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Blake DeWitt

Blake Robert DeWitt

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 20, 1985 in Sikeston, MO
High School: Sikeston (Sikeston, MO)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 2008
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$460k (11), 1 yr/$1.1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.048, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Jim Turner [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Hank Aaron… 

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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
2008 22 LAD NL 117 421 368 45 97 13 2 9 52 3 0 45 68 .264 .344 .383 .728 93 141 6 3 0 5 9 54
2009 23 LAD NL 31 53 49 4 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 3 7 .204 .245 .388 .633 67 19 2 0 0 1 0 5/46
2010 24 TOT NL 135 496 440 47 115 24 5 5 52 3 2 47 86 .261 .336 .373 .709 92 164 5 4 2 3 8 *4/5
2010 24 LAD NL 82 292 256 29 69 15 4 1 30 2 2 30 49 .270 .352 .371 .723 99 95 4 3 2 1 4 4
2010 24 CHC NL 53 204 184 18 46 9 1 4 22 1 0 17 37 .250 .314 .375 .689 82 69 1 1 0 2 4 4/5
2011 25 CHC NL 121 243 230 21 61 11 4 5 26 1 0 12 31 .265 .305 .413 .718 95 95 6 1 0 0 1 745
4 Seasons 404 1213 1087 117 283 51 11 21 134 7 2 107 192 .260 .329 .385 .714 92 419 19 8 2 9 18
162 Game Avg. 162 486 436 47 113 20 4 8 54 3 1 43 77 .260 .329 .385 .714 92 168 8 3 1 4 7
LAD (3 yrs) 230 766 673 78 176 31 6 12 86 5 2 78 124 .262 .340 .379 .719 94 255 12 6 2 7 13
CHC (2 yrs) 174 447 414 39 107 20 5 9 48 2 0 29 68 .258 .309 .396 .705 89 164 7 2 0 2 5

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
2008 22 LAD NL 421 -6 1 0 2 12 2 12 23 2.3 11 1.1 1.2 $390,000 54
2009 23 LAD NL 53 -2 0 1 -0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 -0 0.0 -0.1 $405,000 5/46
2010 24 LAD NL 292 1 -1 -2 1 0 1 8 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $410,000 4
2010 24 CHC NL 204 -6 1 -1 0 -3 1 6 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ 4/5
2011 25 CHC NL 243 -3 -1 0 0 -0 -0 7 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $460,000 745
4 Seasons 1213 -15 1 -1 4 7 4 33 32 3.2 25 2.5 0.7 $1,665,000
LAD (3 yrs) 766 -7 0 -1 3 10 3 21 31 3.1 20 2.0 1.1 $1,205,000
CHC (2 yrs) 447 -8 0 -0 1 -3 0 12 1 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $460,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2008 22 LAD NL NLDS CHC W 3 11 11 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .455 .727 5 0 0 0 0 0
2008 22 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 15 13 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 4 .077 .133 .231 .364 3 3 0 0 1 0
1 Season (2 Series) 8 26 24 2 4 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 6 .167 .192 .333 .526 8 3 0 0 1 0
1 NLDS 3 11 11 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .455 .727 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 5 15 13 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 4 .077 .133 .231 .364 3 3 0 0 1 0

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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
2008 LAD NL 22 3B 95 259 58 193 8 19 .969 11 11 2.64 .956 2.58
2008 LAD NL 22 2B 27 105 41 62 2 9 .981 0 -4 3.81 .982 4.80
2009 LAD NL 23 3B 14 19 5 13 1 1 .947 -1 2 1.29 .957 2.55
2009 LAD NL 23 2B 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 0 1.50 .983 4.80
2009 LAD NL 23 SS 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 -1 1.50 .973 4.35
2010 TOT NL 24 2B 126 122 92 1039.0 570 257 301 12 71 .979 -1 -3 -1 -3 4.83 4.43 .984 43.04 4.73
2010 LAD NL 24 2B 78 76 50 628.0 358 169 182 7 41 .980 0 -1 0 -2 5.03 4.50 .984 43.04 4.73
2010 CHC NL 24 2B 48 46 42 411.0 212 88 119 5 30 .976 -1 -2 -2 -6 4.53 4.31 .984 43.04 4.73
2010 CHC NL 24 3B 1 1 1 8.0 4 0 2 2 0 .500 -2 -1 -330 -150 2.25 2.00 .950 50.06 2.50
2011 CHC NL 25 LF 23 17 9 155.0 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 12 8 1.97 1.48 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 CHC NL 25 OF 23 17 9 155.0 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 12 7 1.97 1.48 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 CHC NL 25 2B 18 15 6 126.2 80 38 40 2 9 .975 0 -2 2 -19 5.54 4.33 .985 4.76 4.75
2011 CHC NL 25 3B 14 8 5 79.0 33 6 22 5 3 .848 -2 -2 -32 -30 3.19 2.00 .954 2.53 2.53
4 Seasons 2B 173 137 98 1165.2 758 338 404 16 89 .979 -0 -9 -0 -9 4.91 4.29 .984 38.88 4.74
4 Seasons 3B 124 9 6 87.0 315 69 230 16 23 .949 6 10 78 137 3.10 2.41 .956 6.90 2.57
1 Season OF 23 17 9 155.0 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 12 7 1.97 1.48 .986 2.16 2.15
1 Season LF 23 17 9 155.0 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 2 1 12 7 1.97 1.48 .985 1.87 1.87
1 Season SS 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 -1 1.50 .973 4.35
4 Seasons TOT 322 163 113 1407.2 1110 441 637 32 112 .971 7 2 6 1 4.48 3.35 .976 32.86 3.72
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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 NL  1.2 (8th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
2010 NL  126 (5th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
2010 NL  257 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2010 NL  12 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
2008 NL  11 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
2008 NL  3.10 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
2008 NL  2.64 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2008 NL  .969 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Lou Merloni (969)
  2. Russ Johnson (966)
  3. Dario Lodigiani (958)
  4. Hector Luna (956)
  5. Jack Lohrke (955)
  6. Felix Torres (955)
  7. Kevin Orie (954)
  8. Tommy Glaviano (953)
  9. Heinie Mueller (953)
  10. Carl Taylor (953)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Dario Lodigiani (978)
  2. Marty Kavanagh (963)
  3. Andy High (956)
  4. Ted Lepcio (956)
  5. Brook Jacoby (953)
  6. Steve Braun (952)
  7. Jack Lohrke (951)
  8. Billy Martin (951)
  9. Wilson Betemit (951)
  10. Tony Bernazard (949)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ted Lepcio (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dario Lodigiani (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
200822Los Angeles Dodgers$390,000
200923Los Angeles Dodgers$405,000
201024Los Angeles Dodgers$410,000
201125Chicago Cubs$460,000
201226Chicago Cubs$1,100,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,665,000Does 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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