Terry Blocker

Terry Fennell Blocker

Positions: Centerfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 18, 1959 in Columbia, SC
School: Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1985 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mets 1985-1989

Final Game: June 11, 1989 (Age 29)
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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
1981	21	NYM-min	A-	36	143	135	28	46	8	1	7	16	14	2	8	18	.341	.378	.570	.948		77		0	0	0	0		LFA · NYPL
1982	22	NYM-min	AA	118	490	438	69	114	20	2	5	38	40	19	40	80	.260	.324	.349	.673		153		3	5	4	1		JAC · TL
1983	23	NYM-min	AA,AAA	138	540	502	64	154	23	9	5	86	42	13	27	81	.307	.340	.418	.758		210		1	4	6	1		JAC,TID · TL,IL
1984	24	NYM-min	AAA	115	418	386	45	85	10	1	3	31	12	3	28	60	.220	.273	.275	.548		106		1	1	2	7		TID · IL
1985	25	NYM-min	AAA	75	286	267	40	82	8	4	5	38	20	4	17	42	.307	.347	.423	.771		113		0	1	1	3		TID · IL
1985	25	NYM	NL	18	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.067	.125	.067	.192	-44	1	0	0	0	0	0	/789

1986	26	NYM-min	AAA	117	470	434	53	125	13	5	9	47	21	6	30	69	.288	.333	.403	.736		175		0	4	2	4		TID · IL
1987	27	NYM-min	AAA	124	557	525	89	164	21	5	6	37	33	11	26	71	.312	.344	.406	.749		213		0	4	2	0		TID · IL
1988	28	ATL-min	AAA	69	295	266	34	60	3	1	2	9	12	7	25	44	.226	.293	.267	.559		71		1	1	2	0		RMD · IL
1988	28	ATL	NL	66	210	198	13	42	4	2	2	10	1	1	10	20	.212	.250	.283	.533	51	56	6	0	2	0	3	8
1989	29	ATL-min	AA,AAA	67	252	231	36	60	7	4	5	23	3	5	18	32	.260	.311	.390	.700		90		0	1	2	1		GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1989	29	ATL	NL	26	32	31	1	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	.226	.250	.258	.508	45	8	0	0	0	0	0	/9871
1990	30	LEO	AAA																										LEO · MEX
1991	31	LEO	AAA																										LEO · MEX
1992	32	MTN	AAA																										MTN · MEX
1993	33	MTN	AAA																										MTN · MEX
3 Yrs				110	258	244	15	50	5	2	2	11	2	1	12	27	.205	.242	.266	.509	44	65	6	0	2	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	380	359	22	74	7	3	3	16	3	1	18	40	.205	.242	.266	.509	44	96	9	0	3	0	4

ATL (2 yrs)				92	242	229	14	49	5	2	2	11	2	1	11	25	.214	.250	.279	.529	50	64	6	0	2	0	3
NYM (1 yr)				18	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.067	.125	.067	.192	-44	1	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
1985	25	NYM	NL	18	16	-3	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.4	.476	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-2		/789

1988	28	ATL	NL	66	210	-12	-0	-0	0	0	-12	-1.4	6	-5	-0.7	.479	.491	-0.8	0.1	-6	$70,000	8
1989	29	ATL	NL	26	32	-2	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.0	-0.0	0		/9871
3 Seasons				110	258	-16	-0	0	-1	0	-16	-1.9	8	-8	-1.1	.483	.496	-1.1	-0.1	-8	$70,000

ATL (2 yrs)				92	242	-13	-0	0	0	0	-13	-1.5	8	-5	-0.7	.484	.495	-0.8	0.0	-5	$70,000
NYM (1 yr)				18	16	-3	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.4	.476	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-2

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GF	IP	H	BB	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/BB	Awards
1989	29	ATL-min	AA	1	1	1.0	2	0		2.000	18.0	0.0		GRV · SOUL
1989	29	ATL	NL	1	1	1.0	0	2	4	2.000	0.0	18.0	0.00
1 Yr				1	1	1.0	0	2	4	2.000	0.0	18.0	0.00
162 Game Avg.				68	68	68	0	136	272	2.000	0.0	18.0	0.00

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	Awards
1989	29	ATL	NL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.44	0.06	-0.27	106.0	3.29	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.543	.500
1 Season				1.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.44	0.06	-0.27	106.0	3.29	0	0.0	.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.543	.500

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	PO
1985	NYM	NL	25	OF	5	3	2	24.1	4	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-49	1.48	0.80	.980	2.18	2.20
1985	NYM	NL	25	LF	3	2	2	19.0	4	4	0	0	1.000	0	25	1.89	1.33	.978	1.94	1.93
1985	NYM	NL	25	CF	1	1	0	4.1	0	0	0	0		-1	-305	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
1985	NYM	NL	25	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		-0	-360	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1988	ATL	NL	28	CF	61	59	47	505.2	168	166	1	1	.994	0	1	2.97	2.74	.986	2.66	2.67
1988	ATL	NL	28	OF	61	59	47	505.2	166	164	1	1	.994	0	1	2.94	2.70	.982	2.28	2.29
1989	ATL	NL	29	OF	8	1	0	30.1	7	7	0	0	1.000	-0	-4	2.08	0.88	.981	2.31	2.33
1989	ATL	NL	29	RF	4	0	0	11.1	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	21	0.79	0.25	.980	2.14	2.12
1989	ATL	NL	29	CF	2	1	0	11.0	4	4	0	0	1.000	-0	-55	3.27	2.00	.985	2.70	2.70
1989	ATL	NL	29	LF	2	0	0	8.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	0	30	2.25	1.00	.980	2.14	2.15
1989	ATL	NL	29	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			OF	74	63	49	560.1	177	175	1	1	.994	-1	-2	2.83	2.38	.982	2.28	2.29
	3 Seasons			CF	64	61	47	521.0	172	170	1	1	.994	-1	-3	2.95	2.67	.986	2.66	2.67
	2 Seasons			LF	5	2	2	27.0	6	6	0	0	1.000	1	27	2.00	1.20	.978	2.00	2.02
	2 Seasons			RF	5	0	0	12.1	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-10	0.73	0.20	.980	2.12	2.10
	1 Season			P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			TOT	75	63	49	561.1	177	175	1	1	.994	-1	-2	2.82	2.35	.982	2.28	2.28	0	0	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.
November 11, 1987: Traded by the New York Mets to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later. The Atlanta Braves sent Kevin Brown (December 8, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1988	28	Atlanta Braves	$70,000	USA Today, 4/1/88

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$70,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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