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

Born: November 22, 1943 in Deming, NM
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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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
1963 19 MLN NL 0 0 12.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 18 27 3.000 21.0 0.0 6.0 18.0 3.00
1964 20 MLN NL 9 5 .643 4.24 28 13 5 3 1 2 116.2 113 58 55 15 51 2 70 0 0 6 494 83 1.406 8.7 1.2 3.9 5.4 1.37
1965 21 MLN NL 16 10 .615 3.77 38 36 2 10 1 1 224.2 200 103 94 17 116 10 117 5 0 8 956 93 1.407 8.0 0.7 4.6 4.7 1.01
1966 22 ATL NL 3 7 .300 5.32 16 12 1 0 0 0 67.2 71 42 40 5 25 2 34 2 1 9 290 69 1.419 9.4 0.7 3.3 4.5 1.36
1967 23 TOT NL 5 7 .417 5.63 25 18 3 0 0 0 102.1 118 70 64 10 48 3 66 3 0 9 459 58 1.622 10.4 0.9 4.2 5.8 1.38
1967 23 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 4.62 10 4 2 0 0 0 25.1 27 13 13 1 21 1 20 1 0 4 119 72 1.895 9.6 0.4 7.5 7.1 0.95
1967 23 HOU NL 4 7 .364 5.96 15 14 1 0 0 0 77.0 91 57 51 9 27 2 46 2 0 5 340 55 1.532 10.6 1.1 3.2 5.4 1.70
1968 24 HOU NL 1 2 .333 4.75 22 2 7 0 0 1 36.0 45 21 19 3 10 1 22 0 0 3 160 62 1.528 11.3 0.8 2.5 5.5 2.20
1969 25 HOU NL 0 5 .000 5.37 26 5 4 0 0 1 52.0 66 47 31 4 33 7 33 2 0 9 258 66 1.904 11.4 0.7 5.7 5.7 1.00
1970 26 HOU NL 3 3 .500 3.48 13 13 0 1 0 0 77.2 76 34 30 4 23 3 55 2 0 4 320 112 1.275 8.8 0.5 2.7 6.4 2.39
1971 27 HOU NL 9 11 .450 4.60 30 28 0 2 0 0 158.1 177 90 81 11 45 3 93 13 0 10 696 73 1.402 10.1 0.6 2.6 5.3 2.07
1972 28 TOT 0 1 .000 5.68 22 1 7 0 0 0 25.1 18 17 16 6 19 1 16 3 0 3 112 54 1.461 6.4 2.1 6.8 5.7 0.84
1972 28 HOU NL 0 0 8.64 10 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 4 9 8 1 8 0 9 2 0 1 40 39 1.440 4.3 1.1 8.6 9.7 1.13
1972 28 NYY AL 0 1 .000 4.24 12 1 4 0 0 0 17.0 14 8 8 5 11 1 7 1 0 2 72 70 1.471 7.4 2.6 5.8 3.7 0.64
10 Seasons 46 51 .474 4.52 222 128 31 16 2 5 863.2 891 486 434 75 372 32 512 30 1 62 3763 77 1.462 9.3 0.8 3.9 5.3 1.38
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .474 4.52 43 25 6 3 0 1 168 173 94 84 15 72 6 99 6 0 12 731 77 1.462 9.3 0.8 3.9 5.3 1.38
HOU (6 yrs) 17 28 .378 4.84 116 62 15 3 0 2 409.1 459 258 220 32 146 16 258 21 0 32 1814 71 1.478 10.1 0.7 3.2 5.7 1.77
ATL (5 yrs) 29 22 .569 4.24 94 65 12 13 2 3 437.1 418 220 206 38 215 15 247 8 1 28 1877 83 1.447 8.6 0.8 4.4 5.1 1.15
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.24 12 1 4 0 0 0 17.0 14 8 8 5 11 1 7 1 0 2 72 70 1.471 7.4 2.6 5.8 3.7 0.64
NL (10 yrs) 46 50 .479 4.53 210 127 27 16 2 5 846.2 877 478 426 70 361 31 505 29 1 60 3691 77 1.462 9.3 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.40
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.24 12 1 4 0 0 0 17.0 14 8 8 5 11 1 7 1 0 2 72 70 1.471 7.4 2.6 5.8 3.7 0.64
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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
1963 19 MLN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 20 MLN NL 29 46 40 5 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 6 13 .175 .283 .300 .583 64 12 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 21 MLN NL 38 86 81 5 15 5 0 1 3 0 0 1 25 .185 .205 .284 .489 36 23 1 1 3 0 0 1
1966 22 ATL NL 18 25 23 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .217 .280 .261 .541 50 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 23 TOT NL 26 37 29 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 16 .172 .314 .207 .521 55 6 1 0 2 0 0 1
1967 23 ATL NL 10 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .143 .333 .143 .476 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 23 HOU NL 16 28 22 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 .182 .308 .227 .535 59 5 1 0 2 0 0 1
1968 24 HOU NL 22 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .375 .000 .375 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 25 HOU NL 27 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 26 HOU NL 13 28 24 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 .083 .214 .083 .298 -15 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
1971 27 HOU NL 30 59 49 5 10 3 0 1 9 0 0 7 18 .204 .298 .327 .625 79 16 0 0 2 1 0 1
1972 28 TOT 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 28 HOU NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 28 NYY AL 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
10 Seasons 227 305 265 18 44 12 0 3 20 0 0 30 94 .166 .253 .245 .498 41 65 3 1 8 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 218 189 13 31 9 0 2 14 0 0 21 67 .166 .253 .245 .498 41 46 2 1 6 1 0
HOU (6 yrs) 118 135 112 7 16 4 0 1 11 0 0 18 45 .143 .260 .205 .465 34 23 2 0 4 1 0
ATL (5 yrs) 97 166 151 11 28 8 0 2 9 0 0 11 47 .185 .245 .278 .524 47 42 1 1 3 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 215 301 263 18 44 12 0 3 20 0 0 29 92 .167 .252 .247 .499 42 65 3 1 7 1 0
AL (1 yr) 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 MLN NL 19 P 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.48 1.63 .953 2.08 0.81
1966 ATL NL 22 P 16 12 67.2 15 4 10 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.75 0.50 .955 2.00 0.85
1969 HOU NL 25 P 26 5 52.0 17 5 9 3 0 .824 0.0 0.0 2.42 0.54 .965 1.96 0.78
1970 HOU NL 26 P 13 13 77.2 18 2 15 1 0 .944 0.0 0.0 1.97 1.31 .950 1.85 0.71
1971 HOU NL 27 P 30 28 158.1 38 8 29 1 1 .974 0.0 0.0 2.10 1.23 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 TOT 28 P 22 1 25.1 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 5.82 0.92 .945 1.85 0.75
10 Seasons P 222 128 863.2 226 60 160 6 8 .973 0.0 0.0 2.29 0.99 .953 2.00 0.79
10 Seasons TOT 222 128 863.2 226 60 160 6 8 .973 0.0 0.0 2.29 0.99 .926 2.00 0.79

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 NL--116--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 NL--.681--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1965 NL--94--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1966 NL--9--9th
1967 NL--9--8th
1971 NL--10--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 NL--13--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2228), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1611), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1779), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 9, 1961: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1967: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Houston Astros for Claude Raymond.

June 7, 1972: Sent to the New York Yankees by the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.

March 30, 1973: Sent to the St. Louis Cardinals by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.

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