATL NL 23 57 53% 81% 30% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 26 48 40% 79% 17% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CLE AL 27 680 54% 77% 27% 56 89% 0 12 9 1 2 43 32 9 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 50%
1978 CLE AL 28 120 63% 88% 26% 8 100% 0 2 1 0 1 7 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1980 ATL NL 30 1242 60% 80% 30% 119 89% 1 21 17 2 2 87 68 18 1 0 9 0 9 0 9 9 7 0 7 1 0 1 1 0%
6 Seasons 2218 57% 80% 29% 194 90% 1 38 30 3 5 144 112 29 1 2 12 0 12 0 12 12 10 0 10 1 0 1 4 50%
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 89% 68%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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