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Don Blasingame Don Lee Blasingame (Blazer) Bats Left, Throws Right Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb. School Lipscomb MLB Debut September 20, 1955 Final Game August 25, 1966 Born March 16, 1932 in Corinth, MS Died April 13, 2005 (age 73)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 24 KCA AL  154  636  100  168  28   9   0   45   3   4   83   55  .264  .354  .336  .691    97   214   0   2   0   7   7  
 1957 25 KCA AL  154  631   74  150  16   4   8   32  18   7   85   58  .238  .328  .314  .642    91   198   2   1   6   0  12  
 1958 26 KCA AL  144  602   87  161  16   7   7   34  26   6   62   69  .267  .337  .352  .689    90   212   6   3   0   3  11  
 1959 27 KCA AL  154  650   99  165  26   3   2   28   0   1   84   41  .254  .340  .312  .652    89   203   3   2   0   2   7  
 1960 28 KCA AL  143  471   35  102  12  12   3   35   6   0   49   32  .217  .288  .312  .601    84   147   3   6   0   1   2  
 1961 29 CHA AL  134  430   43  100  13   4   0   34   1   1   39   39  .233  .297  .281  .578    76   121   2   2   0   1   7  
 1962 30 CHA AL  141  497   78  165  20   8   1   57   3   3   50   52  .332  .394  .410  .804   113   204  12   4   2   3   8  
 1963 31 CHN NL   89  248   26   58   7   1   5   26   3   3   25   15  .234  .304  .331  .635    92    82   2   0   0   0   5  
 1964 32 CHN NL   75  310   41   93  12   2   1   19   1   5   20   25  .300  .341  .361  .703    95   112   5   1   1   0   0  
 1965 33 CHN NL   62  213   32   52   5   3   0   10  10   3   21   31  .244  .311  .296  .606    84    63   4   1   0   0   1  
 1966 34 KCA AL   30   76    6   11   2   0   1    8   4   1    6   10  .145  .207  .211  .418    60    16   0   0   1   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     1280 4764  621 1225 157  53  28  328  75  34  524  427  .257  .332  .330  .661        1572  39  22  10  17  61
 Per 600 PA           533   69  137  18   6   3   37   8   4   59   48                                 176   4   2   1   2   7
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With KCA      779 3066  401  757 100  35  21  182  57  19  369  265  .247  .329  .323  .652         990  14  14   7  13  40
   With CHA      275  927  121  265  33  12   1   91   4   4   89   91  .286  .349  .351  .700         325  14   6   2   4  15
   With CHN      226  771   99  203  24   6   6   55  14  11   66   71  .263  .321  .333  .654         257  11   2   1   0   6
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1444 5296  731 1366 178  62  21  308 105  60  552  462  .258  .329  .327  .656        1731  62  13  15  15  43
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1956 24 KCA AL  30   81   4.6   0   0   0  .000  15  179  151  .844    0    0  .000  2B   2e14       25   
 1957 25 KCA AL  30   68   3.7   0   0   0  .000  17  183  134  .732    0    0  .000  2B   3e14      -69   
 1958 26 KCA AL  25   76   4.4   0   0   0  .000  21  163  115  .706    0    0  .000  2B   3e28      -10   
 1959 27 KCA AL  26   74   4.1   0   0   0  .000  19  168  131  .780    0    0  .000  2B   2e19      -68   
 1960 28 KCA AL  21   47   3.4   3   2   0  .667  13  157  109  .694    0    0  .000  2B   3e19       -2   
 1961 29 CHA AL  23   37   2.9   0   0   0  .000  14  120   89  .742    0    0  .000  2B   3e25        4   
 1962 30 CHA AL  29   83   6.2   5   3   0  .600  10  146  111  .760    0    0  .000  2B   3e21      100   
 1963 31 CHN NL  12   24   3.4  18   5   0  .278   5   60   43  .717    0    0  .000  2B   3e16       -8   
 1964 32 CHN NL  11   38   4.6   3   2   0  .667  13   74   49  .662    0    0  .000  2B   3e19       69   
 1965 33 CHN NL   5   22   3.5   8   0   0  .000   4   38   23  .605    0    0  .000  2B   4e13       29   
 1966 34 KCA AL  16    3   1.4   5   0   0  .000   5   31   17  .548    0    0  .000  2B   4e14     -123   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          558   4.1  42  12   0  .286 136 1319  972  .737    0    0  .000                  -2   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #13 (Class of 1956): 0 of 16 votes, 0.0% -- dropped from future ballots

Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1956 24 KCA AL  2B   154   423   447   15  101   .983   154  1362.2   5.75
                 SS     3     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.2   6.75
 1957 25 KCA AL  2B   154   304   451   17   81   .978   154  1375.2   4.94
 1958 26 KCA AL  2B   144   352   438   21  107   .974   143  1271.0   5.59
 1959 27 KCA AL  2B   154   457   474   19  110   .980   154  1396.0   6.00
 1960 28 KCA AL  2B   139   334   381   13   85   .982   135  1191.2   5.40
 1961 29 CHA AL  2B   131   378   359   14   96   .981   124  1088.0   6.10
 1962 30 CHA AL  2B   135   352   361   10   88   .986   127  1161.2   5.52
 1963 31 CHN NL  2B    67   165   190    5   33   .986    66   593.1   5.38
                 3B     4     2     6    0    0  1.000     2    22.0   3.27
 1964 32 CHN NL  2B    72   169   212   13   55   .967    70   644.2   5.32
 1965 33 CHN NL  2B    53   129   129    4   40   .985    51   424.1   5.47
 1966 34 KCA AL  2B    22    35    62    4   12   .960    19   168.0   5.20
                 SS     3     1     3    1    0   .800     1    10.0   3.60
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B  1225  3098  3504  135  808   .980  1197 10677.0   5.57
                 3B     4     2     6    0    0  1.000     2    22.0   3.27
                 SS     6     2     4    1    0   .857     1    12.2   4.26
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Draft History

• 1959: Round 1 (#10 overall) by KCA
• 1960: Round 3 (#38 overall) by KCA
• 1962: Round 2 (#17 overall) by CHA
• 1965: Round 7 (#85 overall) by CHN

Transaction History

• No transactions for this player.

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1956 KCA 81-73 Drew Kennedy 1957 KCA 59-95 Drew Kennedy 1958 KCA 71-83 Drew Kennedy 1959 KCA 75-79 Drew Kennedy 1960 KCA 69-85 Drew Kennedy 1961 CHA 64-90 Jon Fellows 1962 CHA 82-80 Jon Fellows 1963 CHN 96-66 Alan Boodman 1964 CHN 97-66 Alan Boodman 1965 CHN 87-75 Alan Boodman 1966 KCA 88-74 James Taglia

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