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Cy Blanton

Darrell Elijah Blanton

All-Star Player

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 6, 1908 in Waurika, OK (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1934
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Phillies 1934-1942
Final Game: May 6, 1942
Died: September 13, 1945 in Norman, OK
Buried: Tecumseh Cemetery, Tecumseh, OK
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Standard Pitching

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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
1934 25 PIT NL 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 3 3 1 4 5 1 0 1 36 122 1.125 5.6 1.1 4.5 5.6 1.25
1935 26 PIT NL 18 13 .581 2.58 35 30 3 23 4 1 254.1 220 93 73 3 55 142 2 0 7 1041 159 1.081 7.8 0.1 1.9 5.0 2.58 MVP-15
1936 27 PIT NL 13 15 .464 3.51 44 32 9 15 4 3 235.2 235 114 92 9 55 127 3 0 8 992 115 1.231 9.0 0.3 2.1 4.9 2.31
1937 28 PIT NL 14 12 .538 3.30 36 34 0 14 4 0 242.2 250 115 89 13 76 143 5 0 3 1034 117 1.343 9.3 0.5 2.8 5.3 1.88 AS
1938 29 PIT NL 11 7 .611 3.70 29 26 0 10 1 0 172.2 190 84 71 13 46 80 2 0 2 729 102 1.367 9.9 0.7 2.4 4.2 1.74
1939 30 PIT NL 2 3 .400 4.29 10 6 3 1 0 0 42.0 45 23 20 4 10 11 0 0 1 182 90 1.310 9.6 0.9 2.1 2.4 1.10
1940 31 PHI NL 4 3 .571 4.32 13 10 2 5 0 0 77.0 82 43 37 7 21 24 1 0 5 330 90 1.338 9.6 0.8 2.5 2.8 1.14
1941 32 PHI NL 6 13 .316 4.51 28 25 2 7 1 0 163.2 186 98 82 11 57 64 3 0 6 726 82 1.485 10.2 0.6 3.1 3.5 1.12 AS
1942 33 PHI NL 0 4 .000 5.64 6 3 2 0 0 0 22.1 30 15 14 3 13 15 1 0 0 103 59 1.925 12.1 1.2 5.2 6.0 1.15
9 Seasons 68 71 .489 3.55 202 167 21 75 14 4 1218.1 1243 588 481 64 337 611 18 0 33 5173 110 1.297 9.2 0.5 2.5 4.5 1.81
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .489 3.55 37 31 4 14 3 1 225 229 108 89 12 62 113 3 0 6 953 110 1.297 9.2 0.5 2.5 4.5 1.81
PIT (6 yrs) 58 51 .532 3.28 155 129 15 63 13 4 955.1 945 432 348 43 246 508 13 0 22 4014 121 1.247 8.9 0.4 2.3 4.8 2.07
PHI (3 yrs) 10 20 .333 4.55 47 38 6 12 1 0 263.0 298 156 133 21 91 103 5 0 11 1159 82 1.479 10.2 0.7 3.1 3.5 1.13

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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
1934 25 PIT NL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 45 0 1 0 0 /1
1935 26 PIT NL 35 104 97 3 13 1 0 0 6 0 4 19 .134 .168 .144 .313 -16 14 6 0 3 1 MVP-15
1936 27 PIT NL 44 92 84 6 13 2 0 0 5 0 3 17 .155 .184 .179 .362 -3 15 3 0 5 1
1937 28 PIT NL 36 98 85 4 14 0 0 0 3 0 9 20 .165 .245 .165 .409 13 14 1 0 4 1 AS
1938 29 PIT NL 29 69 64 4 13 0 0 0 7 0 1 17 .203 .215 .203 .419 15 13 3 0 4 1
1939 30 PIT NL 10 14 14 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 .286 .286 .357 .643 73 5 0 0 0 1
1940 31 PHI NL 13 28 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .083 .154 .083 .237 -32 2 1 0 2 1
1941 32 PHI NL 28 58 51 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 3 15 .118 .167 .118 .284 -18 6 2 0 4 1 AS
1942 33 PHI NL 6 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -25 1 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 202 473 428 22 66 4 0 0 26 0 23 98 .154 .197 .164 .361 -1 70 17 0 22
162 Game Avg. 162 379 343 18 53 3 0 0 21 0 18 79 .154 .197 .164 .361 -1 56 14 0 18
PIT (6 yrs) 155 379 345 19 57 4 0 0 24 0 18 76 .165 .207 .177 .383 4 61 14 0 16
PHI (3 yrs) 47 94 83 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 5 22 .108 .159 .108 .268 -23 9 3 0 6

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 PIT NL 25 P 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.10
1935 PIT NL 26 P 35 72 10 60 2 1 .972 2.00 .958 1.18 MVP-15
1936 PIT NL 27 P 44 69 16 50 3 0 .957 1.50 .949 1.16
1937 PIT NL 28 P 36 62 9 48 5 5 .919 1.58 .960 1.20 AS
1938 PIT NL 29 P 29 51 7 42 2 7 .961 1.69 .965 1.13
1939 PIT NL 30 P 10 11 1 9 1 0 .909 1.00 .964 1.09
1940 PHI NL 31 P 13 20 4 16 0 0 1.000 1.54 .960 1.10
1941 PHI NL 32 P 28 27 3 22 2 0 .926 0.89 .967 1.09 AS
1942 PHI NL 33 P 6 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.83 .960 1.17
9 Seasons P 202 319 51 253 15 13 .953 1.50 .959 1.15
9 Seasons TOT 202 319 51 253 15 13 .953 1.50 .912 1.15

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1937 *
1941

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1935 NL (15, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1935 NL  2.58 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1935 NL  18 (8th)
1937 NL  14 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1938 NL  .611 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1935 NL  1.081 (1st)
1936 NL  1.231 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 NL  7.785 (1st)
1936 NL  8.975 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 NL  2.100 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 NL  5.025 (3rd)
1936 NL  4.850 (3rd)
1937 NL  5.304 (8th)
1938 NL  4.170 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 NL  44 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1936 NL  3 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1935 NL  254.3 (7th)
1937 NL  242.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1935 NL  142 (5th)
1936 NL  127 (3rd)
1937 NL  143 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1935 NL  30 (8th)
1936 NL  32 (7th)
1937 NL  34 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1935 NL  23 (3rd)
1936 NL  15 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1935 NL  4 (1st)
1936 NL  4 (1st)
1937 NL  4 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1937 NL  250 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1935 NL  2.582 (4th)
1936 NL  2.309 (3rd)
1937 NL  1.882 (9th)
1938 NL  1.739 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 NL  .106 (1st)
1936 NL  .344 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1935 NL  13 (9th)
1936 NL  15 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1935 NL  7 (5th)
1936 NL  8 (4th)
1940 NL  5 (6th)
1941 NL  6 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1937 NL  5 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1935 NL  1041 (9th)
1937 NL  1034 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1935 NL  159 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (263), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 53 (473), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Red Barrett (972)
  2. Pascual Perez (971)
  3. Jim Nash (971)
  4. Jack Kralick (970)
  5. Ray Washburn (969)
  6. Johnny Rigney (967)
  7. Jim McGlothlin (965)
  8. Ed Daily (963)
  9. Leon Cadore (962)
  10. Luke Hamlin (961)
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  1. Jim Bagby (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hi Bithorn (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Steve Kline (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Muncrief (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dick Donovan (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bryn Smith (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Danny Cox (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Scott (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

May 21, 1940: Granted Free Agency.

May 21, 1940: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 12, 1942: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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