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Lance Robert Blankenship

First name: Lance

Last name: Blankenship

Birthdate: 1963-12-06

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 111080

Retro ID: blanl001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1988OAK0.00.00.0-0.2-0.20.2-1
1989OAK1.80.42.10.20.91.33
1990OAK2.00.52.60.21.01.63
1991OAK2.70.73.41.82.80.68
1992OAK5.61.47.03.65.71.317
1993OAK4.11.05.10.52.03.06
Career16.24.020.26.112.28.036

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1988OAK3-1-10000-1000-29.5-0.20.00.0-0.2-1
1989OAK137-6-5-200-16000-28.8-0.20.00.0-0.29
1990OAK162-9-801013000-38.9-0.30.00.0-0.37
1991OAK216-20-140170001110.01.10.00.01.112
1992OAK446912-320-111000219.42.20.00.02.221
1993OAK328-8-63300-5000-510.1-0.50.00.0-0.52
Career1,292-17-8-310002100020-2.10.00.02.150

Defense

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1988 OAK 2B 21 2 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 -1 0.0 -0.2 0 -1
1989 OAK 2B 408 73 4.0 4 3 6 3 0.1 0.4 0 3
1990 OAK 1B 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1990 OAK 2B 270 46 2.0 2 1 2 0 0.2 0.4 1 2
1990 OAK 3B 567 79 -1.0 -2 -1 0 -2 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1991 OAK 2B 832 154 1.0 1 1 9 0 0.1 0.2 0 1
1991 OAK 3B 263 35 1.0 1 1 1 1 0.1 0.0 0 1
1992 OAK 1B 127 11 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 -2 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1992 OAK 2B 1817 338 15.0 15 11 31 12 0.9 1.1 2 13
1993 OAK 1B 49 6 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1993 OAK 2B 500 92 -2.0 -2 -2 0 -3 0.1 0.0 0 -2
1993 OAK SS 53 10 -1.0 -1 -1 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 -1
1B 181 17 -2.0 -2 -2 -3 -3 0.0 0.0 0 -2
2B 3848 705 19.0 19 13 47 11 1.4 1.9 3 16
3B 830 114 0.0 -1 0 1 -1 0.1 0.0 0 0
SS 53 10 -1.0 -1 -1 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 -1

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1989 OAK LF 98 14 2.0 2 2 3 1 0 2
1989 OAK RF 240 46 0.0 0 0 2 23 1 1
1990 OAK LF 109 9 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 3 0 -1
1990 OAK CF 7 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 OAK RF 214 32 2.0 2 2 -1 10 1 3
1991 OAK LF 258 45 4.0 3 3 10 9 0 3
1991 OAK RF 74 12 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 2
1992 OAK LF 378 47 0.0 -1 -1 1 13 1 0
1992 OAK CF 321 41 0.0 0 0 -3 12 0 0
1992 OAK RF 222 44 -1.0 -1 -1 4 8 0 -1
1993 OAK LF 434 64 3.0 2 2 10 28 1 3
1993 OAK CF 1162 160 1.0 0 0 1 60 -4 -4
1993 OAK RF 23 6 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0
LF 1277 179 8.0 5 5 21 54 2 7
CF 1490 202 1.0 0 0 -2 72 -4 -4
RF 773 140 3.0 3 3 8 43 2 5

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1989OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1990OAK0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
1992OAK0.20.10.30.00.00.20
Career0.20.10.3-0.1-0.10.30

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1989OAK20000000000010.60.00.00.00.00
1990OAK1000-1000000-17.8-0.10.00.0-0.10
1992OAK16000000-1000-19.8-0.10.00.0-0.1-1
Career19000-100-1000-2--0.20.00.0-0.2-1

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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