Player Report for #39 Ken Blanton

04/26/1981

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C Ken Blanton #39

Age: 35

Bats: R

Throws: R

Morale: Normal

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0

	Overall	Potential
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's

Batting Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Contact	11	11	11	13
Gap	3	3	3	4
Power	4	5	4	5
Eye	7	8	7	7
Avoid K's	16	17	16	20

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	1	1
Errors:	-	7	1
Arm:	10	6	8
Turn DP:	-	2	-
Ability:	10	-	-

Position Ratings
Pitcher:	-	Shortstop:	-
Catcher:	12	Left Field:	-
1st Base:	5	Center Field:	-
2nd Base:	-	Right Field:	-
3rd Base:	-

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	3
Stealing Ability:	1
Baserunning Inst.:	1
Sacrifice Bunt:	8
Bunt for Hit:	6

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Normal
Loyalty:	Low
Desire f. Win:	Normal
Greed:	Normal
Intelligence:	High
Work Ethic:	Very High

Ken Blanton
Birthday:	01/09/1941
Born in:	Burton (Michigan)
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 1"
Weight:	190 lbs
Local Popularity:	Insignificant
National Pop.:	Insignificant

Status
Contract:	RETIRED
Salary:	-
Signed Through:	-
Major Service:	5 Years, 55 Days
Service This Yr:	27 Days
40-Man Service:	11 Years, 53 Days
Pro Service:	13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	Out of option years
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1963, 7th Pick in Round 1

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1965 Detroit - ABA	24	93	352	99	13	3	1	27	37	28	0	2	20	0	0	.281	.332	.344	.676	95	6.0
1966 Detroit - ABA	25	115	374	119	12	1	6	47	40	20	0	4	11	0	0	.318	.349	.404	.753	119	19.5
1967 Detroit - ABA	26	115	354	100	20	2	3	28	34	26	4	1	14	1	0	.282	.338	.376	.713	115	10.8
1968 Detroit - ABA	27	103	307	78	7	1	0	22	27	24	3	1	15	0	0	.254	.313	.283	.597	86	0.4
1969 Detroit - ABA	28	55	140	37	4	0	1	13	15	5	1	1	6	0	0	.264	.293	.314	.607	73	-1.4
1970 Detroit - ABA	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.2
1972 Detroit - ABA	31	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	101	0.1
1973 Detroit - ABA	32	4	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	28	-0.6
1974 Detroit - ABA	33	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	287	1.0
1975 Detroit - ABA	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	474	0.0
Total ABA		490	1544	439	56	7	11	137	154	103	8	9	68	1	0	.284	.331	.351	.682	101	35.6

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1963 Total - COL	22	44	188	63	9	1	8	45	46	25	2	2	2	3	1	.335	.415	.521	.936	100	0.0
1963 San Bernadino - A	22	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.8
1963 San Antonio - AA	22	1	4	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.500	2.250	529	2.8
1964 San Antonio - AA	23	46	170	54	6	1	7	28	29	26	1	2	10	0	0	.318	.407	.488	.895	162	19.9
1964 Vaughan - AAA	23	59	221	54	3	0	2	19	18	19	4	0	19	0	0	.244	.316	.285	.601	84	-0.2
1965 Vaughan - AAA	24	46	179	44	5	2	3	14	14	22	2	0	12	0	1	.246	.335	.346	.681	102	5.1
1969 Vaughan - AAA	28	3	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	50	-0.2
1970 San Antonio - AA	29	21	69	26	5	0	3	17	15	5	1	1	3	0	0	.377	.421	.580	1.001	179	10.6
1970 Vaughan - AAA	29	71	207	58	7	0	2	18	25	13	0	2	7	0	0	.280	.320	.343	.663	88	0.5
1971 San Antonio - AA	30	72	151	34	3	0	3	22	14	23	0	3	12	0	0	.225	.322	.305	.627	87	-1.4
1971 Vaughan - AAA	30	28	59	12	1	0	0	8	1	2	1	1	4	0	1	.203	.238	.220	.458	30	-4.4
1972 San Antonio - AA	31	45	176	54	3	1	4	27	17	16	2	1	6	0	0	.307	.369	.403	.773	128	12.3
1972 Vaughan - AAA	31	24	46	8	3	0	1	5	3	3	2	0	3	0	0	.174	.255	.304	.559	66	-1.0
1973 Vaughan - AAA	32	100	278	80	4	0	2	26	25	19	4	1	14	0	0	.288	.341	.324	.665	96	7.7
1974 Vaughan - AAA	33	68	176	54	1	0	5	27	18	14	0	1	6	0	0	.307	.356	.398	.754	112	9.9
1975 Vaughan - AAA	34	76	182	52	1	0	3	23	16	8	1	1	8	0	0	.286	.318	.341	.658	83	2.6
1976 San Antonio - AA	35	21	82	19	1	0	0	2	8	8	0	0	5	0	0	.232	.300	.244	.544	60	-2.5
1976 Vaughan - AAA	35	28	66	17	1	0	1	10	7	9	0	1	5	0	0	.258	.342	.318	.660	92	-0.0
Total GHL		503	1422	381	26	2	19	150	127	109	14	7	78	0	2	.268	.325	.329	.654	90	19.9
Total STL		206	652	190	18	2	18	98	85	78	4	7	36	0	0	.291	.367	.408	.775	127	41.8
Total SCL		1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.8

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1965 Detroit - ML	C	85	85	488	34	1	526	4	.992	749.1	6.27	-4.0	.994	14	42	12	28.6
1965 Detroit - ML	1B	3	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	4.1	10.38	0.0	.000
1966 Detroit - ML	C	27	22	120	12	1	135	3	.978	212.1	5.59	-1.4	.979	4	8	2	25.0
1966 Detroit - ML	1B	73	70	669	38	36	716	9	.987	625.2	10.17	-2.0	.958
1967 Detroit - ML	C	31	29	174	14	2	189	1	.995	257.1	6.58	+0.3	.973	4	14	7	50.0
1967 Detroit - ML	1B	58	57	556	39	61	599	4	.993	513.1	10.43	-4.1	.917
1968 Detroit - ML	C	29	25	184	18	3	205	3	.985	255.1	7.12	+2.5	1.028	3	14	9	64.3
1968 Detroit - ML	1B	44	43	429	15	28	446	2	.996	382.0	10.46	-3.0	.904
1969 Detroit - ML	C	30	23	138	19	0	159	2	.987	219.1	6.44	+2.1	1.022	5	16	10	62.5
1969 Detroit - ML	1B	8	5	56	5	2	61	0	1.000	46.2	11.76	-0.1	.972
1972 Detroit - ML	C	1	1	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	8.0	7.88	0.0	.000	0	0	0	0.0
1973 Detroit - ML	1B	2	2	24	2	2	26	0	1.000	17.0	13.76	-0.3	.854
1974 Detroit - ML	C	2	1	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	10.0	9.00	-0.3	.000	1	0	0	0.0
1975 Detroit - ML	C	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0	.000	0	0	0	0.0

Player History
06/15/1963	Drafted in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick) by the Detroit Bears, out of college (Michigan).
08/10/1963	Signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Bears organization with a signing bonus of $180,100.
01/01/1964	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 17 (20); Power: 6 (9); Eye: 13 (19).
04/20/1964	Named the #32 prospect in the ABA
01/01/1965	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 18 (19); Power: 7 (9); Eye: 15 (18).
04/19/1965	Named the #16 prospect in the ABA
01/01/1966	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 17 (18); Power: 6 (8); Eye: 13 (15).
05/02/1966	Wins the ABA LL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1967	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 19 (19); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 14 (14).
01/01/1968	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 9 (9).
01/01/1969	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 10 (10).
01/01/1970	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
05/25/1970	Wins the STL GL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1971	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 7 (7).
01/01/1972	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 7 (7).
05/29/1972	Injured (shoulder tendinitis), out for 6 weeks.
01/01/1973	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 6 (8).
07/16/1973	Wins the GHL MCL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1974	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 7 (7).
01/01/1975	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 7 (7).
01/01/1976	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (13); Power: 4 (5); Eye: 7 (7).
10/07/1976	Retired from professional baseball.