Marv Blaylock
Marvin Edward Blaylock
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
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
Final Game: September 28, 1957
Died: October 23, 1993 in Conway, AR
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 PHI NL 25 1B 77 55 539.1 577 528 44 5 35 .991 4.5 10.0 4.5 -0.1 4.6 0 9.55 7.43 .991 9.79 9.09
1955 PHI NL 25 OF 6 6 53.2 13 9 4 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -6.7 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 1 2.18 2.17 .977 2.30 2.10
1955 PHI NL 25 LF 4 4 37.2 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -3.2 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 1 2.15 2.25 .978 2.13 1.82
1955 PHI NL 25 RF 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -15.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .975 2.08 1.85
1956 PHI NL 26 1B 124 110 1000.1 1029 949 72 8 86 .992 1.3 1.6 0.3 -0.3 0.6 1 9.19 8.23 .989 9.00 8.06
1956 PHI NL 26 RF 2 2 16.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.0 75.0 1.0 0.2 0.8 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.02 1.80
1956 PHI NL 26 OF 1 2 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 75.0 1.0 0.2 0.8 0 0.56 1.00 1.000 2.31 2.00
1957 PHI NL 27 1B 12 1 20.2 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -29.0 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 8.71 1.67 .990 9.67 8.82
1957 PHI NL 27 OF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.30 2.10
1957 PHI NL 27 RF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.00 1.70
3 Seasons 1B 213 166 1560.1 1626 1496 117 13 121 .992 5.3 4.1 4.3 -0.7 5.0 1 9.30 7.57 .990 9.28 8.48
3 Seasons OF 8 9 78.2 17 13 4 0 1 1.000 0.7 10.7 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 1 1.94 2.13 .976 2.30 2.09
3 Seasons RF 5 5 41.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 0.8 23.4 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 2.85 2.60 .969 2.04 1.80
1 Season LF 4 4 37.2 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -3.2 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 1 2.15 2.25 .978 2.13 1.82
4 Seasons TOT 221 175 1639.0 1643 1509 121 13 122 .992 6.0 4.4 4.0 -0.8 4.8 1 1 8.95 7.38 .982 8.94 8.25

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 NYG NL 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PHI NL 25 113 61 113 113 0 0 77 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 32 1
1956 PHI NL 26 136 112 136 136 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 2
1957 PHI NL 27 37 2 37 37 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25 3
4 Seasons 287 175 287 287 0 0 213 0 0 0 4 0 5 8 67 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 PHI NL 25 2064 58% 81% 26% 137 96% 2 490 47 438 4 50 38 23 10 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 30 0 0 0 25 0 4 2 2 8 63%
1956 PHI NL 26 4262 65% 80% 23% 248 95% 1 916 99 813 4 83 65 44 15 1 1 6 0 6 0 5 81 3 2 3 76 8 5 3 2 26 92%
1957 PHI NL 27 85 60% 78% 29% 3 100% 0 19 2 17 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 6411 63% 80% 24% 388 95% 3 1425 148 1268 8 133 104 68 25 2 2 9 1 7 1 6 111 3 2 3 101 8 9 5 4 34 85%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1955 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 79 59% 84% 30% 13 31%
1956 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 62 71% 85% 32% 8 63%
1957 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 45 60% 82% 24% 3 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 1 186 63% 84% 30% 24 50%
MLB Averages 44.0% 3.1% 63% 79% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
1955 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0% 5 1 16.7% 3 168 61% 77% 33% 15 53%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0% 5 1 16.7% 3 168 61% 77% 33% 15 53%
MLB Averages 56.3% 2.2% 63% 79% 30% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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