Larvell Blanks

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 167lb (173cm, 75kg)

Born: January 28, 1950 in Del Rio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Felipe HS (Del Rio, TX).

High School: San Felipe HS (Del Rio, TX)

School: Sul Ross State University (Alpine, TX)

Debut: July 19, 1972 (Age 22-173d, 13,249th in major league history)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 3, 1980 (Age 30-188d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Larvell Blanks

Nicknames: Sugar Bear

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

1766

446

.253

203

RBI

172

OBP

.302

SLG

.335

OPS

.637

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 8	ATL	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	8	1	11	1	SS
3	3	Apr 9	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-14	CG	44	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 11	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 12	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 13 (1)	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
7	8 (1)	Apr 15	ATL		HOU	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
8	9	Apr 16	ATL		HOU	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
9	10	Apr 17	ATL		HOU	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
10	11	Apr 18	ATL		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
11	12	Apr 19	ATL		SDP	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
12	13	Apr 20	ATL		SDP	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
13	14	Apr 21	ATL		LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
14	15	Apr 22	ATL		LAD	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
15	16	Apr 23	ATL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
16	17	Apr 24	ATL		CIN	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
17	18	Apr 25	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
18	19	Apr 26	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
19	20	Apr 27 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	2	9	0	11	1	SS
20	22 (1)	Apr 28	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
21	23	Apr 29	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
22	24	Apr 30	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	25	May 2	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
24	26	May 3	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
25	27	May 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
26	28	May 6	ATL		SFG	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
27	29	May 7	ATL		SFG	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
28	30	May 8	ATL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
29	31	May 9	ATL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
30	32	May 10	ATL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
31	33	May 11	ATL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
32	34	May 12	ATL	@	MON	L,1-11	CG	48	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
33	35	May 13	ATL	@	MON	W,9-4	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
34	36	May 14	ATL	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	2	8	1	SS
35	37	May 15 susp	ATL	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
36	38	May 16	ATL	@	PHI	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
37	39	May 17	ATL	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	0	6	0	6	0	SS
38	40	May 18	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	41	May 20	ATL		MON	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
40	42	May 21	ATL		MON	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
41	43	May 23	ATL		NYM	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	5	7	0	12	4	SS
42	44	May 24	ATL		NYM	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
43	45	May 25	ATL		NYM	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
44	46	May 26	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
45	47	May 27	ATL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
46	48	May 28	ATL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
47	49	May 30	ATL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	52 (2)	Jun 2	ATL	@	STL	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
49	53	Jun 3	ATL	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
50	54	Jun 4	ATL	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
51	55	Jun 6	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
52	56	Jun 7	ATL	@	NYM	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
53	57	Jun 8	ATL	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	58	13.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
54	58	Jun 9	ATL		STL	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
55	59	Jun 12 (1)	ATL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
56	60	Jun 12 susp	ATL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
57	61	Jun 13	ATL		PIT	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
58	62	Jun 14	ATL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
59	63	Jun 15	ATL		PIT	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
60	64	Jun 16	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
61	65	Jun 17	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
62	66	Jun 18	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
63	67	Jun 20	ATL		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
64	68	Jun 21	ATL		SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
65	69	Jun 22 (1)	ATL		SFG	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
66	70	Jun 22 (2)	ATL		SFG	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
67	71	Jun 23	ATL		CIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
68	72	Jun 24	ATL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
69	73	Jun 25	ATL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
70	74	Jun 26	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
71	75	Jun 27	ATL	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
72	76	Jun 28	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
73	77	Jun 29	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	78	Jul 1	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	4	4	2	10	0	SS
75	79	Jul 2	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
76	80	Jul 4	ATL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
77	81	Jul 5 (1)	ATL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
78	82	Jul 5 (2)	ATL		HOU	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
79	83	Jul 6	ATL		HOU	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
80	84	Jul 7	ATL		NYM	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
81	85	Jul 8	ATL		NYM	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
82	86	Jul 9	ATL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
83	87	Jul 11	ATL		MON	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
84	88	Jul 12 (1)	ATL		MON	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
85	89	Jul 12 (2)	ATL		MON	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
86	90	Jul 13	ATL		MON	W,5-4	CG	56	14.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
87	91	Jul 17	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
88	92	Jul 18	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-3	GF	16	3.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
89	93	Jul 19	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
90	94	Jul 20	ATL	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	1	5	0	6	2	SS
91	95	Jul 21	ATL	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
92	96	Jul 22	ATL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	SS
93	97	Jul 23	ATL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
94	98	Jul 24	ATL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
95	99	Jul 25 (1)	ATL		SDP	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
96	100	Jul 25 (2)	ATL		SDP	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
97	101	Jul 26	ATL		SDP	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
98	102	Jul 27	ATL		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
99	103	Jul 28	ATL		LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
100	104	Jul 29	ATL		LAD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
101	105	Jul 30	ATL		LAD	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
102	106	Jul 31	ATL		LAD	W,11-10	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	107	Aug 1	ATL	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	108	Aug 2	ATL	@	SDP	W,8-6	CG	71	15.0	1	3	1	5	3	SS
105	109	Aug 3	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	110	Aug 4	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
107	111	Aug 5	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
108	112	Aug 6	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
109	113	Aug 8 (1)	ATL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
110	114	Aug 8 (2)	ATL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
111	115	Aug 9	ATL		CHC	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
112	116	Aug 10	ATL		CHC	L,1-9	GF	35	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
113	117	Aug 11	ATL		PIT	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	2B
114	118	Aug 12	ATL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
115	119	Aug 13	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
116	120	Aug 14	ATL		STL	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
117	122 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	ATL		STL	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
118	125 (2)	Aug 18	ATL		PHI	L,3-6	GF	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
119	131 (5)	Aug 25	ATL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
120	132	Aug 26	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
121	133	Aug 27	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
122	134	Aug 29	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
123	136 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	ATL	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	49	9.2	2	1	0	3	0	2B SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	137	Sep 1	ATL	@	HOU	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
125	142 (4)	Sep 6	ATL		LAD	W,3-2		10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
126	144 (1)	Sep 8	ATL		HOU	L,6-9	GF	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
127	147 (2)	Sep 11	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
128	148	Sep 12	ATL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
129	149	Sep 13	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-6	GS	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
130	150	Sep 14	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
131	151	Sep 15	ATL	@	SFG	W,12-0	GS	15	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
132	152	Sep 16	ATL	@	SFG	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
133	153	Sep 17	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
134	154	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
135	155	Sep 19	ATL		CIN	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
136	156	Sep 20	ATL		CIN	L,2-9	GS	23	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
137	157	Sep 21	ATL		CIN	L,0-3	GS	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
138	158	Sep 24	ATL		SFG	W,7-6	CG	51	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
139	159	Sep 26	ATL	@	CIN	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
140	161 (1)	Sep 28	ATL	@	CIN	L,6-7	GF	15	2.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
							141gm		1179.0	212	438	27	677	75