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Marv Blaylock

Marvin Edward Blaylock

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 30, 1929 in Fort Smith, AR
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1950
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Giants 1950-1957

Final Game: September 28, 1957
Died: October 23, 1993 in Conway, AR
Buried: Pine Crest Memorial Park, Alexander, AR
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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
1947	17	LWT	D	95	377	377		93	9	13	3						.247	.247	.363	.610		137							LWT · SOSL
1948	18	SFG-min	D	129	477	477		136	17	18	6						.285	.285	.434	.719		207							LWT · SOSL
1949	19	SFG-min	B	141	515	515		131	20	15	17						.254	.254	.450	.705		232							TRE · ISLG
1950	20	SFG-min	AAA	121	478	393	76	108	18	10	19	70	5		72	85	.275	.391	.517	.908		203		3	10				JER · IL
1950	20	NYG	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

1951	21	SFG-min	AAA,A	113	403	375	21	91	15	3	9	11	3		23	51	.243	.290	.371	.661		139		2	3				OTT,SXC · IL,WL
1952	22	SFG-min	AAA	133	548	473	86	134	26	9	16	73	11		70	93	.283	.378	.478	.856		226	7	2	3				MNE · AA
1953	23	NYY-SFG-min	AAA	139	556	473	67	117	15	4	8	53	5		73	99	.247	.353	.347	.699		164	4	4	6				SYR,MNE · IL,AA
1954	24	PHI-min	AAA	151	626	522	98	158	30	10	22	76	5		91	76	.303	.407	.525	.932		274		4	5	4			SYR · IL
1955	25	PHI	NL	113	297	259	30	54	7	7	3	24	6	1	31	43	.208	.293	.324	.617	65	84	4	1	3	3	2	3/79
1956	26	PHI	NL	136	522	460	61	117	14	8	10	50	5	1	50	86	.254	.327	.385	.712	93	177	10	2	5	5	2	*3/9
1957	27	PHI-min	AAA	41	171	139	18	35	4	4	2	15	2		28	33	.252	.379	.381	.760		53		1	2	1			MIA · IL
1957	27	PHI	NL	37	32	26	5	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	8	.154	.313	.385	.697	89	10	0	3	0	0	0	3/9
1959	29	CIN-min	AA	137	564	494	94	148	24	4	23	92	1		60	106	.300	.378	.504	.882		249		5	1	4	4		NVL · SOUA
4 Yrs				287	852	746	96	175	21	15	15	78	11	2	84	137	.235	.314	.363	.677	83	271	14	6	8	8	4
162 Game Avg.				162	481	421	54	99	12	8	8	44	6		47	77	.235	.314	.363	.677	83	153	8	3	5

PHI (3 yrs)				286	851	745	96	175	21	15	15	78	11	2	84	137	.235	.314	.364	.678	83	271	14	6	8	8	4
NYG (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1950	20	NYG	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

1955	25	PHI	NL	113	297	-12	1	1	4	-4	-10	-1.1	10	0	-0.1	.491	.494	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	3/79
1956	26	PHI	NL	136	522	-6	1	0	2	-6	-9	-1.3	18	9	0.5	.493	.494	0.6	-0.6	7	$	*3/9
1957	27	PHI	NL	37	32	-0	1	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	-0.1	2	$	3/9
4 Seasons				287	852	-19	3	1	6	-10	-19	-2.4	29	10	0.5	.493	.497	0.3	-0.8	4	$

PHI (3 yrs)				286	851	-19	3	1	6	-10	-18	-2.4	29	11	0.5	.493	.496	0.3	-0.8	5	$
NYG (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1950	20	NYG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.271	.000	.348	.000	.420	.000	.768	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1955	25	PHI	NL	297	216	27	3.3	104	.236	.208	.263	.293	.334	.324	.417	.617	.751	65	.350	-13.1	-1.3	.576	.255	.116	4.0
1956	26	PHI	NL	522	364	60	4.4	101	.290	.254	.262	.327	.328	.385	.413	.712	.742	93	.493	-4.5	-0.4	.658	.248	.130	6.7
1957	27	PHI	NL	32	22	4	4.9	100	.125	.154	.265	.313	.328	.385	.410	.697	.738	89	.529	-0.4	-0.0	.727	.346	.231	.0
4 Yrs				852	603	91	4.0	102	.266	.235	.262	.314	.330	.363	.414	.677	.745	83	.446	-18.3	-1.8	.630	.253	.129	12.7
162 Game Avg.				481	340	51	4.0	102	.266	.235	.262	.314	.330	.363	.414	.677	.745	83	.446	-18.3	-1.8	.630	.253	.129	7

PHI (3 yrs)				851	602	91	4.0	102	.266	.235	.262	.314	.330	.364	.414	.678	.745	83	.446	-18.0	-1.8	.631	.254	.129	12.7
NYG (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.271	.000	.348	.000	.420	.000	.768	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.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%
1950	20	NYG	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%

1955	25	PHI	NL	297	1.0%	14.5%	10.4%	5.7%	32%	1.39	6.0	86.3	10.8	0.98	73%
1956	26	PHI	NL	522	1.9%	16.5%	9.6%	6.1%	27%	1.72	5.3	46.0	9.2	1.08	71%
1957	27	PHI	NL	32	6.3%	25.0%	9.4%	6.3%	50%	2.67	3.3	13.0	6.5	0.88	50%
4 Yrs				852	1.8%	16.1%	9.9%	6.0%	29%	1.63	5.4	49.7	9.6	1.03	71%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.0%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.17	8.0	41.3	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1950	20	NYG	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.47	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.62	-0.3	0.47	1

1955	25	PHI	NL	-13.1	-1.3	291	-1.6	4.4	-6.0	1.12	-0.7	-0.7	-9.2	-0.9	0.96	-10.4	1.73	26
1956	26	PHI	NL	-4.5	-0.4	528	-0.4	8.9	-9.4	1.08	-0.0	-0.4	-6.0	-0.6	0.97	2.8	2.23	8
1957	27	PHI	NL	-0.4	-0.0	33	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	1.23	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	1.00	-0.3	1.32	20
4 Yrs				-18.3	-1.8	853	-2.0	14.1	-16.1	1.10	-0.8	-1.1	-15.4	-1.5	0.97	-8.2	1.63	55

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	20	NYG	NL	0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955	25	PHI	NL	4	0	33%	109	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	52%	14	11	3	4	0	3	7	0	7
1956	26	PHI	NL	2	0	32%	190	5	1	83%	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	9	51%	22	13	8	10	4	6	11	3	8
1957	27	PHI	NL	0	0	38%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				6	0	32%	310	11	2	85%	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	13	54%	39	24	14	14	4	9	18	3	15

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
1950	20	NYG	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1955	25	PHI	NL	297	86%	54			26	5	0	2	1.73	3	0	4	3	0	1	2	0	4	3	75%	62	4	6%	21	7	33%	180	19	11%	10	5	50%	7	1	14%	0
1956	26	PHI	NL	522	92%	117			8	0	0	0	2.23	10	0	11	9	1	3	7	0	10	5	50%	117	10	9%	62	23	37%	348	40	11%	23	12	52%	21	14	67%	0
1957	27	PHI	NL	32	100%	4			20	4	2	2	1.32	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	2	0	0%	21	2	10%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				852	91%	175			55	9	2	4	1.63	15	0	16	14	1	5	10	0	15	8	53%	184	14	8%	85	30	35%	549	61	11%	34	17	50%	29	15	52%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			85%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

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
1950	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1951	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1952	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1953	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1954	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1955	25	114	298	260	30	54	7	7	3	24	6	1	31	43	.208	.292	.323	.615	65	84	4	1	3	3	2
1956	26	250	820	720	91	171	21	15	13	74	11	2	81	129	.238	.314	.363	.677	83	261	14	3	8	8	4
1957	27	287	852	746	96	175	21	15	15	78	11	2	84	137	.235	.314	.363	.677	83	271	14	6	8	8	4

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
1950	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1955	25	119	313	273	32	57	7	7	3	26	6	33	45	.209	.294	.319	.612	26	113
1956	26	142	551	485	68	127	15	9	11	56	5	54	90	.262	.335	.398	.733	65	136
1957	27	39	36	28	6	5	0	0	2	5	0	4	8	.179	.361	.393	.754	3	37
4 Yrs		301	901	787	106	189	22	16	16	87	11	91	143	.240	.321	.370	.691	94	287
162 Game Avg.		162	485	424	57	102	12	9	9	47	6	49	77	.240	.321	.370	.691	51	287

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1956 NL 8 (8th)

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1956 NL 86 (6th)

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