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 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
1950	18	STL-min	D	6	4	.600	6.00	22	14					93.0	96	82	62		89								1.989	9.3		8.6			JOH · APPY
1951	19	STL-min	D	23	6	.793	2.61	30	26					248.0	182	101	72		134								1.274	6.6		4.9			JOH · APPY
1952	20	STL-min	A	13	9	.591	3.20	30	24					177.0	151	77	63	5	102								1.429	7.7	0.3	5.2			OMA · WL
1953	21	STL-min	AAA	7	13	.350	5.06	26	22		7	1		153.0	166	97	86	8	85		114	7	0	4			1.641	9.8	0.5	5.0	6.7	1.34	CLB · AA
1954	22	STL-min	AAA	10	12	.455	3.34	37	16		5	0		178.0	159	81	66	10	94		100	8	0	2			1.421	8.0	0.5	4.8	5.1	1.06	ROC · IL
1955	23	STL-min	AAA	6	9	.400	5.32	34	21		4	1		154.0	167	100	91	15	67	2	88	7	0	1			1.519	9.8	0.9	3.9	5.1	1.31	ROC,OMA · IL,AA
1956	24	STL-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.02	22	16		4	1		125.0	114	47	42	8	46		70	6	0	4			1.280	8.2	0.6	3.3	5.0	1.52	ROC · IL
1957	25	STL-min	AAA	10	11	.476	3.74	32	24		10	0		190.0	171	92	79	17	86		119	4	0	7			1.353	8.1	0.8	4.1	5.6	1.38	ROC · IL
1958	26	STL-min	AAA	14	10	.583	3.21	38	28		10	5		213.0	191	84	76	20	89	8	154	11	1	4			1.315	8.1	0.8	3.8	6.5	1.73	ROC · IL
1959	27	TOT	MLB	4	6	.400	4.80	41	13	8	3	0	0	125.2	147	74	67	14	58	3	81	3	1	4	567	86	1.631	10.5	1.0	4.2	5.8	1.40
1959	27	STL	NL	4	5	.444	5.13	26	12	1	3	0	0	100.0	117	61	57	14	43	3	61	2	0	3	449	83	1.600	10.5	1.3	3.9	5.5	1.42
1959	27	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	3.51	15	1	7	0	0	0	25.2	30	13	10	0	15	0	20	1	1	1	118	105	1.753	10.5	0.0	5.3	7.0	1.33
1960	28	NYY-min	AAA	12	13	.480	3.89	33	24		7	2		178.0	186	90	77	18	52	4	105	10	0	1			1.337	9.4	0.9	2.6	5.3	2.02	RMD · IL
1961	29	NYY-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.18	55	7					130.0	104	51	46	11	47								1.162	7.2	0.8	3.3			RMD · IL
1962	30	NYY-min	AAA	7	11	.389	4.65	50	3		0	0		93.0	85	56	48	13	40	10	40	6	0	5			1.344	8.2	1.3	3.9	3.9	1.00	RMD · IL
1963	31	NYY-min	A	4	0	1.000	0.45	9	0					20.0	9	1	1	0	2								0.550	4.0	0.0	0.9			FTL · FLOR
1966	34	NYY-min	A	0	0		0.00	1	1					4.0	3	0	0	0	1								1.000	6.8	0.0	2.2			GBO · CARL
1 Yr				4	6	.400	4.80	41	13	8	3	0	0	125.2	147	74	67	14	58	3	81	3	1	4	567	86	1.631	10.5	1.0	4.2	5.8	1.40
162 Game Avg.				5	8	.400	4.80	52	16	10	4	0	0	158	185	93	84	18	73	4	102	4	1	5	714	86	1.631	10.5	1.0	4.2	5.8	1.40

STL (1 yr)				4	5	.444	5.13	26	12	1	3	0	0	100.0	117	61	57	14	43	3	61	2	0	3	449	83	1.600	10.5	1.3	3.9	5.5	1.42
NYY (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.51	15	1	7	0	0	0	25.2	30	13	10	0	15	0	20	1	1	1	118	105	1.753	10.5	0.0	5.3	7.0	1.33

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
1959	27	STL	NL	100.0	26	12	61	5.49	4.52	-0.20	0.00	105.3	4.98	-6	-0.7	.8	-0.1	0.2	5	.475	.496	$
1959	27	NYY	AL	25.2	15	1	13	4.56	4.58	0.13	0.00	93.1	4.15	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.0	0.1	1	.493	.499	$
1 Season				125.2	41	13	74	5.30	4.54	-0.14	0.00	102.8	4.81	-7	-0.8	.7	-0.1	0.3	6	.482	.498	$

STL (1 yr)				100.0	26	12	61	5.49	4.52	-0.20	0.00	105.3	4.98	-6	-0.7	.8	-0.1	0.2	5	.475	.496	$
NYY (1 yr)				25.2	15	1	13	4.56	4.58	0.13	0.00	93.1	4.15	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.0	0.1	1	.493	.499	$

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
1959	27	NYY	AL	15	118	98	13	30	6	2	0	3	1	15	20	.306	.400	.408	.808	.380	40	3	1	3	1	0	2
1959	27	STL	NL	26	449	392	61	117	20	3	14	5	4	43	61	.298	.366	.472	.838	.319	185	13	2	6	6	3	4
1959	27	TOT	MLB	41	567	490	74	147	26	5	14	8	5	58	81	.300	.373	.459	.832	.331	225	16	3	9	7	3	6
1 Yr				41	567	490	74	147	26	5	14	8	5	58	81	.300	.373	.459	.832	.331	225	16	3	9	7	3	6
162 Game Avg.				52	714	617	93	185	33	6	18	10	6	73	102	.300	.373	.459	.832	.331	283	20	4	11	9	4	8
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.392	.716	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1959	27	TOT	MLB	-8.1	-0.8	586	-1.4	7.6	-9.0	.83	-1.6	-0.1	-15.9	-1.5	0.82	-17.0	3	8	17
1959	27	STL	NL	-7.9	-0.8	461	-0.7	6.9	-7.7	.91	-1.1	0.3	-12.0	-1.1	0.91	-13.9	2	5	7
1959	27	NYY	AL	-0.2	-0.0	125	-0.7	0.7	-1.3	.51	-0.5	-0.8	-3.9	-0.4	0.51	-3.1	1	3	10
1 Yr				-8.1	-0.8	586	-1.4	7.6	-9.0	.83	-1.6	-0.1	-15.9	-1.5	0.83	-17.0	3	8	17

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
1959	27	TOT	MLB	41	13	3	5	5	0	1	6	7	.462	2	2	3	0	6	46%	0.0	69	29	27	8	6	3	3.6	4.1	5.6
1959	27	STL	NL	26	12	3	4	5	0	1	6	6	.500	2	2	3	0	6	50%	48.6	69	31	21	7	6	3	3.7	4.1	5.9
1959	27	NYY	AL	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	29.0	29	29	6	1	0	0	2.0	4.5	1.3
1 Yr				41	13	3	5	5	0	1	6	7	.462	2	2	3	0	6	46%	47	69	29	27	8	6	3	3.6	4.1	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						51%	52	111	4					4.4	4.3	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1959	27	TOT	MLB	41	28	8	1	1	2	19	9	47%		.827	3	8	17	2	3	23	10	18	16	5	17	8	5.7
1959	27	STL	NL	26	14	1	1	1	1	15	5	33%	6	.910	2	5	7	1	2	11	8	6	10	3	10	3	6.2
1959	27	NYY	AL	15	14	7	0	0	1	4	4	100%	8	.512	1	3	10	1	1	12	2	12	6	2	7	5	5.2
1 Yr				41	28	8	1	1	2	19	9	47%		.827	3	8	17	2	3	23	10	18	16	5	17	8	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1959	27	TOT	MLB	567	54%	2.5%	14.3%	10.2%	7.9%	31%	1.01	71%	125	16	13%
1959	27	STL	NL	449	52%	3.1%	13.6%	9.6%	8.2%	32%	1.01	72%	95	13	14%
1959	27	NYY	AL	118	61%	0.0%	17.0%	12.7%	6.8%	27%	1.00	67%	30	3	10%
1 Yr				567	54%	2.5%	14.3%	10.2%	7.9%	31%	1.01	71%	125	16	13%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	13.4%	8.7%	6.7%	29%	1.03	74%			10%

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
1959	27	TOT	MLB	567	147			14	1	16	8	6	6	8	38	18	4	47%	6	4	3	231	8	5	62%	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	21	0
1959	27	STL	NL	449	117			14	1	11	8	6	6	8	26	12	4	46%	4	3	1	179	5	4	56%	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	17	0
1959	27	NYY	AL	118	30			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	50%	2	1	2	52	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1 Yr				567	147			14	1	16	8	6	6	8	38	18	4	47%	6	4	3	231	8	5	62%	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	21	0
MLB Averages																		52%							61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1959	27	4	6	.400	4.80	41	13	8	3	0	0	125.2	147	74	67	14	58	3	81	3	1	4	567	86	1.631	10.5	1.0	4.2	5.8	1.40	86

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
1959	27	6	8	.429	4.86	126.0	151	76	68	14	60	81	3	1.675	10.8	4.3	5.8	1.35	1.0	41
1 Yr		6	8	.429	4.86	126.0	151	76	68	14	60	81	3	1.675	10.8		5.8	1.35	1.0	41

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