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Don Lee Blasingame

First name: Don

Last name: Blasingame

Birthdate: 1932-03-16

Bats: L Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 111084

Retro ID: blasd101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1955	SLN	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.5	-0.1	1
1956	SLN	8.4	2.5	10.9	2.9	6.1	4.7	18
1957	SLN	8.9	2.5	11.4	5.9	9.2	2.2	28
1958	SLN	7.7	2.1	9.8	0.8	3.7	6.1	11
1959	SLN	8.7	2.3	11.0	1.3	4.5	6.5	14
1960	SFN	7.4	2.0	9.4	0.8	3.6	5.8	11
1961	SFN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
1961	CIN	6.4	1.7	8.2	-0.6	1.8	6.4	5
1962	CIN	7.1	2.0	9.2	3.8	6.5	2.7	19
1963	CIN	0.5	0.1	0.6	-0.1	0.1	0.5	0
1963	WS2	3.6	0.9	4.5	0.7	2.1	2.5	6
1964	WS2	7.2	1.9	9.1	0.1	2.7	6.3	8
1965	WS2	5.8	1.5	7.3	0.3	2.4	4.8	7
1966	KC1	0.3	0.0	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0
1966	WS2	2.9	0.8	3.7	-0.2	0.8	2.8	3
Career		75.2	20.4	95.8	16.0	44.0	51.6	131

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1955	SLN	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	9.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	2
1956	SLN	665	-12	-12	-3	4	3	-1	10	4	1	9.5	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.7	29
1957	SLN	728	-6	-8	4	11	4	1	17	3	29	9.7	3.0	0.3	0.2	3.5	36
1958	SLN	608	-9	-12	-2	3	1	0	-6	3	-16	9.3	-1.7	0.3	0.2	-1.2	10
1959	SLN	691	-3	-8	-5	-2	2	-1	0	3	-14	9.5	-1.5	0.3	0.2	-1.0	17
1960	SFN	583	-23	-20	0	4	2	2	-2	2	-14	9.1	-1.5	0.2	0.2	-1.1	13
1961	SFN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
1961	CIN	502	-28	-29	0	4	1	-3	1	2	-26	9.5	-2.7	0.2	0.2	-2.3	14
1962	CIN	570	-4	-6	-2	4	4	3	12	2	15	9.8	1.5	0.2	0.2	1.9	27
1963	CIN	38	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	-2	8.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0
1963	WS2	278	-5	-5	0	1	1	-1	2	1	-2	9.3	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	9
1964	WS2	556	-14	-15	1	3	1	-1	-5	2	-16	8.9	-1.8	0.2	-0.2	-1.8	9
1965	WS2	449	-18	-18	-1	4	1	-1	4	2	-11	8.9	-1.2	0.2	-0.2	-1.2	15
1966	KC1	21	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	8.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0
1966	WS2	222	-9	-9	0	0	0	0	0	1	-9	8.6	-1.0	0.1	-0.1	-1.0	6
Career		5,937	-132	-143	-8	36	20	-2	33	25	-64	-	-7.1	2.5	0.8	-3.8	187

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1955	SLN	2B	87	17	2.0	2	1	4	4	-0.3	-0.2	0	1
1955	SLN	SS	58	9	0.0	0	0	-2	0	0.0	0.1	0	0
1956	SLN	2B	2707	462	10.0	10	7	25	9	1.4	2.0	3	10
1956	SLN	3B	22	4	0.0	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
1956	SLN	SS	1289	228	1.0	1	1	0	-3	-0.8	-0.2	-1	0
1957	SLN	2B	4469	778	16.0	17	12	32	36	2.5	2.1	5	17
1958	SLN	2B	3714	621	-8.0	-7	-5	-5	-10	0.5	-1.4	-1	-6
1959	SLN	2B	4045	703	-2.0	-1	-1	25	10	0.9	-0.1	1	0
1960	SFN	2B	3465	560	0.0	0	0	-4	-6	-1.2	-1.1	-2	-2
1961	CIN	2B	3020	518	8.0	8	6	13	-15	-1.5	-3.2	-5	1
1962	CIN	2B	3455	616	20.0	20	15	53	8	-2.2	-1.2	-3	12
1963	CIN	2B	233	40	-2.0	-2	-1	-1	-4	0.6	-0.2	0	-1
1963	WS2	2B	1732	293	1.0	1	1	9	6	-0.3	1.3	1	2
1963	CIN	3B	17	2	0.0	0	0	-1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1964	WS2	2B	3333	551	-6.0	-6	-4	-10	0	0.6	-1.8	-1	-5
1965	WS2	2B	2531	403	2.0	2	1	5	-1	1.3	1.5	3	4
1966	KC1	2B	72	12	0.0	0	0	-2	1	-0.2	0.1	0	0
1966	WS2	2B	1354	196	0.0	0	0	-13	-7	0.5	-0.5	0	0
1966	WS2	SS	5	0	0.0	0	0	-1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
		2B	34217	5770	41.0	44	32	131	31	2.6	-2.7	1	33
		3B	39	6	0.0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
		SS	1352	237	1.0	1	1	-3	-3	-0.8	-0.1	-1	0

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1961	CIN	0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.3	0
Career		0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.3	0

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
1961	CIN	7	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	-2	8.9	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-1
Career		7	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	-2	-	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-1

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - 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.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher 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 Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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