Lance Blankenship
Lance Robert Blankenship
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 6, 1963 in Portland, OR
School: University of California
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1988
Final Game: August 15, 1993
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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 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 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 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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 -0.250 -0.333 .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 91 .230 .191 .254 .295 .322 .213 .381 .508 .703 48 .185 -8.9 -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 Seasons 1292 893 129 3.9 92 .270 .222 .255 .350 .323 .299 .383 .649 .706 87 .429 -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 .706 87 .429 -6.9 -0.7 .651 .302 .077 5

Postseason Batting

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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 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 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 Seasons (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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

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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 2 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% 6 0 0% 0
1990 26 OAK AL 162 50% 26 3 0 8 2 0 1 1.46 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 35 6 17% 17 9 53% 113 11 10% 8 2 25% 6 4 67% 0
1991 27 OAK AL 216 34% 46 17 2 7 0 0 0 1.92 3 0 7 2 1 0 3 0 4 2 50% 38 2 5% 18 9 50% 138 19 14% 11 6 55% 10 4 40% 0
1992 28 OAK AL 446 28% 84 25 6 4 0 0 0 1.50 3 0 8 3 0 1 2 0 12 8 67% 98 10 10% 35 13 37% 291 34 12% 24 10 42% 22 4 18% 0
1993 29 OAK AL 328 33% 48 8 0 2 1 0 0 2.00 2 0 10 2 0 2 0 0 8 6 75% 75 9 12% 30 10 33% 221 22 10% 14 6 43% 17 2 12% 0
6 Seasons 1292 34% 233 58 8 25 3 0 2 1.48 9 0 31 7 2 4 5 0 34 25 74% 271 27 10% 113 46 41% 829 89 11% 60 25 42% 61 14 23% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 446 1844 4.13 998 54% 44% 8% 18% 30% 56% 1% 31% 86% 13% 8% 36 0 22% 99 20 14% 61 17 60% 0 0 0
1993 29 OAK AL 302 1331 4.41 727 55% 48% 8% 19% 25% 52% 0% 28% 84% 6% 10% 30 0 21% 62 8 17% 52 10 43% 26 0 2
6 Seasons 1258 5159 4.10 2870 56% 42% 9% 19% 29% 58% 0% 32% 83% 13% 8% 96 0 21% 265 58 14% 177 59 49% 34 0 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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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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 58 140 130 26 34 6 1 1 5 6 9 31 .262 .307 .346 .653 14 58
1990 26 86 163 140 21 30 3 0 0 12 3 23 23 .214 .325 .236 .561 11 86
1991 27 90 227 193 37 54 9 0 4 23 14 27 42 .280 .374 .389 .763 27 90
1992 28 123 477 368 68 103 29 1 4 39 26 101 57 .280 .442 .397 .839 63 123
1993 29 94 346 262 46 58 10 1 2 25 16 81 64 .221 .408 .290 .698 31 94
6 Seasons 461 1356 1096 199 279 57 3 11 104 65 241 218 .255 .393 .342 .735 146 461
162 Game Avg. 162 477 385 70 98 20 1 4 37 23 85 77 .255 .393 .342 .735 51 461

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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