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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CLE		KCR	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 9	CLE		KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 10	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 12	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 14	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
8	8	Apr 17	CLE		TEX	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
11	11	Apr 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	2	2	3	7	0	SS
12	12	Apr 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	52	11.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
13	13	Apr 24	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
14	14	Apr 25	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
15	15	Apr 26	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
16	16	Apr 27	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
17	17	Apr 28	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
18	18	Apr 29	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
19	19	Apr 30	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 2	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
21	22 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
22	23	May 6	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
23	25 (1)	May 9	CLE		SEA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	26	May 10	CLE		SEA	W,6-1	GS	24	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
25	27	May 12	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
26	28	May 13	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
27	29	May 14	CLE		CAL	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 2B
28	30	May 15	CLE		OAK	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
29	31	May 16	CLE		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	2B
30	32	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
31	35 (2)	May 20	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
32	42 (6)	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	19	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	49 (6)	Jun 4 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-9	GS	33	7.0	1	9	0	10	0	SS
34	50	Jun 5	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
35	51	Jun 6	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
36	54 (2)	Jun 11	CLE		MIN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
37	55	Jun 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
38	56	Jun 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,9-10	GF	34	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
39	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
40	59 (1)	Jun 17	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
41	67 (7)	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		TOR	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
42	72 (4)	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
43	73	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	75 (1)	Jul 1	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-9	GF	19	3.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH SS
45	77 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
46	78	Jul 3	CLE		BAL	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
47	79	Jul 4	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
48	81 (1)	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
49	83 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
50	93 (9)	Jul 21	CLE		SEA	W,11-0	GF	16	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
51	98 (4)	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	108 (9)	Aug 6	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
53	112 (3)	Aug 11	CLE		TEX	L,2-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
54	113	Aug 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
55	114	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		TEX	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
56	115	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		TEX	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
57	116	Aug 14	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
58	117	Aug 15	CLE		MIN	L,8-9	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
59	132 (14)	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	134 (1)	Sep 2	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
61	136 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	1	SS
62	138 (1)	Sep 5	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
							63gm		432.2	83	144	13	240	25