Johnny Blatnik

John Louis Blatnik

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 10, 1921 in Bridgeport, OH
High School: Bridgeport HS (Bridgeport, OH)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1948
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals 1948-1950

Final Game: May 14, 1950
Died: January 21, 2004 in Lansing, OH
Buried: Holly Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove, OH
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1939	18	MIN-CLE-min	D	36	139	139		42	5	2	1					.302	.302	.388	.691		54						GBG,MFL · PASA,OHSL
1940	19	CLE-min	D	116	471	471		136	30	3	10					.289	.289	.429	.718		202						FMH · NORL
1941	20	CLE-min	C	106	381	381		94	21	5	4					.247	.247	.360	.606		137						CHL · MATL
1942	21	CLE-min	C	95	363	363		114	18	6	2					.314	.314	.413	.727		150						CHL · MATL
1946	25	CLE-min	B	139	563	563		189	30	8	19					.336	.336	.519	.854		292						HRB · ISLG
1947	26	CLE-min	A	136	509	509		170	34	11	10					.334	.334	.503	.837		256						WKB · EL
1948	27	PHI	NL	121	454	415	56	108	27	8	6	45	3	31	77	.260	.315	.407	.722	96	169	12	2	5		*7O
1949	28	PHI-min	AAA	131	525	470	77	138	23	5	15	80	6	51	79	.294	.368	.460	.827		216		4	0			TTO · IL
1949	28	PHI	NL	6	12	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.125	.417	.125	.542	54	1	0	0	0		/O9
1950	29	STL-min	AA	110	373	373		94	17	3	9					.252	.252	.386	.638		144						HSN · TL
1950	29	TOT	NL	11	29	24	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	.167	.310	.167	.477	28	4	1	0	0		/97
1950	29	PHI	NL	4	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.250	.500	.250	.750	106	1	0	0	0		/7O
1950	29	STL	NL	7	23	20	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	.150	.261	.150	.411	9	3	1	0	0		/O97
1951	30	STL-min	AAA	126	445	376	60	102	22	6	11	60	0	62	56	.271	.380	.449	.830		169		4	3			ROC · IL
1952	31	STL-min	AAA	132	530	471	79	129	24	2	17	66	4	55	93	.274	.351	.442	.793		208		1	3			SYR,ROC · IL
1953	32	NYY-min	AAA	138	537	463	66	123	13	5	18	76	1	62	105	.266	.363	.432	.795		200		9	3			SYR · IL
1954	33	PHI-min	AAA	128	464	392	59	97	17	5	14	71	3	56	76	.247	.354	.423	.777		166		9	6	1		SYR · IL
1955	34	PHI-min	AAA	37	115	91	16	28	3	0	4	14	1	22	16	.308	.443	.473	.916		43		1	0	1		SYR · IL
1956	35	BFL	AAA	22	56	49	5	15	6	0	0	2	0	7	12	.306	.393	.429	.821		21		0	0	0		BFL · IL
3 Yrs				138	495	447	59	113	27	8	6	46	3	40	83	.253	.317	.389	.706	92	174	13	2	5
162 Game Avg.				162	581	525	69	133	32	9	7	54	4	47	97	.253	.317	.389	.706	92	204	15	2	6

PHI (3 yrs)				131	472	427	59	110	27	8	6	45	3	37	81	.258	.320	.400	.720	96	171	12	2	5
STL (1 yr)				7	23	20	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	.150	.261	.150	.411	9	3	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1948	27	PHI	NL	121	454	-4	-0	-1	-2	-5	-12	-1.4	16	3	0.2	.489	.492	0.5	-0.7	5	$	*7O
1949	28	PHI	NL	6	12	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/O9
1950	29	PHI	NL	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/7O
1950	29	STL	NL	7	23	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.446	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/O97
3 Seasons				138	495	-6	-0	-1	-3	-5	-16	-1.7	17	1	-0.1	.488	.497	0.3	-0.9	4	$

PHI (3 yrs)				131	472	-4	-0	-1	-2	-5	-12	-1.3	16	4	0.2	.490	.497	0.5	-0.7	6	$
STL (1 yr)				7	23	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.446	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1948	27	PHI	NL	454	324	53	4.3	99	.307	.260	.265	.315	.339	.407	.393	.722	.732	96	.489	-3.1	-0.3	.643	.229	.147	4.0
1949	28	PHI	NL	12	7	0	0.0	101	.143	.125	.267	.417	.340	.125	.399	.542	.739	54	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.714	.500	.000
1950	29	TOT	NL	29	21	2	2.5	110	.211	.167	.273	.310	.350	.167	.423	.477	.774	28	.243	-2.4	-0.2	.429	.208	.000
1950	29	PHI	NL	6	3	1	8.9	106	1.000	.250	.267	.500	.344	.250	.414	.750	.758	106	.761	0.3	0.0	1.000	.500	.000
1950	29	STL	NL	23	18	1	1.5	111	.167	.150	.274	.261	.352	.150	.425	.411	.777	9	.107	-2.7	-0.3	.333	.150	.000
3 Yrs				495	352	55	4.2	100	.299	.253	.266	.317	.340	.389	.394	.706	.734	92	.466	-5.7	-0.6	.631	.233	.136	4.0
162 Game Avg.				581	413	65	4.2	100	.299	.253	.266	.317	.340	.389	.394	.706	.734	92	.466	-5.7	-0.6	.631	.233	.136	5

PHI (3 yrs)				472	334	54	4.3	100	.306	.258	.265	.320	.339	.400	.393	.720	.732	96	.483	-3.0	-0.3	.647	.237	.143	4.0
STL (1 yr)				23	18	1	1.5	111	.167	.150	.274	.261	.352	.150	.425	.411	.777	9	.107	-2.7	-0.3	.333	.150	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	27	PHI	NL	454	1.3%	17.0%	6.8%	9.0%	38%	2.48	5.4	69.2	9.2	0.95	73%
1949	28	PHI	NL	12	0.0%	8.3%	33.3%	0.0%	0%	0.25	8.0			1.00	58%
1950	29	TOT	NL	29	0.0%	17.2%	17.2%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.8		24.0	0.40	66%
1950	29	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	50.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0%	1.50	1.3				17%
1950	29	STL	NL	23	0.0%	8.7%	13.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	10.0		20.0	0.40	78%
3 Yrs				495	1.2%	16.8%	8.1%	8.3%	36%	2.08	5.4	74.5	9.7	0.88	72%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.5%	10.3%	6.5%	28%	0.93	9.2	47.6	7.8	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	27	PHI	NL	-3.7	-0.4	212	0.3	3.9	-3.6	.98	-0.4	0.7	-3.8	-0.4	0.93	-5.5	0.81	10
1949	28	PHI	NL	-0.2	-0.0	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.90	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.83	0.2	0.98	3
1950	29	TOT	NL	-2.4	-0.2	28	-0.3	0.3	-0.5	1.14	-0.2	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.85	-2.1	1.63	3
1950	29	PHI	NL	0.3	0.0	6	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.47	0.0	-0.1	0.4	0.0	1.04	0.3	1.63	3
1950	29	STL	NL	-2.7	-0.3	22	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.05	-0.2	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.80	-2.4		0
3 Yrs				-6.2	-0.6	252	-0.0	4.3	-4.3	.99	-0.5	0.5	-4.6	-0.5	0.92	-7.4	1.00	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	PHI	NL	1	1	37%	65	3	2	1	1	2	56%	7	3	4	2	1	1
1949	28	PHI	NL	0	0	60%	7	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1
1950	29	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	29	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	29	STL	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	1	36%	76	3	2	1	2	2	50%	9	5	4	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	27	PHI	NL	454	26%	108			10	3	0	1	0.81	6	0	2	4	1	5	1	0	1	5	500%	46	12	26%	17	4	24%	129	22	17%	15	8	53%	10	6	60%	0
1949	28	PHI	NL	12	50%	1			3	1	0	0	0.98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	29	TOT	NL	29	79%	4			3	1	0	0	1.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		16	1	6%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	29	PHI	NL	6	17%	1			3	1	0	0	1.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	29	STL	NL	23	95%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		11	1	9%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				495	33%	113			16	5	0	1	1.00	6	0	2	4	1	5	1	0	2	5	250%	53	13	25%	18	4	22%	150	23	15%	15	8	53%	10	6	60%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			113%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1948	27	121	454	415	56	108	27	8	6	45	3	31	77	.260	.315	.407	.722	96	169	12	2	5
1949	28	127	466	423	59	109	27	8	6	45	3	35	78	.258	.317	.402	.719	96	170	12	2	5
1950	29	138	495	447	59	113	27	8	6	46	3	40	83	.253	.317	.389	.706	92	174	13	2	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	27	126	476	436	60	115	29	9	6	48	3	33	80	.264	.318	.413	.731	56	121
1949	28	6	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	6
1950	29	11	30	25	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	.160	.300	.160	.460	1	11
3 Yrs		143	518	469	60	119	29	9	6	49	3	42	86	.254	.318	.392	.710	57	138
162 Game Avg.		162	587	531	68	135	33	10	7	56	3	48	97	.254	.318	.392	.710	65	138

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y 1948 NL 27 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 1948 NL 8 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1948 NL 77 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 NL 27 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 NL 8 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 NL 77 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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