Bob Blaylock

Robert Edward Blaylock

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 28, 1935 in Chattanooga, TN
High School: Muldrow HS (Muldrow, OK)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1956
Team: Cardinals 1956-1959

Final Game: September 20, 1959
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Standard Pitching

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
1953	18	STL-min	D	9	1	.900	3.49	12	11					80.0	63	41	31	5	67								1.625	7.1	0.6	7.5			ARD · SOSL
1954	19	STL-min	C,A	9	9	.500	3.89	30	18					155.0	131	89	67	7	134								1.710	7.6	0.4	7.8			FRE,OMA · CALL,WL
1955	20	STL-min	A,AAA	3	11	.214	3.39	37	13					127.1	123	64	48	7	58								1.421	8.7	0.5	4.1			CBS,ROC · SALL,IL
1956	21	STL-min	AAA	9	4	.692	1.67	15	13		9	3		108.0	71	28	20	7	48		92	4	0	1			1.102	5.9	0.6	4.0	7.7	1.92	ROC · IL
1956	21	STL	NL	1	6	.143	6.37	14	6	3	0	0	0	41.0	45	32	29	7	24	1	39	0	0	0	189	59	1.683	9.9	1.5	5.3	8.6	1.63

1957	22	STL-min	AAA	4	10	.286	4.20	37	19		6	1		133.0	136	68	62	19	70		102	0	0	1			1.549	9.2	1.3	4.7	6.9	1.46	ROC · IL
1958	23	STL-min	AAA	8	14	.364	4.08	33	26		6	2		214.0	199	104	97	17	95	8	193	4	1	4			1.374	8.4	0.7	4.0	8.1	2.03	OMA · AA
1959	24	STL-min	AA,AAA	12	7	.632	3.14	35	17		10	1		152.0	123	64	53	10	52	4	103	4	0	8			1.151	7.3	0.6	3.1	6.1	1.98	TUL,OMA,ROC · TL,AA,IL
1959	24	STL	NL	0	1	.000	4.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	8	5	4	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	38	110	1.222	8.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
1960	25	STL-min	AA	10	12	.455	4.78	38	20		6	0		145.0	169	91	77	10	54	3	95	4	0	8			1.538	10.5	0.6	3.4	5.9	1.76	TUL · TL
1961	26	STL-min	AA	9	5	.643	3.42	35	16		3	0		163.0	159	69	62	12	58	9	109	4	0	6			1.331	8.8	0.7	3.2	6.0	1.88	TUL · TL
1962	27	STL-min	AA	3	2	.600	5.24	30	2		1	0		67.0	77	48	39	4	25	6	29	1	0	4			1.522	10.3	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.16	TUL · TL
2 Yrs				1	7	.125	5.94	17	7	3	0	0	0	50.0	53	37	33	8	27	1	42	0	0	0	227	65	1.600	9.5	1.4	4.9	7.6	1.56
162 Game Avg.				3	20	.125	5.94	48	20	9	0	0	0	142	150	105	94	23	77	3	119	0	0	0	643	65	1.600	9.5	1.4	4.9	7.6	1.56

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1956	21	STL	NL	41.0	14	6	32	7.02	4.43	0.19	0.00	97.2	4.12	-12	-1.2	.6	0.1	-0.8	-9	.412	.492	$

1959	24	STL	NL	8.0	3	1	5	5.63	4.44	-0.24	0.00	107.9	5.04	-1	-0.1	.3	-0.0	0.0	0	.480	.500	$
2 Seasons				49.0	17	7	37	6.80	4.43	0.12	0.00	98.9	4.27	-13	-1.3	.5	0.1	-0.8	-9	.424	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1956	21	STL	NL	14	189	162	32	45	7	1	7	2	1	24	39	.278	.371	.463	.834	.328	75	3	0	3	0	1	2

1959	24	STL	NL	3	34	31	5	8	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.258	.324	.355	.678	.259	11	1	0	0	0	0	2
2 Yrs				17	223	193	37	53	7	1	8	2	1	27	42	.275	.364	.446	.809	.315	86	4	0	3	0	1	4
162 Game Avg.				48	632	547	105	150	20	3	23	6	3	77	119	.275	.364	.446	.809	.315	244	11	0	9	0	3	11
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.393	.719	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1956	21	STL	NL	-11.2	-1.1	192	-1.4	2.4	-3.8	.84	-1.0	-0.6	-11.0	-1.1	0.84	-10.7	1	1	6

1959	24	STL	NL	0.2	0.0	35	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.62	0.0	-0.7	-1.3	-0.1	0.62	0.2	0	0	2
2 Yrs				-11.0	-1.1	227	-1.9	2.7	-4.5	.81	-1.0	-1.3	-12.3	-1.2	0.81	-10.6	1	1	8

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1956	21	STL	NL	14	6	0	5	1	0	0	1	5	.167	0	1	0	0	0	0%	36.2	46	26	7	5	4	2	4.4	1.4	4.1

1959	24	STL	NL	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	43.0	43	43	2	1	0	1	12.4	0.0	5.0
2 Yrs				17	7	0	5	2	0	0	2	5	.286	0	2	0	0	0	0%	37	46	26	9	6	4	3	5.5	1.2	4.2
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	111	2					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1956	21	STL	NL	14	8	3	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	2	40%	7	.844	1	1	6	1	0	7	4	4	6	1	6	1	6.3

1959	24	STL	NL	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.619	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	4.5
2 Yrs				17	10	3	1	2	1	0	1	0%	1	0	5	2	40%		.810	1	1	8	1	0	9	4	6	7	1	8	1	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1956	21	STL	NL	189	61%	3.7%	20.6%	12.7%	7.9%	33%	1.28	61%	44	3	7%

1959	24	STL	NL	34	50%	2.9%	8.8%	8.8%	2.9%	13%	1.00	79%	6	1	17%
2 Yrs				223	60%	3.6%	18.8%	12.1%	7.2%	30%	1.22	64%	50	4	8%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.0%	9.0%	6.7%	29%	1.00	76%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1956	21	STL	NL	189	45			7	0	11	3	4	2	5	15	7	1	47%	2	0	0	70	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

1959	24	STL	NL	34	8			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				223	53			8	0	11	3	5	3	5	15	7	1	47%	4	0	0	80	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		51%							58%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1956	21	1	6	.143	6.37	14	6	3	41.0	45	32	29	7	24	1	39	189	59	1.683	9.9	1.5	5.3	8.6	1.63	59
1957	22	1	6	.143	6.37	14	6	3	41.0	45	32	29	7	24	1	39	189	59	1.683	9.9	1.5	5.3	8.6	1.63	59
1958	23	1	6	.143	6.37	14	6	3	41.0	45	32	29	7	24	1	39	189	59	1.683	9.9	1.5	5.3	8.6	1.63	59
1959	24	1	7	.125	5.94	17	7	3	50.0	53	37	33	8	27	1	42	227	65	1.600	9.5	1.4	4.9	7.6	1.56	65

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1956	21	1	3	.250	7.02	41.0	48	36	32	7	26	39	0	1.805	10.5	5.7	8.6	1.50	1.5	14

1959	24	1	0	1.000	2.70	10.0	8	3	3	1	3	3	0	1.100	7.2	2.7	2.7	1.00	0.9	3
2 Yrs		2	3	.400	6.18	51.0	56	39	35	8	29	42	0	1.667	9.9		7.4	1.45	1.4	17

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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