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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-9	GF	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
2	3	Apr 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	GF	14	2.1	0	2	0	2	0	PH SS
3	5 (1)	Apr 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
4	6	Apr 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
5	8 (1)	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
6	9	Apr 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
7	10	Apr 20	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
8	11	Apr 23	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
9	12	Apr 24 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
10	14 (1)	Apr 27	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH SS
11	16 (1)	Apr 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
12	17	Apr 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,1-0	GS	40	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	18	May 1 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
14	19	May 1 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
15	20	May 3	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
16	21	May 4	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
17	22	May 6	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
18	23	May 7	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	7	1	12	2	SS
19	24	May 8	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
20	25	May 10 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
21	26	May 10 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH SS
22	27	May 11	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
23	28	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	29	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-18	CG	48	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
25	30	May 15	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
26	31	May 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
27	32	May 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-10	GF	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	33	May 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-4	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
29	34	May 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,12-7	GS	25	7.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
30	37 (2)	May 25	CLE		SEA	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
31	39 (1)	May 28	CLE		OAK	L,1-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH SS
32	40	May 29	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
33	41	May 30	CLE		CAL	W,1-0	GS	22	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
34	42	May 31	CLE		CAL	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	57 (14)	Jun 18	CLE		DET	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
36	67 (9)	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
37	70 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	72 (1)	Jul 1	CLE		KCR	L,2-12	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
39	78 (5)	Jul 8	CLE		TOR	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
40	79	Jul 9	CLE		TOR	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
41	81 (1)	Jul 11	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
42	83 (1)	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,7-9	GF	13	3.0	3	2	0	5	1	PH SS
43	84	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
44	85	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
45	88 (2)	Jul 17	CLE	@	TEX	W,6-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
46	89	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-11	GF	17	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
47	90	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
48	92 (1)	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
49	94 (1)	Jul 25	CLE		TEX	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
50	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
51	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
52	99 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
53	100	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,4-9	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	102 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
55	103	Aug 3	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	MIN	L,10-14	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
57	106 (1)	Aug 7	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-11	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
58	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
60	109	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
61	112 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
62	114 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,12-4	GS	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS 2B
63	117 (2)	Aug 16	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
64	118	Aug 17	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
65	119	Aug 18	CLE		KCR	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
66	121 (1)	Aug 20	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	46	12.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
67	124 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
68	125	Aug 24 (1)	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
69	131 (5)	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	133 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
71	134	Sep 2	CLE		CAL	W,3-1	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
72	135	Sep 3	CLE		CAL	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
73	137 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
74	138	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS	24	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
75	139	Sep 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
76	140	Sep 7	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
77	141	Sep 8	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	SS
78	142	Sep 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
79	143	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	10.1	1	5	1	7	1	3B
80	144	Sep 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
81	145	Sep 12	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	146	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
83	147	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	GS	39	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS 3B
84	151 (3)	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
85	152	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	1	5	0	6	0	3B
86	153	Sep 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
87	154	Sep 24	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	155	Sep 25	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
89	156	Sep 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	41	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
90	157	Sep 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
91	158	Sep 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
92	159	Sep 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
93	160	Oct 2 (1)	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	40	10.2	0	7	0	7	1	3B
94	161	Oct 2 (2)	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							96gm		638.0	100	181	11	292	27