Gary Blaylock

Gary Nelson Blaylock

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: October 11, 1931 in Clarkton, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1959
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Yankees 1959

Final Game: September 27, 1959
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Standard Batting

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
1950	18	STL-min	D	28	52	52		6	2	0	0						.115	.115	.154	.269		8							JOH · APPY
1951	19	STL-min	D	50	147	147		38	13	0	3						.259	.259	.408	.667		60							JOH · APPY
1952	20	STL-min	A	42	76	76		17	2	0	0						.224	.224	.250	.474		19							OMA · WL
1953	21	STL-min	AAA,AA	33	55	50	5	9	4	0	1	3	0		1	24	.180	.196	.320	.516		16	1	0	4				CLB,HSN · AA,TL
1954	22	STL-min	AAA	42	66	60	6	8	1	2	0	3	0		1	23	.133	.148	.217	.364		13		0	5	0			ROC · IL
1955	23	STL-min	AAA	39	57	53	4	5	1	0	0	3	1		2	27	.094	.127	.113	.240		6	0	0	2	0			ROC,OMA · IL,AA
1956	24	STL-min	AAA	29	52	49	9	11	2	0	4	5	0		2	20	.224	.255	.510	.765		25		0	1	0			ROC · IL
1957	25	STL-min	AAA	47	79	74	10	14	4	0	1	6	2		3	30	.189	.241	.284	.524		21		2	0	0			ROC · IL
1958	26	STL-min	AAA	50	77	70	6	8	3	0	1	4	1		0	36	.114	.127	.200	.327		14		1	6	0	0		ROC · IL
1959	27	TOT	MLB	46	37	36	5	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	18	.139	.139	.333	.472	19	12	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	27	STL	NL	31	35	34	4	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	17	.118	.118	.294	.412	3	10	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	27	NYY	AL	15	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	309	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1960	28	NYY-min	AAA	52	91	87	8	21	3	0	2	8	0	0	3	33	.241	.267	.345	.611		30		0	1	0			RMD · IL
1961	29	NYY-min	AAA	57	32	30	4	6	1	1	1	2	1		2	17	.200	.250	.400	.650		12							RMD · IL
1962	30	NYY-min	AAA	51	29	26	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	14	.077	.172	.308	.480		8		1	0	0			RMD · IL
1963	31	NYY-min	A	9	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							FTL · FLOR
1966	34	NYY-min	A	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							GBO · CARL
1 Yr				46	37	36	5	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	18	.139	.139	.333	.472	19	12	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	130	127	18	18	4	0	7	18	0	0	0	63	.139	.139	.333	.472	19	42	0	0	4	0	0

STL (1 yr)				31	35	34	4	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	17	.118	.118	.294	.412	3	10	0	0	1	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				15	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	309	2	0	0	0	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
1959	27	STL	NL	31	35	-5	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1959	27	NYY	AL	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1 Season				46	37	-4	0	0	0	4	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

STL (1 yr)				31	35	-5	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$
NYY (1 yr)				15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$

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
1959	27	TOT	MLB	37	32	2	1.7	109	.188	.139	.276	.139	.343	.333	.427	.472	.770	19	.135	-4.5	-0.4	.387	.194	.194	.0
1959	27	STL	NL	35	31	1	0.9	110	.133	.118	.277	.118	.344	.294	.429	.412	.773	3	.044	-5.1	-0.5	.333	.176	.176	.0
1959	27	NYY	AL	2	1	1	26.8	95	1.000	.500	.256	.500	.326	1.000	.391	1.500	.718	309	.965	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500
1 Yr				37	32	2	1.7	109	.188	.139	.276	.139	.343	.333	.427	.472	.770	19	.135	-4.5	-0.4	.387	.194	.194	.0
162 Game Avg.				130	113	7	1.7	109	.188	.139	.276	.139	.343	.333	.427	.472	.770	19	.135	-4.5	-0.4	.387	.194	.194

STL (1 yr)				35	31	1	0.9	110	.133	.118	.277	.118	.344	.294	.429	.412	.773	3	.044	-5.1	-0.5	.333	.176	.176	.0
NYY (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.8	95	1.000	.500	.256	.500	.326	1.000	.391	1.500	.718	309	.965	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	27	TOT	MLB	37	5.4%	48.7%	0.0%	8.1%	60%		2.0	18.0	7.2	1.00	43%
1959	27	STL	NL	35	5.7%	48.6%	0.0%	5.7%	50%		2.0	17.0	8.5	1.00	43%
1959	27	NYY	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%		2.0		2.0		50%
1 Yr				37	5.4%	48.7%	0.0%	8.1%	60%		2.0	18.0	7.2	1.00	43%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.3%	8.6%	6.7%	29%	1.54	6.7	37.5	8.3	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1959	27	TOT	MLB	-4.5	-0.4	37	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.70	-0.5	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.93	-4.4
1959	27	STL	NL	-5.1	-0.5	35	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	.74	-0.5	-0.1	-4.7	-0.5	0.90	-5.4
1959	27	NYY	AL	0.6	0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	0.0	-0.1	0.8	0.1	1.42	0.9
1 Yr				-4.5	-0.4	37	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.70	-0.5	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.93	-4.4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1959	27	TOT	MLB	100%	12	25%	3	3	1	1
1959	27	STL	NL	100%	12	25%	3	3	1	1
1959	27	NYY	AL	100%	0		0	0	0	0
1 Yr				100%	12	25%	3	3	1	1

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
1959	27	TOT	MLB	37	27%	5			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	100%	8	0	0%	7	1	14%	26	3	12%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1959	27	STL	NL	35	26%	4			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	7	1	14%	23	2	9%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1959	27	NYY	AL	2	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1 Yr				37	27%	5			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	100%	8	0	0%	7	1	14%	26	3	12%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			72%			10%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1959	27	46	37	36	5	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	18	.139	.139	.333	.472	19	12	0	0	1	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	27	48	39	38	5	6	1	2	5	19	.158	.158	.342	.500	2	46
1 Yr		48	39	38	5	6	1	2	5	19	.158	.158	.342	.500	2	46
162 Game Avg.		162	132	128	17	20	3	7	17	64	.158	.158	.342	.500	7	46

* 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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