Wade Blasingame
Wade Allen Blasingame
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 22, 1943 in Deming, NM
High School: Roosevelt (Fresno, CA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1963
Final Game: September 22, 1972
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Standard Fielding

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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
1963 MLN NL 19 P 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 .900 2.10 0.85
1964 MLN NL 20 P 28 13 116.2 28 5 23 0 2 1.000 2.16 1.00 .950 2.14 0.84
1965 MLN NL 21 P 38 36 224.2 62 21 41 0 3 1.000 2.48 1.63 .953 2.08 0.81
1966 ATL NL 22 P 16 12 67.2 15 4 10 1 1 .933 1.86 0.88 .947 1.96 0.74
1967 TOT NL 23 P 25 18 102.1 24 8 16 0 0 1.000 2.11 0.96 .958 2.00 0.78
1967 ATL NL 23 P 10 4 25.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.49 0.70 .957 1.99 0.78
1967 HOU NL 23 P 15 14 77.0 17 7 10 0 0 1.000 1.99 1.13 .959 2.00 0.78
1968 HOU NL 24 P 22 2 36.0 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.75 0.50 .955 2.00 0.85
1969 HOU NL 25 P 26 5 52.0 17 5 9 3 0 .824 2.42 0.54 .965 1.96 0.78
1970 HOU NL 26 P 13 13 77.2 18 2 15 1 0 .944 1.97 1.31 .950 1.85 0.71
1971 HOU NL 27 P 30 28 158.1 38 8 29 1 1 .974 2.10 1.23 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 TOT MLB 28 P 22 1 25.1 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 4.26 0.55 .942 1.81 0.74
1972 HOU NL 28 P 10 0 8.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.10 .900 1.73 0.73
1972 NYY AL 28 P 12 1 17.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 5.82 0.92 .945 1.85 0.75
10 Seasons P 222 128 863.2 226 60 160 6 8 .973 2.29 0.99 .953 2.00 0.79
10 Seasons TOT 222 128 863.2 226 60 160 6 8 .973 2.29 0.99 .926 2.00 0.79

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
1963 MLN NL 19 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MLN NL 20 29 13 29 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 MLN NL 21 38 36 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 ATL NL 22 18 12 18 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 HOU NL 23 16 14 16 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 ATL NL 23 10 4 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 HOU NL 24 22 2 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 HOU NL 25 27 5 27 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 HOU NL 26 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 27 30 28 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 28 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 HOU NL 28 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 227 128 227 227 222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1963 MLN NL 19 20 60% 10% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MLN NL 20 510 76% 29% 23 87% 0 6 0 6 21 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 50%
1965 MLN NL 21 878 76% 30% 40 95% 0 19 1 11 38 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 6 83%
1966 ATL NL 22 212 82% 28% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 HOU NL 23 324 79% 27% 10 80% 1 9 0 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1967 ATL NL 23 126 67% 22% 7 100% 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1968 HOU NL 24 160 81% 30% 13 77% 1 1 0 1 10 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1969 HOU NL 25 264 74% 27% 11 73% 0 6 0 4 8 6 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1970 HOU NL 26 323 75% 34% 15 80% 0 2 0 0 14 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 HOU NL 27 691 79% 28% 28 96% 1 6 0 5 29 23 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 100%
1972 NYY AL 28 76 75% 32% 6 100% 0 5 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1972 HOU NL 28 45 58% 13% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 3629 77% 29% 160 89% 3 57 1 36 146 103 19 5 1 2 2 3 8 5 6 1 33 88%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%

* 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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