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Blondy Ryan
John Collins Ryan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 178 lb.
School College of the Holy Cross

Debut July 13, 1930
Final Game July 31, 1938
Born January 4, 1906 in Lynn, MA
Died November 28, 1959 in Swampscott, MA

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1930. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 24 CHW AL  28   87    9   18   0  4   1   10   2  0   6  13  .207  .258  .333   51   29   1           0    
 1933 27 NYG NL 146  525   47  125  10  5   3   48   0     15  62  .238  .259  .293   58  154   3           0  15 MVP-9
 1934 28 NYG NL 110  385   35   93  19  0   2   41   3     19  68  .242  .277  .306   57  118  12           0  14
 1935 29 TOT     69  234   25   59   4  3   1   21   1  0  10  30  .252  .289  .308   56   72   2           2   6
         PHI NL  39  129   13   34   3  0   1   10   1      7  20  .264  .312  .310   61   40   1           2   6
         NYY AL  30  105   12   25   1  3   0   11   0  0   3  10  .238  .259  .305   48   32   1           0    
 1937 31 NYG NL  21   75   10   18   3  1   1   13   0      6   8  .240  .296  .347   73   26   1           0   3
 1938 32 NYG NL  12   24    1    5   0  0   0    0   0      1   3  .208  .240  .208   24    5   1           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      386 1330  127  318  36 13   8  133   6  0  57 184  .239  .271  .304   57  404  20   0   0   2  41
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        558   53  133  15  5   3   56   3  0  24  77  .239  .271  .304   57  170   8   0   0   1  17
 Career High    146  525   47  125  19  5   3   48   3  0  19  68  .252  .289  .308   58  154  12   0   0   2  15
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 24 CHW AL   94   70    8   3.0   113| .207  .291| .258  .355| .333  .428| .591  .783|  51  .269  -7.3  -0.7 100%
 1933 27 NYG NL  543  418   40   2.6    91| .238  .273| .259  .326| .293  .374| .552  .699|  58  .301 -30.3  -3.2     
 1934 28 NYG NL  416  318   33   2.8   103| .242  .285| .277  .340| .306  .405| .583  .744|  57  .272 -23.0  -2.3     
 1935 29 TOT     248  183   20   2.9   109| .252  .290| .289  .353| .308  .416| .597  .769|  56  .285 -16.0  -1.5 100%
         PHI NL  139  102   12   3.1   112| .264  .297| .312  .354| .310  .424| .622  .778|  61  .326  -7.4  -0.7     
         NYY AL  109   81    8   2.6   107| .238  .281| .259  .353| .305  .406| .564  .759|  48  .236  -8.6  -0.8   0%
 1937 31 NYG NL   82   61    8   3.5   102| .240  .281| .296  .343| .347  .399| .643  .742|  73  .386  -3.0  -0.3     
 1938 32 NYG NL   26   23    1   1.2   100| .208  .276| .240  .340| .208  .393| .448  .733|  24  .081  -2.6  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1409 1073  110   2.7   100| .239  .281| .271  .338| .304  .395| .575  .733|  57  .287 -82.2  -8.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1930 24 CHW AL 3B 23 23 40 9 5 .875 .945 2.74 2.84 SS 2 3 3 0 1 1.000 .938 3.00 4.55 2B 1 4 1 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 5.70 1933 27 NYG NL SS 146 296 494 42 95 .950 .949 5.41 4.94 1934 28 NYG NL 3B 65 58 144 10 7 .953 .945 3.11 2.73 SS 30 49 70 11 14 .915 .951 3.97 5.14 2B 25 52 69 5 12 .960 .965 4.84 5.45 1935 29 TOT SS 65 135 190 32 36 .910 .951 5.00 5.14 PHI NL SS 35 87 110 19 24 .912 .947 5.63 5.10 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.70 NYY AL SS 30 48 80 13 12 .908 .957 4.27 5.18 1937 31 NYG NL SS 19 40 55 6 13 .941 .951 5.00 4.85 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.30 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 1938 32 NYG NL 2B 5 4 9 0 1 1.000 .970 2.60 5.40 3B 3 1 3 2 0 .667 .952 1.33 2.87 SS 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 .943 2.50 4.90
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 24 CHW AL 2B 1 4 1 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 5.70 1934 28 NYG NL 2B 25 52 69 5 12 .960 .965 4.84 5.45 1935 29 PHI NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1937 31 NYG NL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.30 1938 32 NYG NL 2B 5 4 9 0 1 1.000 .970 2.60 5.40 1930 24 CHW AL 3B 23 23 40 9 5 .875 .945 2.74 2.84 1934 28 NYG NL 3B 65 58 144 10 7 .953 .945 3.11 2.73 1935 29 PHI NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.70 1937 31 NYG NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 1938 32 NYG NL 3B 3 1 3 2 0 .667 .952 1.33 2.87 1930 24 CHW AL SS 2 3 3 0 1 1.000 .938 3.00 4.55 1933 27 NYG NL SS 146 296 494 42 95 .950 .949 5.41 4.94 1934 28 NYG NL SS 30 49 70 11 14 .915 .951 3.97 5.14 1935 29 TOT SS 65 135 190 32 36 .910 .951 5.00 5.14 PHI NL SS 35 87 110 19 24 .912 .947 5.63 5.10 NYY AL SS 30 48 80 13 12 .908 .957 4.27 5.18 1937 31 NYG NL SS 19 40 55 6 13 .941 .951 5.00 4.85 1938 32 NYG NL SS 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 .943 2.50 4.90
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 264 524 816 91 160 .936 .950 5.08 5.00 3B 93 82 189 21 12 .928 .945 2.91 2.76 2B 33 61 80 6 13 .959 .965 4.27 5.44 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 390 667 1085 118 185 .937 .950 4.49 4.50
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1933   WS    NYG WSH     W   5  18   0   5  0  0  0   1   1   5  .278  .316  .278   0  0   1   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   6  19   0   5  0  0  0   1   1   6  .263  .300  .263   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1933-NL-9-0.24
Car-659-0.24 shares

Strikeouts
1933 NL-62-3
1934 NL-68-5

Sac. Hits
1934 NL-12-9

HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1336) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 28, 1930: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1932: Traded by the Buffalo (International) to the New York Giants for Doc Marshall and cash.

November 1, 1934: Traded by the New York Giants with Pretzel Pezzullo, Johnny Vergez, George Watkins, and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Bartell.

August 6, 1935: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Philadelphia Phillies.

December 18, 1935: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the New York Yankees.

July 26, 1937: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Giants for Doc Marshall.

August 1, 1938: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to the Baltimore (International) for Bill Cissell.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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