Willie Blair

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: December 18, 1965 in Paintsville, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Morehead State University (Morehead, KY).

High School: Johnson Central HS (Paintsville, KY)

School: Morehead State University (Morehead, KY)

Debut: April 11, 1990 (Age 24-114d, 15,741st in major league history)
vs. TEX 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 26, 2001 (Age 35-220d)
vs. NYY 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Full Name: William Allen Blair

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

ERA

5.04

418

139

1274.0

759

WHIP

1.454

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1986	20	TOR-min	A-	5	0	1.000	1.68	21	0	18	0	0	12	53.2	32	10	10	1	20	1	55	0	0	3				0.969	5.4	0.2	3.4	9.2	2.75	STC NYPL
1987	21	TOR-min	A	2	9	.182	4.43	50	0	45	0	0	13	85.1	99	51	42	5	29	0	72	1	0	9				1.500	10.4	0.5	3.1	7.6	2.48	DUN FLOR
1988	22	TOR-min	AA,A	7	5	.583	3.56	38	9	15	0	0	3	108.2	99	51	43	7	39	3	81	4	2	6				1.270	8.2	0.6	3.2	6.7	2.08	KNX,DUN SOUL,FLOR
1989	23	TOR-min	AAA	5	6	.455	3.97	19	17	2	3	1	0	106.2	94	55	47	10	38	1	76	2	2	1				1.238	7.9	0.8	3.2	6.4	2.00	SYR IL
1990	24	TOR-min	AAA	0	2	.000	4.74	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.0	20	13	10	1	8	1	6	0	0	0				1.474	9.5	0.5	3.8	2.8	0.75	SYR IL
1990	24	TOR	AL	3	5	.375	4.06	27	6	8	0	0	0	68.2	66	33	31	4	28	4	43	1	0	3	297	102	3.58	1.369	8.7	0.5	3.7	5.6	1.54
1991	25	CLE-min	AAA	9	6	.600	4.99	26	15	10	0	0	4	113.2	130	74	63	10	30	2	57	2	1	3	496			1.408	10.3	0.8	2.4	4.5	1.90	CSP PCL
1991	25	CLE	AL	2	3	.400	6.75	11	5	1	0	0	0	36.0	58	27	27	7	10	0	13	1	0	1	168	63	5.58	1.889	14.5	1.8	2.5	3.3	1.30
1992	26	HOU-min	AAA	4	4	.500	2.39	21	2	8	1	0	2	52.2	50	20	14	2	12	2	35	4	0	2	223			1.177	8.5	0.3	2.1	6.0	2.92	TUC PCL
1992	26	HOU	NL	5	7	.417	4.00	29	8	1	0	0	0	78.2	74	47	35	5	25	2	48	2	0	2	331	85	3.42	1.258	8.5	0.6	2.9	5.5	1.92
1993	27	COL	NL	6	10	.375	4.75	46	18	5	1	0	0	146.0	184	90	77	20	42	4	84	3	1	6	664	101	4.54	1.548	11.3	1.2	2.6	5.2	2.00
1994	28	COL	NL	0	5	.000	5.79	47	1	13	0	0	3	77.2	98	57	50	9	39	3	68	4	0	4	365	86	4.55	1.764	11.4	1.0	4.5	7.9	1.74
1995	29	SDP	NL	7	5	.583	4.34	40	12	11	0	0	0	114.0	112	60	55	11	45	3	83	2	0	4	485	94	4.14	1.377	8.8	0.9	3.6	6.6	1.84
1996	30	SDP	NL	2	6	.250	4.60	60	0	17	0	0	1	88.0	80	52	45	13	29	5	67	7	0	2	377	87	4.80	1.239	8.2	1.3	3.0	6.9	2.31
1997	31	DET-min	AAA,A	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	41			0.333	1.5	0.0	1.5	8.3	5.50	TOL,WMI IL,MIDW
1997	31	DET	AL	16	8	.667	4.17	29	27	0	2	0	0	175.0	186	85	81	18	46	2	90	3	1	6	739	110	4.26	1.326	9.6	0.9	2.4	4.6	1.96
1998	32	TOT	NL	5	16	.238	4.98	34	25	2	0	0	0	175.1	188	101	97	31	61	2	92	4	0	6	750	85	5.50	1.420	9.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.51
1998	32	ARI	NL	4	15	.211	5.34	23	23	0	0	0	0	146.2	165	91	87	27	51	2	71	3	0	5	634	79	5.67	1.473	10.1	1.7	3.1	4.4	1.39
1998	32	NYM	NL	1	1	.500	3.14	11	2	2	0	0	0	28.2	23	10	10	4	10	0	21	1	0	1	116	135	4.64	1.151	7.2	1.3	3.1	6.6	2.10
1999	33	DET	AL	3	11	.214	6.85	39	16	8	0	0	0	134.0	169	107	102	29	44	0	82	4	0	5	604	71	5.80	1.590	11.4	1.9	3.0	5.5	1.86
2000	34	DET	AL	10	6	.625	4.88	47	17	8	0	0	0	156.2	185	89	85	20	35	0	74	2	0	2	671	96	4.56	1.404	10.6	1.1	2.0	4.3	2.11
2001	35	CLE-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.75	11	10	1	1	0	0	72.0	72	30	22	3	7	0	50	3	2	1	299			1.097	9.0	0.4	0.9	6.3	7.14	BFL IL
2001	35	DET	AL	1	4	.200	10.50	9	4	1	0	0	0	24.0	38	30	28	3	11	3	15	3	1	0	121	41	5.17	2.042	14.3	1.1	4.1	5.6	1.36
12 Yrs				60	86	.411	5.04	418	139	75	3	0	4	1274.0	1438	778	713	170	415	28	759	36	3	41	5572	88	4.67	1.454	10.2	1.2	2.9	5.4	1.83
162 Game Avg.				7	10	.411	5.04	51	17	9	0	0	0	156	176	95	87	21	51	3	93	4	0	5	680	88	4.67	1.454	10.2	1.2	2.9	5.4	1.83

DET (4 yrs)				30	29	.508	5.44	124	64	17	2	0	0	489.2	578	311	296	70	136	5	261	12	2	13	2135	86	4.82	1.458	10.6	1.3	2.5	4.8	1.92
COL (2 yrs)				6	15	.286	5.11	93	19	18	1	0	3	223.2	282	147	127	29	81	7	152	7	1	10	1029	95	4.54	1.623	11.3	1.2	3.3	6.1	1.88
SDP (2 yrs)				9	11	.450	4.46	100	12	28	0	0	1	202.0	192	112	100	24	74	8	150	9	0	6	862	91	4.43	1.317	8.6	1.1	3.3	6.7	2.03
ARI (1 yr)				4	15	.211	5.34	23	23	0	0	0	0	146.2	165	91	87	27	51	2	71	3	0	5	634	79	5.67	1.473	10.1	1.7	3.1	4.4	1.39
NYM (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.14	11	2	2	0	0	0	28.2	23	10	10	4	10	0	21	1	0	1	116	135	4.64	1.151	7.2	1.3	3.1	6.6	2.10
CLE (1 yr)				2	3	.400	6.75	11	5	1	0	0	0	36.0	58	27	27	7	10	0	13	1	0	1	168	63	5.58	1.889	14.5	1.8	2.5	3.3	1.30
HOU (1 yr)				5	7	.417	4.00	29	8	1	0	0	0	78.2	74	47	35	5	25	2	48	2	0	2	331	85	3.42	1.258	8.5	0.6	2.9	5.5	1.92
TOR (1 yr)				3	5	.375	4.06	27	6	8	0	0	0	68.2	66	33	31	4	28	4	43	1	0	3	297	102	3.58	1.369	8.7	0.5	3.7	5.6	1.54

NL (6 yrs)				25	49	.338	4.75	256	64	49	1	0	4	679.2	736	407	359	89	241	19	442	22	1	24	2972	90	4.63	1.437	9.7	1.2	3.2	5.9	1.83
AL (6 yrs)				35	37	.486	5.36	162	75	26	2	0	0	594.1	702	371	354	81	174	9	317	14	2	17	2600	86	4.72	1.474	10.6	1.2	2.6	4.8	1.82

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