Robert Nicholas Blackburn
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.
Born: February 24, 1982 in Ada, OK
High Schools: Del City HS (Del City, OK), Del City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Schools: Seminole Community College (Sanford, FL), Seminole State College (Seminole, OK)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 29th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed May 21, 2002.
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Debut: September 3, 2007 (Age 25)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Team: Twins 2007-2012
Final Game: August 17, 2012 (Age 30)
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 73 | 2 | Apr 6 | MIN | @ | LAA | W,5-3 | GS-7 | W(1-0) | 99 | 6.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 30 | 103 | 69 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 0.102 | 0.02 | 1b start a 3 | 7b -2- 2 out a2 | ||
| 2 | 74 | 7 | Apr 11 | MIN | @ | CHW | L,4-5 | GS-8 | L(1-1) | 4 | 7.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.02 | 31 | 98 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.18 | -0.014 | -0.35 | 1b start a 2 | 8b 12- 2 out tie | ||
| 3 | 75 | 12 | Apr 17 | MIN | KCR | W,6-5 | GS-5 | 5 | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.05 | 21 | 73 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .98 | -0.300 | -2.57 | 1t start tie | 5t 3 out tie | ||||
| 4 | 76 | 18 | Apr 24 | MIN | @ | KCR | W,9-7 | GS-5 | 6 | 4.1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.85 | 25 | 75 | 45 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .79 | -0.307 | -3.44 | 1b start tie | 5b 12- 1 out d1 | |||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 5 | 77 | 27 | May 4 | MIN | DET | W,4-3 | CG | W(2-1) | 9 | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 36 | 95 | 67 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.62 | 0.116 | 1.38 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out tie | |||
| 6 | 78 | 32 | May 9 | MIN | BAL | W,6-0 | GS-7 | W(3-1) | 4 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 26 | 100 | 68 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .53 | 0.231 | 3.41 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a6 | |||
| 7 | 79 | 37 | May 16 | MIN | @ | NYY | W,6-3 | GS-7 | W(4-1) | 6 | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.63 | 30 | 104 | 71 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .80 | -0.034 | 0.69 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d2 | ||
| 8 | 80 | 42 | May 21 | MIN | MIL | W,15-3 | GS-8 | W(5-1) | 4 | 7.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 29 | 91 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .17 | 0.085 | 0.64 | 1t start tie | 8t --- 1 out a12 | |||
| 9 | 81 | 47 | May 27 | MIN | NYY | W,8-2 | GS-7 | W(6-1) | 5 | 7.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.28 | 28 | 92 | 57 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.05 | 0.198 | 1.41 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a3 | |||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 10 | 82 | 52 | Jun 1 | MIN | @ | SEA | L,1-7 | GS-4 | L(6-2) | 4 | 3.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.73 | 20 | 80 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .95 | -0.336 | -3.73 | 1b start tie | 4b -23 2 out d4 | ||
| 11 | 83 | 57 | Jun 6 | MIN | @ | OAK | L,4-5 | GS-3 | L(6-3) | 4 | 2.2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.21 | 18 | 67 | 42 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.09 | -0.388 | -4.02 | 1b start tie | 3b 1-3 2 out d3 | ||
| 12 | 84 | 62 | Jun 12 | MIN | ATL | L,2-3 | GS-7 | 5 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4.96 | 29 | 98 | 69 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .96 | 0.120 | 1.41 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | ||||
| 13 | 85 | 67 | Jun 18 | MIN | @ | PHI | L,5-9 | GS-2 | L(6-4) | 5 | 1.2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.80 | 14 | 50 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .70 | -0.389 | -7.23 | 1b start tie | 2b 1-- 2 out d8 | ||
| 14 | 86 | 72 | Jun 24 | MIN | @ | MIL | L,0-5 | GS-4 | L(6-5) | 5 | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.10 | 20 | 77 | 44 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .62 | -0.265 | -3.54 | 1b start tie | 4b 1-3 2 out d5 | ||
| 15 | 87 | 77 | Jun 29 | MIN | DET | W,11-4 | GS-7 | W(7-5) | 4 | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.02 | 29 | 97 | 62 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .81 | -0.064 | -0.59 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a6 | |||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 16 | 88 | 82 | Jul 4 | MIN | TBR | L,4-7 | GS-7 | L(7-6) | 4 | 6.1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 30 | 104 | 75 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.01 | -0.175 | -2.49 | 1t start tie | 7t 12- 1 out d4 | |||
| 17 | 89 | 87 | Jul 10 | MIN | @ | DET | L,4-7 | GS-5 | L(7-7) | 5 | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6.40 | 20 | 62 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .78 | -0.437 | -4.97 | 1b start tie | 5b --- 0 out d4 | ||
| 18 | 90 | 92 | Jul 18 | MIN | CHW | W,7-6 | GS-6 | 7 | 5.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.53 | 23 | 86 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 | -0.340 | -2.19 | 1t start tie | 6t -2- 0 out d1 | ||||
| 19 | 91 | 99 | Jul 25 | MIN | @ | BAL | W,10-4 | 8-GF | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | 11 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .03 | 0.002 | -2.02 | 8b --- 0 out a8 | 9b end a 6 | ||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 20 | 92 | 125 | Aug 23 | MIN | @ | TEX | L,0-4 | GS-7 | L(7-8) | 28 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.49 | 27 | 97 | 64 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .61 | -0.047 | 0.79 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d3 | ||
| 21 | 93 | 130 | Aug 28 | MIN | @ | SEA | W,1-0 | GS-9 | W(8-8) | 4 | 8.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.02 | 29 | 98 | 66 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | 0.710 | 3.94 | 1b start tie | 9b 1-- 2 out a1 | ||
| September/October | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 22 | 94 | 134 | Sep 2 | MIN | DET | L,9-10 | 13-GF(13) | L(8-9) | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.04 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.22 | -0.305 | -0.51 | 13t --- 0 out tie | 13t end d 1 | ||
| 23 | 95 | 137 | Sep 5 | MIN | TEX | W,6-5 | GS-7 | W(9-9) | 2 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.85 | 29 | 110 | 72 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.18 | 0.186 | 1.41 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a4 | |||
| 24 | 96 | 142 | Sep 11 | MIN | @ | CLE | W,1-0 | GS-8 | 5 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.51 | 30 | 94 | 62 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.26 | 0.532 | 3.73 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out tie | |||
| 25 | 97 | 147 | Sep 17 | MIN | OAK | L,1-3 | GS-7 | L(9-10) | 5 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.43 | 29 | 110 | 72 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .81 | -0.048 | 0.41 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d2 | |||
| 26 | 98 | 152 | Sep 22 | MIN | CLE | W,5-1 | GS-7 | W(10-10) | 4 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 27 | 89 | 55 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.259 | 2.41 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a2 | |||
| 27 | 99 | 157 | Sep 28 | MIN | @ | KCR | L,1-10 | GS-5 | L(10-11) | 5 | 4.1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5.55 | 23 | 82 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .51 | -0.353 | -5.44 | 1b start tie | 5b 12- 1 out d6 | ||
| 28 | 100 | 162 | Oct 3 | MIN | TOR | L,1-2 | GS-7 | L(10-12) | 4 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5.42 | 24 | 96 | 64 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .87 | 0.062 | 1.41 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d1 | |||
| MIN | 161.0 | 194 | 101 | 97 | 40 | 68 | 25 | 4 | 5.42 | 692 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9, 28 and 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.55 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 and 15 runs |
| Inn | <-4 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | tie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4- | 24 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||
| 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10+ | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 0
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