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 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
1969 NYY AL 20 LF 2 2 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 9.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.38 1.00 1.000 2.01 1.60
1969 NYY AL 20 OF 2 2 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 9.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.38 1.00 1.000 2.15 1.85
1971 NYY AL 22 OF 57 49 450.2 100 96 1 3 1 .970 0.3 0.8 -0.7 -2.0 1.3 1 1.94 1.70 .982 2.24 1.96
1971 NYY AL 22 RF 57 49 450.2 98 94 1 3 1 .969 0.3 0.8 -0.7 -2.0 1.3 1 1.90 1.67 .981 2.05 1.70
1972 NYY AL 23 1B 95 90 715.1 858 813 32 13 88 .985 -7.4 -12.4 -7.4 -4.6 -2.9 0 10.63 8.89 .991 9.75 8.04
1973 NYY AL 24 DH 55
1973 NYY AL 24 1B 41 37 312.0 395 359 28 8 38 .980 -1.7 -6.5 -1.7 -1.1 -0.6 0 11.16 9.44 .992 9.86 8.27
1974 NYY AL 25 DH 58
1974 NYY AL 25 OF 19 15 129.2 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.2 20.4 1.2 0.5 0.7 1 2.36 1.79 .979 2.41 2.12
1974 NYY AL 25 RF 17 15 125.0 33 31 2 0 0 1.000 2.7 25.9 1.7 1.0 0.7 1 2.38 1.94 .976 2.18 1.86
1974 NYY AL 25 LF 2 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -128.6 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.12 1.75
1975 NYY AL 26 DH 27
1975 NYY AL 26 OF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.36 2.10
1975 NYY AL 26 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.14 1.80
1976 NYY AL 27 DH 1
1978 CHW AL 29 DH 36
1978 CHW AL 29 1B 7 7 59.0 74 70 3 1 2 .986 0.5 10.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 11.14 10.43 .992 10.05 8.74
5 Seasons DH 177
3 Seasons 1B 143 134 1086.1 1327 1242 63 22 128 .983 -8.6 -9.5 -8.6 -5.2 -3.5 0 10.81 9.13 .991 9.80 8.14
4 Seasons OF 79 67 601.1 138 132 3 3 1 .978 2.6 5.2 0.6 -1.4 2.0 2 2.02 1.71 .982 2.28 2.00
3 Seasons RF 75 65 583.2 133 127 3 3 1 .977 3.0 6.2 1.0 -1.0 2.0 2 2.00 1.73 .980 2.08 1.74
2 Seasons LF 4 2 17.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -27.2 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.02 0.50 1.000 2.04 1.68
8 Seasons TOT 222 201 1687.2 1465 1374 66 25 129 .983 -6.0 -4.3 -8.0 -6.6 -1.5 2 0 7.68 6.49 .973 7.12 5.95
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

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
1969 NYY AL 20 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0
1971 NYY AL 22 64 49 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 57 13 2
1972 NYY AL 23 107 90 107 107 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
1973 NYY AL 24 100 86 100 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 14 0
1974 NYY AL 25 90 71 90 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 19 56 13 5
1975 NYY AL 26 34 27 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26 7 0
1976 NYY AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 CHW AL 29 61 41 61 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 20 0
8 Seasons 461 366 461 242 0 0 142 0 0 0 4 0 75 79 165 85 9
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%
1972 NYY AL 23 3037 70% 81% 35% 135 87% 0 813 26 782 8 64 32 28 0 0 1 13 3 10 0 8 88 0 0 0 81 0 6 1 5 15 73%
1973 NYY AL 24 1356 67% 81% 33% 78 88% 0 360 19 337 4 25 27 25 0 1 1 8 0 8 0 6 39 0 0 0 36 0 3 0 3 5 80%
1978 CHW AL 29 272 72% 80% 25% 17 100% 0 70 9 60 1 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 4665 69% 81% 34% 230 89% 0 1243 54 1179 13 95 62 55 0 1 2 22 4 18 0 14 129 0 0 0 119 0 9 1 8 20 75%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

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%
1971 NYY AL 22 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 25 14 0 9 4 0 4 3 0 7 0 1 10 7 0 55 28 50.9% 26 1 1.8% 0 1896 63% 81% 27% 184 51%
1974 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 2 537 64% 80% 30% 60 55%
1975 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 50% 83% 20% 5 40%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 31 19 0 13 5 0 4 3 0 7 0 1 12 8 0 67 35 52.2% 31 1 1.5% 2 2473 63% 81% 28% 249 52%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 53%

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%
1969 NYY AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 44% 65% 12% 4 50%
1974 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 58% 88% 17% 1 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 48% 72% 14% 5 40%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.8% 60% 78% 26% 47%

* 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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