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Michael
Blanco		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 16, 1920 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 26 GLO KL $ 2,592,857   7 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 10 3 4 4 7 8 7
1948 27 GLO KL $ 2,592,857   7 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 10 3 4 4 7 8 7
1949 28 CHI YL $ 3,324,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 10 3 4 4 6 7 7
1950 29 LEE YL $ 950,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 10 3 4 4 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 950,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 10 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,324,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 10 3 4 4 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 26 GLO KL 62 204 30 52 16 2 3 18 12 4 15 28 .255 .308 .397 .705 24.8 3.2
1948 27 GLO KL 146 428 71 139 46 11 13 77 16 5 38 46 .325 .386 .575 .961 84.4 17.3
1949 28 CHI YL 156 620 87 153 37 6 5 67 28 20 39 90 .247 .295 .350 .645 57.6 3.5
1950 29 LEE YL 110 214 30 54 8 1 3 32 8 2 15 26 .252 .299 .341 .640 22.3 1.6
4 Years Sim 474 1466 218 398 107 20 24 194 64 31 107 190 .271 .324 .421 .745 189.0 25.6
162 Game Average 501 74 136 36 6 8 66 21 10 36 64 .271 .324 .421 .745 64.6  
Career Highs 156 620 87 153 46 11 13 77 28 20 39 90 .325 .386 .575 .961 84.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1193 193 353 94 19 19 165 57 26 96 144 .296 .351 .454 .806 179.2
vs LH   273 25 45 13 1 5 29 7 5 11 46 .165 .202 .275 .477 12.1
Home 238 732 105 196 56 8 10 91 32 14 58 93 .268 .324 .407 .731 93.6
Away 236 734 113 202 51 12 14 103 32 17 49 97 .275 .324 .435 .759 97.8
RISP   365 0 104 24 0 5 154 0 0 36 47 .285 .350 .392 .741 49.2
Pinch Hitting   68 9 21 1 4 0 14 2 0 8 5 .309 .385 .441 .826 11.4
Close/Late   184 27 51 12 2 3 26 0 0 14 19 .277 .338 .413 .751 24.0
Mar/Apr 92 299 58 88 24 6 3 28 24 10 22 41 .294 .342 .445 .786 43.7
May 104 315 41 87 24 6 5 38 8 6 26 41 .276 .332 .438 .770 43.2
June 75 251 30 70 17 3 3 29 9 6 14 17 .279 .320 .406 .726 30.3
July 58 181 30 47 13 1 3 30 11 2 19 24 .260 .341 .392 .734 24.7
August 72 211 33 52 14 1 5 37 10 2 14 35 .246 .301 .393 .695 25.0
Sep/Oct 73 209 26 54 15 3 5 32 2 5 12 32 .258 .300 .431 .731 24.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1947 26 GLO KL LF 39 38 330.7 66 1 0 0 1.000 1.82   1.3
    CF 16 12 101.0 31 2 1 0 .971 2.94    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 27 GLO KL LF 116 95 892.7 177 4 7 2 .963 1.82   1.7
    CF 7 2 26.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12    
1949 28 CHI YL CF 142 141 1234.0 344 3 6 2 .983 2.53   3.0
    RF 12 12 99.0 25 0 1 0 .962 2.27    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1950 29 LEE YL LF 41 26 247.7 48 0 2 0 .960 1.74   1.2
    CF 20 11 121.0 32 0 2 0 .941 2.38    
    RF 9 9 79.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.51    
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  CF 185 166 1482.0 416 5 9 2 .979 2.56   3.0
  LF 197 159 1472.0 291 5 9 2 .970 1.81   4.3
  RF 21 21 178.0 47 0 1 0 .979 2.38    
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   406 346 3137.0 754 11 19 4 .976 2.19   7.3
Career Highs   155 153 1334.0 369 4 7 2 .990 2.51    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1948-7-.536*
 OPS
1948-10-.898*
 Games
1949-4-156
 At-Bats
1949-7-620
 Doubles
1948-2-46
1949-6-37
CAR-40-107
 Triples
1948-3-11
CAR-29-20
Stolen Bases
1949-4-28
CAR-38-64
 Caught Stealing
1949-2-20
CAR-35-31
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 12
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20
 
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History
Drafted in 9th round, 148th overall pick, by Gloucester in 1947
Had first career hit on 4/2/1947, off Paul Bravo (TRO)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1947, off David Carrero (SAV)
Injured on 6/17/1947 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
1/26/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,592,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1948, hitting .588 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Issaquah on 9/29/1948
Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 3/2/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $3,324,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Leesburg on 2/21/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $950,000 per year
 
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