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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 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals 1948-1950

Final Game: May 14, 1950 (Age 29)
Died: January 21, 2004 in Lansing, OH
Buried: Holly Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove, OH
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 PHI NL 27 LF 105 102 95 243 221 9 13 1 .947 2.19 .970 2.31
1948 PHI NL 27 OF 105 102 95 242 220 9 13 1 .946 2.18 .978 2.39
1949 PHI NL 28 OF 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .977 2.50
1949 PHI NL 28 RF 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .977 2.05
1950 TOT NL 29 OF 8 7 4 56.0 10 8 1 1 0 .900 1.45 1.13 .978 2.33 2.31
1950 TOT NL 29 LF 3 3 0 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.67 .975 2.28 2.27
1950 PHI NL 29 LF 1 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 2.00 .975 2.25 2.30
1950 PHI NL 29 OF 1 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 2.00 .980 2.25 2.30
1950 STL NL 29 OF 7 6 4 52.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 1.21 1.00 .978 2.34 2.31
1950 STL NL 29 RF 5 4 4 41.0 7 5 1 1 0 .857 1.32 1.20 .976 1.87 1.84
1950 STL NL 29 LF 2 2 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.29 2.25
3 Seasons OF 115 111 101 56.0 255 231 10 14 1 .945 1.45 2.10 .978 2.33 2.39
2 Seasons LF 108 105 95 15.0 245 223 9 13 1 .947 1.20 2.15 .970 2.28 2.31
2 Seasons RF 7 6 6 41.0 10 8 1 1 0 .900 1.32 1.29 .976 1.87 1.90
3 Seasons TOT 115 111 101 56.0 255 231 10 14 1 .945 1.45 2.10 .978 2.33 2.39
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1948 PHI NL 27 LF
1949 PHI NL 28 RF
1950 PHI NL 29 LF
1950 STL NL 29 RF
1950 STL NL 29 LF
2 Seasons LF
2 Seasons RF
3 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 PHI NL 27 121 102 121 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 0 18 0
1949 PHI NL 28 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0
1950 STL NL 29 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 0 0 0
1950 PHI NL 29 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
3 Seasons 138 111 138 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 7 115 0 25 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 PHI NL 27 5 0 5 0 0 6 0 3 2 0 29 20 3 15 0 0 5 5 0 9 4 0 12 11 1 70 40 57.1% 26 4 5.7% 2 2018 63% 85% 33% 230 53%
1950 STL NL 29 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 0 0 44 50% 73% 41% 0
1950 PHI NL 29 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 0 0 18 67% 78% 28% 2 100%
2 Seasons 5 0 5 0 0 6 0 3 2 0 29 20 3 15 0 0 5 5 0 9 4 0 12 11 1 70 40 57.1% 26 4 5.7% 2 2080 63% 84% 34% 232 54%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.8% 62% 82% 31% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1949 PHI NL 28 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 0 0 69 62% 86% 46% 6 50%
1950 STL NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 0 155 82% 86% 36% 15 40%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 0 224 76% 86% 39% 21 43%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.1% 62% 82% 31% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  105 (4th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  221 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  9 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  13 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  1 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1948 NL  13 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  2.19 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  .947 (4th)

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