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Matt Blank

Clarence Matthew Blank

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 5, 1976 in Texarkana, TX
High School: James W. Martin HS (Arlington, TX)
Schools: Galveston College (Galveston, TX), Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 11th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2000 (Age 23)
Team: Expos 2000-2001

Final Game: June 21, 2001 (Age 25)
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Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1997	21	WSN-min	A-	6	4	.600	1.69	16	15	0	2	0	0	95.2	74	26	18	2	14	0	84	2	0	0	375		0.920	7.0	0.2	1.3	7.9	6.00	VMT · NYPL
1998	22	WSN-min	A,A+	14	3	.824	2.54	29	27	1	2	2	0	177.0	154	59	50	8	34	0	140	13	2	1	709		1.062	7.8	0.4	1.7	7.1	4.12	FAY,JUP · SALL,FLOR
1999	23	WSN-min	A+,AA	15	8	.652	3.14	29	28	0	3	1	0	175.0	158	67	61	19	45	1	108	2	2	4	711		1.160	8.1	1.0	2.3	5.6	2.40	JUP,HRB · FLOR,EL
2000	24	MON	NL	0	1	.000	5.14	13	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	12	8	8	1	5	1	4	1	0	0	63	96	1.214	7.7	0.6	3.2	2.6	0.80
2001	25	WSN-min	AAA	6	7	.462	5.18	14	14	0	1	0	0	81.2	89	52	47	13	30	0	58	8	2	3	367		1.457	9.8	1.4	3.3	6.4	1.93	OTT · IL
2001	25	MON	NL	2	2	.500	5.16	5	4	0	0	0	0	22.2	23	14	13	5	13	1	11	2	0	0	104	88	1.588	9.1	2.0	5.2	4.4	0.85
2002	26	WSN-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.24	31	25	1	1	3	0	147.0	134	67	53	12	55	2	92	8	1	5	625		1.286	8.2	0.7	3.4	5.6	1.67	OTT · IL
2003	27	WSN-SFG-ATL-min	AAA,AA	2	3	.400	4.09	15	13	1	0	0	0	70.1	78	36	32	5	21	1	52	3	1	2	303		1.408	10.0	0.6	2.7	6.7	2.48	EDM,FRE,GRV · PCL,SOUL
2004	28	FLA-min	AAA	4	8	.333	6.44	34	23	1	1	0	1	138.1	180	105	99	29	47	1	75	4	0	4	615		1.641	11.7	1.9	3.1	4.9	1.60	ABQ · PCL
2005	29	FLA-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	2.91	13	3	1	0	0	0	34.0	35	12	11	1	10	1	19	0	0	1	136		1.324	9.3	0.3	2.6	5.0	1.90	ABQ · PCL
2006	30	SDP-FLA-min	AAA,AA	4	3	.571	5.02	28	10	4	0	0	0	80.2	90	48	45	11	39	2	49	3	1	4	357		1.599	10.0	1.2	4.4	5.5	1.26	ABQ,POR,CAR · PCL,SOUL
2 Yrs				2	3	.400	5.15	18	4	3	0	0	0	36.2	35	22	21	6	18	2	15	3	0	0	167	91	1.445	8.6	1.5	4.4	3.7	0.83
162 Game Avg.				6	9	.400	5.15	56	12	9	0	0	0	113	108	68	65	19	56	6	46	9	0	0	516	91	1.445	8.6	1.5	4.4	3.7	0.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2000	24	MON	NL	14.0	13	0	8	5.14	4.89	-0.26	-0.37	116.8	5.58	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.505	.500	$200,000
2001	25	MON	NL	22.2	5	4	14	5.56	4.43	-0.31	0.12	98.1	4.77	-2	-0.2	.0	-0.0	-0.0	0	.460	.499
2 Seasons				36.2	18	4	22	5.40	4.61	-0.30	-0.07	105.2	5.08	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.492	.500	$200,000

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1997	21	WSN-min	A-	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0		VMT · NYPL
1998	22	WSN-min	A,A+	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0		FAY,JUP · SALL,FLOR
1999	23	WSN-min	AA,A+	29	23	21	1	7	0	2	0	1	1	2	.333	.364	.333	.697		7	1	0	1	0		HRB,JUP · EL,FLOR
2000	24	MON	NL	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	25	WSN-min	AAA	14	12	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	2	0		OTT · IL
2001	25	MON	NL	5	8	8	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.625	1.125	188	5	0	0	0	0	/1
2002	26	WSN-min	AAA	31	15	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	.083	.143	.083	.226		1	1	0	1	1		OTT · IL
2003	27	SFG-WSN-ATL-min	AAA,AA	15	18	17	2	3	1	1	1	0	1	2	.176	.222	.235	.458		4	1	0	0	0		FRE,EDM,GRV · PCL,SOUL
2004	28	FLA-min	AAA	35	31	19	2	3	1	2	0	0	6	9	.158	.370	.211	.581		4	0	1	4	1		ABQ · PCL
2005	29	FLA-min	AAA	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2006	30	SDP-FLA-min	AAA,AA	29	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.167	.397		2	0	0	1	0		POR,ABQ,CAR · PCL,SOUL
2 Yrs				18	9	9	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	.444	.444	.556	1.000	155	5	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	81	81	0	36	9	9	0	0	0	27	.444	.444	.556	1.000	155	45	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2000	24	MON	NL	13	1	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	-0	$200,000	1
2001	25	MON	NL	5	8	1	-0	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	.535	.501	0.2	2		/1
2 Seasons				18	9	1	-0	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	.509	.501	0.2	2	$200,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
2000	MON	NL	24	P	13	0	14.0	2	1	1	1.000	1.29	0.15	.960	1.74	1.72	0	0
2001	MON	NL	25	P	5	4	22.2	8	1	7	1.000	3.18	1.60	.959	1.75	1.72	1	1	50%	34%
	2 Seasons			P	18	4	36.2	10	2	8	1.000	2.45	0.56	.959	1.74	1.72	1	1	50%	34%
	2 Seasons			TOT	18	4	36.2	10	2	8	1.000	2.45	0.56	.959	1.74	1.72	1	1	50%	34%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 37th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 40th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 11th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1997.
April 30, 2003: the Montreal Expos sent Matt Blank to the San Francisco Giants to complete an earlier deal made on March 24, 2003. March 24, 2003: The Montreal Expos sent a player to be named later and Jim Brower to the San Francisco Giants for Edwards Guzman, Livan Hernandez and cash.
July 19, 2003: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
August 3, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
August 19, 2003: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
January 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
January 17, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
May 24, 2005: Released by the Florida Marlins.
January 11, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
March 22, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
May 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
August 1, 2006: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the San Diego Padres for Jim Brower.
October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2000	24	Montreal Expos	$200,000	4/5/00 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$200,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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