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Ron Blomberg

Ronald Mark Blomberg (Boomer)

Positions: Designated Hitter, First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 23, 1948 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Druid Hills HS (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1969
Teams (by GP): Yankees/WhiteSox 1969-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978
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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
1967	18	NYY-min	Rk	66	236	236		70	12	3	10						.297	.297	.500	.797		118							JOH · APPY
1968	19	NYY-min	A	105	359	359		90	10	4	7						.251	.251	.359	.610		129							KIN · CARL
1969	20	NYY-min	AA	107	435	384	63	109	17	7	19	52	10	4	47	55	.284	.362	.513	.875		197		1	1	2			MAN · EL
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

1970	21	NYY-min	AAA	92	338	289	50	79	13	2	10	38	10	6	47	44	.273	.376	.436	.812		126		1	0	1			SYR · IL
1971	22	NYY-min	AAA	48	159	138	24	45	9	3	6	20	3	1	19	12	.326	.411	.565	.977		78		1	1	0			SYR · IL
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	155	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 Yrs				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

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
1969	20	NYY	AL	4	7	1	-0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.519	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/7

1971	22	NYY	AL	64	216	11	-1	2	0	-2	10	1.1	7	17	1.8	.517	.507	1.8	-0.2	16	$	9
1972	23	NYY	AL	107	341	19	0	1	-7	-5	8	1.0	11	20	2.1	.510	.506	3.1	-1.6	27	$	3
1973	24	NYY	AL	100	338	21	1	-0	-2	-8	12	1.4	11	23	2.4	.513	.508	2.6	-0.9	24	$	D3
1974	25	NYY	AL	90	301	12	-0	0	2	-7	8	1.0	10	18	1.9	.510	.505	1.6	-0.4	15	$	D9/7
1975	26	NYY	AL	34	119	4	-0	1	0	-3	2	0.2	4	6	0.6	.506	.501	0.6	-0.3	6	$	D/9
1976	27	NYY	AL	1	2	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.453	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	/D

1978	29	CHW	AL	61	169	-2	-1	0	0	-4	-7	-0.7	6	-1	-0.2	.488	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$125,000	D/3
8 Seasons				461	1493	66	-2	4	-6	-29	33	4.0	48	82	8.6	.508	.503	9.5	-3.8	88	$125,000

NYY (7 yrs)				400	1324	68	-0	3	-7	-25	40	4.7	43	83	8.8	.511	.504	9.7	-3.5	90	$
CHW (1 yr)				61	169	-2	-1	0	0	-4	-7	-0.7	6	-1	-0.2	.488	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$125,000

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
1969	20	NYY	AL	7	3	2	18.0	91	.500	.500	.250	.571	.326	.500	.377	1.071	.703	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	.312	.488	.351	.843	.663	153	.733	19.9	2.2	.822	.341	.221	.0
1973	24	NYY	AL	338	212	60	7.6	90	.327	.329	.255	.395	.323	.498	.375	.893	.698	155	.736	22.2	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	85	.000	.000	.255	.000	.319	.000	.360	.000	.678	-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 Yrs				1493	986	231	6.3	88	.292	.293	.253	.360	.320	.473	.369	.832	.689	140	.688	69.4	7.2	.797	.284	.179	10.8
162 Game Avg.				525	346	81	6.3	88	.292	.293	.253	.360	.320	.473	.369	.832	.689	140	.688	24	3	.797	.284	.179	4

NYY (7 yrs)				1324	863	214	6.7	87	.301	.302	.251	.370	.319	.486	.367	.856	.686	148	.713	73.7	7.7	.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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				1493	3.5%	9.0%	9.4%	8.5%	33%	0.96	9.9	25.6	6.0	0.94	78%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.8%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.58	6.5	45.6	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	20	NYY	AL	1.0	0.1	8	0.2	0.3	-0.1	1.38	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.1	1.02	0.9	1.24	1

1971	22	NYY	AL	10.4	1.1	224	0.3	3.9	-3.6	1.08	0.8	-0.5	6.1	0.7	1.07	7.0	1.39	11
1972	23	NYY	AL	19.9	2.2	352	1.5	7.3	-5.8	1.05	2.5	-1.0	17.3	1.9	1.04	23.0	0.99	15
1973	24	NYY	AL	21.8	2.2	346	2.5	7.5	-4.9	.95	2.1	0.6	25.8	2.6	0.98	20.4	1.62	12
1974	25	NYY	AL	16.7	1.7	305	0.7	6.0	-5.3	1.03	1.3	-0.6	12.7	1.3	0.96	13.0	1.64	10
1975	26	NYY	AL	4.0	0.4	120	-0.1	2.0	-2.1	.94	0.3	-0.4	4.0	0.4	1.01	4.3	2.39	6
1976	27	NYY	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.10	-0.4		1

1978	29	CHW	AL	-4.3	-0.4	170	0.1	3.2	-3.1	1.06	-0.1	0.2	2.6	0.3	0.93	-0.6	1.90	16
8 Yrs				69.0	7.2	1527	5.2	30.1	-24.9	1.02	6.9	-1.8	68.7	7.2	1.00	67.6	1.55	72

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
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 Yrs				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

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
1969	20	NYY	AL	7	86%	3			1	1	0	0	1.24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1971	22	NYY	AL	216	85%	64			11	2	0	3	1.39	7	0	4	7	0	2	5	0	1	1	100%	51	2	4%	22	9	41%	182	24	13%	21	10	48%	6	5	83%	0
1972	23	NYY	AL	341	89%	80			15	5	1	1	0.99	14	0	11	14	0	8	6	0	0	0		73	4	5%	34	4	12%	245	35	14%	17	8	47%	18	9	50%	0
1973	24	NYY	AL	338	93%	99			12	6	1	5	1.62	12	0	3	11	1	7	5	0	1	1	100%	64	7	11%	26	5	19%	225	45	20%	22	11	50%	10	2	20%	0
1974	25	NYY	AL	301	78%	82			10	5	1	5	1.64	10	0	5	9	1	3	7	0	0	0		58	5	9%	30	10	33%	193	38	20%	18	12	67%	8	2	25%	0
1975	26	NYY	AL	119	97%	27			6	2	0	1	2.39	4	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		30	3	10%	10	2	20%	86	13	15%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0
1976	27	NYY	AL	2	50%	0			1	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			16	2	1	1	1.90	5	1	4	5	0	4	1	0	1	1	100%	30	1	3%	16	8	50%	108	19	18%	13	6	46%	7	3	43%	0
8 Yrs				1493	88%	391			72	23	4	16	1.55	52	1	31	50	2	26	26	0	3	3	100%	308	22	7%	138	38	28%	1045	174	17%	96	48	50%	50	22	44%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

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
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	152	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	151	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	149	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	227	208	36	72	7	2	8	38	2	16	23	.346	.389	.514	.904	42	64
1972	23	112	380	328	49	99	27	1	17	67	0	47	27	.302	.395	.546	.940	70	107
1973	24	100	350	310	51	108	14	1	13	65	2	37	25	.348	.415	.526	.941	68	100
1974	25	90	312	272	45	90	12	2	11	56	2	32	33	.331	.397	.511	.908	56	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	158	18	38	7	0	5	24	0	12	17	.241	.292	.380	.672	18	61
8 Yrs		466	1572	1392	219	439	76	8	58	269	6	159	135	.315	.385	.506	.891	275	461
162 Game Avg.		162	546	484	76	153	26	3	20	94	2	55	47	.315	.385	.506	.891	96	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1973 AL 2.5 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1973 AL 2.5 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (993), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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