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Geoff Blum

Geoffrey Edward Blum

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 26, 1973 in Redwood City, CA
High School: Chino (Chino, CA)
School: University of California
Drafted
by the Montreal Expos in the 7th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1999
Teams (by GP): Astros/Expos/Padres/DevilRays/WhiteSox/... 1999-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$2.7M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 12.056, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1710. Don Kolloway… #1711. John Flaherty… #1712. Tom Jones… #1713. GEOFF BLUM… #1714. Chris Gomez… #1715. Jose Lind… #1716. Alex Cora… 

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
1999 26 MON NL 45 153 133 21 32 7 2 8 18 1 0 17 25 .241 .327 .504 .830 109 67 3 0 3 0 3 6/4
2000 27 MON NL 124 379 343 40 97 20 2 11 45 1 4 26 60 .283 .335 .449 .784 94 154 4 3 3 4 2 5643
2001 28 MON NL 148 514 453 57 107 25 0 9 50 9 5 43 94 .236 .313 .351 .664 71 159 12 10 3 5 8 543/6
2002 29 HOU NL 130 421 368 45 104 20 4 10 52 2 0 49 70 .283 .367 .440 .807 107 162 8 1 1 2 5 5/634
2003 30 HOU NL 123 449 420 51 110 19 0 10 52 0 0 20 50 .262 .295 .379 .674 72 159 15 2 2 5 1 546/3
2004 31 TBD AL 112 369 339 38 73 21 0 8 35 2 3 24 58 .215 .266 .348 .614 61 118 4 0 4 2 1 54/36
2005 32 TOT MLB 109 351 319 32 73 15 2 6 25 3 3 28 43 .229 .296 .345 .641 72 110 6 3 0 1 0 5463
2005 32 SDP NL 78 252 224 26 54 13 1 5 22 3 2 24 28 .241 .321 .375 .696 89 84 5 3 0 1 0 54635/634
2005 32 CHW AL 31 99 95 6 19 2 1 1 3 0 1 4 15 .200 .232 .274 .506 33 26 1 0 0 0 0 54635/634
2006 33 SDP NL 109 299 276 27 70 17 1 4 34 0 1 17 51 .254 .293 .366 .659 75 101 5 0 2 4 1 65/34
2007 34 SDP NL 122 370 330 34 83 21 1 5 33 0 0 32 52 .252 .319 .367 .685 85 121 10 2 3 3 4 456/3
2008 35 HOU NL 114 356 325 36 78 14 1 14 53 1 2 21 54 .240 .287 .418 .705 84 136 5 3 0 7 2 5/436
2009 36 HOU NL 120 427 381 34 94 14 1 10 49 0 1 33 61 .247 .314 .367 .681 81 140 9 7 0 6 4 53/6
2010 37 HOU NL 93 218 202 22 54 10 1 2 22 0 0 15 33 .267 .321 .356 .678 85 72 3 1 0 0 2 635/4
2011 38 ARI NL 23 55 49 8 11 3 0 2 10 0 0 5 9 .224 .309 .408 .717 93 20 2 1 0 0 1 5
13 Seasons 1372 4361 3938 445 986 206 15 99 478 19 19 330 660 .250 .311 .386 .697 82 1519 86 33 21 39 34
162 Game Avg. 162 515 465 53 116 24 2 12 56 2 2 39 78 .250 .311 .386 .697 82 179 10 4 2 5 4
HOU (5 yrs) 580 1871 1696 188 440 77 7 46 228 3 3 138 268 .259 .317 .394 .711 86 669 40 14 3 20 14
SDP (3 yrs) 309 921 830 87 207 51 3 14 89 3 3 73 131 .249 .311 .369 .680 83 306 20 5 5 8 5
MON (3 yrs) 317 1046 929 118 236 52 4 28 113 11 9 86 179 .254 .323 .409 .732 85 380 19 13 9 9 13
ARI (1 yr) 23 55 49 8 11 3 0 2 10 0 0 5 9 .224 .309 .408 .717 93 20 2 1 0 0 1
TBD (1 yr) 112 369 339 38 73 21 0 8 35 2 3 24 58 .215 .266 .348 .614 61 118 4 0 4 2 1
CHW (1 yr) 31 99 95 6 19 2 1 1 3 0 1 4 15 .200 .232 .274 .506 33 26 1 0 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 1229 3893 3504 401 894 183 14 90 440 17 15 302 587 .255 .317 .392 .709 85 1375 81 33 17 37 33
AL (2 yrs) 143 468 434 44 92 23 1 9 38 2 4 28 73 .212 .259 .332 .590 55 144 5 0 4 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 26 MON NL 154 -1 1 0 0 -8 2 4 -2 -0.2 6 0.6 -0.8 $200,000 6/4
2000 27 MON NL 379 -6 -2 -3 1 3 2 11 7 0.7 3 0.3 0.4 $210,000 5643
2001 28 MON NL 514 -19 0 2 -1 -5 -1 15 -10 -1.1 -4 -0.4 -0.7 $260,000 543/6
2002 29 HOU NL 421 4 0 -2 -1 4 1 12 18 1.8 14 1.5 0.3 $315,000 5/634
2003 30 HOU NL 449 -15 0 -3 -1 -5 1 13 -10 -1.1 -5 -0.5 -0.6 $1,500,000 546/3
2004 31 TBD AL 369 -20 -1 0 1 -2 1 13 -9 -0.9 -6 -0.6 -0.3 $1,500,000 54/36
2005 32 SDP NL 252 -4 1 -1 0 1 1 7 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $575,000 54635/634
2005 32 CHW AL 99 -9 0 0 1 1 0 3 -3 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $ 54635/634
2006 33 SDP NL 299 -13 0 1 1 3 2 8 3 0.4 -1 -0.1 0.5 $650,000 65/34
2007 34 SDP NL 370 -7 0 0 -1 7 1 10 11 1.1 3 0.3 0.8 $900,000 456/3
2008 35 HOU NL 356 -8 -2 0 0 3 1 10 4 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $1,100,000 5/436
2009 36 HOU NL 427 -12 -2 -2 1 -8 1 12 -9 -0.9 -1 -0.1 -0.8 $1,250,000 53/6
2010 37 HOU NL 218 -4 1 -0 -0 -5 0 6 -2 -0.3 3 0.3 -0.6 $1,500,000 635/4
2011 38 ARI NL 55 -0 -0 -0 -0 -1 0 2 -0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,350,000 5
13 Seasons 4362 -114 -4 -8 1 -11 12 126 2 0.1 12 1.3 -1.2 $11,310,000
HOU (5 yrs) 1871 -35 -3 -7 -1 -11 4 53 1 -0.1 12 1.3 -1.4 $5,665,000
SDP (3 yrs) 921 -24 1 0 0 11 4 25 19 2.0 6 0.6 1.4 $2,125,000
MON (3 yrs) 1047 -26 -1 -1 0 -9 3 30 -5 -0.6 5 0.5 -1.1 $670,000
ARI (1 yr) 55 -0 -0 -0 -0 -1 0 2 -0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,350,000
TBD (1 yr) 369 -20 -1 0 1 -2 1 13 -9 -0.9 -6 -0.6 -0.3 $1,500,000
CHW (1 yr) 99 -9 0 0 1 1 0 3 -3 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 32 CHW AL ALDS BOS W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 32 CHW AL WS HOU W 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
2006 33 SDP NL NLDS STL L 4 13 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .125 .385 .250 .635 2 1 0 0 1 1
2011 38 ARI NL NLDS MIL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 8 17 12 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 .167 .353 .500 .853 6 1 0 0 1 1
1 ALDS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 6 15 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 .100 .333 .200 .533 2 1 0 0 1 1
1 WS 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 MON NL 26 SS 42 139 47 82 10 11 .928 -8 3.07 .967 4.39
1999 MON NL 26 2B 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .980 5.00
2000 MON NL 27 3B 55 125 26 93 6 6 .952 2 2.16 .950 2.61
2000 MON NL 27 SS 44 135 43 89 3 22 .978 2 3.00 .967 4.47
2000 MON NL 27 2B 13 46 20 26 0 6 1.000 -0 3.54 .982 4.91
2000 MON NL 27 1B 11 35 33 2 0 2 1.000 -0 3.18 .992 9.16
2001 MON NL 28 3B 72 175 49 120 6 12 .966 -2 2.35 .950 2.54
2001 MON NL 28 OF 35 52 51 1 0 0 1.000 -0 1.49 .982 2.18
2001 MON NL 28 2B 25 87 39 47 1 5 .989 -4 3.44 .983 4.80
2001 MON NL 28 1B 14 84 74 9 1 9 .988 0 5.93 .993 9.16
2001 MON NL 28 SS 4 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0 1.25 .968 4.42
2001 MON NL 28 LF 35 27 20 250.0 52 51 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 1.87 1.49 .979 1.91 1.89
2002 HOU NL 29 3B 104 275 68 199 8 27 .971 4 2.57 .957 2.69
2002 HOU NL 29 OF 10 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0.80 .982 2.17
2002 HOU NL 29 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 4.50
2002 HOU NL 29 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.30
2002 HOU NL 29 2B 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 4.00 .980 4.90
2002 HOU NL 29 LF 9 2 1 22.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -54 1.21 0.33 .977 1.93 1.90
2002 HOU NL 29 RF 3 2 1 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 33 2.50 1.67 .984 2.05 2.03
2003 HOU NL 30 3B 83 172 32 135 5 18 .971 -0 4 2.01 .955 2.72
2003 HOU NL 30 2B 25 77 34 42 1 8 .987 -3 4 3.04 .983 5.07
2003 HOU NL 30 SS 11 22 3 18 1 6 .955 -1 1 1.91 .973 4.48
2003 HOU NL 30 1B 6 11 11 0 0 1 1.000 -0 0 1.83 .993 9.52
2003 HOU NL 30 OF 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -1 0 0.50 .980 2.15
2003 HOU NL 30 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 1.80 1.90
2003 HOU NL 30 RF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 -280 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
2004 TBD AL 31 3B 59 121 35 78 8 8 .934 -1 0 1.92 .951 2.62
2004 TBD AL 31 2B 52 181 76 104 1 22 .994 0 -2 3.46 .982 4.91
2004 TBD AL 31 OF 7 14 12 1 1 1 .929 -1 -3 1.86 .985 2.29
2004 TBD AL 31 1B 2 13 13 0 0 2 1.000 -0 0 6.50 .994 9.25
2004 TBD AL 31 SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.00 .970 4.50
2004 TBD AL 31 LF 7 7 5 59.1 14 12 1 1 1 .929 -1 -3 -18 -61 1.97 1.86 .983 2.03 2.03
2005 TOT MLB 32 3B 46 121 24 91 6 9 .950 5 7 2.50 .958 2.74
2005 TOT MLB 32 2B 21 83 31 52 0 11 1.000 -3 -5 3.95 .981 4.92
2005 TOT MLB 32 SS 20 53 18 35 0 8 1.000 1 1 2.65 .975 4.48
2005 TOT MLB 32 1B 14 98 92 6 0 7 1.000 -2 -2 7.00 .994 9.49
2005 SDP NL 32 3B 34 85 20 62 3 7 .965 3 5 2.41 .958 2.74
2005 SDP NL 32 2B 19 76 28 48 0 9 1.000 -2 -3 4.00 .981 4.92
2005 SDP NL 32 SS 14 37 12 25 0 6 1.000 0 0 2.64 .976 4.45
2005 CHW AL 32 1B 12 97 91 6 0 7 1.000 -1 -2 8.08 .994 9.49
2005 CHW AL 32 3B 12 36 4 29 3 2 .917 3 2 2.75 .957 2.73
2005 CHW AL 32 SS 6 16 6 10 0 2 1.000 1 1 2.67 .972 4.55
2005 SDP NL 32 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 0.50 .990 9.50
2005 CHW AL 32 2B 2 7 3 4 0 2 1.000 -1 -2 3.50 .983 4.90
2006 SDP NL 33 SS 49 207 72 129 6 28 .971 -0 5 4.10 .972 4.38
2006 SDP NL 33 3B 34 54 18 36 0 1 1.000 4 1 1.59 .954 2.68
2006 SDP NL 33 1B 2 4 4 0 0 2 1.000 0 2.00 .995 9.35
2006 SDP NL 33 2B 1 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 0 1 9.00 .982 5.00
2006 SDP NL 33 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 1.00 .980 2.20
2006 SDP NL 33 RF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -30 0 2.25 1.00 .980 2.02 2.10
2007 SDP NL 34 2B 61 253 86 165 2 26 .992 5 2 4.11 .984 4.84
2007 SDP NL 34 3B 13 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 2 1 0.77 .954 2.67
2007 SDP NL 34 SS 12 43 14 26 3 4 .930 -1 -2 3.33 .975 4.42
2007 SDP NL 34 OF 9 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 1.56 .984 2.29
2007 SDP NL 34 1B 1 14 13 1 0 2 1.000 -0 0 14.00 .993 9.20
2007 SDP NL 34 LF 9 3 3 45.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 43 0 2.80 1.56 .984 2.00 1.99
2007 SDP NL 34 DH 2 2
2008 HOU NL 35 3B 75 191 43 144 4 8 .979 3 5 2.49 .956 2.58
2008 HOU NL 35 2B 8 26 9 17 0 2 1.000 -1 -2 3.25 .982 4.80
2008 HOU NL 35 1B 5 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 3.60 .992 9.28
2008 HOU NL 35 SS 4 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1 1 2.25 .976 4.40
2009 HOU NL 36 3B 102 212 45 164 3 15 .986 -7 -4 2.05 .957 2.55
2009 HOU NL 36 1B 10 61 58 3 0 2 1.000 -1 -1 6.10 .993 9.21
2009 HOU NL 36 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30
2010 HOU NL 37 SS 18 63 23 36 4 5 .937 -3 -3 3.28 .971 4.27
2010 HOU NL 37 1B 14 95 90 4 1 16 .989 -1 -1 6.71 .993 9.13
2010 HOU NL 37 3B 14 41 8 32 1 1 .976 1 2 2.86 .951 2.52
2010 HOU NL 37 2B 8 30 9 21 0 1 1.000 -2 -1 3.75 .984 4.72
2011 ARI NL 38 3B 14 12 10 103.0 28 4 24 0 3 1.000 -1 1 -10 12 2.45 2.00 .954 2.53 2.53
12 Seasons 3B 671 12 10 103.0 1525 354 1124 47 108 .969 10 17 115 198 2.45 2.20 .955 2.53 2.63
11 Seasons 2B 217 798 309 484 5 82 .994 -6 -3 3.65 .983 4.89
12 Seasons SS 208 677 225 425 27 85 .960 -9 3 3.13 .970 4.41
11 Seasons 1B 80 434 406 26 2 45 .995 -6 -4 5.40 .993 9.26
6 Seasons OF 64 90 86 3 1 1 .989 -1 -3 -31 1.39 .983 2.20
5 Seasons LF 61 39 29 378.2 84 80 3 1 1 .988 -1 -3 -2 -33 1.97 1.36 .980 1.94 1.92
3 Seasons RF 5 2 1 25.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -14 0 2.16 1.20 .983 2.05 2.06
13 Seasons TOT 1240 12 10 103.0 3524 1380 2062 82 321 .977 -11 7 -130 81 2.45 2.78 .969 2.53 3.73
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
Active  671 (13th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
Active  354 (20th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
Active  1,124 (13th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
Active  10 (22nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3Bs c a p y
2002 NL  2.92 (4th)
Active  2.45 (15th)
Career  2.45 (40th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
Active  2.20 (20th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2003 NL  .971 (3rd)
2009 NL  .986 (2nd)
Active  .969 (3rd)
Career  .969 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1380), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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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 Notes
199926Montreal Expos$200,00011/19/99 USA Today
200027Montreal Expos$210,0004/5/00 AP
200128Montreal Expos$260,0004/6/01 USA Today
200229Houston Astros$315,0004/3/02 AP
200330Houston Astros$1,500,0004/3/03 AP
200431Tampa Bay Devil Rays$1,500,0004/7/04 AP
200532San Diego Padres$575,000
200633San Diego Padres$650,000
200734San Diego Padres$900,000
200835Houston Astros$1,100,000
200936Houston Astros$1,250,000
201037Houston Astros$1,500,000
201138Arizona Diamondbacks$1,350,000
201239Arizona Diamondbacks$1,350,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$11,310,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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