Lance Blankenship

Lance Robert Blankenship

Positions: Outfielder, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 6, 1963 in Portland, OR
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1988
Team: Athletics 1988-1993

Final Game: August 15, 1993
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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
1986	22	OAK-min	A,A-	69	269	223	47	71	8	3	8	25	15	5	41	39	.318	.433	.489	.922		109		4	1	0	0		MOD,MED · CALL,NORW
1987	23	OAK-min	AA,A	129	569	474	78	122	30	5	4	56	46	10	79	89	.257	.368	.367	.735		174		7	4	5	1		HVL,MOD · SOUL,CALL
1988	24	OAK-min	AAA	131	545	437	84	116	21	8	9	52	40	12	96	74	.265	.397	.412	.809		180		2	6	4	0		TAC · PCL
1988	24	OAK	AL	10	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4D
1989	25	OAK-min	AAA	25	121	98	25	29	8	2	2	9	5	3	19	15	.296	.412	.480	.891		47		1	2	1	0		TAC · PCL
1989	25	OAK	AL	58	137	125	22	29	5	1	1	4	5	1	8	31	.232	.276	.312	.588	68	39	0	0	3	1	0	49D/7
1990	26	OAK-min	AAA	24	108	93	18	24	7	1	1	9	7	3	14	16	.258	.361	.387	.748		36		1	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1990	26	OAK	AL	86	162	136	18	26	3	0	0	10	3	1	20	23	.191	.295	.213	.508	48	29	6	0	6	0	0	5497/D38
1991	27	OAK-min	AAA	30	136	109	19	32	7	0	1	11	9	1	22	27	.294	.412	.385	.797		42	2	2	0	3	0		TAC · PCL
1991	27	OAK	AL	90	216	185	33	46	8	0	3	21	12	3	23	42	.249	.336	.341	.677	94	63	2	3	2	3	0	4759/D
1992	28	OAK-min	AAA	5	22	19	3	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	7	.158	.227	.316	.543		6	0	0	0	1	0		TAC · PCL
1992	28	OAK	AL	123	446	349	59	84	24	1	3	34	21	7	82	57	.241	.393	.341	.734	114	119	10	6	8	1	2	4798/3D
1993	29	OAK	AL	94	328	252	43	48	8	1	2	23	13	5	67	64	.190	.363	.254	.617	74	64	9	2	6	1	0	847/3D96
6 Yrs				461	1292	1050	176	233	48	3	9	92	54	18	200	218	.222	.350	.299	.649	87	314	27	11	25	6	2
162 Game Avg.				162	454	369	62	82	17	1	3	32	19	6	70	77	.222	.350	.299	.649	87	110	9	4	9	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
1988	24	OAK	AL	10	3	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/4D
1989	25	OAK	AL	58	137	-6	1	0	2	-2	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.491	.497	-0.3	0.1	-3	$68,000	49D/7
1990	26	OAK	AL	86	162	-7	1	-1	5	-1	-3	-0.3	6	2	0.2	.496	.498	-0.3	0.5	-3	$105,000	5497/D38
1991	27	OAK	AL	90	216	1	1	0	5	-1	6	0.8	7	14	1.4	.508	.504	0.9	0.5	9	$125,000	4759/D
1992	28	OAK	AL	123	446	12	2	-1	6	-1	18	2.1	15	33	3.4	.516	.512	2.8	0.6	27	$205,000	4798/3D
1993	29	OAK	AL	94	328	-4	1	-0	6	-0	3	0.3	11	14	1.3	.503	.502	0.8	0.6	7	$627,000	847/3D96
6 Seasons				461	1292	-6	6	-1	24	-6	18	2.3	43	61	6.1	.504	.502	3.8	2.3	36	$1,130,000

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
1988	24	OAK	AL	3	4	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.256	.000	.320	.000	.385	.000	.706	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	-.250	-.333	.000
1989	25	OAK	AL	137	101	12	3.2	91	.298	.232	.257	.276	.322	.312	.379	.588	.700	68	.361	-5.4	-0.6	.526	.176	.080	1.7
1990	26	OAK	AL	162	123	9	2.0	90	.230	.191	.253	.295	.321	.213	.379	.508	.700	48	.187	-8.7	-0.9	.436	.184	.022	.0
1991	27	OAK	AL	216	149	24	4.3	92	.301	.249	.253	.336	.321	.341	.384	.677	.705	94	.478	-0.3	-0.0	.681	.265	.092	4.8
1992	28	OAK	AL	446	291	55	5.1	89	.279	.241	.252	.393	.320	.341	.375	.734	.695	114	.565	13.0	1.3	.784	.375	.100	5.3
1993	29	OAK	AL	328	225	29	3.4	97	.246	.190	.259	.363	.329	.254	.397	.617	.726	74	.352	-4.7	-0.4	.647	.361	.063	3.5
6 Yrs				1292	893	129	3.9	92	.270	.222	.255	.350	.323	.299	.383	.649	.705	87	.431	-6.9	-0.7	.651	.302	.077	15.4
162 Game Avg.				454	314	45	3.9	92	.270	.222	.255	.350	.323	.299	.383	.649	.705	87	.431	-6.9	-0.7	.651	.302	.077	5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1989	25	OAK	AL	ALCS	TOR	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1989	25	OAK	AL	WS	SFG	W	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	OAK	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1990	26	OAK	AL	WS	CIN	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1992	28	OAK	AL	ALCS	TOR	L	5	16	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	.231	.375	.231	.606	3	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (5 Series)							11	19	16	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	.250	.368	.250	.618	4	0	0	0	0	0
3 ALCS							9	16	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	.231	.375	.231	.606	3	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0

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
1988	24	OAK	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	1.00	67%	0%		100%
1989	25	OAK	AL	137	0.7%	22.6%	5.8%	5.1%	24%	3.88	4.0	125.0	31.3	0.60	0.82	69%	30%	2.0%	14%
1990	26	OAK	AL	162	0.0%	14.2%	12.4%	1.9%	12%	1.15	5.9		13.6	0.82	1.34	70%	18%	0.0%	19%
1991	27	OAK	AL	216	1.4%	19.4%	10.7%	5.1%	24%	1.83	4.4	61.7	8.8	0.59	0.66	66%	25%	4.1%	19%
1992	28	OAK	AL	446	0.7%	12.8%	18.4%	6.3%	33%	0.70	6.1	116.3	10.3	0.83	0.87	65%	16%	2.6%	27%
1993	29	OAK	AL	328	0.6%	19.5%	20.4%	3.4%	23%	0.96	3.9	126.0	11.0	0.73	0.95	57%	21%	2.4%	21%
6 Yrs				1292	0.7%	16.9%	15.5%	4.6%	26%	1.09	4.8	116.7	11.4	0.73	0.90	64%	20%	2.4%	22%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.75	6.0	43.4	8.5	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.3%	21%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1988	24	OAK	AL	-0.8	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.17	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.94	-0.9	0.00	2
1989	25	OAK	AL	-5.4	-0.6	147	-0.1	2.0	-2.1	.87	-0.5	0.4	-8.9	-0.9	0.92	-7.2	0.94	4
1990	26	OAK	AL	-8.9	-0.9	168	-1.7	1.3	-2.9	.94	-1.1	-0.7	-11.2	-1.2	1.00	-10.6	1.45	11
1991	27	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	236	0.8	4.1	-3.2	.97	0.5	0.4	1.9	0.2	0.98	4.2	1.91	8
1992	28	OAK	AL	13.0	1.3	479	-0.6	7.9	-8.5	1.11	0.6	-1.1	3.2	0.3	1.01	7.1	1.49	4
1993	29	OAK	AL	-4.7	-0.4	352	0.2	6.4	-6.1	1.16	-0.5	0.7	-1.3	-0.1	1.00	-5.4	1.93	5
6 Yrs				-7.1	-0.7	1388	-1.3	21.6	-22.9	1.05	-1.0	-0.3	-17.1	-1.8	0.99	-12.7	1.49	34

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1988	24	OAK	AL	0		7	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1989	25	OAK	AL	0	58%	48	5	1	83%	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	4	52%	12	7	4	0	0	0	9	2	7
1990	26	OAK	AL	3	39%	71	3	1	75%	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	6	64%	15	8	7	0	0	0	7	0	7
1991	27	OAK	AL	4	44%	111	12	3	80%	8	3	4	0	0	0	3	8	58%	12	7	4	6	1	5	8	2	6
1992	28	OAK	AL	4	33%	179	21	7	75%	19	6	2	1	4	0	3	11	53%	21	13	8	5	2	3	19	5	13
1993	29	OAK	AL	3	36%	129	13	5	72%	12	5	1	0	2	0	4	8	56%	22	11	10	7	3	4	12	3	9
6 Yrs				14	38%	545	54	18	75%	43	17	11	1	9	1	11	39	56%	82	46	33	18	6	12	56	12	43

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
1988	24	OAK	AL	3	67%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1989	25	OAK	AL	137	39%	29	5	0	4	0	0	1	0.94	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	75%	25	0	0%	13	5	38%	66	3	5%	3	1	33%	4	2	50%	0
1990	26	OAK	AL	162	50%	26	3	0	11	2	0	1	1.45	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	35	6	17%	17	9	53%	113	11	10%	8	2	25%	4	4	100%	0
1991	27	OAK	AL	216	34%	46	17	2	8	0	0	0	1.91	3	0	7	2	1	0	3	0	4	2	50%	38	2	5%	18	9	50%	138	19	14%	11	6	55%	7	5	71%	0
1992	28	OAK	AL	446	28%	84	25	6	4	0	0	0	1.49	3	0	8	3	0	1	2	0	12	8	67%	98	10	10%	35	13	37%	291	34	12%	24	10	42%	12	8	67%	0
1993	29	OAK	AL	328	33%	48	8	0	5	2	0	1	1.93	2	0	10	2	0	2	0	0	8	6	75%	75	9	12%	30	10	33%	221	22	10%	14	6	43%	16	11	69%	0
6 Yrs				1292	34%	233	58	8	34	4	0	3	1.49	9	0	31	7	2	4	5	0	34	25	74%	271	27	10%	113	46	41%	829	89	11%	60	25	42%	43	30	70%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			36%			14%			52%			57%

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
1988	24	OAK	AL	3	17	5.67	9	53%	22%	22%	33%	22%	78%	0%	41%	71%	0%	0%	0	0	33%	1	1	67%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
1989	25	OAK	AL	137	527	3.85	314	60%	38%	12%	18%	31%	61%	0%	36%	79%	18%	7%	9	0	20%	28	7	10%	14	5	39%	0	0	4
1990	26	OAK	AL	154	588	3.82	328	56%	34%	9%	21%	35%	65%	0%	36%	85%	20%	6%	10	0	23%	35	13	14%	21	12	42%	8	0	2
1991	27	OAK	AL	216	852	3.94	494	58%	39%	12%	19%	30%	61%	0%	35%	80%	14%	5%	11	0	19%	40	9	13%	27	13	52%	0	0	0
1992	28	OAK	AL	447	1845	4.13	998	54%	44%	8%	18%	30%	56%	1%	31%	86%	13%	8%	36	0	22%	99	20	14%	61	17	60%	-1	0	0
1993	29	OAK	AL	303	1333	4.40	728	55%	48%	8%	19%	25%	52%	0%	28%	84%	6%	10%	30	0	20%	62	8	17%	52	10	43%	25	0	2
6 Yrs				1260	5162	4.10	2871	56%	42%	9%	19%	29%	58%	0%	32%	83%	13%	8%	96	0	21%	265	58	14%	177	59	49%	32	0	8
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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
1988	24	10	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	25	68	140	128	23	29	5	1	1	4	5	2	8	32	.227	.270	.305	.575	64	39	0	0	3	1	0
1990	26	154	302	264	41	55	8	1	1	14	8	3	28	55	.208	.283	.258	.541	56	68	6	0	9	1	0
1991	27	244	518	449	74	101	16	1	4	35	20	6	51	97	.225	.306	.292	.597	72	131	8	3	11	4	0
1992	28	367	964	798	133	185	40	2	7	69	41	13	133	154	.232	.346	.313	.659	91	250	18	9	19	5	2
1993	29	461	1292	1050	176	233	48	3	9	92	54	18	200	218	.222	.350	.299	.649	87	314	27	11	25	6	2

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
1988	24	10	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
1989	25	58	140	127	24	31	5	1	1	4	5	9	31	.244	.292	.323	.615	12	58
1990	26	86	167	139	21	29	3	0	0	12	3	22	23	.209	.317	.230	.547	10	86
1991	27	90	220	188	36	49	9	0	3	23	13	24	42	.261	.349	.356	.705	23	90
1992	28	123	463	357	68	92	26	1	3	39	23	90	57	.258	.415	.361	.777	53	123
1993	29	94	333	254	47	50	8	1	2	25	14	70	64	.197	.373	.260	.633	25	94
6 Yrs		461	1326	1068	197	251	51	3	9	103	58	215	218	.235	.367	.314	.681	123	461
162 Game Avg.		162	466	375	69	88	18	1	3	36	20	76	77	.235	.367	.314	.681	43	461

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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