Don Blasingame
Don Lee Blasingame (Blazer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 16, 1932 in Corinth, MS
High School: Corinth (Corinth, MS)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1955
Final Game: August 27, 1966
Died: April 13, 2005 in Fountain Hills, AZ
Relatives: Son-In-Law of Walker Cooper
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 STL NL 23 2B 3 3 31.0 22 8 13 1 1 .955 6.10 7.00 .973 5.49 5.00
1955 STL NL 23 SS 2 2 18.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 4.00 4.00 .967 5.00 4.55
1956 STL NL 24 2B 98 96 859.2 591 280 303 8 89 .986 13.4 18.7 9.4 4.8 4.6 4 6.10 5.95 .980 5.33 4.66
1956 STL NL 24 SS 49 49 417.0 241 93 135 13 31 .946 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.8 2.7 -1 4.92 4.65 .963 4.94 4.53
1956 STL NL 24 3B 2 0 6.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 6.00 2.00 .950 3.00 2.65
1957 STL NL 25 2B 154 154 1410.1 898 372 512 14 128 .984 19.2 16.3 15.2 1.0 14.2 4 5.64 5.74 .977 5.37 4.97 MVP-12
1958 STL NL 26 2B 137 133 1180.2 718 312 380 26 97 .964 -6.3 -6.4 -7.3 -4.5 -2.7 1 5.27 5.05 .975 5.33 4.76 AS
1959 STL NL 27 2B 150 148 1290.0 818 362 439 17 104 .979 -4.9 -4.6 -6.9 -3.2 -3.7 2 5.59 5.34 .976 5.27 4.78
1960 SFG NL 28 2B 133 126 1141.2 661 318 329 14 66 .979 -3.3 -3.5 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 -3 5.10 4.86 .974 5.20 4.48
1961 CIN NL 29 2B 116 110 978.2 598 277 304 17 53 .972 -1.6 -2.0 1.4 0.7 0.7 -3 5.34 5.01 .976 5.51 4.89
1962 CIN NL 30 2B 137 130 1150.2 703 334 352 17 66 .976 5.8 6.0 7.8 -0.5 8.3 -2 5.37 5.01 .974 5.30 4.68
1963 TOT MLB 31 2B 75 69 602.0 381 184 193 4 58 .990 0.8 1.6 -1.2 1.3 -2.5 2 5.64 5.03 .979 5.10 4.67
1963 CIN NL 31 2B 11 9 73.0 39 22 16 1 6 .974 -1.3 -21.4 -2.3 -2.0 -0.3 1 4.68 3.45 .974 5.22 4.59
1963 CIN NL 31 3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 .900 2.92 2.55
1963 WSA AL 31 2B 64 60 529.0 342 162 177 3 52 .991 2.1 4.8 1.1 3.3 -2.2 1 5.77 5.30 .980 5.08 4.68
1964 WSA AL 32 2B 135 118 1054.0 609 259 336 14 70 .977 1.6 1.8 2.6 0.4 2.3 -1 5.08 4.41 .980 5.17 4.54
1965 WSA AL 33 2B 110 95 837.1 491 235 248 8 68 .984 2.9 4.2 1.9 1.2 0.8 1 5.19 4.39 .978 5.07 4.38
1966 TOT AL 34 2B 62 53 469.0 269 124 141 4 34 .985 1.1 2.8 1.1 0.2 0.9 0 5.09 4.27 .975 5.09 4.38
1966 WSA AL 34 2B 58 50 446.0 255 119 132 4 32 .984 0.8 2.2 0.8 -0.1 0.9 0 5.07 4.33 .975 5.09 4.38
1966 WSA AL 34 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.40
1966 KCA AL 34 2B 4 3 23.0 14 5 9 0 2 1.000 0.3 15.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 5.48 3.50 .971 5.09 4.38
12 Seasons 2B 1310 1235 11005.0 6759 3065 3550 144 834 .979 28.7 3.1 23.7 0.9 23.1 5 5.41 5.05 .977 5.27 4.68
3 Seasons SS 52 51 437.0 250 95 141 14 32 .944 -0.1 -0.3 0.9 -1.9 2.7 -1 4.86 4.54 .963 4.94 4.53
2 Seasons 3B 4 0 10.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 4.50 1.25 .940 2.97 2.60
12 Seasons TOT 1366 1286 11452.0 7014 3160 3696 158 866 .977 28.9 3.0 24.9 -0.9 26.0 4 5.39 5.02 .954 5.26 4.67
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm 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
1955 STL NL 23 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 24 150 145 150 150 0 0 0 98 2 49 0 0 0 0 3 1
1957 STL NL 25 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 26 143 133 143 143 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1959 STL NL 27 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 SFG NL 28 136 126 136 136 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1961 CIN NL 29 123 110 123 123 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1961 SFG NL 29 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 CIN NL 30 141 130 141 141 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1963 WSA AL 31 69 60 69 69 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1963 CIN NL 31 18 9 18 18 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1964 WSA AL 32 143 118 143 143 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
1965 WSA AL 33 129 95 129 129 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 4
1966 WSA AL 34 68 50 68 68 0 0 0 58 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6
1966 KCA AL 34 12 3 12 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
12 Seasons 1444 1286 1444 1444 0 0 0 1310 4 52 0 0 0 0 99 21
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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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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
1956 STL NL 24 3753 62% 79% 26% 372 94% 0 278 105 124 50 299 251 39 0 2 8 1 7 0 3 90 26 23 21 7 80 28 50 9 5 4
1957 STL NL 25 6145 58% 79% 28% 627 93% 4 382 150 165 68 517 431 70 2 1 14 0 12 2 10 131 42 20 40 7 120 48 67 9 6 3
1958 STL NL 26 5286 58% 77% 26% 485 90% 1 312 124 143 46 378 304 62 0 6 26 2 22 2 18 98 31 18 33 1 86 35 51 12 6 6
1959 STL NL 27 5798 57% 76% 26% 540 92% 0 364 136 169 59 433 357 62 0 5 18 2 14 2 13 104 34 23 33 2 95 35 58 6 4 2
1960 SFG NL 28 4991 62% 76% 25% 424 95% 1 319 118 135 67 331 271 48 0 6 14 2 8 4 9 65 21 14 22 1 60 23 37 3 1 1
1961 CIN NL 29 4304 61% 77% 25% 412 92% 1 269 123 103 45 297 249 38 0 8 17 3 11 3 12 55 19 7 15 1 48 16 27 5 3 2
1962 CIN NL 30 5005 62% 76% 25% 484 94% 1 334 157 122 56 353 301 41 0 4 17 1 14 2 9 66 24 15 17 0 60 17 40 4 4 0
1963 WSA AL 31 2362 61% 81% 28% 227 93% 0 167 60 79 28 187 154 26 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 53 23 7 11 2 44 13 30 8 4 3
1963 CIN NL 31 334 60% 81% 23% 29 93% 0 23 11 6 6 17 12 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 5 0 6 5 1 0 0 0
1964 WSA AL 32 4647 62% 79% 26% 432 91% 1 261 106 115 40 332 270 49 1 7 14 1 10 3 10 71 21 11 26 1 61 28 33 9 3 5
1965 WSA AL 33 3729 65% 76% 24% 321 91% 0 238 89 88 61 245 202 37 0 3 8 0 7 1 7 68 22 12 19 3 61 22 36 5 2 3
1966 WSA AL 34 1924 66% 78% 25% 153 93% 0 116 39 60 17 129 105 18 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 32 13 5 7 0 28 8 20 4 3 1
1966 KCA AL 34 114 49% 75% 24% 9 89% 0 6 0 2 4 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Seasons 48392 61% 78% 26% 4515 93% 9 3069 1218 1311 547 3527 2915 496 3 44 144 12 112 20 97 841 277 156 249 25 750 278 451 75 41 31
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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
1956 STL NL 24 1813 62% 79% 27% 185 88% 1 90 47 30 13 134 97 30 1 6 14 1 13 0 8 31 11 2 8 3 1 27 13 12 4 3 1
1966 WSA AL 34 6 50% 83% 33% 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
2 Seasons 1819 62% 79% 27% 185 88% 1 90 47 30 13 134 97 30 1 6 14 1 13 0 8 31 11 2 8 3 1 27 13 12 4 3 1
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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%
1956 STL NL 24 27 78% 89% 33% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CIN NL 31 20 55% 85% 30% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 47 68% 87% 32% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 62%

* 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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