Ron Blomberg
Ronald Mark Blomberg (Boomer)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 23, 1948 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Druid Hills (Decatur, GA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1969
Final Game: October 1, 1978
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Standard Batting

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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
1969 20 NYY AL 4 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071 208 3 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1971 22 NYY AL 64 216 199 30 64 6 2 7 31 2 4 14 23 .322 .363 .477 .840 143 95 2 0 1 2 3 9
1972 23 NYY AL 107 341 299 36 80 22 1 14 49 0 2 38 26 .268 .355 .488 .843 153 146 4 3 0 1 4 3
1973 24 NYY AL 100 338 301 45 99 13 1 12 57 2 0 34 25 .329 .395 .498 .893 154 150 7 0 1 2 4 D3
1974 25 NYY AL 90 301 264 39 82 11 2 10 48 2 1 29 33 .311 .375 .481 .856 147 127 5 2 0 6 2 D9/7
1975 26 NYY AL 34 119 106 18 27 8 2 4 17 0 0 13 10 .255 .336 .481 .817 130 51 3 0 0 0 1 D/9
1976 27 NYY AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /D
1978 29 CHW AL 61 169 156 16 36 7 0 5 22 0 0 11 17 .231 .280 .372 .652 82 58 1 0 1 1 2 D/3
8 Seasons 461 1493 1333 184 391 67 8 52 224 6 7 140 134 .293 .360 .473 .832 140 630 22 5 3 12 16
162 Game Avg. 162 525 468 65 137 24 3 18 79 2 2 49 47 .293 .360 .473 .832 140 221 8 2 1 4 6
NYY (7 yrs) 400 1324 1177 168 355 60 8 47 202 6 7 129 117 .302 .370 .486 .856 148 572 21 5 2 11 14
CHW (1 yr) 61 169 156 16 36 7 0 5 22 0 0 11 17 .231 .280 .372 .652 82 58 1 0 1 1 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1969 20 NYY AL 7 3 2 18.0 91 .500 .500 .250 .571 .326 .500 .377 1.071 .702 208 .934 1.0 0.1 1.333 .167 .000
1971 22 NYY AL 216 144 33 6.2 87 .333 .322 .248 .363 .319 .477 .368 .840 .687 143 .685 10.4 1.1 .759 .216 .156 3.1
1972 23 NYY AL 341 226 53 6.3 81 .254 .268 .243 .355 .311 .488 .351 .843 .662 153 .733 20.0 2.2 .822 .341 .221 .0
1973 24 NYY AL 338 212 60 7.6 91 .327 .329 .256 .395 .324 .498 .376 .893 .701 154 .736 21.8 2.2 .890 .289 .169 3.4
1974 25 NYY AL 301 194 49 6.8 88 .317 .311 .257 .375 .322 .481 .370 .856 .691 147 .713 16.7 1.7 .846 .284 .170 3.3
1975 26 NYY AL 119 82 17 5.6 92 .250 .255 .257 .336 .327 .481 .377 .817 .704 130 .616 4.0 0.4 .780 .349 .226 .0
1976 27 NYY AL 2 2 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .256 .000 .320 .000 .361 .000 .682 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1978 29 CHW AL 169 123 17 3.7 94 .230 .231 .262 .280 .328 .372 .386 .652 .714 82 .430 -4.3 -0.4 .570 .212 .141 .0
8 Seasons 1493 986 231 6.3 88 .292 .293 .253 .360 .321 .473 .369 .832 .690 140 .688 69.1 7.2 .797 .284 .179 10.8
162 Game Avg. 525 346 81 6.3 88 .292 .293 .253 .360 .321 .473 .369 .832 .690 140 .688 24 3 .797 .284 .179 4
NYY (7 yrs) 1324 863 214 6.7 87 .301 .302 .252 .370 .320 .486 .367 .856 .687 148 .713 73.4 7.6 .829 .293 .184 10.6
CHW (1 yr) 169 123 17 3.7 94 .230 .231 .262 .280 .328 .372 .386 .652 .714 82 .429 -4.3 -0.4 .570 .212 .141 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1969 20 NYY AL 7 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 2.00 86%
1971 22 NYY AL 216 3.2% 10.7% 6.5% 6.9% 23% 1.64 8.7 28.4 6.4 1.38 79%
1972 23 NYY AL 341 4.1% 7.6% 11.1% 10.9% 46% 0.68 11.5 21.4 6.1 0.85 76%
1973 24 NYY AL 338 3.6% 7.4% 10.1% 7.7% 26% 0.74 12.0 25.1 5.3 1.02 79%
1974 25 NYY AL 301 3.3% 11.0% 9.6% 7.6% 28% 1.14 8.0 26.4 5.5 0.82 75%
1975 26 NYY AL 119 3.4% 8.4% 10.9% 11.8% 52% 0.77 10.6 26.5 6.2 1.26 77%
1976 27 NYY AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1978 29 CHW AL 169 3.0% 10.1% 6.5% 7.1% 33% 1.55 9.2 31.2 7.1 0.62 80%
8 Seasons 1493 3.5% 9.0% 9.4% 8.5% 33% 0.96 9.9 25.6 6.0 0.94 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 20 NYY AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 22 NYY AL 4 0 32% 90 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 48% 15 9 6 6 2 4 10 5 5
1972 23 NYY AL 5 0 21% 144 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 11 44% 16 12 4 3 2 1 13 4 9
1973 24 NYY AL 4 0 27% 146 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 49% 21 11 10 5 3 2 11 5 6
1974 25 NYY AL 0 0 28% 142 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 4 51% 23 13 10 6 2 3 8 2 6
1975 26 NYY AL 2 0 39% 49 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 46% 10 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
1976 27 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 CHW AL 5 0 26% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 32% 7 4 3 4 3 0 8 3 3
8 Seasons 20 0 27% 619 6 7 46% 6 6 1 0 0 1 6 0 27 31 46% 92 55 36 24 12 10 53 19 32
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1969 20 NYY AL 7 86% 3 1 1 0 0 1.34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1971 22 NYY AL 216 85% 64 11 2 0 3 1.49 7 0 4 7 0 2 5 0 1 1 100% 51 2 4% 22 9 41% 182 24 13% 21 10 48% 12 5 42% 0
1972 23 NYY AL 341 89% 80 15 5 1 1 1.04 14 0 11 14 0 8 6 0 0 0 73 4 5% 34 4 12% 245 35 14% 17 8 47% 16 9 56% 0
1973 24 NYY AL 338 93% 99 6 2 0 1 1.67 12 0 3 11 1 7 5 0 1 1 100% 64 7 11% 26 5 19% 225 45 20% 22 11 50% 20 4 20% 0
1974 25 NYY AL 301 78% 82 9 5 1 5 1.67 10 0 5 9 1 3 7 0 0 0 58 5 9% 30 10 33% 193 38 20% 18 12 67% 17 6 35% 0
1975 26 NYY AL 119 97% 27 5 2 0 1 2.48 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 30 3 10% 10 2 20% 86 13 15% 5 1 20% 6 3 50% 0
1976 27 NYY AL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 CHW AL 169 90% 36 14 2 1 1 1.96 5 1 4 5 0 4 1 0 1 1 100% 30 1 3% 16 8 50% 108 19 18% 13 6 46% 15 5 33% 0
8 Seasons 1493 88% 391 61 19 3 12 1.61 52 1 31 50 2 26 26 0 3 3 100% 308 22 7% 138 38 28% 1045 174 17% 96 48 50% 87 32 37% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1969 20 4 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071 208 3 0 0 0 0 0
1970 21 4 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071 208 3 0 0 0 0 0
1971 22 68 223 205 30 67 6 2 7 31 2 4 15 23 .327 .369 .478 .847 145 98 2 0 1 2 3
1972 23 175 564 504 66 147 28 3 21 80 2 6 53 49 .292 .361 .484 .845 150 244 6 3 1 3 7
1973 24 275 902 805 111 246 41 4 33 137 4 6 87 74 .306 .373 .489 .863 151 394 13 3 2 5 11
1974 25 365 1203 1069 150 328 52 6 43 185 6 7 116 107 .307 .374 .487 .861 150 521 18 5 2 11 13
1975 26 399 1322 1175 168 355 60 8 47 202 6 7 129 117 .302 .370 .487 .857 148 572 21 5 2 11 14
1976 27 400 1324 1177 168 355 60 8 47 202 6 7 129 117 .302 .370 .486 .856 148 572 21 5 2 11 14
1977 28 400 1324 1177 168 355 60 8 47 202 6 7 129 117 .302 .370 .486 .856 148 572 21 5 2 11 14
1978 29 461 1493 1333 184 391 67 8 52 224 6 7 140 134 .293 .360 .473 .832 140 630 22 5 3 12 16

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
1969 20 4 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071 2 4
1971 22 64 225 207 37 71 7 2 8 38 2 16 23 .343 .387 .512 .899 41 64
1972 23 112 383 330 49 101 28 1 18 67 0 48 27 .306 .399 .561 .960 72 107
1973 24 100 349 310 51 108 14 1 13 65 2 37 25 .348 .415 .526 .941 68 100
1974 25 90 313 273 45 91 12 2 11 55 2 32 33 .333 .399 .513 .912 57 90
1975 26 34 122 108 20 29 9 2 4 19 0 14 10 .269 .352 .500 .852 19 34
1976 27 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1978 29 61 172 159 18 39 8 0 5 25 0 12 17 .245 .297 .390 .686 19 61
8 Seasons 466 1573 1395 220 442 78 8 59 269 6 160 135 .317 .387 .511 .898 278 461
162 Game Avg. 162 547 485 76 154 27 3 21 94 2 56 47 .317 .387 .511 .898 97 461

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1022), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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