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Ron Blomberg    \BLOOM-berg\

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 Schools: Druid Hills HS (Decatur, GA), 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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/WhiteSox 1969-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978 (Age 30)
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 NYY AL 20 LF 2 2 0 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.38 1.00 .980 2.01 2.00
1969 NYY AL 20 OF 2 2 0 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.38 1.00 .980 2.15 2.15
1971 NYY AL 22 OF 57 50 41 450.2 100 96 1 3 1 .970 0 1 1.94 1.70 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 NYY AL 22 RF 57 50 41 450.2 98 94 1 3 1 .969 0 1 1.90 1.67 .980 2.05 2.04
1972 NYY AL 23 1B 95 90 54 715.1 858 813 32 13 88 .985 -7 -12 10.63 8.89 .991 9.75 9.71
1973 NYY AL 24 DH 56 49
1973 NYY AL 24 1B 41 37 26 312.0 395 359 28 8 38 .980 -2 -7 11.16 9.44 .992 9.86 9.80
1974 NYY AL 25 DH 60 56
1974 NYY AL 25 OF 19 15 9 129.2 34 32 2 0 0 1.000 2 20 2.36 1.79 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 NYY AL 25 RF 17 15 9 125.0 33 31 2 0 0 1.000 3 26 2.38 1.94 .976 2.18 2.17
1974 NYY AL 25 LF 2 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -129 0.00 0.00 2.12 2.10
1975 NYY AL 26 DH 27 26
1975 NYY AL 26 OF 1 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 2.00 .980 2.36 2.40
1975 NYY AL 26 RF 1 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 2.00 .975 2.14 2.10
1976 NYY AL 27 DH 1 0
1978 CHW AL 29 DH 36 34
1978 CHW AL 29 1B 7 7 6 59.0 74 70 3 1 2 .986 0 10 11.14 10.43 .992 10.05 9.94
3 Seasons 1B 143 134 86 1086.1 1327 1242 63 22 128 .983 -9 -9 10.81 9.13 .991 9.80 9.75
4 Seasons OF 79 68 51 601.1 138 132 3 3 1 .978 3 5 2.02 1.71 .981 2.28 2.26
3 Seasons RF 75 66 51 583.2 133 127 3 3 1 .977 3 6 2.00 1.73 .979 2.08 2.07
2 Seasons LF 4 2 0 17.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 1.02 0.50 .980 2.04 2.05
8 Seasons TOT 222 202 137 1687.2 1465 1374 66 25 129 .983 -6 -4 7.68 6.49 .990 7.12 7.08
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1969 NYY AL 20 LF 0 9 0 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 22 RF 0 1 -1 1 -2 1
1972 NYY AL 23 1B -7 -12 -7 -3 -5 0
1973 NYY AL 24 1B -2 -7 -2 -1 -1 0
1974 NYY AL 25 RF 3 26 2 1 1 1
1974 NYY AL 25 LF -0 -129 -0 0 -0 0
1975 NYY AL 26 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CHW AL 29 1B 0 10 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1B -9 -9 -9 -4 -5 0
3 Seasons RF 3 6 1 2 -1 2
2 Seasons LF -0 -27 -0 0 -0 0
8 Seasons TOT -6 -4 -8 -2 -7 0 2

Appearances

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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0
1971 NYY AL 22 64 49 64 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 57 0 13 2
1972 NYY AL 23 107 90 107 95 0 0 95 0 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 56 14 0
1974 NYY AL 25 90 71 90 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 19 60 13 5
1975 NYY AL 26 34 27 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27 7 0
1976 NYY AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1978 CHW AL 29 61 41 61 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 20 0
8 Seasons 461 366 461 221 0 0 142 0 0 0 4 0 75 79 180 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 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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 2966 72% 83% 36% 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 1323 68% 83% 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 29 262 74% 83% 26% 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 4551 71% 83% 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 62% 81% 28% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 26 14 0 9 4 0 4 3 0 7 0 1 14 10 0 60 31 51.7% 28 1 1.7% 0 1856 65% 83% 28% 184 51%
1974 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 9 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15 8 53.3% 7 0 0.0% 2 512 68% 84% 31% 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 37 54% 89% 22% 5 40%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 35 20 0 13 5 0 4 3 0 7 0 1 16 11 0 75 39 52.0% 35 1 1.3% 2 2405 65% 83% 29% 249 52%
MLB Averages 41.5% 3.1% 62% 81% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 55 45% 67% 13% 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 21 67% 100% 19% 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 76 51% 76% 14% 5 40%
MLB Averages 59.3% 2.9% 62% 81% 27% 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 1916 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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1972 AL  13 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1972 AL  10.63 (2nd)

                           

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