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 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 Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 OAK AL 24 2B 4 0 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.57 0.50 1.000 5.14 4.40
1988 OAK AL 24 DH 4
1989 OAK AL 25 OF 25 17 149.2 44 43 1 0 1 1.000 1.3 10.4 0.3 0.4 -0.1 1 2.65 1.76 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 OAK AL 25 2B 24 14 135.2 75 26 48 1 10 .987 0.5 4.4 0.5 1.3 -0.8 0 4.91 3.08 .981 5.24 4.51
1989 OAK AL 25 RF 21 13 115.2 33 32 1 0 1 1.000 0.5 5.2 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 1 2.57 1.57 .979 2.33 1.90
1989 OAK AL 25 DH 10
1989 OAK AL 25 LF 4 4 34.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 28.2 0.8 0.2 0.6 0 2.91 2.75 .973 2.17 1.82
1990 OAK AL 26 3B 28 18 177.0 57 17 37 3 2 .947 1.3 8.8 1.3 0.7 0.6 0 2.75 1.93 .944 2.75 2.32
1990 OAK AL 26 OF 28 13 129.0 31 29 0 2 0 .935 2.0 18.6 2.0 1.2 0.8 0 2.02 1.04 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 OAK AL 26 2B 20 9 86.0 52 20 32 0 7 1.000 2.0 27.9 1.0 0.6 0.4 1 5.44 2.60 .985 5.23 4.53
1990 OAK AL 26 RF 17 10 91.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 2.4 31.6 1.4 0.4 1.0 1 2.27 1.35 .979 2.23 1.81
1990 OAK AL 26 LF 10 3 36.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.4 -13.3 0.6 0.8 -0.2 -1 1.25 0.50 .983 2.20 1.74
1990 OAK AL 26 DH 6
1990 OAK AL 26 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.40
1990 OAK AL 26 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1991 OAK AL 27 2B 45 28 265.0 176 72 101 3 23 .983 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 5.88 3.84 .981 5.19 4.44
1991 OAK AL 27 OF 28 9 110.1 44 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.8 30.5 2.8 0.4 2.4 0 3.59 1.57 .982 2.37 2.03
1991 OAK AL 27 LF 18 7 79.2 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 12.1 0.8 -0.6 1.4 0 3.84 1.89 .976 2.17 1.72
1991 OAK AL 27 3B 14 9 81.0 28 7 21 0 2 1.000 2.2 32.6 2.2 1.0 1.2 0 3.11 2.00 .954 2.79 2.33
1991 OAK AL 27 RF 11 2 30.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 78.3 2.0 1.0 1.0 0 2.93 0.91 .980 2.20 1.76
1991 OAK AL 27 DH 6
1992 OAK AL 28 2B 78 69 614.1 385 159 223 3 56 .992 6.2 12.1 4.2 0.8 3.4 2 5.60 4.90 .983 5.25 4.60
1992 OAK AL 28 OF 51 33 324.1 93 90 1 2 0 .978 1.3 4.8 0.3 -1.4 1.7 1 2.53 1.78 .983 2.47 2.17
1992 OAK AL 28 LF 22 12 114.2 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.2 23.0 1.2 0.3 0.9 1 2.51 1.45 .981 2.29 1.94
1992 OAK AL 28 RF 20 10 101.0 31 29 1 1 0 .968 0.4 4.8 0.4 -1.3 1.7 0 2.67 1.50 .984 2.23 1.87
1992 OAK AL 28 CF 16 11 108.2 30 29 0 1 0 .967 -1.3 -14.4 -1.3 -0.4 -0.9 0 2.40 1.81 .987 2.90 2.60
1992 OAK AL 28 1B 7 4 41.0 40 37 2 1 4 .975 -1.6 -46.8 -1.6 0.1 -1.7 0 8.56 5.57 .992 9.68 8.36
1992 OAK AL 28 DH 3
1993 OAK AL 29 OF 66 56 505.2 164 162 1 1 0 .994 7.5 17.8 10.5 4.2 6.3 -3 2.90 2.47 .983 2.41 2.09
1993 OAK AL 29 CF 49 40 359.1 115 113 1 1 0 .991 3.9 13.0 7.9 3.1 4.8 -4 2.86 2.33 .986 2.76 2.45
1993 OAK AL 29 2B 19 18 157.1 92 32 56 4 13 .957 -0.6 -4.6 -1.6 0.5 -2.1 1 5.03 4.63 .982 5.15 4.54
1993 OAK AL 29 LF 17 15 136.1 45 45 0 0 0 1.000 3.6 31.7 2.6 1.4 1.2 1 2.97 2.65 .984 2.23 1.84
1993 OAK AL 29 1B 6 1 14.0 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -17.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 7.71 2.00 .992 9.58 8.23
1993 OAK AL 29 DH 5
1993 OAK AL 29 RF 2 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 3.60 2.00 .975 2.25 1.85
1993 OAK AL 29 SS 2 2 14.0 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -25.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 5.79 4.50 .978 4.69 4.15
5 Seasons OF 198 128 1219.0 376 368 3 5 1 .987 14.9 14.7 15.9 4.8 11.1 -1 2.74 1.87 .982 2.42 2.10
6 Seasons 2B 190 138 1265.1 782 310 461 11 109 .986 8.0 7.6 4.0 2.8 1.2 4 5.48 4.06 .982 5.22 4.53
5 Seasons LF 71 41 400.2 128 127 0 1 0 .992 7.0 21.0 6.0 2.1 3.9 1 2.85 1.79 .980 2.23 1.83
5 Seasons RF 71 36 348.1 102 98 2 2 1 .980 5.3 18.3 3.3 0.0 3.3 2 2.58 1.41 .980 2.26 1.85
3 Seasons CF 66 51 470.0 146 143 1 2 0 .986 2.6 6.6 6.6 2.7 3.9 -4 2.76 2.18 .986 2.79 2.48
2 Seasons 3B 42 27 258.0 85 24 58 3 4 .965 3.5 16.3 3.5 1.7 1.8 0 2.86 1.95 .947 2.76 2.32
6 Seasons DH 34
3 Seasons 1B 14 5 56.0 52 49 2 1 5 .981 -1.8 -38.6 -1.8 -0.1 -1.7 0 8.20 3.64 .992 9.66 8.31
1 Season SS 2 2 14.0 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -25.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 5.79 4.50 .978 4.69 4.15
6 Seasons TOT 446 300 2812.1 1304 752 532 20 120 .985 24.3 10.4 21.3 8.9 12.4 -1 4 4.11 2.88 .965 3.87 3.36
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1988 OAK AL 24 10 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
1989 OAK AL 25 58 34 58 45 0 0 0 24 0 0 4 0 21 25 3 7 11
1990 OAK AL 26 86 40 86 73 0 0 1 20 28 0 10 1 17 28 0 12 13
1991 OAK AL 27 90 47 90 80 0 0 0 45 14 0 18 0 11 28 1 11 13
1992 OAK AL 28 123 106 123 119 0 0 7 78 0 0 22 16 20 51 0 7 4
1993 OAK AL 29 94 77 94 88 0 0 6 19 0 2 17 49 2 66 0 8 4
6 Seasons 461 304 461 409 0 0 14 190 42 2 71 66 71 198 4 47 51
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 -- 2B*

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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
1988 OAK AL 24 29 79% 72% 41% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 OAK AL 25 555 57% 78% 33% 60 93% 1 27 14 10 3 48 41 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 5 1 4 0 10 4 6 0 0 0
1990 OAK AL 26 376 58% 78% 34% 38 92% 0 20 10 7 3 32 26 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 3 0 8 3 5 0 0 0
1991 OAK AL 27 1223 53% 75% 28% 128 88% 0 70 31 32 7 100 88 7 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 22 12 1 5 1 20 6 14 2 1 1
1992 OAK AL 28 2677 51% 76% 28% 294 88% 0 159 69 70 20 223 193 26 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 56 24 6 17 3 50 20 30 4 2 1
1993 OAK AL 29 737 45% 75% 31% 74 86% 0 34 15 14 5 57 47 6 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 13 2 3 4 0 10 4 5 2 0 1
6 Seasons 5597 52% 76% 29% 595 89% 1 311 139 134 38 461 396 49 0 2 11 0 8 3 9 109 44 14 33 4 98 37 60 8 3 3
MLB Averages 56% 77% 32% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 145 43% 73% 34% 17 65%
1990 OAK AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 153 66% 76% 41% 15 33%
1991 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 381 40% 76% 43% 49 69%
1992 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 4 3 0 2 2 0 14 12 85.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 540 51% 80% 42% 48 67%
1993 OAK AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 2 1 0 7 4 0 3 2 0 5 5 0 26 19 73.1% 7 0 0.0% 0 633 52% 77% 40% 84 54%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 13 0 5 3 0 11 7 0 11 6 0 9 9 0 52 38 73.1% 14 0 0.0% 0 1852 50% 77% 41% 213 60%
MLB Averages 60.2% 2.5% 56% 77% 39% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 7 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 21 12 57.1% 9 0 0.0% 1 536 51% 76% 43% 65 49%
1990 OAK AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 384 43% 81% 46% 39 59%
1991 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 132 49% 80% 45% 12 83%
1992 OAK AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 3 37.5% 4 1 12.5% 0 475 53% 80% 45% 41 73%
1993 OAK AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 53 45% 77% 43% 5 80%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 15 10 1 9 3 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 5 2 0 40 22 55.0% 17 1 2.5% 1 1580 49% 79% 45% 162 61%
MLB Averages 44.2% 2.5% 56% 77% 39% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1990 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 40% 80% 60% 2 50%
1992 OAK AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 472 58% 74% 41% 43 67%
1993 OAK AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 21 11 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 9 4 0 54 15 27.8% 39 0 0.0% 1 1650 56% 77% 41% 208 55%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 24 12 0 20 2 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 4 0 64 18 28.1% 46 0 0.0% 1 2132 56% 77% 41% 253 57%
MLB Averages 41.6% 1.7% 56% 77% 39% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1990 OAK AL 26 756 52% 81% 32% 56 91% 0 17 14 2 1 37 37 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 100%
1991 OAK AL 27 361 53% 79% 32% 25 96% 0 7 5 0 2 21 15 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1117 53% 80% 32% 81 93% 0 24 19 2 3 58 52 4 0 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 100%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 32% 86% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 OAK AL 26 7 43% 86% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 OAK AL 28 183 54% 78% 33% 8 88% 0 37 2 34 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1993 OAK AL 29 75 45% 73% 27% 3 100% 0 12 1 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 265 51% 77% 31% 11 91% 0 49 3 45 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 32% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1993 OAK AL 29 75 57% 80% 41% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season 75 57% 80% 41% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 32% 86%

* 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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